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Brown scores twice, Steelers roll past reeling Falcons 41-17
By WILL GRAVES, AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown connected on two second-half touchdowns, and the Pittsburgh Steelers pulled away from the Atlanta Falcons for a 41-17 victory on Sunday.
Roethlisberger finished 19 of 29 for 250 yards and three scores in all, including a 9-yard strike to Brown in the third quarter and a 47-yard dart to the All-Pro wide receiver early in the fourth as Pittsburgh (2-2-1) put together its most complete performance of the season.
Brown caught six passes for 101 yards. His two touchdowns gave him 64 in his career, moving him past Hall of Famer John Stallworth and into second place on the franchise’s all-time TD reception list.
James Conner ran for 110 yards and two scores and added 75 yards receiving for Pittsburgh, which improved to 7-0-1 all-time against the Falcons (1-4) at home.
Matt Ryan passed for 285 yards and a touchdown but was also sacked six times and spent the final minutes of Atlanta’s third straight loss on the sideline with the game out of reach. Pittsburgh cornerback Joe Haden kept Falcons star wide receiver Julio Jones in check. Shadowing Jones — who entered the game leading the NFL in yards receiving — all afternoon, Haden held Jones to five receptions for 62 yards, all of them coming in the fourth quarter with Atlanta well behind.
There were no such problems for Conner, whose breakout day helped the Steelers break out of their early-season funk. The second-year back was limited to just 19 yards rushing on 11 carries in a loss to Baltimore on Sunday night. The going was considerably easier against the NFL’s 28th-ranked defense.
Conner piled up 99 total yards in the first quarter alone, but the Steelers led just 13-10 at the break thanks in part to Roethlisberger and Brown’s failure to get into a rhythm.
Brown came in averaging just 9.4 yards per reception — well below his career average of 13.4 — but brushed off the idea that he and Roethlisberger are having communication problems, joking that their “Wi-Fi” was a little off kilter but would soon start humming again.
It didn’t look that way at the end of the first half, when Roethlisberger heaved the ball off his back foot into a double-covered Brown in the end zone. Atlanta’s Damontae Kazee easily picked it off to keep Atlanta within striking distance.
It didn’t last. Roethlisberger capped a 12-play, 85-yard drive in the third quarter with a bullet to Brown. Roethlisberger gave an exaggerated fist pump in the aftermath as if to say “finally” as Pittsburgh went in front 20-10. Steelers All-Pro fullback Roosevelt Nix then blocked a punt by Atlanta’s Matt Bosher, and Nix served as a lead blocker on Conner’s 2-yard scoring sprint that put the Steelers up 27-10.
Ito Smith bulled over from 2 yards with 12:28 remaining to get the Falcons back within 10, but Pittsburgh responded immediately.
Roethlisberger hit Brown in stride down the left sideline and Brown did the rest, racing across the goal line with his longest reception of the season and quelling — for the time being — the seemingly nonstop drama around one of the NFL’s most enigmatic teams.
UP NEXT
Falcons: Welcome Tampa Bay to Atlanta next Sunday. The Falcons have won the last three meetings with the Buccaneers.
Steelers: Travel to AFC North rival Cincinnati next Sunday. Pittsburgh swept the season series from the Bengals last season.
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Byron had his first multi-goal game since scoring a hat trick last December against Detroit.
Brendan Gallagher, Joel Armia and Charles Hudon also scored for the Canadiens, who snapped a five-game losing streak against Pittsburgh. It was Montreal’s first win against Pittsburgh since Al Montoya’s 36-save shutout Oct. 18, 2016.
Carey Price made 21 saves on Saturday for his first win against Pittsburgh since Oct. 13, 2015.
Riley Sheahan scored for Pittsburgh, which lamented its puck management during a wild season-opening 7-6 overtime win against Washington on Thursday.
Kris Letang, a Montreal native, had an assist and passed Hall of Famer Paul Coffey for most points in team history by a defenseman with 441. Matt Murray, who has allowed 11 goals in two games, made 24 saves in the loss.
Last season, Pittsburgh scored five goals in each of its three games against Montreal. The Canadiens returned the favor with a five-goal outburst Saturday. The teams will meet again next Saturday in Montreal.
Gallagher scored the game’s first goal midway through the opening period. Tomas Tatar’s initial shot off the rush hit Penguins’ defenseman Olli Maatta and bounced to Gallagher, who converted the 2-on-1.
Byron’s breakaway goal gave the Canadiens a 2-0 lead later in the period. He beat Maatta at the blueline and tucked a backhand-forehand deke between Murray’s outstretched pad and the post.
Byron scored his second goal just 3:43 into the second period. Max Domi chipped the puck from behind the goal to Byron, who flipped a shot past Murray.
Byron had the primary assist on a short-handed goal later in the period to make it a 4-0 game. Armia finished the 2-on-1 pass from Byron with a backhand chip behind Murray.
NOTES: The Canadiens scratched 35-year-old center Tomas Plekanec and 30-year-old defenseman Karl Alzner for the second straight game. Alzner played 622 consecutive games before he was scratched Wednesday against Toronto. . D Juuso Riikola, C Derek Grant and D Chad Ruhwedel were all scratched for Pittsburgh.
UP NEXT
Canadiens: Host Los Angeles on Thursday in their home opener.
Penguins: Welcome Vegas on Thursday.
2nd Period Goals:
Canadiens:
Paul Byron (3:43)
Joel Armia (15:14)
Penguins:
Riley Sheahan (17:10)
1st Period Goals:
Brendan Gallagher (11:08)
Paul Byron (15:56)
Hall’s 3-yard burst on the opening possession of the extra period put the Panthers up and Pitt sophomore defensive back Therran Coleman picked off Syracuse’s Eric Dungey in the end zone on the Orange’s first offensive snap to give the Panthers a stirring victory.
“Our kids needed that one,” Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi said after his team ended a two-game losing streak.
Qadree Ollison ran for 192 yards and a score for the Panthers (3-3, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who weathered a 75-minute lightning delay and a late surge by the Orange to beat Syracuse (4-2, 1-2) for the eighth straight time at Heinz Field.
The Orange trailed by 10 in the third quarter but pushed in front 37-34 with 5:53 left in regulation only to let it slip away while losing late for the second consecutive week.
Pitt’s Alex Kessman hit a 45-yard field goal to tie it with 8 seconds to go and Hall, Ollison and the offensive line did the rest in overtime.
“The line said, ‘Coach, keep running it, we got you,'” Narduzzi said.
Dungey completed 18 of 38 passes for 195 yards with a touchdown and two picks during an erratic day in which he also ran for a team-high 70 yards and a touchdown.
Syracuse head coach Dino Babers pointed to the game as a test of his team’s maturity following a draining loss to ACC-power Clemson last week. Early on it looked like Syracuse had finally grown up. The Orange raced to a quick 14-0 lead less than 10 minutes in.
The Panthers, however, found their footing behind a defense that kept Dungey off balance and occasionally off his feet.
Pitt ripped off 27 of the game’s next 30 points — including Ollison’s long touchdown sprint, Dane Jackson’s fumble return following a Dungey fumble and a 68-yard catch-and-run by Rafael Araujo-Lopes — to go up 27-17 just 48 seconds into the third quarter.
Then the deluge hit, sending the teams retreating to the locker rooms for more than an hour. Pitt’s momentum vanished when the game resumed and the Orange responded.
Just not enough for Syracuse to get it together on the road. The Orange are just 4-18 away from the Carrier Dome in conference play since joining the ACC in 2013, including a 1-8 mark under Babers.
“We didn’t give it away,” Babers said.
Maybe, but the Orange didn’t do much late to stop the Panthers from taking it either.
THE TAKEAWAY
Syracuse: The Orange might be improved, but their rushing defense still has a long way to go. A week after letting Clemson’s Travis Etienne go for 203 yards and key the Tigers’ rally, Syracuse surrendered 265 yards on the ground to Pitt.
Pitt: The Panthers might want to just go to the triple-option and get it over with. The passing game remains practically nonexistent. Quarterback Kenny Pickett completed 11 of 20 passes for 137 yards with a touchdown, pick and a fumble. On Pitt’s game-tying drive at the end of regulation, the Panthers ran it on 10 straight plays and threw it just once, a desperation heave to the end zone by Pickett that was well off target.
UP NEXT
Syracuse: The Orange are off next week then host North Carolina on Oct. 20 for the first time since joining the ACC in 2013. The schools last met in 2003, a 49-47 Syracuse victory.
Pitt: The Panthers continue a brutal stretch at No. 6 Notre Dame next Saturday.
Homecoming 2018 for the Geneva College Golden Tornado’s started out as a beautiful afternoon on an early October Saturday. Beaver County Radio’s Frank Sparks and Ed Hermick hosted a pre-game tailgate broadcast from the North Gate of Reeve’s Stadium on the Campus of Geneva College. Frank started out by interviewing Dr. Calvin Troup who is President of Geneva College. The rest of the afternoon involved interviews with staff and faculty of Geneva College as they gave their predictions about today’s football game.
During the broadcast Frank interviewed many dignitaries from Geneva College. They talked about topics such as student life, admissions, degrees, and of course athletics.
Check out the pictures below of all of the fun……
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In a game heard on WBVP and WMBA Bob Barrickamn and Tom Hayes had the call from Revees Field in Geneva on Homecoming afternoon. A game in which Behany jumoed out to an early 6-0 lead, eventually grabbing a 16-7 lead. Geneva answered right before half making it a 16-14 game at the half. Bethany answered in the third quarter with 10 unanswered points making it a 26-14 ballgame. Geneva wouldn’t go down easy scoring making it 26-20 where it would go final with Bethany taking a win 26-20 at Reeves field.
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Check out the pictures of game action below….
