The Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the New England Patriots, 24 to 17, in the 2001 AFC Championship game on January 27, 2002.

2001 Pittsburgh Steelers

Final

NE

24

PIT

17

1

7

0

2

7

3

3

7

14

4

3

0

Total

24

17

1st quarter

NE

PIT

Patriots

Troy Brown 55-yard punt return (Adam Vinatieri kick)

7

0

2nd quarter

NE

PIT

Steelers

Kris Brown 30-yard field goal

7

3

Patriots

David Patten 11-yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick)

14

3

3rd quarter

NE

PIT

Patriots

Antwan Harris 49-yard blocked field goal return (Adam Vinatieri kick)

21

3

Steelers

Jerome Bettis 1-yard run (Kris Brown kick)

21

10

Steelers

Amos Zereoue 11-yard run (Kris Brown kick)

21

17

4th quarter

NE

PIT

Patriots

Adam Vinatieri 44-yard field goal

24

17

Patriots

Steelers

1st Downs

15

23

Passing 1st Downs

11

14

Rushing 1st Downs

4

4

1st downs from penalties

0

25

3rd down efficiency

6 - 17

4 - 14

4th down efficiency

0 - 1

0 - 0

Total Plays

68

67

Total Yards

259

306

Yards per play

3.8

4.6

Passing

192

248

Comp - Att

22 - 39

24 - 42

Yards per pass

4.5

5.5

Interceptions thrown

0

3

Sacks - Yards lost

4 - 25

3 - 7

Rushing

67

58

Rushing Attempts

25

22

Yards per rush

2.7

2.6

Penalties

12

3

Turnovers

0

4

Fumbles lost

0

1

Interceptions

0

3

Possession

30:55

29:05

Passing

NAME CMP ATT YDS AVG TD INT SCK RATE
Tom Brady 12 18 115 6.4 0 0 2 84.3
Drew Bledsoe 10 21 102 4.9 1 0 2 77.9
Team 22 39 192 5.6 1 0 4 80.8

Rushing

NAME ATT YDS YPC TD
Antowain Smith 15 47 3.1 0
J.R. Redmond 3 13 4.3 0
Tom Brady 2 3 1.5 0
Marc Edwards 1 3 3.0 0
Drew Bledsoe 4 1 0.3 0
Team 25 67 2.7 0

Receiving

NAME REC YDS AVG TD TRG
Troy Brown 8 121 15.1 0 11
David Patten 4 39 9.8 1 11
Marc Edwards 4 26 6.5 0 5
Charles Johnson 2 22 11.0 0 3
Jermaine Wiggins 2 7 3.5 0 4
J.R. Redmond 2 2 1.0 0 4
Fred Coleman 0 0 0 1
Team 22 217 5.6 1 39

Fumbles

NAME FUM LOST FR
Tedy Bruschi 0 0 1
Team 0 0 1

Defense

NAME COMB TKL SCK TFL PDEF QBH
Ty Law 7 7 0.0 1 1 0
Otis Smith 7 6 0.0 0 0 0
Willie McGinest 6 5 1.0 3 1 1
Tebucky Jones 4 3 0.0 0 1 0
Lawyer Milloy 3 3 0.0 0 1 0
Anthony Pleasant 3 3 1.0 2 0 1
Richard Seymour 3 3 0.0 2 0 0
Mike Vrabel 4 3 0.0 1 0 0
Tedy Bruschi 3 2 0.5 0 0 1
Antwan Harris 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
Roman Phifer 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
Terrance Shaw 2 2 0.0 0 2 0
Matt Chatham 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
Je'Rod Cherry 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
Fred Coleman 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
Bryan Cox 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
Ted Johnson 3 1 0.5 1 0 1
Matt Stevens 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
Ken Walter 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
Terrell Buckley 0 0 0.0 0 1 0
Bobby Hamilton 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
Larry Izzo 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Patrick Pass 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Team 65 48 3.0 10 7 4

Kicking

NAME FGM FGA LNG XPM PTS
Adam Vinatieri 1 2 3 6
Team 1 2 3 6

Punting

NAME PUNT YDS AVG LNG
Ken Walter 7 274 39.1 52
Team 7 274 39.1

Kick Return

NAME KR YDS AVG TD LNG
Patrick Pass 3 83 27.7 0 35
Team 3 83 27.7 0

Punt Return

NAME PR YDS AVG TD LNG
Troy Brown 3 80 26.7 1 55
Team 3 80 26.7 1

Passing

NAME CMP ATT YDS AVG TD INT SCK RATE
Kordell Stewart 24 42 255 6.1 0 3 3 45.2
Team 24 42 248 6.1 0 3 3 45.2

Rushing

NAME ATT YDS YPC TD
Kordell Stewart 8 41 5.1 0
Amos Zereoue 4 11 2.8 1
Jerome Bettis 9 8 0.9 1
Hines Ward 1 -2 -2.0 0
Team 22 58 2.6 2

Receiving

NAME REC YDS AVG TD TRG
Plaxico Burress 5 67 13.4 0 12
Hines Ward 6 64 10.7 0 11
Amos Zereoue 4 50 12.5 0 4
Jerome Bettis 2 23 11.5 0 2
Troy Edwards 2 16 8.0 0 4
Dan Kreider 2 13 6.5 0 2
Matt Cushing 1 10 10.0 0 1
Bobby Shaw 1 9 9.0 0 3
Jerame Tuman 1 3 3.0 0 2
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala 0 0 0 1
Team 24 255 6.1 0 42

Fumbles

NAME FUM LOST FR
Kordell Stewart 2 1 1
Team 2 1 0

Defense

NAME COMB TKL SCK TFL PDEF QBH
Kendrell Bell 8 8 1.0 3 1 1
Brent Alexander 6 5 0.0 0 0 0
Jason Gildon 8 5 2.0 2 4 2
Joey Porter 5 4 0.0 0 1 0
Chad Scott 6 4 0.0 0 0 0
Lee Flowers 9 3 0.0 0 0 0
Mike A. Jones 3 3 0.0 0 0 0
Aaron Smith 4 3 1.0 1 0 1
Dewayne Washington 5 3 0.0 0 1 0
John Fiala 7 2 0.0 0 1 0
Lenzie Jackson 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
Mike Logan 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
Bobby Shaw 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
Deshea Townsend 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
Plaxico Burress 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
Alan Faneca 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
Clark Haggans 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
Kimo von Oelhoffen 1 1 0.0 0 0 0
Wayne Gandy 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Casey Hampton 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
Team 76 52 4.0 6 8 4

Kicking

NAME FGM FGA LNG XPM PTS
Kris Brown 1 2 2 5
Team 1 2 2 5

Punting

NAME PUNT YDS AVG LNG
Josh Miller 6 258 43.0 53
Team 6 258 43.0

Kick Return

NAME KR YDS AVG TD LNG
Troy Edwards 5 86 17.2 0 26
Team 5 86 17.2 0

Punt Return

NAME PR YDS AVG TD LNG
Troy Edwards 3 29 9.7 0 28
Team 3 29 9.7 0

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