2010 Week 17 · Sun, Jan 2, 2011 · Cleveland Browns Stadium

Pittsburgh SteelersWinner

Cleveland Browns

PIT -6.5 ✓O 38 ✓25°FSteelers closed -6.5 and covered, winning by 32.

Pittsburgh Steelers 41–9 — never really in doubt late.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · PIT

Ben RoethlisbergerQB

15/22, 280 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT

21.2 expected points added · +9.8% completion over expected

Passing · CLE

Colt McCoyQB

20/41, 209 yds, 1 TD, 3 INT

-7.3 expected points added · -10.1% completion over expected

Rushing · PIT

Rashard MendenhallRB

14 att, 36 yds, 2 TD

-0.5 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · PIT

Jonathan DwyerRB

9 att, 28 yds, 0 TD

-2.9 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · PIT

Mike WallaceWR

3/5 for 105 yds, 1 TD

17% of team targets · 9.0 expected points added

Receiving · CLE

Benjamin WatsonTE

7/12 for 67 yds, 0 TD

28% of team targets · -1.0 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Pittsburgh Steelers

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	Sacked	EPA
Ben Roethlisberger	15/22	280	2	0	21.2
Byron Leftwich	5/7	42	0	2	1.4
Antwaan Randle El	1/1	3	1	0	2.5

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Rashard Mendenhall	14	36	2.6	2	-0.5
Jonathan Dwyer	9	28	3.1	0	-2.9
Ben Roethlisberger	4	24	6.0	0	4.5
Isaac Redman	3	12	4.0	0	1.2

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Mike Wallace	3	5	105	1	17%	9.0
Heath Miller	4	7	55	1	23%	4.2
Antonio Brown	4	4	52	0	13%	4.4
Hines Ward	5	6	45	1	20%	5.7
Rashard Mendenhall	1	1	24	0	3%	1.7
Antwaan Randle El	2	3	21	0	10%	3.2
Emmanuel Sanders	1	2	16	0	7%	0.8
Isaac Redman	1	2	7	0	7%	-1.1

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Lawrence Timmons	8	0	0.0	0	0
James Harrison	3	3	0.0	0	0
Keenan Lewis	4	0	0.0	0	0
Stevenson Sylvester	4	0	0.0	0	0
Larry Foote	4	0	0.0	0	1
Ziggy Hood	3	0	1.0	0	0
Keyaron Fox	1	2	0.0	0	1
James Farrior	2	0	0.0	0	0
Anthony Madison	2	0	1.0	1	1
William Gay	2	0	0.0	0	0

Cleveland Browns

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Colt McCoy	20/41	209	1	3	4	-7.3
Seneca Wallace	1/1	1	0	0	0	-1.3
Josh Cribbs	0/1	0	0	0	0	-0.4

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Colt McCoy	4	19	4.8	3.4
Mike Bell	5	14	2.8	-0.7
Peyton Hillis	6	13	2.2	-1.9
Josh Cribbs	1	0	0.0	-0.6
Mohamed Massaquoi	1	-3	-3.0	-1.2

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Benjamin Watson	7	12	67	0	28%	-1.0
Mohamed Massaquoi	3	7	50	0	16%	-1.0
Josh Cribbs	3	4	37	0	9%	2.4
Brian Robiskie	2	6	35	1	14%	0.9
Mike Bell	4	5	14	0	12%	0.9
Chansi Stuckey	1	4	4	0	9%	-1.7
Peyton Hillis	1	1	3	0	2%	0.1
Robert Royal	0	4	0	0	9%	-3.9

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
T.J. Ward	5	1	0.0	1
Joe Haden	6	0	0.0	1
Mike Adams	5	0	0.0	0
Abram Elam	4	0	0.0	0
Matt Roth	3	1	0.0	0
Chris Gocong	2	2	0.0	0
Kenyon Coleman	2	2	0.5	0
Coye Francies	2	1	0.0	0
Benjamin Watson	2	0	0.0	0
Derreck Robinson	1	1	0.5	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: PIT -6.5
Closing total: 38
PIT moneyline: -250
CLE moneyline: +222

Steelers closed -6.5 and covered, winning by 32.

Total closed 38; the game landed 50 — over by 12.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Cleveland Browns Stadium
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 25°F, wind 14 mph
Referee: Ron Winter
Rest: PIT 10 days · CLE 7 days
Coaches: Mike Tomlin vs Eric Mangini

Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.