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Vipers Take Down Steelers In A Thriller

The Vipers hold on to get their 2nd win of the season, in a game that went right down to the wire, but this time it was The Vipers who made the plays when it matter most. (The first game Pittsburgh scored 10 unanswered points in the 4th to come from behind)

In the 2nd match up between rivals, it was The Steelers who made the costly mistakes and The Vipers took full advantage of them. The first turnover gave The Vipers the lead that they wouldnt give up the rest of the game. In the 2nd quarter with just over 45 seconds left, The Steelers were facing a 3rd and 15 at their own 5 yard line, instead of running the ball and punting Coach Mike Tomlin went with a pass, hopeing that they could get the first down and run the remaining clock out. But the pass resulted in an overthrow because of the pressure by the front 4, and the pass ended up in FS Antonio Gilberts hands. The drive was capped off in a 2 yard run by FB Brain Larsen, giving The Vipers a 17-10 lead at halftime.

The 2nd Pittsburgh turnover ended the game, after scoring a touchdown late in the 4th quarter Pittsburgh recovered the onside kick, down by only 2 points due to a blocked extra point by Troy Polamalu. The Steelers were almost in field goal range when tightend Heath Miller tryed to get extra yards on a first down play when Ray Edwards striped him clean and recovered the fumble ending The Steelers chances at pulling out a comeback.

NFL Scoreboard - Bristol Bay Vipers (1-7) at Pittsburgh Steelers (7-1)

November 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 F Bristol Bay Vipers 10 7 9 0 26 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 0 7 7 24 Top Performers Bristol Bay Vipers - Stats Jay Randolph - 16/26 234 Yds, TD, 9 Att, 40 Yds Travontae Edwards - 3 Rec, 98 Yds, TD, 2 KR, 126 Yds, TD Pittsburgh Steelers - Stats Willie Parker - 16 Att, 88 Yds, TD Ben Roethlisberger - 21/38 233 Yds, 2 TDs, INT	Team Stats Comparison VIP PIT First Downs 15 13 3rd Down Efficiency 5/13 3/10 4th Down Efficiency 1/1 1/2 Total Yards 472 518 Passing Yards 234 233 Rushing Yards 105 108 Penalties-Penalty Yards 4/45 2/18 Turnovers 0 2 Time of Possession 29:48 18:12
Scoring Summary First Quarter VIP PIT PIT 9:48 J.Reed, 54 yd FG 0 3 VIP 3:16 O.Lacy, 20 yd FG 3 3 PIT 1:45 W.Parker 44 yd run (J.Reed) 3 10 VIP 1:17 T.Edwards 71 yd pass from J.Randolph (O.Lacy) 10 10 Second Quarter VIP PIT VIP 0:29 B.Larsen 2 yd run (O.Lacy) 17 10 Third Quarter VIP PIT VIP 3:19 O.Lacy, 43 yd FG 20 10 PIT 0:39 L.Sweed 35 yd pass from B.Roethlisberger (J.Reed) 20 17 VIP 0:29 T.Edwards returned kickoff 98 yd (PAT Blocked) 26 17 Fourth Quarter VIP PIT PIT 1:20 M.Henry 15 yd pass from B.Roethlisberger (J.Reed) 26 24
Bristol Bay Vipers Passing C/ATT YDS TD INT J.Randolph 16/26 234 1 0 Rushing ATT YDS AVG TD T.Goosen 20 49 2.4 0 J.Randolph 9 40 4.4 0 B.Larsen 4 13 3.2 1 Receiving REC YDS AVG TD R.Patterson 6 73 12.1 0 T.Edwards 3 98 32.6 1 T.Goosen 2 14 7.0 0 L.Curtis 2 20 10.0 0 Defense TKL SACK INT TD A.Gilbert 8 0 1 0 M.Darby 2 0 0 0 R.Edwards 2 0 0 0 R.Santiago 2 0 0 0 Pittsburgh Steelers Passing C/ATT YDS TD INT B.Roethlisberger 21/38 233 2 1 Rushing ATT YDS AVG TD W.Parker 16 88 5.5 1 B.Roethlisberger 2 20 10.0 0 Receiving REC YDS AVG TD H.Miller 4 40 10.0 0 L.Sweed 4 81 20.2 1 M.Spaeth 4 34 8.5 0 H.Ward 4 38 9.5 0 Defense TKL SACK INT TD L.Timmons 7 0 0 0 J.Harrison 5 0 0 0 J.Farrior 5 0 0 0 C.Hampton 4 0 0 0

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