2011 Week 4 · Sun, Oct 2, 2011 · Reliant Stadium
Final
Pittsburgh Steelers 10 at Houston Texans 17. Final.
Houston Texans 17–10.
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
45 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
Houston Texans
46 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
16/30, 206 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT
-5.0 expected points added · -5.7% completion over expected
Passing · HOU
14/21, 138 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT
5.0 expected points added · +0.2% 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 | 16/30 | 206 | 0 | 1 | 5 | −5.0 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Redman | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 | +1.2 |
| Mewelde Moore | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | +0.6 |
| Rashard Mendenhall | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 1 | −0.7 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | +1.8 |
| Antonio Brown | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | +0.6 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Wallace | 4 | 4 | 77 | 0 | 14% | +3.3 |
| Antonio Brown | 5 | 10 | 67 | 0 | 34% | +3.3 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 14% | −0.7 |
| Heath Miller | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 10% | −0.7 |
| Isaac Redman | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3% | +0.1 |
| Emmanuel Sanders | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 7% | −0.6 |
| David Johnson | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7% | −0.2 |
| Rashard Mendenhall | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7% | −1.3 |
| Jerricho Cotchery | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3% | −0.8 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Polamalu | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Farrior | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Clark | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Gay | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Smith | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Foote | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| LaMarr Woodley | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Harrison | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Timmons | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
Houston Texans
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Schaub | 14/21 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +5.0 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arian Foster | 30 | 155 | 5.2 | 1 | +0.8 |
| Ben Tate | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | +1.3 |
| Chris Ogbonnaya | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | −0.1 |
| Matt Schaub | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | +0.5 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Daniels | 5 | 7 | 69 | 1 | 33% | +6.9 |
| Andre Johnson | 4 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 24% | +3.0 |
| Joel Dreessen | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 5% | +0.7 |
| Arian Foster | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 24% | −4.3 |
| James Casey | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5% | +0.5 |
| Jacoby Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5% | −1.0 |
| Kevin Walter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5% | −0.8 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Allen | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Cushing | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danieal Manning | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Williams | 4 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Barwin | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Troy Nolan | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeMeco Ryans | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tim Jamison | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brice McCain | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glover Quin | 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/2011_04_PIT_HOU
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
- Texans -4
- Closing total
- 46
- Steelers moneyline
- +180
- Texans moneyline
- -200
Texans closed -4 and covered, winning by 7.
Total closed 46; the game landed 27 — under by 19.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Reliant Stadium
- Roof / surface
- open · grass
- Kickoff weather
- Warm, 79°F at kickoff; a light breeze at 5 mph out of the east; clear.
- Referee
- Clete Blakeman
- Rest
- Steelers 7 days · Texans 7 days
- Coaches
- Mike Tomlin vs Gary Kubiak