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The Green Bay Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 in Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium despite losing key defenders and surviving a late Steelers push. Nick Collins returned an interception for a touchdown, Jordy Nelson and Greg Jennings made big plays, and Aaron Rodgers earned MVP honors after throwing three touchdown passes. Pittsburgh cut the deficit to three in the fourth quarter, but Green Bay's final stop delivered the Packers' first Super Bowl title since the Brett Favre era.

Game Ops

MVPAaron Rodgers

VenueCowboys Stadium

LocationArlington, TX

NetworkFox

Broadcast TeamJoe Buck, Troy Aikman

Broadcast Partners

Officiating Crew

RefereeWalt Anderson

UmpireChad Brown

Head LinesmanKent Payne

Line JudgeJohn Hussey

Back JudgeScott Helverson

Side JudgeMike Weatherford

Field JudgeDoug Rosenbaum

Rosters

Pittsburgh Steelers

Starting Lineup

Ben RoethlisbergerQB

Rashard MendenhallRB

David JohnsonFB

Hines WardWR

Matt SpaethTE

Heath MillerTE

Jonathan ScottLT

Chris KemoeatuLG

Doug LegurskyC

Ramon FosterRG

Flozell AdamsRT

Casey HamptonNT

Brett KeiselRDE

LaMarr WoodleyLOLB

James FarriorLILB

Lawrence TimmonsRILB

James HarrisonROLB

Bryant McFaddenLCB

William GayCB

Ike TaylorRCB

Troy PolamaluSS

Ryan ClarkFS

Green Bay Packers

Starting Lineup

Aaron RodgersQB

James StarksRB

Donald DriverWR

Greg JenningsWR

James JonesWR

Jordy NelsonWR

Chad CliftonLT

Daryn ColledgeLG

Scott WellsC

Josh SittonRG

Bryan BulagaRT

Ryan PickettLDE

C.J. WilsonDE

B.J. RajiNT

Howard GreenRDE

Clay MatthewsLOLB

A.J. HawkLILB

Desmond BishopRILB

Frank ZomboROLB

Charles WoodsonLCB

Tramon WilliamsRCB

Nick CollinsFS

Team Stats

StatPITGB

First Downs1915

By Rushing84

By Passing1111

By Penalty00

Third Down Efficiency7-13 (53.8%)6-13 (46.2%)

Fourth Down Efficiency0-1 (0.0%)0-0 (0.0%)

Total Net Yards387338

Total Offensive Plays6455

Average Gain/Play6.06.1

Net Rushing Yards12650

Rushing Plays2313

Yards per Rush5.53.8

Net Passing Yards261288

Sacks-Yards Lost1-23-16

Gross Passing Yards263304

Pass Att-Comp-Int40-25-239-24-0

Yards per Pass Play6.46.9

Penalties-Yards6-557-67

Fumbles-Lost1-11-0

Turnovers30

Red Zone Efficiency3-4 (75.0%)1-2 (50.0%)

Time of Possession33:2526:35

Gamebook Detail

Green Bay Packers

Skill Positions

PlayerCmpAttPass YdsPass TDIntSkPass LngRateRush AttRush YdsRush TDRush LngTgtRecRec YdsRec TDRec LngFmbFL

Aaron Rodgers243930430338111.52-20-1000000-

James Starks00000-0-1152014100000-

Jordy Nelson00000-0-00001591401380-

Greg Jennings00000-0-000074642310-

James Jones00000-0-000065500210-

Donald Driver00000-0-000022280240-

Brandon Jackson00000-0-000021140140-

Andrew Quarless00000-0-0000215050-

Korey Hall00000-0-0000112020-

Tom Crabtree00000-0-0000111010-

Brett Swain00000-0-0000200000-

Defense

PlayerIntInt YdsInt TDInt LngPDSacksCombSoloAstTFLQBHitsFRFR YdsFR TDFF

Jarrett Bush110110.0541010000

Nick Collins13713710.0440000000

Frank Zombo000001.0550210000

Charlie Peprah000000.01091000000

Desmond Bishop000000.0862301700

Tramon Williams000010.0633001000

A.J. Hawk000010.0523000000

Clay Matthews000010.0330000001

Brett Swain000000.0330000000

Charles Woodson000000.0321000000

Ryan Pickett000000.0220000000

Sam Shields000000.0220000000

Atari Bigby000000.0110000000

Diyral Briggs000000.0101000000

Tom Crabtree000000.0110000000

Mason Crosby000000.0110000000

Korey Hall000000.0110000000

Pat Lee000000.0110000000

Matt Wilhelm000000.0110000000

Howard Green----00.0000010000

B.J. Raji----00.0000010000

C.J. Wilson----00.0000010000

Returns

PlayerKRKR YdsKR AvgKR TDKR LngPRPR YdsPR AvgPR TDPR Lng

Tramon Williams00-00100.000

Pat Lee24422.002800-00

Jordy Nelson11919.001900-00

Kicking and Punting

PlayerXPMXPAFGMFGAPntPunt YdsPunt AvgLng

Mason Crosby441100-0

Tim Masthay----624340.551

Pittsburgh Steelers

Skill Positions

PlayerCmpAttPass YdsPass TDIntSkPass LngRateRush AttRush YdsRush TDRush LngTgtRecRec YdsRec TDRec LngFmbFL

Ben Roethlisberger25402632213777.4431018000000-

Rashard Mendenhall00000-0-14631171170711

Isaac Redman00000-0-219016000000-

Mewelde Moore00000-0-31307000000-

Mike Wallace000000-00-0000169891250-

Hines Ward000000-00-000097781170-

Antwaan Randle El00000-0-000022500370-

Emmanuel Sanders00000-0-000032170130-

Heath Miller00000-0-000042120150-

Matt Spaeth00000-0-0000119090-

Antonio Brown00000-0-0000311010-

Defense

PlayerIntInt YdsInt TDInt LngPDSacksCombSoloAstTFLQBHitsFRFR YdsFR TDFF

LaMarr Woodley000001.0330120000

James Harrison000001.0110130000

Evander Hood000001.0110120000

Ryan Clark000000.0862000000

Ike Taylor000000.0550000000

Bryant McFadden000000.0440000000

Brett Keisel000000.0321010000

Troy Polamalu000000.0330000000

Lawrence Timmons000000.0330100000

James Farrior000000.0211000000

William Gay000010.0220000000

Anthony Madison000000.0211000000

Keyaron Fox000000.0110000000

Casey Hampton000000.0110000000

Ryan Mundy000000.0101000000

Returns

PlayerKRKR YdsKR AvgKR TDKR LngPRPR YdsPR AvgPR TDPR Lng

Antonio Brown48822.0038451.302

Mewelde Moore11111.001100-00

Isaac Redman11212.001200-00

Kicking and Punting

PlayerXPMXPAFGMFGAPntPunt YdsPunt AvgLng

Shaun Suisham221200-0

Jeremy Kapinos----315351.056

Green Bay Packers Drives

#QtrTimeLOSPlaysLengthNet YdsResult

1113:13GNB 2162:0828Punt

218:17GNB 2094:3380Touchdown

3211:08GNB 2531:409Punt

424:28GNB 4742:0453Touchdown

520:39GNB 2010:394End of Half

6315:00GNB 2032:215Punt

7310:19GNB 1831:19-3Punt

834:29GNB 4342:0619Punt

930:47GNB 1330:36-5Punt

10414:50GNB 4582:5355Touchdown

1147:34GNB 25105:2770Field Goal

1240:49PIT 3320:49-2End of Game

Pittsburgh Steelers Drives

#QtrTimeLOSPlaysLengthNet YdsResult

1115:00PIT 3631:470Punt

2111:05PIT 2042:4824Punt

313:44PIT 710:240Interception

413:20PIT 36137:1249Field Goal

529:28PIT 2275:0029Interception

622:24PIT 2371:4577Touchdown

7312:3952:2050Touchdown

839:00PIT 4094:3126Missed FG

932:23PIT 1331:368Punt

1030:11GNB 4120:213Fumble

11411:57PIT 3474:2366Touchdown

1242:07PIT 1351:1820Downs