2008 Week 16 · Sun, Dec 21, 2008 · LP Field
Final
Pittsburgh Steelers 14 at Tennessee Titans 31. Final.
Tennessee Titans 31–14 — never really in doubt late.
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.
Pittsburgh Steelers
52 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
Tennessee Titans
51 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
Passing · PIT
26/40, 331 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
-4.9 expected points added · +12.0% completion over expected
Passing · TEN
20/29, 216 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT
5.0 expected points added · +7.9% completion over expected
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
Pittsburgh Steelers
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 26/40 | 331 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −4.9 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Parker | 18 | 29 | 1.6 | 0 | −6.3 |
| Mewelde Moore | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | +1.0 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | −2.1 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Clark | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| James Farrior | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Harrison | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Foote | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ike Taylor | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Troy Polamalu | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Timmons | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| LaMarr Woodley | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Gay | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Smith | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Tennessee Titans
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Collins | 20/29 | 216 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +5.0 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Johnson | 16 | 69 | 4.3 | 1 | −1.0 |
| LenDale White | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 1 | −1.0 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Bulluck | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| David Thornton | 4 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Hope | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Harper | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Tulloch | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cortland Finnegan | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Griffin | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 |
| Jason Jones | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Brown | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Donnie Nickey | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- Steelers -2.5
- Closing total
- 34
- Steelers moneyline
- -139
- Titans moneyline
- +129
Steelers closed -2.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 34; the game landed 45 — over by 11.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- LP Field
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- Freezing, 32°F at kickoff; a light breeze at 10 mph out of the north-west; clear.
- Referee
- John Parry
- Rest
- Steelers 7 days · Titans 7 days
- Coaches
- Mike Tomlin vs Jeff Fisher