2021 · Week 16
Pittsburgh Steelers at Kansas City Chiefs
Dec 26, 2021 · Arrowhead Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
It wasn't close — Kansas City Chiefs beat Pittsburgh Steelers 36–10. ScoutIndex had favored Chiefs (80%) going in. Chiefs improve to 11-4; Steelers fall to 7-7-1. Patrick Mahomes was the story of the game with 258 passing yards and 3 TDs. Steelers turned it over 2 times to Chiefs's 0.
Team stats
| PIT | KC | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | First downs | 25 |
| 324 | Total yards | 385 |
| 194 | Passing yards | 258 |
| 130 | Rushing yards | 127 |
| 28/43 | Comp / Att | 23/30 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
- Q1(4:12) 25-C.Edwards-Helaire left end for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q19-E.Fry extra point is GOOD, Center-41-J.Winchester, Holder-8-J.Townsend.
- Q1(1:14) 15-P.Mahomes pass short left to 13-B.Pringle for 5 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q19-E.Fry extra point is GOOD, Center-41-J.Winchester, Holder-8-J.Townsend.
- Q2(8:50) 9-E.Fry 44 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-41-J.Winchester, Holder-8-J.Townsend.
- Q2(5:08) 9-C.Boswell 36 yard field goal is No Good, Wide Left, Center-46-C.Kuntz, Holder-10-C.Waitman.
- Q2(2:19) (Shotgun) 15-P.Mahomes pass short left to 17-M.Hardman for 8 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q29-E.Fry extra point is No Good, Wide Left, Center-41-J.Winchester, Holder-8-J.Townsend.
- Q2(:22) 9-E.Fry 39 yard field goal is No Good, Wide Left, Center-41-J.Winchester, Holder-8-J.Townsend.
- Q3(9:00) (Shotgun) 15-P.Mahomes pass short left to 13-B.Pringle for 16 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q39-E.Fry extra point is GOOD, Center-41-J.Winchester, Holder-8-J.Townsend.
- Q3(3:37) 9-C.Boswell 34 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-46-C.Kuntz, Holder-10-C.Waitman.
- Q4(12:01) 9-E.Fry 34 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-41-J.Winchester, Holder-8-J.Townsend.
- Q4(9:46) 9-E.Fry 30 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-41-J.Winchester, Holder-8-J.Townsend.
- Q4(2:59) (Shotgun) 7-B.Roethlisberger pass short left to 18-D.Johnson for 15 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q49-C.Boswell extra point is GOOD, Center-46-C.Kuntz, Holder-10-C.Waitman.
Box score
PIT
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 23/35 | 159 | 1 | 1 |
| Mason Rudolph | 5/8 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Najee Harris | 19 | 93 | 0 |
| Mason Rudolph | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Benny Snell | 5 | 20 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Najee Harris | 5 | 7 | 17 | 0 |
| Diontae Johnson | 6 | 9 | 51 | 1 |
| Chase Claypool | 4 | 6 | 41 | 0 |
| Zach Gentry | 4 | 4 | 31 | 0 |
| Ray-Ray McCloud | 4 | 8 | 25 | 0 |
| Benny Snell | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Cody White | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| Kevin Rader | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| James Washington | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
KC
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Mahomes | 23/30 | 258 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Gore | 12 | 43 | 0 |
| Darrel Williams | 11 | 55 | 0 |
| Clyde Edwards-Helaire | 9 | 27 | 1 |
| Michael Burton | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Chad Henne | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Pringle | 6 | 7 | 75 | 2 |
| Derrick Gore | 3 | 3 | 61 | 0 |
| Darrel Williams | 3 | 3 | 30 | 0 |
| Mecole Hardman | 3 | 5 | 31 | 1 |
| Clyde Edwards-Helaire | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Tyreek Hill | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 |
| Demarcus Robinson | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Noah Gray | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Blake Bell | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Josh Gordon | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |