National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 36, Pittsburgh 28
Thursday, December 9, 2021 8:20 PM
When: 8:20 PM ET, Thursday, December 9, 2021
Where: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Clete Blakeman
Attendance: 66718
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 0072128
Minnesota 6176736
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 3:31
Minnesota TD Minnesota 6 - Pittsburgh 0
Justin Jefferson 14 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (kick failed)
2nd Quarter - 14:43
Minnesota FG Minnesota 9 - Pittsburgh 0
Greg Joseph 38 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 9:55
Minnesota TD Minnesota 16 - Pittsburgh 0
Dalvin Cook 29 yd. run (Greg Joseph kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:20
Minnesota TD Minnesota 23 - Pittsburgh 0
Dalvin Cook 7 yd. run (Greg Joseph kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:36
Minnesota FG Minnesota 26 - Pittsburgh 0
Greg Joseph 42 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 6:15
Minnesota FG Minnesota 29 - Pittsburgh 0
Greg Joseph 25 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 2:11
Pittsburgh TD Minnesota 29 - Pittsburgh 7
Najee Harris 3 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell kick)
4th Quarter - 14:49
Pittsburgh TD Minnesota 29 - Pittsburgh 14
Najee Harris 1 yd. run (Chris Boswell kick)
4th Quarter - 12:11
Pittsburgh TD Minnesota 29 - Pittsburgh 20
James Washington 30 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (pass failed)
4th Quarter - 10:51
Minnesota TD Minnesota 36 - Pittsburgh 20
K.J. Osborn 62 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Greg Joseph kick)
4th Quarter - 4:14
Pittsburgh TD Minnesota 36 - Pittsburgh 28
Pat Freiermuth 15 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Diontae Johnson pass from Ben Roethlisberger)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Pittsburgh Minnesota
1st Downs 22 22
Rushing 7 13
Passing 11 8
Penalty 4 1
3rd Down Conversions 4-13 5-14
4th Down Conversions 2-2 1-1
Punts-Average 6-43.0 3-48.7
Return Yards 115 49
Punts-Returns 1-8 3-31
Kickoffs-Returns 3-62 0-0
Int-Returns 2-45 1-18
Penalties-Yards 10-85 11-102
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Time of Possession 29:32 30:28
Total Net Yards 375 458
Total Plays 69 67
Average Gain 5.4 6.8
Net Yards Rushing 106 242
Rushes 24 36
Average/Rush 4.4 6.7
Net Yards Passing 269 216
Comp-Att 28-40 14-31
Yards/Pass 6.0 7.0
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-39 0-0
Had Intercepted 1 2
Touchdowns 4 4
Rushing 1 2
Passing 3 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-4 3-4
Field Goals 0-1 3-4
Red Zone Efficiency 3-4-75% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 0-1-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Pittsburgh Steelers (6-6-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Roethlisberger 28/40 308 3 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
N. Harris 20 94 4.7 1 23
D. Johnson 1 7 7.0 0 7
B. Roethlisberger 1 5 5.0 0 5
C. Claypool 1 2 2.0 0 2
B. Snell Jr. 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
C. Claypool 9 8 93 11.6 0 38
D. Johnson 10 5 76 15.2 0 37
J. Washington 6 4 65 16.2 1 30
R. McCloud 8 6 32 5.3 0 10
P. Freiermuth 3 2 32 16.0 1 17
N. Harris 3 3 10 3.3 1 6
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Witherspoon 2 45 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  Tk Ast
A. Witherspoon 4 0
C. Sutton 4 0
T. Edmunds 4 1
J. Schobert 4 3
C. Heyward 3 3
M. Fitzpatrick 3 3
D. Bush 3 5
M. Killebrew 2 0
T. Charlton 2 2
A. Highsmith 1 0
T. Norwood 1 0
H. Mondeaux 1 0
A. Maulet 1 0
M. Adams 1 1
I. Loudermilk 1 1
C. Wormley 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
B. Roethlisberger 1
Minnesota Vikings (6-7)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Cousins 14/31 216 2 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Cook 27 205 7.6 2 30
A. Mattison 6 27 4.5 0 14
K. Cousins 2 14 7.0 0 11
J. Jefferson 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
K. Osborn 9 3 83 27.7 1 62
J. Jefferson 15 7 79 11.3 1 22
T. Conklin 2 2 20 10.0 0 19
D. Cook 3 1 17 17.0 0 17
C. Herndon 1 1 17 17.0 0 17
A. Mattison 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
B. Breeland 1 18 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
A. Watts 1.0 9.0
E. Kendricks 1.0 9.0
S. Richardson 1.0 8.0
H. Smith 1.0 7.0
M. Pierce 1.0 6.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
B. Breeland 7 1
X. Woods 5 2
E. Kendricks 5 6
K. Boyd 4 0
H. Smith 4 1
A. Barr 4 5
S. Richardson 3 0
P. Peterson 3 2
M. Pierce 2 1
K. Willekes 1 0
P. Jones II 1 0
J. Lynch 1 1
D. Tomlinson 1 1
A. Watts 1 2
M. Alexander 1 4
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles