2005 Season Results

 
Manager: Josh Upshire
   
Record: 11 - 6
   
Division Place: tied second
   
Playoff Results: lost in first round
   

2005 Standings, Playoff Results, League Leaders

Pittsburgh Steelers Schedule
Matchup Date/Score
Dallas at Pittsburgh Loss 31-30
Kansas City at Pittsburgh Win 16-20
Pittsburgh at Denver Win 23-17
Pittsburgh at St. Louis Win 31-10
Chicago at Pittsburgh Loss 32-17
Pittsburgh at New York Loss 19-21
San Diego at Pittsburgh Win 28-34
Pittsburgh at Carolina Win 24-9
Cleveland at Pittsburgh Win 0-34
Pittsburgh at Houston Loss 10-16
Indianapolis at Pittsburgh Win 10-48
Pittsburgh at Dallas Win 19-17
Pittsburgh at Kansas City Win 36-20
Denver at Pittsburgh Loss 33-14
St. Louis at Pittsburgh Win 10-20
Pittsburgh at Chicago Win 28-20
Playoff Results
Houston at Pittsburgh Loss 38-31
   

 

 

 

 

 
 

Team Statistics

  2005 Pittsburgh Opponent
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 109-185-11-305 112-186-10-308
Third Down Efficiency 66-194-34% 74-213-35%
Fourth Down Efficiency 4-10-40% 11-23-48%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 238-350-68% 192-343-55%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 5862-956-6.1 5469-1035-5.3
Total Net Yards Rushing 2192 2170
Total Rushes 482 452
Average Per Rush 4.5 4.8
Passes Completed/Attempted 260/442 (58.8%) 284/538 (52.8%)
Net Yards Passing 3670 3299
Avg Yards Per Pass 8.7 6.7
Sacked/Yards Lost 32/187 45/323
Punts/Average 73/44.6 74/44.8
Punts Received/Return Yardage 26/229 30/260
Kickoffs/Returns 52/996 68/1658
Interceptions/Returns 20/242 18/203
Penalties/Yards 130/1038 138/1142
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 17/4 30/12
Time of Possession 483 mins 24 secs 487 mins 26 secs
Average Drive Start PIT 30 OPP 29

Passing Stats

  Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
2005 Pittsburgh
Marc Bulger 207 125 1907 60.4 9.2 10 4.8 7 3.4 66 5/30 92.8
Aaron Brooks 180 107 1541 59.4 8.6 11 6.1 9 5.0 59 26/151 86.8
Ben Roethlisberger 55 28 409 50.9 7.4 2 3.6 2 3.6 34 1/6 72.5

Rushing Stats

  No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
2005 Pittsburgh
Reuben Droughns 337 1547 4.6 67 12 0 6/1
Willie Parker 92 492 5.3 54 5 0 0/0
Aaron Brooks 31 126 4.1 15 2 0 0/0
Terrelle Smith 13 7 0.5 5 2 0 0/0
Marc Bulger 7 22 3.1 7 0 0 0/0
Ben Roethlisberger 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats

  No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
2005 Pittsburgh
Todd Heap 69 884 12.8 42 8 0
Lee Evans 46 781 17.0 52 9 1
Donte' Stallworth 32 509 15.9 66 1 0
Roy A. Williams 27 519 19.2 58 0 0
Dallas Clark 25 355 14.2 59 1 0
Reuben Droughns 20 232 11.6 23 1 0
Reggie Brown 18 295 16.4 32 1 0
Darrell Jackson 7 111 15.9 33 1 0
Terrelle Smith 7 39 5.6 9 1 0
Willie Parker 7 104 14.9 48 0 0
Roscoe Parrish 2 28 14.0 16 0 0

Field Goals

  1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
2005 Pittsburgh
Jay Feely 2/2 8/9 9/12 10/12 0/0 29/35 82.9

Punting

  No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
2005 Pittsburgh
Hunter Smith 73 44.6 38.3 10 26 65 0

Kickoff Returns

  No Yds Avg Long TD
2005 Pittsburgh
Reuben Droughns 36 651 18.1 35 0
Roscoe Parrish 16 345 21.6 29 0

Punt Returns

  Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
2005 Pittsburgh
Roscoe Parrish 21 16 216 10.3 32 0
Tim Dwight 5 0 13 2.6 5 0

Individual Defense

  Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
2005 Pittsburgh
Ty Law 86 0 2
Cato June 85 2 3
Troy Polamalu 76 1 2
Tommy Polley 73 2 0
Sheldon Brown 62 3 0
Albert Haynesworth 44 5 0
Brian Dawkins 34 6 0
Rosevelt Colvin 33 1 3
Shaun Ellis 33 4 1
Morlon Greenwood 33 0 1
Osi Umenyiora 29 12 2
Marcus Washington 24 0 1
Derrick O. Johnson 22 1 0
Dwight Smith 21 0 0
Jordan Carstens 21 4 0
Tedy Bruschi 18 0 0
Erik Coleman 17 4 1
Duane Clemons 12 0 0
Brian Kelly 11 0 0
Fred Smoot 8 0 0
K. Gbaja-Biamila 1 0 0
Roscoe Parrish 0 0 1
Marc Bulger 0 0 1
Willie Anderson 0 0 1
Donte' Stallworth 0 0 1
Brad Hopkins 0 0 1
Todd Heap 0 0 3
Reuben Droughns 0 0 1

Interceptions

  No Yds Avg Long TD
2005 Pittsburgh
Sheldon Brown 8 82 10.3 28 1
Ty Law 3 45 15.0 25 0
Troy Polamalu 2 22 11.0 22 0
Dwight Smith 2 20 10.0 20 0
Rosevelt Colvin 1 11 11.0 11 1
Brian Dawkins 1 20 20.0 20 0
Tedy Bruschi 1 12 12.0 12 0
Erik Coleman 1 15 15.0 15 0
Fred Smoot 1 15 15.0 15 0

 

            Roster

  SALARY CAP $82,300,000 $80,000,000 $80,000,000 $80,000,000 $80,000,000 $80,000,000
  $$$ USED $78,000,000 $77,800,000 $77,200,000 $71,400,000 $53,700,000 $46,100,000
  $$$ AVAILABLE $4,300,000 $2,200,000 $2,800,000 $8,600,000 $26,300,000 $33,900,000
               
POS. NAME 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
QB Marc Bulger (2005-10 games) $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000      
QB Ben Roethlisberger (14gms) $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $2,400,000
QB Aaron Brooks (15gms) $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 $400,000    
HB Willie Parker $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000
HB Reuben Droughns $200,000 $200,000        
HB Domanick Davis (13gms) $200,000 $200,000        
FB Terrelle Smith $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 $400,000    
FB Jeremi Johnson $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000  
WR Lee Evans $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000
WR Roy Williams ('05-15games) $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000 $5,500,000
WR Tim Dwight (SE,FL) $300,000 $300,000 $300,000      
WR Reggie Brown (SE) $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 $400,000    
WR Donte Stallworth (SE) $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000
TE Todd Heap $3,300,000 $3,300,000 $3,300,000 $3,300,000 $3,300,000 $3,300,000
TE Dallas Clark $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 $400,000    
OT Ryan Diem (RT) $600,000 $600,000 $600,000 $600,000    
OT Brad Hopkins [LT] $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000  
OT LJ Shelton (LT) $1,400,000 $1,400,000 $1,400,000 $1,400,000 $1,400,000  
OG Chris Villarrial (RG) $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000  
OG Cooper Carlisle [RG] $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000    
OG Zach Pillar (LG) $500,000 $500,000 $500,000      
C Casey Rabach $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000 $900,000
C Justin Hartwig $600,000 $600,000 $600,000 $600,000    
K Jay Feely $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000    
P Hunter Smith $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000    
DE Kabeer Gbaja Biamila (RE) $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000  
DE Osi Umenyora (RE) $3,200,000 $3,200,000 $3,200,000 $3,200,000 $3,200,000 $3,200,000
DE Shaun Ellis (LE) ('05-15gms) $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000    
DT Albert Haynesworth (RT) $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000    
DT Keith Traylor (LT) 15gms $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000    
DT Jordan Carstens (RT) $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000    
OLB Rosie Colvin (ROLB) $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000
OLB Marcus Washington (LOLB) $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $2,400,000
OLB Derrick Johnson (LOLB) $2,300,000 $2,300,000 $2,300,000 $2,300,000 $2,300,000 $2,300,000
ILB Cato June ('05-15gms) $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000    
ILB Tommy Polley $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000  
ILB Tedi Bruschi ('05-11gms) $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000
CB Fred Smoot ('05-13 games) $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000    
CB Ty Law (LCB) $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000    
CB Brian Kelly (LCB) $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000
CB Sheldon Brown [RCB] $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000
SS Mike Doss $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000
SS Dwight Smith $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000 $2,200,000
FS Troy Polamalu $6,100,000 $6,100,000 $6,100,000 $6,100,000 $6,100,000 $6,100,000
FS Willie Anderson (RT) $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000  
EXTRA Aaron Glenn (LCB,RCB) $200,000 $200,000        
EXTRA              
EXTRA Edwin Mulitalo (LG) $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000    
EXTRA Roscoe Parrish (SE,FL) $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 $400,000 $400,000
EXTRA Duane Clemons (LE,RE) $200,000