2001 · Week 3
Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills
Sep 30, 2001 · Ralph Wilson Stadium · outdoors · astroturf
Recap
Pittsburgh Steelers topped Buffalo Bills 20–3. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Steelers had just a 47% chance going in. Steelers improve to 1-1; Bills fall to 0-3. Jerome Bettis was the story of the game with 114 rushing yards. Bills turned it over 2 times to Steelers's 0.
Team stats
| PIT | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | First downs | 11 |
| 277 | Total yards | 200 |
| 107 | Passing yards | 148 |
| 170 | Rushing yards | 52 |
| 15/22 | Comp / Att | 16/27 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 4 |
Scoring & key plays
Play-by-play not loaded for this game.
Box score
PIT
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 15/22 | 107 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Bettis | 22 | 114 | 0 |
| Kordell Stewart | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 4 | 37 | 0 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 1 | 22 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hines Ward | 9 | 11 | 79 | 0 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Plaxico Burress | 2 | 6 | 19 | 0 |
| Troy Edwards | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Shaw | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
BUF
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Johnson | 13/22 | 104 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Van Pelt | 3/5 | 44 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Johnson | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Larry Centers | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Travis Henry | 17 | 30 | 0 |
| Peerless Price | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy McDaniel | 2 | 2 | 37 | 0 |
| Larry Centers | 5 | 5 | 35 | 0 |
| Jay Riemersma | 2 | 2 | 35 | 0 |
| Travis Henry | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Eric Moulds | 2 | 8 | 15 | 0 |
| Avion Black | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| Peerless Price | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |