Ray Rice And Baltimore Roll Past The Steelers
- By Lucas Vancamp
- Published 11/30/2009
- Week Twelve NFL News

Ray Rice Baltimore running back Ray Rice rushed 19 times for 88 yards and caught five passes for 67 yards in the Ravens' Week 12 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night.
Rice's third game of the season with more than 150 total yards and Billy Cundiff's boot in overtime rallied Baltimore past Pittsburgh 20-17.
Cundiff's 29-yard field goal with 6:42 left in the extra period ended the Steelers' streak of 12 straight wins in night games, however he could have ended it in regulation but missed a 56-yarder that would have won it.
The big story was the play of Steelers quarterback Dennis Dixon.
Dixon started because Roethlisberger was sidelined with a concussion and backup Charlie
For much of the game, Dixon did his best Ben Roethlisberger impersonation. He threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes, and even added a run for a 24-yard touchdown that put the Steelers in the lead 17-14 in the fourth quarter.
But it was Dixon's inexperience that put the Ravens in position to seal the win in overtime.
In overtime, rookie Ravens defensive end Paul Kruger made a big play. Playing in place of injured linebacker Terrell Suggs, Kruger picked off a Dixon pass and returned it 26 yards to the Pittsburgh 28, and six plays later Cundiff delivered the game-winner.


