Steelers pick up seventh consecutive victory, off to historic start
It's the best start the Steelers have had since the 1970s
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Pittsburgh Steelers are 7-0.
The strong Steelers defense hung tough in the final two minutes of the game to pick up their seventh straight win of the 2020 season, 28-24 over the Baltimore Ravens, and kept their stranglehold on the AFC North division.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Steelers got Lamar Jackson and the Ravens offense to fumble the ball on fourth down on their second-to-last drive. And after punting the ball away, they got Jackson to throw a late incompletion on a pass to the end zone to end the game.
Pittsburgh’s defense started out great and finished strong.
Robert Spillane returned a Jackson interception 33 yards for a touchdown. Rooke linebacker Alex Highsmith also had an interception in the win. Spillane and Vince Williams each had fumble recoveries as well.
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Ben Roethlisberger threw the go-ahead touchdown pass for Chase Claypool with 7:42 remaining in the game. Neither team would score after that touchdown.
Roethlisberger was 21-for-32 with 182 passing yards and two touchdown passes. The other TD pass was to Eric Ebron. James Conner scored a touchdown on the ground. He had 47 rushing yards on 15 carries.
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Jackson struggled a bit. He was 13-for-28 with 208 passing yards and was held to just 6 yards on the ground. He had two touchdown passes in the game – one to Miles Boykin and the other to Marquise Brown.
The Steelers have won their first seven games of a season for the first time since 1978 when Chuck Noll was leading the team as head coach and Terry Bradshaw was zipping passes. They would lose their eighth game.