2011 Week 14 · Thu, Dec 8, 2011 · Heinz Field

Cleveland Browns

Pittsburgh SteelersWinner

PIT -14 no coverU 40 ✓31°FSteelers closed -14, won by 11 — but didn't cover.

Pittsburgh Steelers 14–3.

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

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · PIT

Ben RoethlisbergerQB

16/21, 280 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT

17.0 expected points added · +14.2% completion over expected

Passing · CLE

Colt McCoyQB

18/35, 209 yds, 0 TD, 2 INT

-6.5 expected points added · -3.8% completion over expected

Rushing · PIT

Rashard MendenhallRB

18 att, 76 yds, 0 TD

-2.0 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · PIT

Isaac RedmanRB

6 att, 35 yds, 0 TD

0.8 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · PIT

Antonio BrownWR

5/8 for 151 yds, 1 TD

35% of team targets · 13.2 expected points added

Receiving · PIT

Mike WallaceWR

4/5 for 57 yds, 0 TD

22% of team targets · 3.3 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Cleveland Browns

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Colt McCoy	18/35	209	0	2	3	-6.5
Seneca Wallace	1/1	13	0	0	0	1.6

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Chris Ogbonnaya	2	31	15.5	3.8
Peyton Hillis	10	25	2.5	-4.3
Montario Hardesty	11	24	2.2	-5.2
Colt McCoy	6	15	2.5	0.2
Josh Cribbs	1	3	3.0	-0.2

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	Tgt share	EPA
Evan Moore	4	5	55	14%	-1.8
Mohamed Massaquoi	3	7	44	20%	-1.8
Josh Cribbs	2	2	38	6%	3.6
Greg Little	2	6	25	17%	-0.7
Jordan Norwood	2	4	21	11%	0.6
Alex Smith	2	3	19	9%	1.1
Benjamin Watson	2	3	11	9%	-0.2
Montario Hardesty	2	2	9	6%	1.5
Chris Ogbonnaya	0	2	0	6%	-0.8
Peyton Hillis	0	1	0	3%	-0.3

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
D'Qwell Jackson	5	6	1.0	0	0
Mike Adams	5	4	0.0	1	1
Joe Haden	3	3	0.0	0	0
Chris Gocong	5	1	0.0	0	0
Kaluka Maiava	2	0	0.0	0	0
Sheldon Brown	2	0	0.0	0	0
Scott Paxson	1	1	1.0	0	0
Usama Young	1	1	0.0	0	0
Josh Cribbs	1	0	0.0	0	0
Benjamin Watson	1	0	0.0	0	0

Pittsburgh Steelers

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Ben Roethlisberger	16/21	280	2	1	1	17.0
Charlie Batch	0/2	0	0	0	1	-2.2

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Rashard Mendenhall	18	76	4.2	-2.0
Isaac Redman	6	35	5.8	0.8
Mike Wallace	1	21	21.0	1.1
Mewelde Moore	3	15	5.0	-0.1

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Antonio Brown	5	8	151	1	35%	13.2
Mike Wallace	4	5	57	0	22%	3.3
Jerricho Cotchery	2	3	33	1	13%	3.1
David Johnson	2	2	22	0	9%	1.4
Heath Miller	2	4	11	0	17%	-8.3
Hines Ward	1	1	6	0	4%	-4.5

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Ryan Clark	9	1	0.0	0	0
Troy Polamalu	3	5	0.0	1	2
Lawrence Timmons	4	3	0.0	0	0
William Gay	5	2	0.0	1	3
Jason Worilds	6	1	2.0	0	0
James Harrison	4	1	0.0	0	0
Casey Hampton	1	3	0.0	0	0
Brett Keisel	2	1	0.0	0	1
Larry Foote	0	2	0.5	0	0
Steve McLendon	1	1	0.5	0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: PIT -14
Closing total: 40
CLE moneyline: +816
PIT moneyline: -1100

Steelers closed -14, won by 11 — but didn't cover.

Total closed 40; the game landed 17 — under by 23.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Heinz Field
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 31°F, wind 6 mph
Referee: Ed Hochuli
Rest: CLE 4 days · PIT 4 days
Coaches: Pat Shurmur vs Mike Tomlin

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