2004 Week 5 · Sun, Oct 10, 2004 · Heinz Field
Cleveland Browns
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Pittsburgh SteelersWinner
34
PIT -4.5 ✓O 36 ✓
Pittsburgh Steelers 34–23.
Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Full stat lines
Box score
Cleveland Browns
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Garcia | 16/34 | 210 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4.4 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Garcia | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | 4.3 |
| Lee Suggs | 11 | 30 | 2.7 | 0 | -2.5 |
| William Green | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 1.6 |
| Dennis Northcutt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | -0.5 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Bentley | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Henry | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Robert Griffith | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenard Lang | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daylon McCutcheon | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orpheus Roye | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andra Davis | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leigh Bodden | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Myers | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Little | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Steelers
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 16/21 | 231 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.1 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duce Staley | 21 | 117 | 5.6 | 1 | 4.0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 14 | 34 | 2.4 | 1 | -6.8 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Verron Haynes | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | -0.7 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Farrior | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Hope | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Scott | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Clark Haggans | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Polamalu | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Joey Porter | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Verron Haynes | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimo von Oelhoffen | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Foote | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- PIT -4.5
- Closing total
- 36
- CLE moneyline
- —
- PIT moneyline
- —
Steelers closed -4.5 and covered, winning by 11.
Total closed 36; the game landed 57 — over by 21.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Heinz Field
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · dessograss
- Kickoff weather
- 54°F, wind 7 mph
- Referee
- Gerry Austin
- Rest
- CLE 7 days · PIT 7 days
- Coaches
- Butch Davis vs Bill Cowher
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.