2002 · Week 1
Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots
Sep 9, 2002 · Gillette Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
New England Patriots beat Pittsburgh Steelers 30–14. ScoutIndex had favored Patriots (58%) going in. Patriots improve to 1-0; Steelers fall to 0-1. Tom Brady led the way with 294 passing yards and 3 TDs. Steelers turned it over 4 times to Patriots's 1.
Team stats
| PIT | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | First downs | 16 |
| 321 | Total yards | 357 |
| 247 | Passing yards | 294 |
| 74 | Rushing yards | 63 |
| 25/38 | Comp / Att | 29/43 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 5 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
PIT
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 24/37 | 242 | 1 | 3 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 1/1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 8 | 16 | 1 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 8 | 35 | 0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 7 | 14 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hines Ward | 8 | 10 | 90 | 1 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 6 | 8 | 87 | 0 |
| Mark Bruener | 4 | 4 | 25 | 0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Plaxico Burress | 1 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| Dan Kreider | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Terance Mathis | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Jerame Tuman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 29/43 | 294 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antowain Smith | 17 | 60 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deion Branch | 6 | 9 | 83 | 1 |
| David Patten | 4 | 8 | 70 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Donald Hayes | 3 | 5 | 54 | 1 |
| Cameron Cleeland | 6 | 6 | 40 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 6 | 7 | 22 | 0 |
| Christian Fauria | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| Marc Edwards | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| J.R. Redmond | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Daniel Graham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |