Patriots vs steelers game results

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Here's how it went down. ET : Game. Brady on Sunday set a career postseason high with his passing yards. He completed 32 of his 42 passes for three touchdowns and a rating of With that, the Patriots out-gained the Steelers, Tom Brady was accurate on 36 of his 39 targeted passes on the day.

ET — touchdown : One of Ben Roethlisberger's prettiest throws of the night — and his only touchdown pass — came too late, but it was great nonetheless. He found Cobi Hamilton on a go route behind the Patriots' zone coverage for a yard touchdown with to play. Roethlisberger then found DeAngelo Williams for the 2-point conversion. ET — field goal : Rarely does a field goal serve as a dagger, but Stephen Gostkowski's yarder about halfway through the fourth quarter gave New England a four-score lead.

It came as points off a deflating Pittsburgh turnover. ET : The Steelers simply could do no right in the second half Sunday. Ben Roethlisberger threw an interception on the one and only play of Pittsburgh's second drive of the fourth quarter when he tried to find Darrius Heyward-Bey deep.

Instead, Eric Rowe picked it off and returned it 37 yards to the Steelers' yard line. Big Ben never saw him Patriots get the ball back. ET : A fade to Cobi Hamilton of all things was the Steelers' last-gasp effort on fourth down of a key drive early in the fourth quarter. Down 24, Pittsburgh had no choice but to try for the end zone on fourth-and-goal from the 2-yard line.

The fade fell incomplete thanks to Logan Ryan's coverage, and New England took over on downs. ET : End of third quarter. Down three scores, the Steelers were driving deep in the Patriots' territory as the fourth quarter began. They desperately needed six points in their effort to keep up with New England, which used the third to pull away rather easily with 16 points. ET — touchdown : That escalated quickly. The Patriots scored 13 points in a seven-minute span in real time thanks to the Steelers' fumble, and they opened a point lead before the end of the third quarter.

Tom Brady found a wide-open Julian Edelman in the middle of the end zone on the third play of the drive. Stephen Gostkowski missed the PAT wide right. The Patriots are rolling! ET: Welp. The last thing the Steelers needed after the Patriots' touchdown was an immediate turnover. That's exactly what happened on the first play of the drive, when Kyle Van Noy knocked the ball out of Eli Rogers' arm. However, they managed to get Chris Boswell in range to connect on a yard field goal to give them a seven-point lead with left in the game.

New England went 54 yards in the last 2 minutes of the game and had several chances to tie it. A pass from Tom Brady to Julian Edelman was batted down at the goal line on fourth down with 14 seconds left, effectively ending the game.

Pittsburgh's backup running back Jaylen Samuels filled in admirably for the injured James Conner, as the rookie rushed for yards on 19 carries. Antonio Brown had four catches for 49 yards and one touchdown. This was the second consecutive loss for the Patriots, and their first time losing back-to-back games in December since Sporting News is provided live updates and highlights from the Steelers' win over the Patriots.

Steelers: 17 Patriots: It'll be fourth and 15 with 20 seconds left. Brady finds Edelman for a huge yard gain down to the Steelers yard line. Boswell connects on a yard field goal to give the Steelers some breathing room. Steelers lead They have the ball at their own yard line.

Haden makes an incredible play to pick off Brady. Steelers take over at their own 4-yard line. Roethlisberger's pass to Brown bounces off Stephon Gilmore and is corralled by Harmon for his second pick on the night.