2006 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's North Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bill Cowher (8-8)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2006 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 8-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's North Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bill Cowher (8-8)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2006 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 2006 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the NFL's North Division of the American Football Conference.
Pittsburgh scored 353 points, while the defensive squad yielded 315. Ben Roethlisberger led the charge, slinging for 3,513 yards. Hines Ward paced all receivers, grabbing 74 passes for 975 yards. Santonio Holmes was targeted regularly also.
Willie Parker carried the ball for a team-best 1,494 yards for the Steelers.
Bryant McFadden and Troy Polamalu each intercepted 3 opponent throws. Joey Porter sacked opposing passers 7 times, helping propel the defense to an overall total of 39 sacks.
Bill Cowher coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Ben Roethlisberger | 469 | 280 | 59.7 | 3513 | 7.5 | 18 | 3.8 | 23 | 4.9 | 67 | 46 | 280 | 75.4 | Charlie Batch | 53 | 31 | 58.5 | 492 | 9.3 | 5 | 9.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 87 | 3 | 13 | 121.0 | Cedrick Wilson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
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| Totals | 523 | 312 | 59.7 | 4026 | 7.7 | 23 | 4.4 | 23 | 4.4 | 87 | 49 | 293 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Willie Parker | 337 | 1494 | 4.4 | 76 | 13 | Najeh Davenport | 60 | 221 | 3.7 | 48 | 1 | Ben Roethlisberger | 32 | 98 | 3.1 | 20 | 2 | Verron Haynes | 15 | 78 | 5.2 | 13 | 0 | Hines Ward | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 | John Kuhn | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 | Charlie Batch | 13 | 15 | 1.2 | 12 | 0 | Cedrick Wilson | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 | Santonio Holmes | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Nate Washington | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 | Dan Kreider | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Bryant McFadden | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
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| Totals | 469 | 1992 | 4.2 | 76 | 16 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Hines Ward | 74 | 975 | 13.2 | 70 | 6 | Santonio Holmes | 49 | 824 | 16.8 | 67 | 2 | Cedrick Wilson | 37 | 504 | 13.6 | 38 | 1 | Nate Washington | 35 | 624 | 17.8 | 49 | 4 | Heath Miller | 34 | 393 | 11.6 | 87 | 5 | Willie Parker | 31 | 222 | 7.2 | 25 | 3 | Verron Haynes | 18 | 95 | 5.3 | 16 | 0 | Najeh Davenport | 15 | 193 | 12.9 | 32 | 1 | Dan Kreider | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 15 | 0 | Jerame Tuman | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 21 | 1 | Sean Morey | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 | Walter Young | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | John Kuhn | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
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| Totals | 312 | 4026 | 12.9 | 87 | 23 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Chris Gardocki | 65 | 2687 | 41.3 | 56 |
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| Totals | 65 | 2687 | 41.3 | 56 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Santonio Holmes | 26 | 264 | 10.2 | 65 | 1 | Willie Reid | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Ricardo Colclough | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | Cedrick Wilson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | Ike Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 34 | 285 | 8.4 | 65 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Najeh Davenport | 21 | 448 | 21.3 | 40 | 0 | Santonio Holmes | 18 | 436 | 24.2 | 42 | 0 | Sean Morey | 8 | 202 | 25.2 | 76 | 0 | Ike Taylor | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 | Ricardo Colclough | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | Willie Reid | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | Cedrick Wilson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Travis Kirschke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 55 | 1214 | 22.1 | 76 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Troy Polamalu | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 49 | 0 | Bryant McFadden | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 39 | 0 | Joey Porter | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 42 | 1 | Anthony Smith | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Ike Taylor | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 34 | 0 | Deshea Townsend | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | Rian Wallace | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 1 | Clint Kriewaldt | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Larry Foote | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | James Farrior | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Clark Haggans | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Ryan Clark | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
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| Totals | 20 | 272 | 13.6 | 49 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Joey Porter | 7.0 | 0.0 | Clark Haggans | 6.0 | 0.0 | Brett Keisel | 5.5 | 0.0 | Aaron Smith | 4.5 | 0.0 | Larry Foote | 4.0 | 0.0 | James Farrior | 4.0 | 0.0 | Travis Kirschke | 2.0 | 0.0 | Deshea Townsend | 2.0 | 0.0 | Tyrone Carter | 2.0 | 0.0 | Troy Polamalu | 1.0 | 0.0 | Chad Brown | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 39.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | James Farrior | 106.5 | 85 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Larry Foote | 76.5 | 62 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Ike Taylor | 64.5 | 60 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Troy Polamalu | 67 | 57 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Clark Haggans | 65 | 53 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Ryan Clark | 60 | 48 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Bryant McFadden | 50.5 | 47 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Aaron Smith | 54.5 | 46 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Joey Porter | 47 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 0 | Brett Keisel | 47 | 38 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Deshea Townsend | 39 | 37 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Tyrone Carter | 37 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Casey Hampton | 33.5 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Anthony Smith | 23.5 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 0 | James Harrison | 17 | 14 | 6 | 0 | Clint Kriewaldt | 14.5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Mike Logan | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | Anthony Madison | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | Chris Hoke | 10.5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | Rian Wallace | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Chad Brown | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | Travis Kirschke | 4.5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | Rodney Bailey | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Ricardo Colclough | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chidi Iwuoma | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Jovon Johnson | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Richard Seigler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Alan Faneca | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marvel Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Hartings | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Najeh Davenport | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Santonio Holmes | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cedrick Wilson | 2 | 1 | -7 | 0 | 0 | Heath Miller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chris Kemoeatu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Willie Parker | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hines Ward | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Roethlisberger | 5 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | Sean Morey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Verron Haynes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Batch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 864 | 724 | 280 | 83 | 27 | 22 | -2 | 0 | 12 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Jeff Reed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 41 | 0 | 101 | Willie Parker | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | Hines Ward | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Heath Miller | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Nate Washington | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Santonio Holmes | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Najeh Davenport | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Ben Roethlisberger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Rian Wallace | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Cedrick Wilson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jerame Tuman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Joey Porter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 16 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 353 |
