Steelers Make History By Mistake

The Pittsburgh Steelers made NFL history when they beat the San Diego Chargers 11-10 on Sunday. It was the first time an NFL regular season game ended with the score 11-10. Ben Roethlisberger passed for over 300 yards with no interceptions or touchdowns. Willie Paker rushed for 115 yards, but no touchdowns.

They had over 400 yards of offense, but the Pittsburgh Steelers were only able to put up 11 points. Jeff Reed kicked 3 field goals for 9 points and a safety by James Harrison and the defense gave the Steelers the other 2 points. That's was all that Pittsburgh needed to beat the San Diego Chargers.

One of the reasons they had such a hard time scoring was the fact that they had 13 peanalties for 115 yards. They seemed to keep shooting themselves in the foot when they got inside the "Red Zone". Each time they had to settle for field goals instead of touchdowns. The Steelers also had trouble on 3rd and short until 2nd year running back, Gary Russell came in. In the 2nd half he ran twice on 3rd and 1 and made it both times to keep the drive going.

The score might have been 18-10 after Troy Polamalu recovered a fumbled lateral and took it into the endzone, but the referees called it an illegal forward pass and since time ran out, the game was over. The next day one referee admitted they made a mistake and the touchdown should have counted. Since it made no difference in the outcome, nothing is likely to come of it.

With the 11-10 win over San Diego, the Pittsburgh Steelers are 7-3. The Baltimore Ravens loss to the New York Giants gave the Pittsburgh Steelers a 1 game lead in the AFC North division. www.steelers-fan.com