The Minnesota Vikings beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 36-28 on Dec 9, 2021 at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Final · U.S. Bank Stadium
Top performers
- Ben Roethlisberger threw for 308 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception for the Steelers.
- Najee Harris ran for 94 yards on 20 carries.
- Kirk Cousins threw for 216 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions for the Vikings.
- Dalvin Cook ran for 205 yards on 27 carries.
Pittsburgh Steelers box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Najee Harris | 20 | 94 | 1 | 23 |
| Diontae Johnson | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Chase Claypool | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 23 | 108 | 1 | 23 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Claypool | 8 | 9 | 93 | 0 | 38 |
| Diontae Johnson | 5 | 10 | 76 | 0 | 37 |
| Pat Freiermuth | 2 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 17 |
| Najee Harris | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
| Team | 18 | 25 | 211 | 2 | 38 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Bush | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Schobert | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Heyward | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minkah Fitzpatrick | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ahkello Witherspoon | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Cameron Sutton | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Miles Killebrew | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T.J. Watt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Highsmith | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 40 | 25 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Minnesota Vikings box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalvin Cook | 27 | 205 | 2 | 30 |
| Kirk Cousins | 2 | 14 | 0 | 11 |
| Justin Jefferson | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 |
| Team | 30 | 215 | 2 | 30 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K.J. Osborn | 3 | 9 | 83 | 1 | 62 |
| Justin Jefferson | 7 | 15 | 79 | 1 | 22 |
| Tyler Conklin | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 19 |
| Dalvin Cook | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Team | 13 | 29 | 199 | 2 | 62 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Kendricks | 11 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Barr | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Woods | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bashaud Breeland | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Patrick Peterson | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harrison Smith | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sheldon Richardson | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dalvin Tomlinson | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Wonnum | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Troy Dye | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Lynch | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Vigil | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Jones II | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 59 | 37 | 3.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
- Steelers · 2021 season · Previous Dec 5, 2021: BAL 19, PIT 20 · Next Dec 19, 2021: TEN 13, PIT 19
- Vikings · 2021 season · Previous Dec 5, 2021: MIN 27, DET 29 · Next Dec 20, 2021: MIN 17, CHI 9