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Steelers 3 |
Game 1 |
Jaguars 21 |
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Not too many things went right for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Jaguars RB Fred Taylor rushed for 96 yards against the Steeler defense. |
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Jimmy Smith caught eight passes and gained 126 yards and two touchdowns, both in the second quarter. |
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| Steelers QB Kordell Stewart completed 21 of his 37 passes and threw for 181 yards. His counterpart, Jaguars QB Mark Brunell, was 15 for 26 for 198 yards and three touchdowns. He was also sacked once by DE Aaron Smith. |
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| Amos Zereoue led the Pittsburgh rushers with 58 yards on eight carries. Hines Ward led the wide receivers with 74 yards on six catches. Kris Brown also kicked a 41-yard field goal to open the second quarter. | |||||
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Steelers 20 |
Game 2 |
Bills 3 |
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| The defense led the Steelers to victory over the winless Buffalo Bills. The defense sacked Bills QB Rob Johnson four times and had one interception. |
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| RB Chris Fuamatu Ma'afala scored Pittsburgh's first offensive touchdown of the season after a 22-yard run in the fourth quarter. Jerome Betis ran 22 times for 114 yards. Amos Zereoue gained 37 yards on four carries. | |||||
| QB Kordell Stewart went 15 for 22 for 107 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions. | |||||
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Dewayne Washington returned a Travis Henry fumble 63 yards for the Steelers' first touchdown of the season in the first quarter. | ||||
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Steelers 16 |
Game 3 |
Bengals 7 |
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| The Steelers ran all over the Bengals to win the opening game in Heinz Field. Jerome Betis gained 153 yards on 22 carries. He also became only the 14th player in NFL history to gain 10,000 rushing yards. Kordell Stewart ran for 61 yards on nine carries and scored Pittsburgh's only touchdown on a nine-yard run in the second quarter. |  |
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| Kris Brown tacked on field goals of 42 and 48 yards in the fourth quarter to ice the game. He also connected from 26 yards in the first quarter. | |||||
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John Kitna threw a one-yard touchdown pass to cap an 11-play, 81-yard fourth quarter drive. Kitna was 19 for 34 for 164 yards with a touchdown and an interception. He was also sacked once. | ||||
| This was the first win at Heinz Field for the Steelers. Kris Brown kicked the first field goal and scored the first points. Kordell Stewart scored the first touchdown. He also committed the first turnover. Jerome Betis had the first 100-yard game at the stadium. Chad Scott's interception was the first at Heinz Field and Kendrell Bell's sack was also the first. |  |
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Steelers 20 |
Game 4 |
Chiefs 17 |
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| Priest Holmes rushed for 150 yards and touchdowns, but it wasn't enough as the Steelers held on for a win at Arrowhead Stadium. Jerome Betis had 122 yards of his own on the ground. Kordell Stewart gained 47 yards, and Amos Zereoue added 42 of his own. |  |
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| Kansas City's only points of the first three quarters on a blocked punt by Michael Rich that rolled out of the end zone for a safety just before halftime. | |||||
| Chiefs QB Trent Green was 16 of 33 for 127 yards with an interception that was returned by Chad Scott 61 yards for a touchdown to lengthen the Steeler lead at halftime to 13-2. He was also sacked four times. Kordell Stewart was 15 for 25 for 141 yards and a 5-yard touchdown to Hines Ward to cap a third-quarter drive. |  |
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| The two Priest Holmes touchdowns and most of his yardage came in the fourth-quarter comeback. TE Tony Gonzalez caught the two-point conversion to get within three points of the Steelers. | |||||
| The rest of the Steeler points were accounted for by two Kris Brown field goals, including a 55-yarder in the second quarter. | |||||
