Steelers Improve to 6-0 with many Odd Stats Against Titans
The Very Odd Statistics
On top of everything else, this week’s game with the Titans produced three very unusual occurrences.
The Steelers have held opponents to less than a 39% third-down conversion percentage many times over the seasons. They kept the Titans to a 38.46 conversion rate this week. So that unto itself is not highly unusual. They have held opponents to 38% or less 279 times. However, the last time the Steelers held a team to a 38.5% conversion percentage? It happened on October 16, 2017, and the opponent just happened to be the Tennessee Titans.
Ray-Ray McCloud had three kickoff returns this week for 83 yards breaking the longest return for 57 yards. This statistic, by itself, is not unusual. About three or four other Steelers have games in which they have that many return yards with upwards of two to four total kick off returns. The unusual part is that the last game that a player equaled 83 return yards occurred on October 9, 2011, when Antonio Brown 83 yards with two kickoff returns. Again the opponent just happened to be the Tennessee Titans.
The final score of this game when the game ended was Pittsburgh 27-Tennessee 24. The Steelers put up 24 points in the first half, with the Titans only scoring seven points in the first half. Then the Titans burned the Steelers with 17 points in the second half while only scoring three points but enough to secure the victory.
The last time the Steelers had a similar game in which Pittsburgh won by a score of 27-24? This game happened on Monday Night Football on November 17, 2014. The Steelers scored 13 points in the first quarter while being held scoreless in the second quarter while their opponent scored 17 points by half time. Then in the third quarter, the Steelers opponent score seven more points while holding the Steelers scoreless.
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Then Pittsburgh scored 14 points in the fourth quarter, winning the game 27-24. Again the Steelers opponent in that game? Well, once again it just happened to be the Tennessee Titans.