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Record: 10-5-1, Finished 1st in AFC North Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 390 points (24.4/g), 8th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 345 points (21.6/g), 16th.
Differential of 45 points (2.8/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 9.2-6.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 15th.
Coached by Bill Cowher (10-5-1)
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2002 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Mon | September 9 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | New England Patriots | 14 | 30 | 20 | 283 | 209 | 74 | 5 | 20 | 343 | 280 | 63 | 1 |
| 2 | Sun | September 15 | box | L | 0-2 | Oakland Raiders | 17 | 30 | 14 | 273 | 201 | 72 | 5 | 27 | 464 | 369 | 95 | 2 | |
| 3 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sun | September 29 | box | W | 1-2 | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 13 | 21 | 358 | 265 | 93 | 2 | 13 | 245 | 122 | 123 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 6 | box | L | 1-3 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 29 | 32 | 23 | 364 | 244 | 120 | 2 | 17 | 315 | 194 | 121 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 13 | box | W | 2-3 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 34 | 7 | 21 | 408 | 197 | 211 | 2 | 18 | 268 | 190 | 78 | 4 |
| 7 | Mon | October 21 | box | W | 3-3 | Indianapolis Colts | 28 | 10 | 22 | 364 | 182 | 182 | 1 | 23 | 367 | 295 | 72 | 3 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 27 | box | W | 4-3 | @ | Baltimore Ravens | 31 | 18 | 16 | 283 | 179 | 104 | 1 | 26 | 360 | 293 | 67 | 5 |
| 9 | Sun | November 3 | box | W | 5-3 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 23 | 20 | 25 | 391 | 255 | 136 | 1 | 9 | 193 | 157 | 36 | 3 |
| 10 | Sun | November 10 | box | T | 5-3-1 | Atlanta Falcons | 34 | 34 | 30 | 645 | 463 | 182 | 3 | 21 | 447 | 279 | 168 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 17 | box | L | 5-4-1 | @ | Tennessee Titans | 23 | 31 | 20 | 357 | 312 | 45 | 3 | 22 | 378 | 257 | 121 | 1 |
| 12 | Sun | November 24 | box | W | 6-4-1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 29 | 21 | 21 | 391 | 235 | 156 | 17 | 352 | 298 | 54 | 1 | ||
| 13 | Sun | December 1 | box | W | 7-4-1 | @ | Jacksonville Jaguars | 25 | 23 | 23 | 403 | 184 | 219 | 1 | 13 | 226 | 124 | 102 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 8 | box | L | 7-5-1 | Houston Texans | 6 | 24 | 24 | 422 | 294 | 128 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 10 | 37 | 1 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 15 | box | W | 8-5-1 | Carolina Panthers | 30 | 14 | 19 | 332 | 203 | 129 | 2 | 11 | 131 | 81 | 50 | 4 | |
| 16 | Mon | December 23 | box | W | 9-5-1 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 17 | 7 | 19 | 327 | 233 | 94 | 1 | 18 | 277 | 203 | 74 | 3 |
| 17 | Sun | December 29 | box | W | 10-5-1 | Baltimore Ravens | 34 | 31 | 25 | 351 | 176 | 175 | 2 | 21 | 422 | 308 | 114 | 4 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | January 5 | box | W | 11-5-1 | Cleveland Browns | 36 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Division | Sat | January 11 | box | L | 11-6-1 | @ | Tennessee Titans | 31 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 390 | 5952 | 1097 | 5.4 | 343 | 350 | 551 | 3832 | 26 | 22 | 6.6 | 200 | 512 | 2120 | 15 | 4.1 | 119 | 36 | 14 | 24 |
| Team Defense | 345 | 4835 | 982 | 4.9 | 481 | 336 | 573 | 3460 | 19 | 19 | 5.6 | 178 | 359 | 1375 | 16 | 3.8 | 279 | 36 | 17 | 24 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 8 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 28 | 20 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 16 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Maddox | 31 | QB | 15 | 11 | 7-3-1 | 234 | 377 | 62.1 | 2836 | 20 | 5.3 | 16 | 4.2 | 72 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 12.1 | 189.1 | 85.2 | 26 | 148 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 6.5 |
| Kordell Stewart | 30 | qb | 8 | 5 | 3-2-0 | 109 | 166 | 65.7 | 1155 | 6 | 3.6 | 6 | 3.6 | 64 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 10.6 | 144.4 | 82.8 | 7 | 46 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 4.0 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 23 | RET | 16 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 2.8 | 90.1 | 1 | 10 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 11.1 | |
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 10-5-1 | 350 | 551 | 63.5 | 4036 | 26 | 4.7 | 22 | 4.0 | 72 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 11.5 | 252.3 | 84.6 | 34 | 204 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 5.8 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 336 | 573 | 58.6 | 3460 | 19 | 3.3 | 19 | 3.3 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 10.3 | 216.3 | 73.3 | 50 | 313 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Amos Zereoue | 26 | rb | 16 | 5 | 193 | 762 | 4 | 42 | 3.9 | 47.6 | 12.1 | 42 | 341 | 8.1 | 0 | 54 | 2.6 | 21.3 | 1103 | 4 | 2 |
| Jerome Bettis | 30 | RB | 13 | 11 | 187 | 666 | 9 | 41 | 3.6 | 51.2 | 14.4 | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 0 | 15 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 723 | 9 | 1 |
| Kordell Stewart | 30 | qb | 8 | 5 | 43 | 191 | 2 | 25 | 4.4 | 23.9 | 5.4 | 191 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 25 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 115 | 0 | 17 | 5.0 | 14.4 | 2.9 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 127 | 0 | 0 | |
| Antwaan Randle El | 23 | RET | 16 | 0 | 19 | 134 | 0 | 24 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 1.2 | 47 | 489 | 10.4 | 2 | 36 | 2.9 | 30.6 | 623 | 2 | 4 |
| Tommy Maddox | 31 | QB | 15 | 11 | 19 | 43 | 0 | 21 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 43 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
| Hines Ward* | 26 | WR | 16 | 16 | 12 | 142 | 0 | 39 | 11.8 | 8.9 | 0.8 | 112 | 1329 | 11.9 | 12 | 72 | 7.0 | 83.1 | 1471 | 12 | 1 |
| Verron Haynes | 23 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 51 | 0 | 20 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 7 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 61 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Kreider | 25 | FB | 16 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 18 | 122 | 6.8 | 1 | 15 | 1.1 | 7.6 | 138 | 1 | 1 |
| Plaxico Burress | 25 | WR | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 78 | 1325 | 17.0 | 7 | 62 | 4.9 | 82.8 | 1325 | 7 | 2 | |
| Terance Mathis | 35 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23 | 218 | 9.5 | 2 | 22 | 1.4 | 13.6 | 218 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mark Bruener | 30 | TE | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 66 | 5.1 | 1 | 10 | 1.1 | 5.5 | 66 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jerame Tuman | 26 | te | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 1 | 27 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 63 | 1 | 0 | |
| Matt Cushing | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 512 | 2120 | 15 | 42 | 4.1 | 132.5 | 32.0 | 350 | 4036 | 11.5 | 26 | 72 | 21.9 | 252.3 | 6156 | 41 | 26 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 359 | 1375 | 16 | 3.8 | 85.9 | 22.4 | 336 | 3460 | 10.3 | 19 | 21.0 | 216.3 | 4835 | 35 | 22 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Antwaan Randle El | 23 | RET | 16 | 0 | 37 | 257 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 | 32 | 733 | 1 | 99 | 22.9 | 1613 |
| Lee Mays | 24 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 671 | 0 | 35 | 21.0 | 671 | ||||||
| Hank Poteat | 25 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 7.3 | 5 | 103 | 0 | 25 | 20.6 | 132 | |
| John Allred | 28 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | ||||||
| Rodney Bailey | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | ||||||
| Dan Kreider | 25 | FB | 16 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 156 | |||||
| Chad Scott | 28 | LCB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 42 | 290 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 | 72 | 1544 | 1 | 99 | 21.4 | 7990 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 32 | 1 | 78 | 1671 | 1 | 21.4 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Josh Miller | 32 | P | 14 | 0 | 55 | 2267 | 62 | 1 | 41.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Todd Peterson | 32 | K | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 57.1% | 26 | 25 | 96.2% | |||||||
| Jeff Reed | 23 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 89.5% | 11 | 10 | 90.9% | ||||||||
| Tom Rouen | 34 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 316 | 55 | 0 | 45.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 29 | 72.5% | 37 | 35 | 94.6% | 62 | 2583 | 62 | 1 | 41.7 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 26 | 20 | 76.9% | 38 | 37 | 97.4% | 77 | 3103 | 40.3 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Joey Porter*+ | 25 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 9.0 | 4 | 153 | 0 | 84 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 28 | |
| Tommy Maddox | 31 | QB | 15 | 11 | 8 | 5 | -3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jason Gildon* | 30 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 9.0 | 45 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Aaron Smith | 26 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 17 | |
| Lee Flowers | 29 | SS | 16 | 15 | 4.0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 21 | |
| Rodney Bailey | 23 | 16 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | ||
| Clark Haggans | 25 | 16 | 1 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 15 | ||
| Kordell Stewart | 30 | qb | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | -10 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Brent Alexander | 31 | FS | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 50 | 25 | ||||||
| Kendrell Bell | 24 | LILB | 12 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 13 | |
| Antwaan Randle El | 23 | RET | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Kimo von Oelhoffen | 31 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | |
| Dewayne Washington | 30 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 9 | ||
| Plaxico Burress | 25 | WR | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Casey Hampton | 25 | NT | 16 | 15 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 24 | 17 | ||||||
| Deshea Townsend | 27 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 40 | 7 | ||||||||
| Alan Faneca* | 26 | LG | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hank Poteat | 25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | |||
| Chad Scott | 28 | LCB | 15 | 15 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 66 | 17 | |||||||
| Amos Zereoue | 26 | rb | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Logan | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9 | ||
| Jerome Bettis | 30 | RB | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| James Farrior | 27 | RILB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 22 | ||
| John Fiala | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| Larry Foote | 22 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | ||||||||
| Chris Hope | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | ||||||||
| Mike Jones | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Brett Keisel | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Dan Kreider | 25 | FB | 16 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chukky Okobi | 24 | c | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | -13 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Todd Peterson | 32 | K | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hines Ward* | 26 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 50.0 | 19 | 351 | 1 | 84 | 63 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 689 | 257 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 34 | 22 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hines Ward* | 26 | WR | 16 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 78 | |||||||||
| Todd Peterson | 32 | K | 10 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 61 | |||||||||
| Jeff Reed | 23 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Jerome Bettis | 30 | RB | 13 | 11 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Plaxico Burress | 25 | WR | 16 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 44 | |||||||||
| Amos Zereoue | 26 | rb | 16 | 5 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Antwaan Randle El | 23 | RET | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
| Terance Mathis | 35 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Kordell Stewart | 30 | qb | 8 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Dan Kreider | 25 | FB | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| Mark Bruener | 30 | TE | 12 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Chad Scott | 28 | LCB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jerame Tuman | 26 | te | 13 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 15 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 29 | 390 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 20 | 345 |