2002 · Week 15
Carolina Panthers at Pittsburgh Steelers
Dec 15, 2002 · Heinz Field · outdoors · grass
Recap
Pittsburgh Steelers topped Carolina Panthers 30–14. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Steelers (76%). Steelers improve to 8-5-1; Panthers fall to 5-9. Tommy Maddox was the story of the game with 209 passing yards and 1 TD. Steelers out-gained the opponent 344–176 in total yards.
Team stats
| CAR | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | First downs | 18 |
| 176 | Total yards | 344 |
| 126 | Passing yards | 215 |
| 50 | Rushing yards | 129 |
| 17/34 | Comp / Att | 21/34 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 6 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
CAR
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Peete | 14/27 | 112 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Weinke | 3/7 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Peete | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Muhsin Muhammad | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Dee Brown | 8 | 19 | 1 |
| Chris Weinke | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Nick Goings | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Brad Hoover | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Smith | 5 | 7 | 57 | 0 |
| Muhsin Muhammad | 5 | 12 | 39 | 0 |
| Isaac Byrd | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 |
| Dee Brown | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Nick Goings | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Karl Hankton | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Brad Hoover | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Kris Mangum | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
PIT
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Maddox | 20/33 | 209 | 1 | 1 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 1/1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Maddox | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 18 | 73 | 2 |
| Amos Zereoue | 14 | 40 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Dan Kreider | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaxico Burress | 6 | 9 | 120 | 1 |
| Jerome Bettis | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 6 | 7 | 31 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 3 | 8 | 39 | 0 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Jerame Tuman | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Dan Kreider | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Verron Haynes | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Terance Mathis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Mays | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |