2020 · Week 1
Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants
Sep 14, 2020 · New Meadowlands Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
Pittsburgh Steelers defeated New York Giants 26–16. ScoutIndex had favored Steelers (67%) going in. Steelers improve to 1-0; Giants fall to 0-1. Ben Roethlisberger paced the offense with 229 passing yards and 3 TDs; 9 rushing yards. Giants turned it over 2 times to Steelers's 0.
Team stats
| PIT | NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | First downs | 18 |
| 370 | Total yards | 308 |
| 229 | Passing yards | 279 |
| 141 | Rushing yards | 29 |
| 21/32 | Comp / Att | 26/41 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 3 |
Scoring & key plays
- Q1(10:37) 5-G.Gano 21 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-58-C.Kreiter, Holder-9-R.Dixon.
- Q1(:54) 9-C.Boswell 41 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-57-K.Canaday, Holder-4-D.Colquitt.
- Q2(13:54) 8-D.Jones pass deep middle to 86-D.Slayton for 41 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q25-G.Gano extra point is GOOD, Center-58-C.Kreiter, Holder-9-R.Dixon.
- Q2(9:07) (Shotgun) 7-B.Roethlisberger pass short left to 19-J.Smith-Schuster for 10 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q29-C.Boswell extra point is No Good, Hit Right Upright, Center-57-K.Canaday, Holder-4-D.Colquitt.
- Q2(:14) (Shotgun) 7-B.Roethlisberger pass short middle to 13-J.Washington for 13 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q29-C.Boswell extra point is GOOD, Center-57-K.Canaday, Holder-4-D.Colquitt.
- Q4(14:24) 9-C.Boswell 36 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-57-K.Canaday, Holder-4-D.Colquitt.
- Q4(5:28) (Shotgun) 7-B.Roethlisberger pass short left to 19-J.Smith-Schuster for 8 yards, TOUCHDOWN. PIT-72-Z.Banner was injured during the play.
- Q49-C.Boswell extra point is GOOD, Center-57-K.Canaday, Holder-4-D.Colquitt.
- Q4(1:56) (Shotgun) 8-D.Jones pass short middle to 86-D.Slayton for 7 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Box score
PIT
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 21/32 | 229 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Benny Snell | 19 | 113 | 0 |
| Chase Claypool | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| James Conner | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Jaylen Samuels | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benny Snell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JuJu Smith-Schuster | 6 | 6 | 69 | 2 |
| Diontae Johnson | 6 | 10 | 57 | 0 |
| Chase Claypool | 2 | 2 | 39 | 0 |
| James Washington | 2 | 3 | 34 | 1 |
| Eric Ebron | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| James Conner | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Vance McDonald | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Jaylen Samuels | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
NYG
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Jones | 26/41 | 279 | 2 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Jones | 4 | 22 | 0 |
| Saquon Barkley | 15 | 6 | 0 |
| Dion Lewis | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darius Slayton | 6 | 9 | 102 | 2 |
| Saquon Barkley | 6 | 9 | 60 | 0 |
| Sterling Shepard | 6 | 6 | 47 | 0 |
| C.J. Board | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Kaden Smith | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Wayne Gallman | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| Levine Toilolo | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Evan Engram | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Dion Lewis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Damion Ratley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |