Detroit Lions vs. Pittsburgh Steelers: game summary
Final · August 21, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.
Acrisure Stadium
Summary
| Team |
|---|
Team stats
DETPIT 
- 288Total yards401
- 182Passing yards323
- 19/32Completions/attempts25/35
- 5.5Yards per pass9.0
- 106Rushing yards78
- 22Rushing attempts27
- 4.8Yards per rush2.9
- 21First downs20
- 2-93rd down efficiency8-15
- 2-24th down efficiency1-1
- 3-3Red zone (made-att)2-6
- 55Total plays63
- 5.2Yards per play6.4
- 0Turnovers0
- 0Fumbles lost0
- 0Interceptions thrown0
- 1-5Sacks (yards lost)1-8
- 9-76Penalties (yards)5-24
- 26:44Time of possession33:16
Game leaders
Passing
David BloughDET · QB · 12/17, 143 YDS, 1 TD
Mason RudolphPIT · QB · 13/18, 138 YDS
Rushing
Craig ReynoldsDET · RB · 5 CAR, 29 YDS, 1 TD
Kalen BallagePIT · RB · 7 CAR, 30 YDS
Receiving
Tom KennedyDET · WR · 4 REC, 61 YDS
Eric EbronPIT · TE · 4 REC, 59 YDS
Scoring summary
1st quarter
- Touchdown6:12Pat Freiermuth 11 Yd pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell Kick)0-7
- Touchdown2:54Pat Freiermuth 8 Yd pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell Kick)0-14
2nd quarter
- Field goal11:26Chris Boswell 35 Yd Field Goal 0-17
- Field goal0:09Chris Boswell 23 Yd Field Goal 0-20
3rd quarter
- Field goal7:43Chris Boswell 24 Yd Field Goal 0-23
4th quarter
- Touchdown14:56Godwin Igwebuike 7 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)6-23
- Field goal9:22Chris Boswell 42 Yd Field Goal 6-26
- Touchdown3:11Javon McKinley 10 Yd pass from David Blough (Randy Bullock Kick)13-26
- Touchdown1:56Craig Reynolds 3 Yd Run (Zane Gonzalez Kick)20-26
Player stats
Detroit Lions
| Passing | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Blough | 12/17 | 143 | 8.4 | 1 | 0 | 1-5 | — |
| Tim Boyle | 7/15 | 44 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | — |
| Rushing | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Reynolds | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 1 | 12 |
| David Blough | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 |
| Jermar Jefferson | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 10 |
| Godwin Igwebuike | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 1 | 9 |
| Dedrick Mills | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Tim Boyle | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 |
| Receiving | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | TGTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Kennedy | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
| Geronimo Allison | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| Alize Mack | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Brock Wright | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| Quintez Cephus | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| Craig Reynolds | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| Amon-Ra St. Brown | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| Javon McKinley | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Darren Fells | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Dedrick Mills | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| Godwin Igwebuike | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Breshad Perriman | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Damion Ratley | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sage Surratt | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Defense | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Parker | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Reeves-Maybin | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Barnes | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Alijah Holder | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jahlani Tavai | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miles Brown | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tracy Walker III | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C.J. Moore | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Elliott | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Harris | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Okudah | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Amani Oruwariye | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Pittman | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert McCray | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Bryant | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Okwara | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Strong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jashon Cornell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Jacobs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Ford Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Hector | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tavante Beckett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Levi Onwuzurike | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ifeatu Melifonwu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Cabinda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Steelers
| Passing | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Rudolph | 13/18 | 138 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | — |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 8/10 | 137 | 13.7 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | — |
| Dwayne Haskins | 4/7 | 56 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 1-8 | — |
| Rushing | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalen Ballage | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | 11 |
| Jaylen Samuels | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 0 | 9 |
| Anthony McFarland Jr. | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 0 | 4 |
| Dwayne Haskins | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Najee Harris | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 8 |
| Mason Rudolph | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Diontae Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | TGTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Ebron | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
| Najee Harris | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | 46 | 3 |
| Diontae Johnson | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 0 | 43 | 1 |
| JuJu Smith-Schuster | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | 17 | 6 |
| Ray-Ray McCloud III | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 30 | 3 |
| James Washington | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| Anthony McFarland Jr. | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| Pat Freiermuth | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 2 | 11 | 3 |
| Trey Edmunds | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Kalen Ballage | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| Kevin Rader | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Anthony Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Defense | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Killebrew | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Allen | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Robert Spillane | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamir Jones | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Devin Bush | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Pierre | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Schobert | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Layne | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Sutton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minkah Fitzpatrick | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donovan Stiner | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre Norwood | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shakur Brown | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiahh Loudermilk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Buggs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melvin Ingram | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Wormley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Mondeaux | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrell Edmunds | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kalen Ballage | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Maulet | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Gilbert | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Highsmith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quincy Roche | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cassius Marsh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Watt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamar Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Alualu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Haden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Heyward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Game info
- Stadium
- Acrisure Stadium · Pittsburgh, PA
- Surface
- Natural grass
- Attendance
- 45,374
- TV
- NFL Net
- Officials
- Carl Johnson (Line judge) · John Hussey (Referee) · Allen Baynes (Side judge) · Brad Freeman (Back judge) · Sarah Thomas (Down judge) · Jabir Walker (Field judge) · Alan Eck (Umpire)
About this game
Who won Lions vs Steelers?
Steelers won 26-20 over Lions on Saturday, August 21, 2021.
When was Lions vs Steelers played?
On Saturday, August 21, 2021, at 7:30 PM ET at Acrisure Stadium.
Where was Lions vs Steelers played?
At Acrisure Stadium.