Visitor:  Pittsburgh Steelers

Home:  Kansas City Chiefs

Date:  November 27, 2011

 

Scoring:

Team               1          2          3          4          Final

PIT                  0          13        0          0            13

KC                  3          3          0          3             9

 

Visitor playmakers:

TE Weslye Saunders, CB Keenan Lewis, CB Ike Taylor, S Ryan Mundy, LB Jason Worilds

 

Home playmakers:

DE Tamba Hali, S Travis Daniels, DL Amon Gordon

 

Network:  NBC (KSHB Kansas City)

Announcers:  Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth

 

Pregame:  Yes

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  No

Commercials:  No

 

Grade:  9.5/10

 

Notes:  Roethlisberger threw a short touchdown pass to Weslye Saunders in the first half, and the Steelers took advantage of four turnovers by Chiefs quarterback Tyler Palko in a 13-9 victory that allowed them to keep pace with Baltimore atop the loaded AFC North.

 

Roethlisberger finished 21 of 31 for 193 yards and an interception for the Steelers (8-3), whose defense lost All-Pro safety Troy Polamalu to a head injury in the first quarter yet still managed to keep the bumbling Chiefs (4-7) from scoring a touchdown.

 

Kansas City has reached the end zone only once since beating San Diego on Oct. 31.  The Chiefs nearly did on their final possession, marching across midfield to the 37. That's when Palko dropped back and looked for Dwayne Bowe, but his throw was high and behind him, and Keenan Lewis hauled in the interception with 29 seconds left to seal the win.

 

The Chiefs finished with 252 yards of total offense.

 

Running time:  2:26 (2 DVDs)