2004 Week 14 · Sun, Dec 12, 2004 · Heinz Field
Final
New York Jets 6 at Pittsburgh Steelers 17. Final.
Pittsburgh Steelers 17–6.
The Game Day Roster
Who was out, who dressed and never took a snap, and who was on the field how much. Snap counts begin in 2013. For this season the feed gives the game-day list and who was inactive, but not how many snaps each man took.
New York Jets
53 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
Pittsburgh Steelers
52 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
Who moved the needle
Top performers
No opportunity read for this era
Snap, route and expected-points data starts in 2021. This game is older than the usage record, so there is no opportunity read for it — the box score above is the complete picture we hold.
Full stat lines
Box score
New York Jets
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Pennington | 17/31 | 189 | 0 | 3 | 0 | −5.6 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Martin | 24 | 72 | 3.0 | 0 | −3.5 |
| Chad Pennington | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | −0.4 |
| LaMont Jordan | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | −0.2 |
| Jerald Sowell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | +0.1 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Thomas | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Coleman | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Vilma | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Ellis | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Barton | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Brown | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Cowart | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Ferguson | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Moore | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon McGraw | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Steelers
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 9/19 | 144 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5.2 |
| Jerome Bettis | 1/1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2.8 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Bettis | 10 | 57 | 5.7 | 1 | +3.9 |
| Duce Staley | 16 | 51 | 3.2 | 0 | −4.8 |
| Willie Parker | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | +1.9 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 0 | −4.9 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Farrior | 4 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Willie Williams | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Troy Polamalu | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| James Harrison | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Hope | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Aaron Smith | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Foote | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alonzo Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricardo Colclough | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Porter | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Take it with you
Every number on them comes from the same read as this page, and each one says in words where it came from.
The market number, who both clubs have been, and the one question this matchup asks.
/football/games/2004_14_NYJ_PIT
The cards are drawn from the charted play-by-play, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- Steelers -4.5
- Closing total
- 35
- Jets moneyline
- —
- Steelers moneyline
- —
Steelers closed -4.5 and covered, winning by 11.
Total closed 35; the game landed 23 — under by 12.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Heinz Field
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · dessograss
- Kickoff weather
- Cold, 38°F at kickoff; breezy at 13 mph out of the south-west; 0.01 in of precipitation; slight snow.
- Referee
- Walt Anderson
- Rest
- Jets 7 days · Steelers 7 days
- Coaches
- Herm Edwards vs Bill Cowher