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Pittsburgh Steelers Bury San Francisco 49ers with 20 Points in Fourth Quarter

Atlanta, Ga. 9/24/2007 5:39:17 AM

Willie Parker rushed for 133 yards on 24 carries and the Pittsburgh Steelers defense limited the San Francisco 49ers to just 289 yards of total offense in a 37-16 victory on Sunday.

 

Allen Rossum scored early for the Steelers when he returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown to give Pittsburgh a 7-3 lead. That lead was trimmed to 7-6 after Joe Nedey kicked his second field goal of the game late in the first quarter.

 

Both defenses kept played tough defense in the second quarter but Ben Roethlisberger was able to find Jerame Tuman on a 9-yard touchdown pass with 37 seconds left in the half to boost their lead to 14-6 at the break.

 

The score was 23-9 in the fourth quarter when Bryant Mcfadden picked off 49ers quarterback Alex Smith and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown and sealed the game.

 

Pittsburgh’s defense held Frank Gore to 39 yards rushing and limited Smith to 17 of 35 passing for 209 yards.

 

Roethlisberger finished the game 13 of 20 for 160 yards and a touchdown as the Steelers improved to 3-0 on the year while the 49ers fell to 2-1.

 

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