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2004 Week 5 · Sun, Oct 10, 2004 · Heinz Field

Cleveland Browns

23

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

Passing · PIT

Ben RoethlisbergerQB

16/21, 231 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT

7.1 expected points added

Passing · CLE

Jeff GarciaQB

16/34, 210 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT

-4.4 expected points added

Rushing · PIT

Duce StaleyRB

21 att, 117 yds, 1 TD

4.0 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · CLE

Jeff GarciaQB

5 att, 41 yds, 0 TD

4.3 expected points added on the ground

Full stat lines

Box score

Cleveland Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINTSackedEPA
Jeff Garcia16/34210103-4.4

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDEPA
Jeff Garcia5418.204.3
Lee Suggs11302.70-2.5
William Green3279.001.6
Dennis Northcutt100.00-0.5

Defense (top contributors)

PlayerSoloAstSacksINTPD
Kevin Bentley420.000
Anthony Henry500.002
Robert Griffith410.000
Kenard Lang320.000
Daylon McCutcheon400.000
Orpheus Roye220.000
Andra Davis400.000
Leigh Bodden400.000
Michael Myers120.000
Earl Little120.000

Pittsburgh Steelers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINTSackedEPA
Ben Roethlisberger16/212311107.1

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDEPA
Duce Staley211175.614.0
Jerome Bettis14342.41-6.8
Ben Roethlisberger6132.21-0.1
Verron Haynes263.00-0.7

Defense (top contributors)

PlayerSoloAstSacksINTPD
James Farrior520.001
Chris Hope410.000
Chad Scott400.001
Clark Haggans311.000
Troy Polamalu210.002
Joey Porter300.001
Verron Haynes110.000
Deshea Townsend200.003
Kimo von Oelhoffen110.000
Larry Foote200.000

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.