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01-12-2011, 08:37 AM
No running allowed against Steelers' defense
SI.com
Wednesday January 12, 2011
PITTSBURGH (AP) - When Browns quarterback Colt McCoy ran for 6 yards with barely a minute remaining in a 41-9 loss to Pittsburgh the first week of January, he prevented the Steelers from something achieved only twice during a 16-game NFL season.
He kept them from allowing fewer than 1,000 yards rushing for an entire season.
Even during one of the most prolific passing seasons in NFL history, 100-yard rushers are commonplace - except against Pittsburgh. The Steelers didn't give up one to an individual all season while allowing a scant 1,004 yards in 16 games.
Only two teams, the Jets and Patriots, ran for 100 yards against a defense that permitted 62.8 per game, the third-lowest average since the 1970 NFL merger.
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/nfl/wires/01/12/2020.ap.fbn.steelers.no.running.allowed.0908/index.html#ixzz1ApdG12nl
SI.com
Wednesday January 12, 2011
PITTSBURGH (AP) - When Browns quarterback Colt McCoy ran for 6 yards with barely a minute remaining in a 41-9 loss to Pittsburgh the first week of January, he prevented the Steelers from something achieved only twice during a 16-game NFL season.
He kept them from allowing fewer than 1,000 yards rushing for an entire season.
Even during one of the most prolific passing seasons in NFL history, 100-yard rushers are commonplace - except against Pittsburgh. The Steelers didn't give up one to an individual all season while allowing a scant 1,004 yards in 16 games.
Only two teams, the Jets and Patriots, ran for 100 yards against a defense that permitted 62.8 per game, the third-lowest average since the 1970 NFL merger.
Read more:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/nfl/wires/01/12/2020.ap.fbn.steelers.no.running.allowed.0908/index.html#ixzz1ApdG12nl