2012 Week 3 · Sun, Sep 23, 2012 · O.co Coliseum
Pittsburgh Steelers
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Oakland RaidersWinner
34
PIT -3.5 upsetO 45.5 ✓
Oakland Raiders 34–31 — decided on the final possessions.
Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Passing · PIT
36/49, 384 yds, 4 TD, 0 INT
27.1 expected points added · +12.4% completion over expected
Full stat lines
Box score
Pittsburgh Steelers
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 36/49 | 384 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27.1 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Redman | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Baron Batch | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Chris Rainey | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Mike Wallace | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | -0.9 |
| Jonathan Dwyer | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | -4.2 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Wallace | 8 | 11 | 123 | 1 | 24% | 12.8 |
| Antonio Brown | 7 | 11 | 87 | 1 | 24% | 1.0 |
| Heath Miller | 8 | 10 | 60 | 2 | 22% | 6.5 |
| Emmanuel Sanders | 3 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 9% | 2.2 |
| Isaac Redman | 3 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 7% | 1.3 |
| Chris Rainey | 2 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 4% | -0.4 |
| Baron Batch | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 4% | 0.8 |
| Jerricho Cotchery | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2% | 0.3 |
| Will Johnson | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2% | -0.1 |
| Jonathan Dwyer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2% | -0.4 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Foote | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Taylor | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cortez Allen | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Clark | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| LaMarr Woodley | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Mundy | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keenan Lewis | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Worilds | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Carter | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lawrence Timmons | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Oakland Raiders
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- PIT -3.5
- Closing total
- 45.5
- PIT moneyline
- -200
- OAK moneyline
- +180
Steelers closed -3.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 45.5; the game landed 65 — over by 19.5.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- O.co Coliseum
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- 69°F, wind 10 mph
- Referee
- David White
- Rest
- PIT 7 days · OAK 7 days
- Coaches
- Mike Tomlin vs Dennis Allen