2009 Week 4 · Sun, Oct 4, 2009 · Heinz Field
San Diego Chargers
28
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Pittsburgh SteelersWinner
38
PIT -5.5 ✓O 43 ✓
Pittsburgh Steelers 38–28.
Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Passing · PIT
26/33, 333 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT
20.6 expected points added · +14.0% completion over expected
Full stat lines
Box score
San Diego Chargers
Pittsburgh Steelers
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 26/33 | 333 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20.6 |
| Mewelde Moore | 1/1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashard Mendenhall | 29 | 165 | 5.7 | 2 | 4.9 |
| Santonio Holmes | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 1.3 |
| Mewelde Moore | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | -1.5 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hines Ward | 8 | 11 | 113 | 0 | 32% | 6.2 |
| Heath Miller | 8 | 9 | 70 | 2 | 26% | 6.6 |
| Santonio Holmes | 4 | 5 | 52 | 0 | 15% | 4.3 |
| Mike Wallace | 2 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 9% | 2.8 |
| Mewelde Moore | 3 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 9% | 5.3 |
| Rashard Mendenhall | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 6% | 1.4 |
| Matt Spaeth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | -0.8 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Clark | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Farrior | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Harrison | 5 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keiwan Ratliff | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Gay | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andre Frazier | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Timmons | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Burnett | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Smith | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- PIT -5.5
- Closing total
- 43
- SD moneyline
- +214
- PIT moneyline
- -240
Steelers closed -5.5 and covered, winning by 10.
Total closed 43; the game landed 66 — over by 23.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Heinz Field
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · dessograss
- Kickoff weather
- 54°F, wind 4 mph
- Referee
- Jeff Triplette
- Rest
- SD 7 days · PIT 7 days
- Coaches
- Norv Turner vs Mike Tomlin