7 BEN ROETHLISBERGER

 

2006 (15-15): Started every game except the season opener (missed after having appendectomy)…broke the team single-game record for completions as he posted 38 against Denver…his 433 yards passing against Denver were the second-highest total in team history…finished the season with a career-best 3,513 passing yards with 18 touchdowns and 23 interceptions…9/7 vs. Miami: Was inactive following an emergency laparoscopic appendectomy earlier in the week…9/18 at Jacksonville: Started in his first game of the season just 15 days after undergoing surgery…completed 17-of-32 passes (53.1%) for 141 yards and a quarterback rating of 38.7…9/24 vs. Cincinnati: Completed 18-of-39 passes (46.2%) for 208 yards and a long of 36…10/8 at San Diego: Passed for 220 yards while completing 20-of-31 attempts…hit a long of 32 and recorded a 58.5 passer rating…10/15 vs. Kansas City: Completed 16-of-19 passes (84.2%) for 238 yards and two touchdowns…had a perfect passer rating (158.3) in the first half after completing 13-of-15 passes for 224 yards and two touchdowns...84.2 completion percentage would have ranked as the second highest single-game percentage in Steelers history, but he came one attempt shy of the minimum 20 needed…hooked up with Nate Washington on a 47-yard touchdown strike, his first of the season…10/22 at Atlanta: Had an incredible start before leaving the game after suffering a blow to the head by Chauncey Davis…had completed 16-of-22 passes (72.7%) for 238 yards with a career-high (tied) three touchdowns and a 147.3 passer rating…passed Ed Brown (5,821) for 10^th place on the Steelers all-time passing list with 6,051 career yards…first half numbers were all career highs, completing 15-of-20 passes for 235 yards and three TDs…passed Mike Tomczak (37) for ninth on the Steelers all-time touchdown passes list…10/29 at Oakland: Recorded his third career 300-yard passing game, finishing with 301 yards on 25-of-37 pass attempts…threw one touchdown and recorded a 61.7 passer rating…rushed once for five yards…passed Ed Brown (736) for 10^th place on the Steelers' all-time list with 743 career attempts…11/5 vs. Denver: Set new career highs in attempts (54), completions (38) and yards (433)…38 completions marks a new Steelers' single-game high, surpassing Neil O'Donnell's 34 at Chicago (Nov. 5, 1995)…433 yards was the second-highest single-game total in Steelers' history (Tommy Maddox, 473, Nov. 10, 2002) and marked his first career 400-yard passing game…54 attempts marked the third highest in Steelers' history…scrambled to find Willie Parker in the end zone for a 15-yard touchdown strike…rushed three times for nine yards…tied Terry Bradshaw with four career 300-yard passing games for third on the Steelers' all-time list…11/12 vs. New Orleans: Completed 17-of-28 (60.7%) attempts for 264 yards (9.4-yards per attempt), three touchdowns, no interceptions and a 127.7 passer rating…connected on long touchdown passes to Hines Ward (37 yards) and Cedrick Wilson (38 yards)…hit Heath Miller for a two-yard strike off of a play-action pass…marked the third time this season with 100-plus quarterback rating…surpassed 2,000-yards passing for the third straight season…surpassed 7,000 career passing yards, becoming only the ninth quarterback to accomplish that feat for the Steelers…11/19 at Cleveland: Rallied the Steelers for 21 points, including two touchdown passes,  in the fourth quarter to defeat Cleveland, 24-20…completed 25-of-44 passes for 272 yards, two touchdowns and a 61.9 passer rating…found Santonio Holmes after scrambling for a 20-yard touchdown, and hit Willie Parker for the game winning score from four yards out…passes Tommy Maddox (7,139) for eighth place on the Steelers all-time passing list with 7,321 yards…had a passer-rating of 109.0 in the fourth quarter after completing 18-of-29 passes (62.1%) for 224 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions to lead the team back from a 10-point deficit…11/26 at Baltimore: Completed 21-of-41 passes for 214 yards and a long of 27…has now completed 213 passes on the season, a career high…also has 577 career completions, passing Bobby Layne (569) for eighth place on the Steelers all-time list…12/3 vs. Tampa Bay: Completed 12-of-25 passes (48%) for 198 yards, two touchdowns and a 85.1 passer rating…connected on touchdown passes of two yards (Jerame Tuman) and 16 yards (Heath Miller)…scrambled before finding Miller for the 16-yard score to give the Steelers a 17-0 lead in the fourth quarter…12/7 vs. Cleveland: Completed 11-of-21 passes (52%) for 225 yards, a touchdown and a 106.2 quarterback rating…hit Nate Washington on a 49-yard touchdown to give Pittsburgh an early 7-0 lead…also rushed for a two-yard touchdown run…12/17 at Carolina: Completed 10-of-17 passes for 125 yards (58.8%), one touchdown and quarterback rating of 101.3…hit Najeh Davenport for a 13-yard touchdown (his 50^th career touchdown pass)…had five rushes for 12 yards (2.4 avg.) and a long of eight…scored the game's first touchdown on a one-yard run…surpassed 3,000 yards passing on the season for the first time in his career…reached 3,077 yards on the season, passing Kordell Stewart (3,020, 1997) for sixth place in Steelers' single-season history…410 pass attempts passes Mike Tomczak (401, 1996) for 10^th place in Steelers' single season-history…tied Mike Tomczak (973) for ninth place on the Steelers' all-time pass attempts list…246 pass completions ties Neil O'Donnell (1995) for sixth place in Steelers' single-season history…past Tommy Maddox (603) on the Steelers' all-time completions list with 610…12/24 vs. Baltimore: Completed 15-of-31 passes for 156 yards and one touchdown, with a long of 31 yards…moved into fifth place on the Steelers' single-season passing yards list, passing Kordell Stewart, (3,109, 2001)…surpassed 8,000 yards passing in his career…surpassed 1,000 pass attempts in his career…passed Mike Tomczak (973) for ninth place on the Steelers' all-time pass attempts list with 1,004…ranks sixth on the Steelers' all-time single-season pass attempts list with 441…moved into fourth place on the Steelers' all-time single-season pass completion list with 261…12/31 at Cincinnati: Completed 19-of-28 passes fro 280 yards, one touchdown and a 97.3 quarterback rating…hit Santonio Holmes on a game-winning 67-yard touchdown in overtime…passed Tommy Maddox (3,414, 2003) for second place on the Steelers' all-time single-season passing yardage list with 3,513…passed Kordell Stewart (458, 1998) for fourth place on the team's all-time single-season attempts list with 469…surpassed Neil O'Donnell (270, 1993) for second place on the Steelers' all-time single-season completions list with 280…surpassed Bubby Brister (51) for seventh place on the Steelers' all-time touchdown list...passed Bubby Brister (28) for wins by a Steelers' starting quarterback with 29.

2005 (12-12/4-4): Became the youngest starting quarterback in NFL history to win a Super Bowl (23 years old)…guided the Steelers to their first Super Bowl victory in 26 years…became the first quarterback in league history to lead his team to the conference championship game in each of his first two seasons…finished third in the regular season in passer-rating with a 98.6 mark…had 17 touchdown passes to just nine interceptions...9/11 vs. Tennessee: Threw for a perfect (158.3) passer-rating for the first time in his career and for the first time in the NFL since 2003 (Kansas City's Trent Green)…completed 9-of-11 passes for 218 yards and two TDs…11 pass attempts in a game were the fewest by a Steelers' team since Oct. 17, 1977 vs. Cincinnati…rushed three times for five yards…9/18 at Houston: Completed 14-of-21 passes for 254 yards, two TDs and a 139.8 passer-rating…was sacked once for a one-yard loss…completed passes for 36, 54 and 40 yards…improved his record as a starter to 15-0 in the regular season…9/25 vs. New England: Suffered first career regular season loss…gave a gutsy performance coming back from a shoulder injury to complete 12-of-28 passes for 216 yards and two touchdowns and a 93.8 passer-rating…led the team on a late nine-play, 51-yard drive that ended when he connected with Hines Ward for a touchdown to tie the game at 20-20…10/10 at San Diego: Improved his record to 16-1 as a starter…completed 17-of-26 passes for 225 yards, one TD and a 105.4 passer-rating…posted a passer-rating of greater than 100.0 for the third time in four games…did not throw an interception for the fourth consecutive game…threw at least one TD pass in fourth consecutive game of the season and in his sixth consecutive game overall…had a long completion of 33 yards to Hines Ward…was sacked three times for losses of 18 yards…injured his left knee late in the game and was replaced by Charlie Batch…10/16 vs. Jacksonville: Was inactive with a hyper-extended knee…10/23 at Cincinnati: Returned to action after missing the previous game with a hyper-extended knee…complete 9-of-14 passes for 93 yards and two touchdowns…threw his first interception of the season snapping a streak of 94-consecutive attempts without an interception…finished with a quarterback rating of 93.2…10/31 vs. Baltimore: Finished 18-of-30 for 177 yards with two touchdowns and an interception (passer-rating of 85.0)…marked the fifth time in six games in 2005 he threw for two touchdowns in a game…connected with TE Heath Miller for a pair scores...his 30 pass attempts were the most in a game in his two seasons…he had been the first QB since Terry Hanratty to have gone 18 starts into his NFL career without ever throwing 30 passes in a game…engineered the drive that set up K Jeff Reed's 37-yard game-winning field goal…11/6 at Green Bay: Missed the game following arthroscopic surgery for a torn meniscus in his right knee…11/13 vs. Cleveland: Was inactive with a knee injury…11/20 at Baltimore: Was inactive with a knee injury…11/28 at Indianapolis: Returned to action after missing three straight weeks with a knee injury…finished 17-of-26 for 133 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions…hit WR Hines Ward for a 12-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter…also had 21 yards rushing on three carries…12/4 vs. Cincinnati: Set career-highs in attempts (41), completions (29), yards (386) and touchdown passes (3)…had a long throw of 41 yards and a quarterback rating of 94.2…also threw three interceptions and was sacked twice…rushed once for two yards…hit Hines Ward for touchdowns passes of 20 and 6 yards…completed passes to nine different receivers…12/11 vs. Chicago: Completed 13-of-20 passes for 173 yards with a long of 45, one touchdown and a passer-rating of 109.0...hit Hines Ward for a 14-yard touchdown…12/18 at Minnesota: Completed 10-of-15 passes for 149 yards (9.9 yards per attempt) with a long of 50…had a quarterback rating of 99.0 marking the eighth time in his 10 games played that he finished with a rating in the 90s or above…ran six times for seven yards (1.2 avg.) with a long of nine…scored on a three-yard run by diving into the end zone for the game's only touchdown…12/24 at Cleveland: Completed 13-of-20 passes for 226 yards (11.3 yards-per-attempt) and a touchdown…had a long of 46 and had a passer-rating of 120.0…connected for a seven-yard TD pass to Hines Ward to give the Steelers an early 14-0 lead…improved his record as a starter to 21-3…1/1 vs. Detroit: Completed 7-of-16 passes for 135 yards with a long of 43…rushed three times for five yards (1.7 avg.), including a seven-yard touchdown run…improved his record to 22-3 as a starting quarterback…surpassed 5,000 passing yards in his career (5,006)…AFC Wild Card Game 1/8 at Cincinnati: Had the best playoff performance of his young career…completed 14-of-19 passes for 208 yards, three TDs and a 148.7 passer-rating…did not throw an interception…three TDs set a new career high in the postseason…completed a 54-yard pass to WR Cedrick Wilson for the longest postseason completion of his career…rushed four times for three yards…AFC Divisional Game 1/15 at Indianapolis: Improved to 3-1 in the postseason as a starting QB…completed 14-of-24 passes for 197 yards, with a long of 45…had two TD passes and a quarterback rating of 95.3…made a game-saving tackle on Nick Harper after he returned a fumble to the Colts' 42-yard line…AFC Championship Game 1/22 at Denver: Completed 21-of-29 passes for 275 yards, two TDs and a 124.9 passer-rating…rushed three times for 12 yards and one TD…TD was his first career rushing TD in postseason…21 completions and 275 yards were both career highs in the postseason…Super Bowl XL 2/5 vs. Seattle: Went 9-for-21 for 123 yards and a long of 37…scrambled and threw a 37-yard pass to Hines Ward to the Seattle three-yard line on third and 28…followed that by rushing for a one-yard touchdown to give the Steelers a 7-3 lead…also threw a key block on Antwaan Randle El's 43-yard TD strike to Ward…rushed seven times for 25 yards (3.6 avg.) with a long of 10…became the youngest starting quarterback in NFL history to win a Super Bowl.

2004 (14-13/2-2): Was named the Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and The Sporting News Rookie of the Year...was selected the AFC Offensive Rookie of the Month for October…was selected as the 2004 Joe Greene Award recipient, given to the Steelers rookie of the year and voted on by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Pro Football Writers of America…broke Dan Marino's NFL records for a rookie quarterback for completion percentage (66.4) and passer-rating (98.1)...also set new team highs with his completion percentage and passer rating…became the first quarterback in NFL history to compile a 13-0 record during the regular season…9/19 at Baltimore: Made his Steelers' debut replacing the injured Tommy Maddox in the third quarter…led the Steelers to two TDs…completed 12-of-20 passes for 176 yards, two TDs and two interceptions for an 82.5 passer-rating..9/26 at Miami: Faced very unusual circumstances in his first professional start…overcame the weather and poor field conditions to lead the Steelers on a game-clinching TD drive late in the fourth quarter…completed 12-of-22 passes (54.5 percent) for 163 yards and one TD with one interception…compiled a passer-rating of 74.6...10/3 vs. Cincinnati: Was very effective in only his second start—first at Heinz Field—and led the team from behind once again in the fourth quarter…completed 17-of-25 passes for 174 yards and one TD without an interception…compiled an impressive 101.1 quarterback rating...10/10 vs. Cleveland: Led the team to a third consecutive victory…recovered from an early interception that was returned for a TD…completed 16-of-21 passes (76.2 percent) for 231 yards and one TD with one interception…compiled an impressive 107.4 passer-rating…also ran for his first career TD, finishing with 13 yards on six carries and a long of nine yards...10/17 at Dallas: Rallied the team from a 10-point, fourth-quarter deficit to raise his record as a starter to 4-0…was selected as the AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance…joined James Farrior (Defensive Player) as Steelers become first team since 1994 to have both an AFC offensive and defensive player of the week  for  the  same week...completed 21-of-25 passes (84 percent) for 193 yards, two TDs and a 125.5 quarterback rating…his 84 percent completion percentage tied for the second highest single-game percentage in Steelers history (Kordell Stewart, 84.6 vs. Cincinnati 11/24/02)…also ran for eight yards on two carries…completed his final 11 passes for 88 yards to lead the Steelers on two TD drives…10/31 vs. New England: Produced another stellar performance against one of the most complex defenses in the NFL, snapping the Patriots NFL record 18-game winning streak…registered a 126.4 quarterback rating by completing 18-of-24 passes (75 percent) for 196 yards and two TDs without an interception…also ran for three yards...11/7 vs. Philadelphia: Tied the NFL record (Mike Kruczek, 1976) for most wins to start a career with six…completed 11-of-18 passes for 183 yards with two TDs and an interception…threw his first interception in his last 98 attempts…also ran for 10 yards on six carries, including a long of 16 yards...11/14 at Cleveland: Set a new NFL record for most wins by a quarterback at the start of a career (7)…did not have one of his best statistical games but made pivotal plays with both his arm and legs…completed 10-of-16 passes (62.5 percent) for 134 yards and an interception for a 63.0 quarterback rating...marked first game without a TD pass since taking over as the starter…rushed for 38 yards on seven carries (5.4 avg.), including a long of 20 yards...11/21 at Cincinnati: Was sacked a season-high seven times but still managed to lead the team to an eighth straight win…compiled an impressive 104.9 quarterback rating…completed 15-of-21 passes for 138 yards and one TD…also ran for 16 yards on nine carries...11/28 vs. Washington: completed 9-of-20 passes for 131 yards, his lowest output of the season…compiled a 66.9 passer-rating without an interception for the fifth game…also gained four yards on six carries...12/5 at Jacksonville: Operated the offense with the utmost efficiency, compiling a near-perfect passer rating of 158.0 (158.3 is perfect)…completed 3-of-3 passes for 39 yards on the game-winning field-goal drive…finished the game by completing 14-of-17 passes (82.5 percent) for 221 yards and two TDs without an interception…also ran for 40 yards on three carries...12/12 vs. N.Y. Jets: Had his poorest statistical performance of the season but responded at the end of the game when it counted…engineered a game-clinching scoring drive that was capped by Jerome Bettis' 12-yard TD run…connected with Lee Mays on a 46-yard pass that was a key play in the drive…completed just 9-of-19 passes (47.6 percent) for 144 yards with two interceptions...12/18 at N.Y. Giants: Helped orchestrate another come-from-behind victory…completed 18-of-28 passes (64.3 percent) for 316 yards, the first 300-yard passing performance of his career…threw one TD with two interceptions, compiling an 84.8 quarterback rating...12/26 vs. Baltimore: Was outstanding again before leaving the game late in the third quarter when he injured his ribs on the Steelers' final TD drive...completed 73.7 percent of his passes (14-for-19) for 221 yards and two TDs with one interception…produced a 125.1 quarterback rating...AFC Divisional Playoff Game 1/15 vs. N.Y. Jets: Made his first postseason appearance…did not have his best day but led the Steelers on a game-winning field goal scoring drive in overtime…completed 17-of-30 passes for 181 yards and one TD with two interceptions…also ran four times for 30 yards, including a long of 20…compiled a 57.8 passer-rating...AFC Championship Game 1/23 vs. New England: Completed 14-of-24 passes (58.3 percent) for 226 yards and two TDs with three interceptions, one of which was returned 87 yards for a touchdown…compiled a 78.1 passer-rating…also rushed for 45 yards on five carries, including a long of 13 yards.

COLLEGE: Was a three-year starter at Miami (Ohio)…re-wrote virtually every school passing record in just 38 games…completed 854-of-1,304 passes (65.5%) for 10,829 yards, 84 touchdowns and 34 interceptions...set another RedHawks' career record with 11,075 yards in total offense…became only the third player in Mid-American Conference history to throw for over 3,000 yards in three seasons and was the 10th passer in conference annals to throw for over 10,000 yards in a career…became only the eighth player in school history to earn All-American honors…could also handle punting chores, kicking 24 times for 963 yards (40.1 avg.), with 17 attempts downed inside the 20-yard line. 2003: Was an All-American first-team selection by The NFL Draft Report, earning third-team honors from the Associated Press…was a semifinalist for the Davey O'Brien Award, given to the nation's top passer…earned All-Mid American Conference first-team honors and named the conference's Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year…guided the team to its first bowl appearance since 1986 and its first postseason victory in 28 seasons…led an offense that established conference season records with 553 points scored and 7,016 yards in total offense…in 14 games, he completed 342-of-495 passes (69.1%) for 4,486 yards, 37 touchdowns and only 10 interceptions, breaking his own 2002 school season records (attempts, completions, yards, touchdowns)…gained 111 yards with three scores on 67 carries (1.7 avg.)…totaled 4,597 yards in offense, breaking his own 2001 record of 3,294 yards. 2002: Earned All-American honorable mention honors and was an All-MAC second-team pick by The NFL Draft Report, adding second-team All-MAC honors from the league's media…completed 271-of-428 passes (63.3%) for 3,238 yards and 22 touchdowns…scored once on 82 carries…also had 11 punts for 482 yards (43.8 avg), with nine kicks downed inside the 20-yard line. 2001: Was the nation's premier first-year quarterback, earning first-team Football Writer's Association of America Freshman All-America honors...was the first RedHawk to earn MAC Freshman of the Year since Deland McCullough in 1992...named second-team All-MAC...was the first freshman in the program's history to be nominated for the MAC's Vern Smith MVP award...ranked second in the conference in passing yards (258.8 ypg.), total offense (274.5 ypg.), pass efficiency (146.5) and touchdowns (25)...re-wrote the Miami single-season record book for passing yards (3,105), completions (241), touchdown passes (25), completion percentage (66.3) and total offense (3,294)...his passing yards, touchdown passes and total offense were tops in the nation among freshman signal-callers...set MAC freshman records for passing yards and touchdown passes...threw touchdown passes in his first nine collegiate games after starting just twelve games in high school at quarterback...earned MAC Eastern Division Offensive Player of the Week against Cincinnati, Buffalo and Akron...named USA Today MAC Player of the Week three times. 2000: Redshirted...majored in physical education.

PERSONAL: Attended Findlay (Ohio) High...started at quarterback for varsity only as a senior…played wide receiver for varsity as a junior...played quarterback for junior varsity team as a freshman and sophomore...earned Ohio's Division I Offensive Player of the Year as a senior in 1999…was runner-up for 1999 Mr. Football honors in Ohio…set state records by throwing for 4,041 yards and 54 touchdowns during his senior campaign and also ran for seven scores...named League, District and Toledo Blade Player of the Year…helped the team compile a 23-9 record, which included two league championships and a state playoff appearance…played in Ohio North-South and Ohio-Pennsylvania Big 33 All-Star games...was an All-League and All-District performer in baseball and basketball…was a team captain in all three sports…is the son of Ken and Brenda Roethlisberger…Full name: Ben Roethlisberger.