3rd AFC North (8-8-0)
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Game Averages (2012)
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| Team Statistics | ||
| Steelers | Opponents | |
| Total First Downs | 290 | 240 |
| 1st Downs (Rush-Pass-By Penalty) | 93 - 179 - 18 | 73 - 149 - 18 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 92/224 | 71/226 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 3/12 | 10/21 |
| Total Offensive Yds | 4991 | 3795 |
| Offense (Plays-Avg Yds) | 1015 - 4.9 | 974 - 3.9 |
| Total Rushing Yds | 1690 | 1284 |
| Rushing (Plays-Avg Yards) | 460 - 3.7 | 390 - 3.3 |
| Total Passing Yds | 3301 | 2511 |
| Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) | 303 - 506 - 15 - 7.1 | 301 - 533 - 20 - 5.4 |
| Sacks | 51 | 49 |
| Field Goals | 27/31 | 24/27 |
| Touchdowns | 38 | 21 |
| (Rush-Pass-Ret-Def) | 16 - 19 - 0 - 3 | 7 - 12 - 0 - 2 |
| Time of Possession | 31:41 | 28:41 |
| Turnover Ratio | +4 | |
| Passing Statistics | |||||||||||||
| Player | Att | Comp | Yds | Comp % | Yds/Att | TD | TD % | INT | INT % | Long | Sck | Sack/Lost | Rating |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 469 | 281 | 3301 | 59.9 | 7.0 | 17 | 3.6 | 15 | 3.2 | 65 | 46 | 284 | 80.1 |
| Byron Leftwich | 36 | 21 | 303 | 58.3 | 8.4 | 2 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | 3 | 22 | 104.3 |
| Dennis Dixon | 1 | 1 | 3 | 100.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 |
| Rushing Statistics | |||||
| Player | Att | Yds | Yds/Att | Long | TD |
| Willie Parker | 210 | 791 | 3.8 | 34 | 5 |
| Mewelde Moore | 140 | 588 | 4.2 | 32 | 5 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 34 | 101 | 3.0 | 17 | 2 |
| Gary Russell | 28 | 77 | 2.8 | 15 | 3 |
| Rashard Mendenhall | 19 | 58 | 3.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Carey Davis | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Nate Washington | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Byron Leftwich | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 8 | 1 |
| Santonio Holmes | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Dennis Dixon | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | -1 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Mitch Berger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving Statistics | |||||
| Player | Rec | Yds | Yds/Rec | Long | TD |
| Hines Ward | 81 | 1043 | 12.9 | 49 | 7 |
| Santonio Holmes | 55 | 821 | 14.9 | 48 | 5 |
| Heath Miller | 48 | 514 | 10.7 | 22 | 3 |
| Nate Washington | 40 | 631 | 15.8 | 65 | 3 |
| Mewelde Moore | 40 | 320 | 8.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Matt Spaeth | 17 | 136 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Limas Sweed | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Carey Davis | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Sean McHugh | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Willie Parker | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Rashard Mendenhall | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Dallas Baker | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Gary Russell | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Field Goal Statistics | ||||||||||
| Player | 1-19 A | 1-19 M | 20-29 A | 20-29 M | 30-39 A | 30-39 M | 40-49 A | 40-49 M | 50+ A | 50+ M |
| Jeff Reed | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Punting Statistics | ||||||
| Player | Punts | Avg | Touchbacks/g | IN 20 | Long | Blck |
| Mitch Berger | 66 | 41.3 | 4 | 19 | 61 | 0 |
| Paul Ernster | 12 | 31.6 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 78 | 39.8 | 4 | 23 | 61 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 90 | 42.5 | 6 | 28 | 64 | 1 |
| Punt Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | FC | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Santonio Holmes | 34 | 7 | 6.6 | 35 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 6 | 12 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Limas Sweed | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 41 | 19 | 6.0 | 35 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 40 | 17 | 6.2 | 46 | 0 |
| Kick Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | Yds | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Gary Russell | 16 | 371 | 23.2 | 43 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 10 | 185 | 18.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Rashard Mendenhall | 6 | 115 | 19.2 | 27 | 0 |
| Carey Davis | 6 | 106 | 17.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Tyrone Carter | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Matt Spaeth | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 50 | 1013 | 20.3 | 43 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 71 | 1357 | 19.1 | 40 | 0 |
| Defense Statistics | |||||
| Player | Comb | Total | Assist | Sck | Fumb |
| James Farrior | 133 | 87 | 46 | 3.5 | 1 |
| James Harrison | 101 | 67 | 34 | 16.0 | 7 |
| Troy Polamalu | 73 | 54 | 19 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ryan Clark | 87 | 52 | 35 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ike Taylor | 65 | 50 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aaron Smith | 60 | 44 | 16 | 5.5 | 0 |
| Lawrence Timmons | 65 | 43 | 22 | 5.0 | 1 |
| LaMarr Woodley | 60 | 41 | 19 | 11.5 | 2 |
| Bryant McFadden | 41 | 37 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Larry Foote | 63 | 34 | 29 | 1.5 | 1 |
| William Gay | 41 | 33 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Travis Kirschke | 46 | 30 | 16 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Brett Keisel | 41 | 22 | 19 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Anthony Madison | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Carter | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Chris Hoke | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Keyaron Fox | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Patrick Bailey | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Nick Eason | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Anthony Smith | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Andre Frazier | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Gary Russell | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Carey Davis | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Heath Miller | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jeff Reed | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Orpheus Roye | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Fernando Bryant | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Donovan Woods | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Justin Hartwig | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Limas Sweed | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Willie Parker | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Mitch Berger | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jared Retkofsky | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Nate Washington | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Greg Warren | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sean McHugh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Chris Kemoeatu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Matt Spaeth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Max Starks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kendall Simmons | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| TEAM TOTAL | 1125 | 784 | 341 | 51 | 12 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 1202 | 811 | 391 | 49 | 20 |
| Interception Statistics | |||||
| Player | Int | Yds | Yds/Int | Long | TD |
| Troy Polamalu | 7 | 59 | 8.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Tyrone Carter | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 32 | 1 |
| Deshea Townsend | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 25 | 1 |
| Bryant McFadden | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Timmons | 1 | 89 | 89.0 | 89 | 0 |
| James Harrison | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| William Gay | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| LaMarr Woodley | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ike Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Clark | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 20 | 290 | 14.5 | 89 | 2 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 15 | 234 | 15.6 | 83 | 2 |
