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Big Ben's TD tosses lift Steelers over Broncos


Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger Ben Roethlisberger (born March 2, 1982, in Findlay, Ohio[1]), is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL. He led his team to a victory against the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL in just his second year in the league and is the youngest  threw three second-half touchdown passes to lead the reigning Super Bowl champion Steelers past Denver 28-10 for their fifth American football victory in a row.

The Steelers improved to 6-2 on the National Football League season, matching Cincinnati for the AFC (1) (Application Foundation Classes) A class library from Microsoft that provides an application framework and graphics, graphical user interface (GUI) and multimedia routines for Java programmers.  North lead ahead of next week's meeting between the two. Denver slid to 6-2, one game atop San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay.  in the AFC West.

Pittsburgh defender Tyrone Carter Tyrone Carter (born March 31, 1976 in Pompano Beach, Florida) is an American football defensive back for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL. He has also played for the Minnesota Vikings and the New York Jets.  returned an interception 48 yards for a touchdown two minutes before half-time to give the Steelers a 7-3 half-time lead.

The Broncos, who suffered their second defeat in a row after a stellar start, took a 10-7 lead when Robert Ayers recovered a Roethlisberger fumble and ran 54 yards for a touchdown 3:30 into the third quarter.

That's when "Big Ben" struck midnight on Denver's hopes of winning.

Roethlisberger flipped a 3-yard touchdown pass to Hines Ward Hines E. Ward, Jr. (Korean: 하인스 워드/Kim Hyun-ae) (born March 8, 1976 in Seoul, South Korea) is a multiethnic football player who currently plays wide receiver for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers. He was voted MVP of Super Bowl XL.  just 2:21 later to give the Steelers the lead for good at 14-10.

"Big Ben" evaded a host of Denver rushers and found Mike Wallace Mike Wallace may refer to:
  • Mike Wallace (journalist) (born 1918), television correspondent
  • Mike Wallace (historian), American historian
  • Mike Wallace (NASCAR) (born 1959), race car driver
  • Mike Wallace (politician), Canadian politician
 for a 25-yard touchdown pass with 7:03 to play and produced the final points on another 3-yard touchdown toss to Ward with 82 seconds remaining.

Pittsburgh's Rashard Mendenhall had 22 carries for 155 yards to power the Steeler offensive unit, setting up the big plays by Roethlisberger.

"We feel like being a good offensive unit is being able to run when you want to and pass when you want to and that's what we're able to do," Mendenhall said. "As the season goes on, we want to get better and better."
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