Published 5:55 pm, Sunday, October 26, 2014
PITTSBURGH - Ben Roethlisberger set franchise records with 522 yards passing and six touchdowns and the Pittsburgh Steelers raced by the Indianapolis Colts 51-34 on Sunday.
Roethlisberger's yardage total was the fourth-highest in NFL history. He became the first player to go over 500 yards passing twice as the Steelers (5-3) won consecutive games for the first time this season.
Antonio Brown caught 10 passes for 133 yards and two scores. Heath Miller caught seven passes for 112 yards and the clinching TD with 5:14 remaining.
The Colts' Andrew Luck passed for 400 yards and three touchdowns, but also threw two interceptions. He handed the Steelers a safety when he was called for intentional grounding in the end zone midway through the fourth quarter as the Colts (5-3) saw their five-game winning streak end spectacularly.
The 907 combined passing yards were the second most in NFL history, trailing only the 971 yards Detroit and Green Bay put up on Jan. 1, 2012.
The Colts gave up 639 total yards and never led, though Luck kept threatening to pull off a miracle akin to the 28-point rally he engineered against Kansas City in last year's wild-card playoff.
Indianapolis trailed 35-10 at one point, but had the ball and 95 yards ahead of it trailing 42-34 midway through the fourth quarter. Luck, however, tripped over center Jonotthan Harrison and fell on his backside at the goal line. He flung the ball to the left but there wasn't a receiver anywhere close, and the safety was called, extending Pittsburgh's lead to 44-34.
The Steelers then marched deep into Indianapolis territory yet again. Facing 4th-and-1 at the 11, Roethlisberger found Miller in the back of the end zone for his sixth and final touchdown.
The win gave Roethlisberger 100 in his career in his 150th start, joining Tom Brady, Roger Staubach and Terry Bradshaw as the only quarterbacks in the Super Bowl era to reach that milestone in 150 games.
Most passing yards in a game
554: Norm Van Brocklin, L.A. Rams vs. N.Y. Yankees, Sept. 28, 1951
527: Warren Moon, Houston at Kansas City, Dec. 16, 1990
527: Matt Schaub, Houston vs. Jacksonville, Nov. 18, 2012
522: Boomer Esiason, Arizona at Washington (OT), Nov. 10, 1996
522: Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh vs. Indianapolis, Oct. 26, 2014
521: Dan Marino, Miami vs. N.Y. Jets, Oct. 23, 1988
520: Matthew Stafford, Detroit at Green Bay, Jan. 1, 2012
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