* Playoff * 12-16-2005 Temp:27 Wind:0-5 MVP:Smith,P 1973 Pittsburgh (0-1) 3 6 0 7 16 1973 Denver (1-0) 7 0 0 10 17 1 Pit FG Gerela 39 (5-26-3:12) 11:34 3-0 1 Den TD Johnson,C 4 pass to Odoms (Turner,J) (12-64-5:51) 5:27 3-7 2 Pit FG Gerela 35 (9-30-4:57) 1:08 6-7 2 Pit FG Gerela 22 (3-23-0:34) 0:03 9-7 4 Den TD Little 1 run (Turner,J) (8-78-3:29) 12:32 9-14 4 Pit TD Bradshaw 71 pass to Shanklin (Gerela) (2-71-1:02) 11:21 16-14 4 Den FG Turner,J 34 (3-6-0:29) 1:53 16-17 Pit Den First Downs 12 14 Rushes 39-168 24-89 Passes 13-6-107 27-16-169 Sacked 2-6 4-21 Fumble 0 4 Penalties 6-48 4-29 Turnovers 2 3 Time 32:28 27:32 Third Down 6-15 7-13 Fourth Down 0-1 0-0 Net Offense 269 237 Injuries: 1973 Pittsburgh Steelers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Harris,F 22 84 3.8 2 3 36 0 Pearson,P 2 0 11 5.5 0 1 6 0 Pearson,P 13 64 4.9 1 4 23 0 Shanklin 2 2 83 41.5 1 2 71 1 Bradshaw 2 14 7.0 0 0 8 0 Fuqua 1 0 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 Fuqua 2 6 3.0 0 0 5 0 Pearson,B 1 0 7 7.0 0 2 7 0 39 168 4.3 3 7 36 0 6 2 107 17.8 1 5 91 1 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Bradshaw 13 6 46.2 107 17.8 71 1 1 2 15.4 2 1 7.7 60.9 13 6 46.2 107 17.8 71 1 1 2 15.4 2 1 7.7 60.9 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Gerela 1 1 100.0 4 3 75.0 0.0 0.0 39 10 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Walden 5 193 42 0 0 0 5 51 28.4 38.6 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Davis,St 2 52 26.0 40 0 Edwards,G 1 0 6 6.0 6 0 Pearson,P 2 41 20.5 21 0 1 0 6 6.0 6 0 4 93 23.3 40 0 Fumbles Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Greenwoo 2 Ham 2 Edwards, 1 Edwards, 1 Wagner 1 Greene 1 Greenwoo 1 Holmes,E 1 Greenwoo 1 Holmes,E 1 Ham 1 Scolnik 1 Tackles Ham 9 Holmes,E 4 Blount 3 Rowser 2 Davis,H 1 Russell 7 Scolnik 4 Edwards, 3 Meyer 2 Wagner 1 Greenwoo 5 White 4 Greene 3 Keating 1 Furness 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Blount 1 11 11.0 11 0 Thomas,JT 1 9 9.0 9 0 2 20 10.0 11 0 1973 Denver Broncos Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Little 11 39 3.5 1 3 15 1 Dawkins 5 0 31 6.2 0 0 8 0 Moses 1 23 23.0 1 1 23 0 Little 4 1 32 8.0 0 3 11 0 Dawkins 9 18 2.0 0 1 8 0 Odoms 4 1 35 8.8 0 2 13 1 Odoms 1 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 Moses 2 0 19 9.5 0 2 12 0 Johnson,C 2 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 Simmons 1 0 52 52.0 1 1 52 0 24 89 3.7 2 5 23 1 16 2 169 10.6 1 8 52 1 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Johnson,C 27 16 59.3 169 10.6 52 0 1 2 7.4 4 1 3.7 59.0 27 16 59.3 169 10.6 52 0 1 2 7.4 4 1 3.7 59.0 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Turner,J 2 2 100.0 3 1 33.3 0.0 0.0 34 5 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Van Heusen 4 187 55 1 0 1 1 6 40.3 46.8 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Armstrong 3 96 32.0 37 0 Thompson,B 5 0 51 10.2 15 0 3 96 32.0 37 0 5 0 51 10.2 15 0 Fumbles Dawkins 1 Johnson, 1 Odoms 1 Thompson 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Smith,P 2 Smith,P 3 Mitchell 1 Forsberg 1 Jackson, 1 Lyons 1 Tackles Smith,P 12 Greer 4 Forsberg 3 Chavous 2 Pitts,J 1 O'Malley 1 Alzado 8 Jones,C 4 May,R 2 Duranko 2 Graham 1 Laskey 6 Simone 3 Montgome 2 Thompson 2 Jackson, 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Greer 2 0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 1st Quarter KO 15:00 Pit Davis,St ret of 40 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own42 14:46 Pit Harris,F 17 B1 OffTkl-L B2 Z Basic 1 10 opp41 13:55 Pit Pen5(Team)/ob B1 Sweep-R B2 Z Basic 1 15 opp46 13:47 Pit Pearson,P 8 B1 OffTkl-L Ni M Dbl-Shanklin 2 7 opp38 13:06 Pit Harris,F 1 B1 OffTkl-L B2 tM Basic 3 6 opp37 12:19 Pit Pearson,P 5 B1 Pitch-L B2 tZ Pass 4 1 opp32 11:34 Pit FG Gerela 39 good -- FG -- Block 3-0 KO 11:30 Den Armstrong ret of 37 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own36 11:18 Den Dawkins 0 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Basic 2 10 own36 10:39 Den Johnson-Dawkins 8/F B1 S-Flat/Dump B1 tM Basic 3 2 own44 9:58 Den Little 5 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Key-Dawkins 1 10 own49 9:12 Den Johnson-Dawkins 5 B1 S-Slant/Dump B1 M Basic 2 5 opp46 8:38 Den Dawkins 5 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp41 7:53 Pit Pen5(Greene) B1 OffTkl-L B1 sZ Basic 1 5 opp36 7:45 Den Johnson-Moses 7 B1 S-Slant B1 Z Basic 1 10 opp29 7:08 Den Dawkins -2 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Run 2 12 opp31 6:27 Den Johnson-Odoms 11 B1 M-Straight Ni M Basic 3 1 opp20 5:44 Den Johnson-Little 11 B1 S-Hitch B1 tM Stuff 1 9 opp9 5:36 Pit Pen5(Wagner) B1 S-Out B1 sM Basic/Li 1 4 opp4 5:31 Den Johnson-Odoms 4/TD B1 S-Hitch B1 tZ Basic 3-7 KO 5:27 Pit Pearson,P ret of 21 -- KO-angle -- Return 1 10 own27 5:16 Pit Harris,F 4 B1 OffTkl-L B1 dZ Key-Harris,F 2 6 own31 4:27 Pit Bradsha-Pearson, 6 B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Basic 1 10 own37 3:45 Pit Pearson,P 4/ob B1 Sweep-L B1 Z Basic 2 6 own41 3:37 Pit Harris,F 0 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Basic 3 6 own41 2:53 Pit Bradsha-Shanklin X B1 M-Out B2 tZ Pass 4 6 own41 2:46 Penalty -- Pt-deep -- Return 4 21 own26 2:41 Pit Walden 42,Thompson,B -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own39 2:35 Den Little 4 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Basic/Li 2 6 own43 1:53 Den Little 2 B1 Sweep-L B1 Zi Basic/Bz1 3 4 own45 1:13 Den Dawkins 0 B1 Sweep-R Ni tM Basic 4 4 own45 0:31 Den Van Heusen 55,Edward -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 0:25 Pit Harris,F 36 B1 Dive B1 M Dbl-Shanklin 2nd Quarter 1 10 opp44 15:00 Pit Fuqua 5 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic 2 5 opp39 14:18 Pit Pearson,P 3 B1 Dive B1 dZ Basic 3 2 opp36 13:31 Pit Pearson,P 3 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Pass 1 10 opp33 12:50 Pit Harris,F 3 B1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Basic 2 7 opp30 12:06 Pit Harris,F 2 B1 Dive B2 tZ Basic 3 5 opp28 11:26 Pit Bradsha-Shanklin X B1 M-Straight B2 tZ Basic 4 5 opp28 11:18 Pit FG Gerela 35 no good -- FG -- Block 1 10 own20 11:13 Den Little 1 B1 OffTkl-L B1 sM Basic 2 9 own21 10:22 Den Johnson-Odoms X B1 M-Out Ni Zi Basic/Lo 3 9 own21 10:15 Den Johnson-Odoms 13/F B1 S-Slant Ni Z Pass/Lo 1 10 opp32 10:05 Pit Bradsha-INT-Greer B1 L-Straight/MP B2 tZ Basic/Bz1 1 10 own9 9:54 Den Little 0 B1 Sweep-L/SI B1 tM Run 2 10 own9 9:09 Den Little 15 B1 Draw B1 sZ Basic 1 10 own24 8:21 Den Dawkins -1 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Run 2 11 own23 7:40 Den Dawkins 3 B1 Draw Ni Mi Basic/Lo 3 8 own26 6:57 Den Sk-Greene -8 B1 B-Post Ni tZi Pass/C 4 16 own18 6:10 Den Van Heusen 46,Edward -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own42 6:05 Pit Pen5(Alzado) B1 Dive B1 tZ Basic 1 5 own47 6:05 Pit Harris,F 0 B1 Dive B1 Z Basic 2 5 own47 5:22 Pit Harris,F 4 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Basic 3 1 opp49 4:37 Pit Harris,F 3 B1 OffTkl-L B1 sZ Key-Pearson,P/Li 1 10 opp46 3:57 Pit Harris,F 2 B1 Dive B1 Z Basic 2 8 opp44 3:13 Pit Fuqua 1 B1 Draw B1 tZ Basic 3 7 opp43 2:25 Pit Bradsha-Pearson, 7 B1 M-Seam B2 tZ Pass 1 10 opp36 2:00 Pit Bradsha-Shanklin X B1 M-Out B2 M Dbl-Shanklin 2 10 opp36 1:51 Pit Pearson,P 5 B1 Sweep-L B2 tZ Pass 3 5 opp31 1:15 Pit Harris,F 3/ob B1 Pitch-L B2 tZ Pass/Bz1 4 2 opp28 1:08 Pit FG Gerela 35 good -- FG -- Block 6-7 KO 1:03 Den Armstrong ret of 36 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own37 0:52 Den Johnson-INT-Thomas,J B1 M-Slant Ni Z Basic/C 1 10 opp38 0:37 Pit Bradshaw 8 B2 M-Out B2 tZ Key-Harris,F 2 2 opp30 0:28 Pit Pearson,P 3 B1 Trap-L B2 tZ Pass/Bz1/A 1 10 opp27 0:19 Pit Bradsha-Shanklin 12 B1 S-Slant B2 tZ Key-Harris,F/Bz1/A 1 10 opp15 0:03 Pit FG Gerela 22 good -- FG -- Block 9-7 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 Den Armstrong ret of 23 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own19 14:53 Den Little 5 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Basic 2 5 own24 14:09 Den Johnson-Odoms X B1 M-Out B1 tZ Run 3 5 own24 14:02 Den Johnson-Odoms X B1 S-Hitch B1 tZ Basic 4 5 own24 13:58 Den Van Heusen 45,Edward -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own31 13:53 Pit Pearson,P 4 B1 Pitch-L B1 tZ Basic 2 6 own35 13:05 Pit Harris,F 2 B1 Trap-L B1 tZ Basic/Li 3 4 own37 12:27 Pit Harris,F -3/ob B1 Pitch-R B1 tM Dbl-Shanklin 4 7 own34 12:19 Pit Walden 38,Thompson,B -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own36 12:14 Den Johnson-Little X B1 M-Slant B1 M Run 2 10 own36 12:06 Den Sk-Greenwood -5 B1 S-Hitch B1 tZ Basic 3 15 own31 11:23 Den Johnson-INT-Blount B1 B-Post Ni M Pass/C 1 10 own44 11:05 Pit Pearson,P -1 B1 OffTkl-R B2 Z Basic/Bz1/Li 2 11 own43 10:09 Pit Sk-Smith,P -3 B1 S-Flat B2 Z Basic 3 14 own40 9:15 Pit Harris,F -3 B1 Draw B2 Z Pass/A 4 17 own37 8:21 Pit Walden 41,Thompson,B -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own37 8:17 Den Little 0 B1 OffTkl-L B1 sZ Run 2 10 own37 7:30 Den Dawkins 3/ob B1 Sweep-R B1 M Basic 3 7 own40 7:21 Den Johnson-Odoms 7/ob B1 S-Out Ni Zi Pass/Lo/C 1 10 own47 7:14 Den Johnson-Little X B1 M-Slant B1 M Basic 2 10 own47 7:06 Den Johnson-Little X B1 S-Hitch Ni Z Basic/C 3 10 own47 7:01 Den Odoms 9/ob B1 Reverse Di Z Pass/C 4 1 opp44 6:53 Den FG Turner 51 no good -- FG -- Block 1 10 own20 6:49 Pit Harris,F 5 B1 OffTkl-L B2 tZ Basic/Bz1 2 5 own25 5:56 Pit Harris,F 2 B1 Dive B1 tZ Basic 3 3 own27 5:02 Pit Pearson,P 4 B1 Trap-L B1 tZ Basic 1 10 own31 4:06 Pit Harris,F 2 B1 Trap-L B1 tZ Run/Bz3/Li 2 8 own33 3:07 Pit Harris,F 1 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Basic 3 7 own34 2:15 Pit Pearson,P 23 B1 Trap-L B2 tZ Pass 1 10 opp43 1:12 Pit Bradsha-INT-Greer B1 L-Hitch/MP B2 tZ Basic 1 10 own22 1:01 Den Little 6 B1 OffTkl-L B1 sZ Basic 2 4 own28 0:18 Den Johnson-Little X B1 M-Straight B1 tZ Basic 3 4 own28 0:09 Den Johnson-Little 4 B1 S-Hitch B1 tZ Basic 4th Quarter 1 10 own32 15:00 Den Johnson-Simmons 52 B1 S-Slant B1 Z Run 1 10 opp16 14:05 Den Johnson-Dawkins 7 B1 S-Hitch/Dump B1 sZ Run 2 3 opp9 13:28 Den Johnson-Little 8/ob B1 S-Out B1 sZ Basic/Li 1 1 opp1 13:21 Den Little 0 B1 Overtop R1 tZ Goalline/Li/A 2 1 opp1 12:39 Den Little 1/TD B1 Overtop R1 tZ Goalline/A 9-14 KO 12:32 Pit Pearson,P ret of 20 -- KO-angle -- Return 1 10 own29 12:23 Pit Harris,F 0 B1 OffTkl-L B2 Z Basic 2 10 own29 11:39 Pit Bradsha-Shanklin 71/ B1 M-Slant B2 Z Pass 16-14 KO 11:21 Den kick downed -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 11:21 Den Dawkins 8 B1 OffTkl-L B1 sM Basic 2 2 own28 10:36 Den Pen14(Schnitker) B1 OffTkl-L B1 sZ Basic 2 16 own14 10:29 Den Moses 23 B1 Reverse Ni M Basic/C 1 10 own37 9:43 Den Johnson-Moses 12 B1 S-Slant B1 sZ Run 1 10 own49 8:54 Den Sk-Greenwood -5/F B1 S-Out B1 tZi Basic 2 15 own44 8:14 Den Sk-Holmes,E -3 B1 M-Straight B1 Zi Basic/C 3 18 own41 7:26 Den Johnson-Little 9 B1 M-Straight Di Z Pass/C 4 9 50 6:47 Den Van Heusen 41,Edward -- Pt-side -- Return 1 10 own9 6:42 Pit Harris,F 2 B1 Dive B1 tZ Basic 2 8 own11 5:54 Pit Pearson,P 2 B1 OffTkl-L B2 tZ Basic/Bz1 3 6 own13 5:14 Pit Bradsha-Pearson, X B1 S-Slant B2 tZ Pass 4 6 own13 5:10 Pit Walden 38,Thompson,B -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 opp45 5:05 Den Johnson-Dawkins 6/ob B1 S-Out B1 tZi Basic 2 4 opp39 4:59 Den Dawkins 2 B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Basic 3 2 opp37 4:14 Den Pen5(Team) B1 S-Hitch R1 tZ Basic/A 3 7 opp42 4:14 Den Pen5(Schnitker) B1 S-Out Ni Z Pass/C 3 12 opp47 4:14 Den Johnson-Odoms X B1 S-Hitch Di Z Pass/C 4 12 opp47 4:09 Den FG Turner 54 no good -- FG -- Block 1 10 own20 4:05 Pit Pearson,P 1 B1 Trap-L B1 M Dbl-Shanklin 2 9 own21 3:19 Pit Bradsha-Pearson, 5 B1 S-Slant/Dump B1 tM Basic/C 3 4 own26 2:43 Pit Pen13(Davis,Sa) B1 OffTkl-L B2 tZ Basic 3 17 own13 2:34 Pit Harris,F 1 B1 OffTkl-L B2 dZ Key-Harris,F 4 16 own14 2:27 Pit Walden 34,Thompson,B -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 opp33 2:22 Den Johnson-Dawkins X B1 S-Hitch B1 sZ Basic 2 10 opp33 2:19 Den Johnson-Dawkins 5 B1 S-Slant B1 sZ Basic 3 5 opp28 2:00 Den Johnson,C 1 B1 S-Out Ni sZi Basic/C 4 4 opp27 1:53 Den FG Turner 34 good -- FG -- Block 16-17 KO 1:47 Pit Davis,St ret of 12 -- KO-angle -- Return 1 10 own22 1:37 Pit Bradsha-Fuqua 6 B2 M-Slant/Dump B2 Z Pass 2 4 own28 1:15 Pit Pen5(Team) B2 M-Straight B2 Z Pass 2 9 own23 1:15 Pit Bradsha-Shanklin X B2 M-Straight B2 M Dbl-Shanklin 3 9 own23 1:08 Pit Bradshaw 6 B2 M-Slant B2 Z Pass/C 4 3 own29 0:44 Pit Sk-Smith,P -3 B2 S-Hitch B2 Z Pass 1 10 opp26 0:36 Den Johnson,C -1 B1 QbKneel B1 Z Basic