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The Steelers had only 35 yards of offense until gaining 52 yards in a two-play span midway through the second quarter to put them into position for Jeff Reed to hit a 22-yard field goal.
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Pittsburgh’s Hines Ward left the game with a neck injury after a hit by Patrick Chung and James Sanders jarred the ball loose on a reception that was ruled a drop after a challenge and review late in the first quarter. It appears Ward will not return, meaning his streak of 186 consecutive games with a reception―third-longest in NFL history―would end.
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The teams have met during six seasons since 2001, and five times either the Patriots or the Steelers went on to the Super Bowl.
This is the Patriots’ fifth game in Pittsburgh since Heinz Field opened in 2001. Two were AFC championship games―New England won both―and the other two featured one team snapping the other’s regular-season winning streak of 16 games or more.
Facing a Steelers offense that is without the starters on the left side of their offensive line, the Patriots sacked Ben Roethlisberger four times.
A week after allowing 404 yards in giving up a season high in points in a 34-14 loss at Cleveland, the Patriots limited the Steelers to 164 yards, including only 12 in the first quarter.
But Reed missed a 26-yard field goal in the third quarter, three of Pittsburgh’s eight drives went for negative yardage and at least two touchdown passes were dropped for the Steelers, eliciting boos from the usual sellout crowd at Heinz Field.
Wes Welker had eight receptions and Deion Branch seven for New England.

PITTSBURGH (AP)―Tom Brady passed for 302 yards, threw two touchdown passes to rookie Rob Gronkowski and ran for another, and the New England Patriots (the team that [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] sale in top 10)led the Pittsburgh Steelers 23-3 after three quarters Sunday night.
Gronkowski, who has four catches for 47 yards, had a 19-yard touchdown catch on the Patriots’ first possession of the game and a 9-yard touchdown early in the third quarter to make it 17-3.
Former league defensive player of the year James Harrison is active and started for the Steelers after being added to the injury list Saturday night due to back spasms.
The game matches two teams that have combined to win five of the past nine Super Bowls. The winner will tie the New York Jets in the race for the best record in the AFC.
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Roethlisberger was 10 for 26 for 123 yards and Rashard Mendenhall had 11 rushes for 50 yards for the Steelers,Dan Morgan’
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Pittsburgh is already without two injured starting defensive ends in Aaron Smith and Brett Keisel. Left tackle Max Starks (neck) was placed on injured reserve this week and guard Chris Kemoeatu (knee and ankle) is inactive Sunday.