NFC Conference Championship 01-21-2010 Metrodome Temp:70 Wind: Line:Minnesota by 2 MVP:Reed 2008 Pittsburgh (13-4-1) 3 6 6 6 21 2008 Minnesota (13-5) 0 10 0 0 10 1 1:13 Pittsburgh FG Reed 28 (6-42-3:28) 3-0 2 14:13 Pittsburgh FG Reed 39 (3-5-1:28) 6-0 2 8:30 Minnesota TD Brees 12 pass to Stuckey (Brown,J) (11-70-5:39) 6-7 2 3:51 Pittsburgh FG Reed 34 (8-49-4:39) 9-7 2 1:12 Minnesota FG Brown 31 (11-54-2:30) 9-10 3 12:30 Pittsburgh FG Reed 33 (4-61-2:30) 12-10 3 3:26 Pittsburgh FG Reed 28 (12-56-6:09) 15-10 4 5:09 Pittsburgh FG Reed 38 (13-59-9:51) 18-10 4 1:57 Pittsburgh FG Reed 45 (3-6-1:29) 21-10 Pit Min First Downs 15 16 Rushes 27-125 16-58 Passes 33-20-230 37-16-172 Sacked 0-0 3-19 Fumble 1 3 Penalties 7-79 6-44 Turnovers 0 2 Time 35:36 24:24 Third Down 5-15 5-13 Fourth Down 1-1 0-1 Red Att/Td/Fg 3/0/3 2/1/1 Net Offense 355 211 Injuries: Porter(Pit-0) < Pittsburgh > < Minnesota > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Roethlisber 33 20 230 0 1 0 0 81.6 Brees 37 16 172 3 1 2 1 44.0 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Parker 18 98 5.4 2 3 15 0 Choice 10 54 5.4 4 2 13 0 Washington 5 18 3.6 0 0 7 0 Moore 4 3 0.8 0 0 4 0 Roethlisber 4 9 2.3 0 0 6 0 Brees 2 1 0.5 0 0 4 0 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Mason 5 0 95 19.0 4 1 51 0 Askew 5 0 40 8.0 2 0 11 0 Ward 5 3 51 10.2 5 0 15 0 Moss 3 2 61 20.3 3 1 36 0 Daniels 4 0 29 7.3 0 0 9 0 Hixon 3 0 23 7.7 1 0 9 0 Stokley 3 0 32 10.7 2 0 16 0 Scaife 2 0 16 8.0 1 0 9 0 Washington 2 0 16 8.0 1 0 11 0 Robinson 1 0 11 11.0 1 0 11 0 Miller 1 0 7 7.0 0 0 7 0 Moore 1 0 9 9.0 1 0 9 0 Stuckey 1 0 12 12.0 1 0 12 1 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Roethlisber 1 0 0 Brees 2 0 0 Birk 0 1 0 Moore 1 0 0 Koppen 0 2 0 Dielman 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Washington 3 67 22.3 36 0 Wilson 8 178 22.3 31 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Washington 5 0 58 11.6 17 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Reed 7-8 45 0-0 21 Brown 1-2 31 1-1 4 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Jones 2 118 59.0 1 1 0 66 Kern 5 232 46.4 0 0 0 54 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Session 6 0 3 2 0 1 0-0 Henderson 7 0 2 1 0 0 0-0 Smith 6 0 0 1 2 0 0-0 Winfield 7 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Gocong 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Wilson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Mathis 4 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Denney 5 0 0 1 1 1 0-0 Polamalu 3 0 0 0 0 0 2-23 Williams 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Hall 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Tapp 4 0 1 0 2 0 0-0 Ellis 2 2 0 0 2 0 0-0 Hovan 4 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Lewis 2 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 Trufant 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Foote 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Spencer 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Farrior 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Bannan 2 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Babineaux 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Leonhard 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Hope 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Carter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Connor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Anderson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Porter 1 1 0 0 0 1 0-0 Moore 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Nece 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Dawson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lewis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Hampton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Chavous 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Neill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Tucker 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Play-By-Play Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:48 Min Wilson ret of 22 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own25 14:43 Min Brees-Moore X Bas S-Hitch 3-4 M Basic 2 10 own25 14:05 Min Brees-Askew 11 Bas M-Slant/sec 3-3 M Basic 1 10 own36 13:38 Min Brees-Askew 10 Bas M-Cross/sec 4-3 M Basic 1 10 own46 12:58 Min Moore -1 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 M Basic 2 11 own45 12:23 Min Brees-Askew 5 Bas S-Flat/sec 3-3 M Pass-Moss 3 6 50 11:43 Min Sk-Porter -9/F 4WR M-Hitch/SG/NS 3-2 M Basic/Bz1 4 15 own41 11:35 Min Kern 45,Washingto 11 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own25 11:25 Pit Pit Pen5(Lawton) Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Run-Parker,W 1 15 own20 10:43 Pit Roethli-Daniels 6 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Pass-Mason/Ward 2 9 own26 10:40 Pit Roethli-Ward X Bas S-Hitch 4-1 M Pass-Mason/Ward 3 9 own26 9:58 Pit Parker 8 Bas Trap-R 3-1 M Pass-Mason/Ward 4 1 own34 9:53 Pit Jones 66, Tb --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 9:41 Min Brees-Moss 13 Bas M-Cross 3-3 M Pass 1 10 own33 8:57 Min Moore 2/F Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Pass 2 8 own35 8:15 Min Moore 4 Bas Trap-L 3-3 M Pass 3 4 own39 8:10 Min Brees-Hixon X 4WR M-Out/SG/NS 3-2 M Pass 4 4 own39 8:01 Min Kern 44,Washingto 17 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own34 7:19 Pit Parker 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Key-Parker/Bz1 2 6 own38 7:08 Pit Roethli-Mason X Bas M-Fly/sec 4-3 tM Run-Parker,W 3 6 own38 6:25 Pit Washington 3 Bas Trap-L 4-1 M Pass-Mason/Ward 4 3 own41 6:19 Pit Jones 52, OB --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own7 5:37 Min Brees-Askew 7 Bas S-Slant/sec 3-3 M Pass 2 3 own14 4:56 Min Choice 0 Bas Draw 4-3 M Run-Choice 3 3 own14 4:52 Min Brees-Choice X Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 tM Key-Choice 4 3 own14 4:41 Min Kern 50,Washingto 11 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own47 3:55 Pit Roethli-Mason 11 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 tM Run-Parker,W 1 10 opp42 3:04 Pit Parker 15 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Pass-Mason/Ward 1 10 opp27 2:13 Pit Parker 12 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Key-Parker/Bz1 1 10 opp15 2:08 Pit Roethli-Mason X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Run-Parker,W 2 10 opp15 1:22 Pit Parker 4 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Run-Parker,W 3 6 opp11 1:13 Pit Roethli-Ward X Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-1 M Dbl-Mason/Ward 4 6 opp11 1:10 Pit FG Reed 28/G --- FG --- Block 3-0 KO 0:56 Min Wilson ret of 24 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own24 0:49 Min Min Pen10(Choice) Bas M-Hitch/combo/sec 3-3 M Pass 1 20 own14 0:46 Min Brees-Moss X 4WR M-Fly/SG/NS 3-2 M Pass 2 20 own14 0:41 Min Brees-INT-Polamalu 4WR M-Fly/SG/NS 3-3 M Pass 1 10 opp27 0:41 Pit Pit Wins Challenge 1 10 opp27 0:37 Pit Roethli-Mason X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Run-Parker,W/Bz2 2 10 opp27 0:00 Pit Washington -2 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Run-Washington 2nd Quarter 3 12 opp29 15:00 Pit Pen5(Martin) 2T2 S-Hitch 4-1 M Basic 3 17 opp34 14:13 Pit Parker 12 2T2 Trap-L 4-1 M Pass 4 5 opp22 14:09 Pit FG Reed 39/G --- FG --- Block 6-0 KO 13:53 Min Wilson ret of 28 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own30 13:49 Min Brees-Scaife X 2T2 S-Hitch 3-3 M Pass 2 10 own30 13:18 Min Choice 10 2T2 Draw 3-3 M Pass 3 0 own40 12:40 Min Choice 6 2T2 Dive 4-3 M Run-Choice 1 10 own46 11:59 Min Brees-Robinson 11 2T2 M-Cross/sec 4-3 M Pass 1 10 opp43 11:16 Min Choice 6 2T2 Trap-R 3-3 M Basic 2 4 opp37 10:45 Min Choice 4 2T2 Trap-R 4-3 M Key-Choice 1 10 opp33 10:09 Min Brees-Scaife 9 Bas M-Slant/sec 4-3 M Run 2 1 opp24 9:28 Min Choice 5 Bas Draw 3-4 M Key-Choice 1 10 opp19 8:51 Min Brees-Askew 7 Bas S-Flat/sec 4-3 tM Key-Choice 2 3 opp12 8:45 Min Brees-Choice X Bas Screen 4-3 M Run-Choice 3 3 opp12 8:30 Min Brees-Stuckey 12/TD 4WR M-Fly/combo/SG/NS 4-2 tM Basic 6-7 KO 8:14 Pit Washington ret of 36 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own34 8:09 Pit Roethli-Mason X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Key-Parker 2 10 own34 7:28 Pit Roethli-Stokley 16 3W1 M-Fly 4-3 Z Run-Washington 1 10 50 6:47 Pit Roethli-Washingt 11 3W1 S-Hitch 4-1 M Pass-Mason/Ward 1 10 opp39 6:04 Pit Washington 7 3W1 Trap-R 3-1 M Pass-Washington/Mas 2 3 opp32 5:21 Pit Roethli-Stokley 7 3W1 S-Hitch/sec 3-1 M Basic 1 10 opp25 4:36 Pit Roethlisberger 5/F Bas S-Hitch 4-3 tM Run-Parker,W 2 5 opp20 3:54 Pit Parker 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 tM Run-Parker,W 3 2 opp17 3:51 Pit Roethli-Ward X Bas M-Out 4-3 tM Run-Parker,W/Bz1 4 2 opp17 3:46 Pit FG Reed 34/G --- FG --- Block 9-7 KO 3:33 Min Wilson ret of 21 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own32 3:29 Min Brees-Scaife X Bas M-Cross/combo/NS 3-3 M Pass 2 10 own32 2:46 Min Brees -3/F Bas M-Hitch/combo/SG/NS 3-3 M Pass 3 13 own29 2:17 Min Brees-Moss 36 4WR M-Fly/SG/NS 3-3 M Pass 1 10 opp35 2:00 Min Choice 13 Bas Draw 3-3 M Pass-Moss 1 10 opp22 1:51 Min Choice 7 Bas Draw 3-3 M Dbl-Moss 2 3 opp15 1:42 Min Choice -3 Bas Quick-L 4-3 tM Dbl-Moss 3 6 opp18 1:38 Min Brees-Moore 9 4WR M-Out/combo/SG/NS 4-3 tM Basic 1 9 opp9 1:34 Min Brees-Hixon X 4WR M-Out/combo/SG/NS 3-3 tM Basic 2 9 opp9 1:25 Min Min Pen5(Team) Bas M-Hitch/NS 4-3 tM Dbl-Moss 2 14 opp14 1:19 Min Brees-Moss X Bas M-Fade/SG/NS 3-3 M Pass-Moss 3 14 opp14 1:12 Min Brees-McCarein X 4WR M-Hitch/combo/SG/NS 3-3 M Pass-Moss 4 14 opp14 1:08 Min FG Brown 31/G --- FG --- Block 9-10 KO 0:59 Pit Washington ret of 9 --- KO-squib --- Return 1 10 own29 0:33 Pit Washington 4 Bas Sweep-R 3-1 Z Pass 2 6 own33 0:28 Pit Roethli-Washingt 5 Bas M-Fly/sec 3-1 Z Pass 3 1 own38 0:18 Pit Roethli-Ward 15 Bas M-Slant 3-1 Z Pass 1 10 opp47 0:12 Pit Roethli-Daniels 9 Bas M-Out/sec 3-1 M Pass 2 1 opp38 0:07 Pit Roethli-Ward 10 Bas M-Out 4-3 M Run-Washington 1 10 opp28 0:03 Pit FG Reed 45/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own35 0:00 Min Choice 6 Bas Draw 3-2 dZ Prevent 3rd Quarter KO 14:46 Pit Washington ret of 22 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own23 13:54 Pit Roethli-Mason 51 Bas M-Out 4-3 tM Run-Parker,W 1 10 opp26 13:47 Pit Roethli-Winston X Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 M Key-Parker 2 10 opp26 13:01 Pit Parker 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 3 7 opp23 12:30 Pit Roethli-Miller 7 2T1 M-Out/sec 3-1 M Pass-Mason/Ward 4 0 opp16 12:25 Pit FG Reed 33/G --- FG --- Block 12-10 KO 12:17 Min Wilson ret of 13 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own24 12:11 Min Pit Pen12(Mathis) Bas M-Cross 3-4 M Pass 1 10 own36 12:02 Min Brees-Scaife X Bas M-Hitch/combo/NS 4-3 M Key-Choice 2 10 own36 11:23 Min Brees-Hixon 6 Bas S-Hitch/NS 4-3 M Pass-Moss 3 4 own42 10:40 Min Brees-Scaife 7 Bas S-Hitch/NS 3-3 M Basic 1 10 own49 10:34 Min Brees-Moss X 2T2 M-Slant/NS 4-3 M Basic 2 10 own49 9:54 Min Sk-Ellis -7 2T2 M-Slant/NS 3-3 M Pass 3 17 own42 9:46 Min Brees-Hixon X 4WR L-Hitch/combo/SG/NS 3-3 M Pass-Moss 4 17 own42 9:35 Min Kern 39,Washingto 14 --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own33 8:52 Pit Parker 4 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Key-Parker 2 6 own37 8:48 Pit Roethli-Daniels X Bas M-Fly/sec 4-3 M Key-Parker 3 6 own37 8:05 Pit Roethli-Ward 8 3W2 S-Hitch 3-1 M Pass-Mason/Ward/Dan 1 10 own45 8:05 Pit Pen5(Daniels) 3W2 Trap-L 3-1 M Pass-Mason/Ward/Dan 1 15 own40 7:24 Pit Parker 8 3W2 Trap-L 3-1 Z Pass 2 7 own48 6:39 Pit Parker 6 3W2 Trap-R 3-1 Z Basic 3 1 opp46 5:55 Pit Parker -1 3W2 Trap-L 4-3 tM Run-Parker,W 4 2 opp47 5:12 Pit Roethli-Mason 16 3W2 S-Hitch 4-3 M Run-Parker,W 1 10 opp31 4:27 Pit Roethlisberger 6 Bas S-Hitch 3-1 M Pass-Mason/Ward 2 4 opp25 4:21 Pit Min Pen5(Bannan) Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Run-Washington 1 10 opp20 3:38 Pit Roethli-Daniels 9 Bas M-Out/sec 4-3 M Run-Washington 2 1 opp11 3:32 Pit Roethli-Ward X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Key-Washington 3 1 opp11 3:26 Pit Roethli-Ward X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Run-Washington 4 1 opp11 3:23 Pit FG Reed 28/G --- FG --- Block 15-10 KO 3:15 Min Wilson ret of 14 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own14 2:29 Min Brees-Moss 12 Bas M-Cross 3-3 M Pass-Moss 1 10 own26 2:23 Min Pit Pen5(Dawson) Bas M-Fly/sec 4-3 M Key-Moore 1 5 own31 1:41 Min Brees-Hixon 8 Bas S-Slant 3-3 M Pass 1 10 own39 0:59 Min Brees 4 Bas M-Hitch 4-3 M Pass-Moss 2 6 own43 0:12 Min Moore -2 Bas Draw 4-3 M Basic 3 8 own41 0:07 Min Brees-Chatman X 4WR M-Hitch/combo/SG/NS 3-3 M Pass-Moss 4 8 own41 0:01 Min Pen10(Dielman) --- Pt-deep --- Return 4 18 own31 0:00 Min Kern 54,Washingto 5 --- Pt-deep --- Return 4th Quarter 1 10 own20 14:23 Pit Roethli-Daniels 5 Bas M-Out/sec 4-3 tM Basic 2 5 own25 13:37 Pit Parker 5 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Run-Parker,W 3 0 own30 13:37 Pit Pit Wins Challenge 3 0 own30 12:42 Pit Roethli-Mason 11 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 tM Run-Parker,W 1 10 own41 12:39 Pit Roethli-Ward X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Run-Parker,W/Bz2 2 10 own41 11:39 Pit Parker 4 3W2 OffTkl-R 4-3 M Key-Parker 3 6 own45 10:48 Pit Roethli-Ward 10 3W2 M-Out 3-1 M Basic 1 10 opp45 9:48 Pit Parker 2 3W2 Trap-R 3-1 M Basic 2 8 opp43 8:56 Pit Roethli-Mason 6 3W2 S-Hitch 3-1 M Basic 3 2 opp37 8:04 Pit Roethli-Ward 8 3W2 S-Hitch 3-1 M Basic 1 10 opp29 7:05 Pit Parker 3 3W2 Trap-R 4-1 M Pass/Bz1 2 7 opp26 7:01 Pit Pit Pen10(Mankins) Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Run-Washington 2 17 opp36 6:02 Pit Washington 6 Bas Trap-L 4-1 M Pass-Stokley/Ward 3 11 opp30 5:09 Pit Roethli-Stokley 9 Bas M-Out 3-1 M Basic 4 2 opp21 5:04 Pit FG Reed 38/G --- FG --- Block 18-10 KO 4:50 Min Wilson ret of 31 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own38 4:16 Min Sk-Ellis -3 3W2 M-Out/SG/NS 3-3 M Dbl-Moss 2 13 own35 4:12 Min Brees-Hixon X 3W2 M-Hitch/combo/SG/NS 3-3 M Pass-Moss 3 13 own35 3:36 Min Brees-Hixon 9 4WR M-Slant/combo/SG/NS 3-3 M Pass-Moss 4 4 own44 3:26 Min Brees-INT-Polamalu 4WR M-Hitch/combo/SG/NS 3-3 M Basic 1 10 opp34 2:30 Pit Parker 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Run-Parker,W 2 7 opp31 2:00 Pit Parker 3 Bas Trap-R 4-3 tM Run/Bz3 3 4 opp28 1:57 Pit Roethli-Ward X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Run-Parker,W 4 4 opp28 1:51 Pit FG Reed 45/G --- FG --- Block 21-10 KO 1:37 Min Wilson ret of 25 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own25 1:26 Min Brees-Hixon X 4WR B-Post/combo/SG/NS 3-2 dZ Prevent 2 10 own25 1:12 Min Pit Pen37(Townsend) 4WR B-Fly/combo/SG/NS 3-2 dZ Prevent 1 10 opp38 0:59 Min Brees-Hixon X 4WR B-Post/combo/SG/NS 3-3 dZ Prevent 2 10 opp38 0:53 Min Brees-Hixon X 4WR M-Hitch/combo/SG/NS 3-3 Z Pass 3 10 opp38 0:48 Min Brees-Hixon X 4WR M-Slant/combo/SG/NS 3-3 dZ Prevent 4 10 opp38 0:43 Min FG blk/Hampton --- FG --- Block 1 10 own47 0:05 Pit Roethlisberger -1 Bas QbKneel 4-3 M Basic 2 11 own46 0:00 Pit Roethlisberger -1 Bas QbKneel 4-3 M Basic