Week 6 Steelers Survive Seahawks; Watt, Boswell Seal Victory in OT, 23-20

After a win against the Broncos in week 5, the Steelers looked to find another win against the Seattle Seahawks. At times, it was a long nail-biting home game, but the Steelers were able to pull off the victory, winning 23 – 20 in overtime. Linebacker T.J. Watt forced a fumble on Seahawks quarterback, Geno Smith, setting up Chris Boswell in a perfect position to kick the game-winning field goal.

The Steelers went into their bye week with an even 3 – 3 record.

During the first quarter of the game, nothing exciting happened. Both the Steelers and the Seahawks were not able to put any points on the board. The possession of the ball went back and forth between the teams until the beginning of the second quarter when the Black and Gold exploded and maintained control of the clock for most of the quarter. They also managed to score two touchdowns and defended against Seattle well to hold them to zero points.

Steelers quarterback, Ben Roethisberger, was able to find Najee Harris, running back, for a short pass in the end-zone and Steelers tight end, Eric Ebron, rushed for a one-yard touchdown. He made the score 14 – 0 going into the half.

The Seahawks came out of nowhere in the third quarter and controlled the clock for the majority of the time. They were able to score two touchdowns, holding the Steelers to only a field goal. Running back, Alex Collins, ran two yards for a touchdown and Smith threw a short pass into the end-zone for the other. They were able shorten the score gap to only three points. The score at the end of the third was 17 – 14.

During the fourth quarter, the Seahawks were able to make a field goal early on in the quarter to tie up the game at 17 – 17. After that, the game was playing out similar to the first quarter with the possession switching back and forth between both teams.

With under two minutes to go, the Black and Gold were able to get into field goal ranger and Boswell was able to kick a 52-yard field goal to take the lead. This made the score 20 – 17, but Seattle kicker, Jason Meyers, was able to tie the game up 20 – 20 with just three seconds to play, which took the game into overtime eventually ending in the Steelers victory.

Steelers head coach, Mike Tomlin, stated in his post-game interview, “We got a lot of improvements to make, but it’s good to win a way like that.”

Story by: Carlin Whalen (cjw6426@psu.edu)