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Steelers "Man Handle" Titans in Week 2 of 2010 Season - Titans Fall to 0-2

Posted on September 5, 2010 at 01:52 AM.

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This was a really challenging game for the Titans. Despite feeling good about their chances to keep the game to a smash mouth feel with lots of running and grinding, the Steelers had other plans. Ben Roethlisberger and the Steeler offense put the Titans on their heels early with lots of play action and sneaky running plays on the first drive to set the tone. The Tennessee defense from the get go was under the gun and seemed confused. Early in the 2nd Quarter the Steelers had established a 14 point lead with 2 solid drives, and then things got really ugly before halftime, with Turnovers leading to more points when Kenny Britt fumbled a Kick Off, and then later before halftime James Harrison returned an INT for a Touchdown.

After adjustments in the locker room the Titans settled down and in the 2nd half, held PIT scoreless, and put up 16 points of their own on two TD passes from Vince Young to Nate Washington and Chris Johnson. But the story of this game was -9 yards rushing for the Titans, and a brutal attack on both Off. and Def. From Pittsburgh. The game was not nearly as close as the final score looked.

NFL Scoreboard - Pittsburgh Steelers (PIT) at Tennessee Titans (TEN)

September 4, 2010	1	2	3	4	F
Pittsburgh Steelers	7	20	0	0	27
Tennessee Titans	0	3	8	8	19

Top Performers

Pittsburgh Steelers - Stats

Ben Roethlisberger, 19-28, 272 Yds, 1 TD, 1 INT

Rashard Mendenhall, 149 Yds Rushing, 1 TD

Tennessee Titans - Stats

Chris Johnson, 9 Receptions, 86 Yards, 1 TD

Ryan Mouton, 3 Tackles, 3 Sacks

Team Stats Comparison

	PIT	TEN
First Downs	18	4
3rd Down Efficiency	4-13 30%	3-12 25%
4th Down Efficiency	0-0 0%	0-1 0%
Total Yards	499	355
Passing Yards	242	219
Rushing Yards	167	-9
Penalties-Penalty Yards	5-50	2-10
Turnovers	2 (+1)	3 (-1)
Time of Possession	32:55	11:05

Scoring Summary

First Quarter			PIT	TEN
PIT	7:35	(PIT) M. Wallace 6 Yd pass from B. Roethlisberger (J. Reed kick)	7	0
Second Quarter			PIT	TEN
PIT	9:39	(PIT) R. Mendenhall, 5 Yd run (J. Reed kick)	14	0
PIT	6:39	(PIT) J. Reed, 36 Yd FG	17	0
PIT	5:17	(PIT) J. Reed, 19 Yd FG	20	0
PIT	2:59	(PIT) J. Harrison, returned interception 37 Yds (J. Reed kick)	27	0
TEN	1:18	(TEN) R. Bironas, 46 Yd FG	27	3
Third Quarter			PIT	TEN
TEN	4:27	(TEN) N. Washington 77 Yd pass from V. Young (2pt)	27	11
Fourth Quarter			PIT	TEN
TEN	3:46	(TEN) C. Johnson 4 Yd pass from V. Young (2pt)	27	19

Pittsburgh Steelers

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Ben Roethlisberger	19/28	272	1	1
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Rashard Mendenhall	21	149	7.0	1
Mewelde Moore	5	17	3.4	0
Ben Roethlisberger	2	-13	-6.5	0
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
Mike Wallace	6	63	10.5	1
Hines Ward	5	75	15.0	0
Rashard Mendenhall	3	49	16.3	0
Heath Miller	2	43	21.5	0
Defense	TKL	SACK	INT	TD
James Farrior	5	1	0	0
Troy Poamalu	3	0	1	0
Lawrence Timmons	2	0	0	0
William Gay	2	0	0	0
Keenan Lewis	2	0	0	0
Bryant McFadden	2	0	0	0
James Harrison	1	1	1	1
Kick Returning	NO.	YDS	TD	LONG
Stefan Logan	1	20	0	20
Mike Wallace	1	20	0	20
Punt Returning	NO.	YDS	TD	LONG
Stefan Logan	6	50	0	12
Kicking	FGM/A	XPM/A	PTS	LONG
Jeff Reed	2/2	3/3	9	37
Punting	NO.	YDS	AVG	IN 20
Daniel Sepulveda	6	221	36.8	1

Tennessee Titans

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Vince Young	17/31	254	2	2
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Chris Johnson	7	0	0.0	0
Vince Young	1	-9	-9.0	0
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
Chris Johnson	9	86	9.5	1
Kenny Britt	2	63	31.5	0
Nate Washington	1	77	77.0	1
Defense	TKL	SACK	INT	TD
David Thornton	8	0	0
Michael Griffin	8	0	0
Will Witherspoon	4	0	0
Stephen Tulloch	4	0	0
Ryan Mouton	4	3	0
Alterraun Verner	3	0	0
Chris Hope	3	0	0
Jacob Ford	2	0	0
Cortland Finnegan	2	0	1
Jamie Winborn	2	0	0
Colin Allred	2	0	0
Kick Returning	NO.	YDS	TD	LONG
Kenny Britt	6	115	0	24
Punt Returning	NO.	YDS	TD	LONG
Alvin Pearman	4	30		12
Kicking	FGM/A	XPM/A	PTS	LONG
Rob Bironas	1/1	0/0	3	46
Punting	NO.	YDS	AVG	IN 20
Brett Kern	7	348	49.7	2