2014 Week 4 · Sun, Sep 28, 2014 · Heinz Field

Tampa Bay BuccaneersWinner

Pittsburgh Steelers

PIT -7.5 upsetO 44.5 ✓Steelers closed -7.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27–24 — 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

Ben RoethlisbergerQB

29/40, 314 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT

11.5 expected points added · +12.9% completion over expected

Passing · TB

Mike GlennonQB

21/42, 302 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT

5.1 expected points added · -3.6% completion over expected

Rushing · PIT

Le'Veon BellRB

19 att, 63 yds, 0 TD

-2.6 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · TB

Doug MartinRB

13 att, 40 yds, 1 TD

1.9 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · PIT

Antonio BrownWR

7/11 for 131 yds, 2 TD

28% of team targets · 9.8 expected points added

Receiving · TB

Louis MurphyWR

6/11 for 99 yds, 0 TD

26% of team targets · 4.0 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Mike Glennon	21/42	302	2	1	1	5.1
Bobby Rainey	0/1	0	0	0	0	-0.4

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Doug Martin	13	40	3.1	1	1.9
Solomon Patton	1	19	19.0	0	1.2
Bobby Rainey	4	2	0.5	0	-1.3
Jorvorskie Lane	1	2	2.0	0	-0.1

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Louis Murphy	6	11	99	0	26%	4.0
Mike Evans	4	7	65	1	17%	0.9
Austin Seferian-Jenkins	3	7	44	0	17%	0.8
Vincent Jackson	3	10	32	1	24%	-0.1
Russell Shepard	2	2	30	0	5%	2.7
Doug Martin	2	2	16	0	5%	0.1
Bobby Rainey	1	2	16	0	5%	-0.2
Brandon Myers	0	1	0	0	2%	-0.5

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Lavonte David	8	2	0.0	0
Major Wright	6	3	0.0	0
Leonard Johnson	2	4	0.0	1
Mark Barron	4	2	0.0	0
Dane Fletcher	2	4	0.0	0
Da'Quan Bowers	2	3	1.0	0
Michael Johnson	4	1	2.0	0
Alterraun Verner	4	1	0.0	0
William Gholston	2	2	0.0	0
Danny Lansanah	1	2	0.0	1

Pittsburgh Steelers

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Ben Roethlisberger	29/40	314	3	0	5	11.5
Antonio Brown	1/1	17	0	0	0	0.9

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Le'Veon Bell	19	63	3.3	-2.6
LeGarrette Blount	4	25	6.3	0.4
Ben Roethlisberger	2	4	2.0	0.6
Will Johnson	1	0	0.0	-0.5
Markus Wheaton	1	-7	-7.0	-1.5

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Antonio Brown	7	11	131	2	28%	9.8
Heath Miller	10	11	85	1	28%	7.4
Markus Wheaton	4	6	57	0	15%	4.3
Le'Veon Bell	6	7	46	0	18%	1.8
Lance Moore	1	1	12	0	3%	0.4
Justin Brown	1	2	5	0	5%	-1.0
Dri Archer	1	1	1	0	3%	-0.3
Will Johnson	0	1	0	0	3%	-0.8

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Lawrence Timmons	6	3	0.0	0	0
Mike Mitchell	5	1	0.0	0	0
Cortez Allen	4	2	0.0	1	3
William Gay	4	0	0.0	0	2
Troy Polamalu	2	2	0.0	0	1
Brice McCain	1	1	0.0	0	1
Cameron Heyward	2	0	1.0	0	0
Sean Spence	2	0	0.0	0	0
Cam Thomas	1	0	0.0	0	0
Arthur Moats	1	0	0.0	0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: PIT -7.5
Closing total: 44.5
TB moneyline: +301
PIT moneyline: -345

Steelers closed -7.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Total closed 44.5; the game landed 51 — over by 6.5.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Heinz Field
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 74°F, wind 3 mph
Referee: Walt Anderson
Rest: TB 10 days · PIT 7 days
Coaches: Lovie Smith vs Mike Tomlin