The Cleveland Browns beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 13-6 at Huntington Bank Field on December 28, 2025, in a Week 17 game that carried genuine AFC North division-title stakes. Pittsburgh came in needing a win to clinch its first division title since 2020; the loss instead sent the Steelers to a winner-take-all Week 18 home game against Baltimore. Every passing, rushing, receiving, and defensive number from the game is compiled below.
Detail Info Date December 28, 2025 Kickoff 1:00 PM ET Venue Huntington Bank Field, Cleveland, OH Attendance 67,194 Weather 45°F, 95% humidity, 14 mph wind Surface Grass (outdoors) Duration 2:51 Vegas Line Pittsburgh -3.0 Over/Under 34.5 (Under)
Final Score Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final Pittsburgh Steelers (9-7) 0 6 0 0 6 Cleveland Browns (4-12) 10 0 0 3 13
Scoring Summary Qtr Time Team Play PIT CLE 1st 10:48 Browns Andre Szmyt 50-yd Field Goal — 9 plays, 41 yds, 4:12 0 3 1st 5:11 Browns Harold Fannin Jr. 28-yd pass from Shedeur Sanders (Szmyt kick) — 6 plays, 86 yds, 3:21 0 10 2nd 14:54 Steelers Chris Boswell 44-yd Field Goal — 10 plays, 55 yds, 5:17 3 10 2nd 0:00 Steelers Chris Boswell 40-yd Field Goal — 10 plays, 56 yds, 1:51 6 10 4th 1:40 Browns Andre Szmyt 33-yd Field Goal — 4 plays, 5 yds, 0:18 6 13
Team Stats Stat Pittsburgh Cleveland First Downs 15 11 Rushing First Downs 5 1 Passing First Downs 9 9 Penalty First Downs 1 0 Total Yards 291 262 Total Plays 65 50 Yards per Play 4.5 5.2 Net Passing Yards 160 184 Comp / Att 21/39 17/23 Net Rushing Yards 131 78 Rushing Attempts 24 25 Yards per Rush 5.5 3.1 Sacks Allowed – Yards Lost 2 – 8 2 – 2 Turnovers 0 2 Fumbles – Lost 3 – 0 0 – 0 Interceptions Thrown 0 2 Penalties – Yards 4 – 34 6 – 45 3rd Down Efficiency 3/15 (20%) 4/11 (36%) 4th Down Efficiency 0/3 0/1 Red Zone (Scoring / Att) 0/2 1 FG / 1 Time of Possession 30:39 29:21 Total Drives 11 11 Avg Plays per Drive 6.3 5.1 Avg Yards per Drive 25.7 21.3 Avg Points per Drive 0.5 1.1 Explosive Runs (10+ yds) 4 1 Explosive Passes (15+ yds) 3 5 Avg EPA per Play -0.235 -0.278
Full Box Score Passing Player Team Cmp Att Yds TD INT Sacks Yds Lost Long Passer Rtg QBR Aaron Rodgers PIT 21 39 168 0 0 2 8 29 64.9 18.3 Shedeur Sanders CLE 17 23 186 1 2 2 2 42 75.6 36.2
Rushing Player Team Pos Att Yds Avg TD Long 1D YBC/Att YAC/Att MTF Jaylen Warren PIT HB 12 64 5.3 0 15 3 1.3 4.1 4 Kenneth Gainwell PIT HB 7 26 3.7 0 15 1 2.0 1.7 0 Connor Heyward PIT TE 2 26 13.0 0 29 1 12.0 1.0 0 Jonnu Smith PIT TE 2 9 4.5 0 7 0 2.0 2.5 0 Aaron Rodgers PIT QB 1 6 6.0 0 6 0 6.0 0.0 0 PIT Team 24 131 5.5 0 29 5 4 Dylan Sampson CLE HB 11 27 2.5 0 6 0 1.3 1.2 1 Raheim Sanders CLE HB 8 21 2.6 0 6 0 1.1 1.5 0 Shedeur Sanders CLE QB 4 20 5.0 0 11 0 3.5 1.5 1 Trayveon Williams CLE HB 2 10 5.0 0 9 1 3.0 2.0 1 CLE Team 25 78 3.1 0 11 1 3
Receiving Player Team Pos Tgt Rec Yds Avg TD Long 1D YAC ADOT Drop Pat Freiermuth PIT TE 5 3 63 21.0 0 29 3 23 8.6 0 Scott Miller PIT WR 7 3 25 8.3 0 15 2 10 7.3 0 Marquez Valdes-Scantling PIT WR 9 3 21 7.0 0 7 1 13 9.4 0 Jonnu Smith PIT TE 5 5 18 3.6 0 8 1 11 1.6 0 Darnell Washington PIT TE 2 2 15 7.5 0 11 0 11 2.0 0 Adam Thielen PIT WR 5 2 14 7.0 0 11 0 8 10.0 0 Kenneth Gainwell PIT HB 4 3 12 4.0 0 10 2 21 -2.8 1 Roman Wilson PIT WR 0 0 0 — 0 — 0 0 — 0 Jaylen Warren PIT HB 0 0 0 — 0 — 0 0 — 0 PIT Team 37 21 168 8.0 0 29 9 97 1 Jerry Jeudy CLE WR 7 5 54 10.8 0 15 4 5 11.9 0 Cedric Tillman CLE WR 1 1 42 42.0 0 42 1 14 28.0 0 Harold Fannin Jr. CLE TE 2 2 30 15.0 1 28 1 2 14.5 0 Brenden Bates CLE TE 1 1 19 19.0 0 19 1 7 12.0 0 Isaiah Bond CLE WR 1 1 16 16.0 0 16 1 1 15.0 0 Sal Cannella CLE TE 4 2 11 5.5 0 6 1 5 4.5 0 Raheim Sanders CLE HB 2 1 10 10.0 0 10 0 4 6.5 0 Malachi Corley CLE WR 1 1 4 4.0 0 4 0 0 4.0 0 Dylan Sampson CLE HB 3 3 0 0.0 0 1 0 13 -4.3 0 Blake Whiteheart CLE TE 1 0 0 — 0 — 0 0 — 0 CLE Team 23 17 186 10.9 1 42 9 52 0
Defense Player Team Pos Total Solo Ast Sacks TFL PD QB Hits INT FF Kyle Dugger PIT S 8 5 3 0.0 0 1 0 1 0 Patrick Queen PIT LB 6 2 4 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 Chuck Clark PIT S 5 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Cameron Heyward PIT DT 5 3 2 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 Jalen Ramsey PIT CB 5 3 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Payton Wilson PIT LB 5 3 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Malik Harrison PIT LB 4 2 2 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 Joey Porter Jr. PIT CB 4 1 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Alex Highsmith PIT ED 3 3 0 2.0 2 0 4 0 0 Asante Samuel Jr. PIT CB 3 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Keeanu Benton PIT DT 3 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Sawyer PIT ED 2 1 1 0.0 0 1 0 1 0 Yahya Black PIT DE 2 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Sebastian Castro PIT S 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Derrick Harmon PIT DT 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Jeremiah Moon PIT LB 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Nick Herbig PIT ED 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 Logan Lee PIT DT 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 PIT Team 58 29 29 2.0 5 4 4 2 0 Devin Bush CLE LB 9 5 4 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 Carson Schwesinger CLE LB 9 3 6 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Grant Delpit CLE S 8 7 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 1 Mason Graham CLE DT 6 4 2 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 Jerome Baker CLE LB 5 1 4 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 Tyson Campbell CLE CB 4 3 1 0.0 1 2 0 0 0 Alex Wright CLE DE 4 2 2 1.0 2 0 2 0 0 Cameron Thomas CLE DE 4 1 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Tre Avery CLE CB 3 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Mohamoud Diabate CLE LB 3 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Adin Huntington CLE DT 3 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Ronnie Hickman CLE S 2 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Rayshawn Jenkins CLE S 2 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 Myles Garrett CLE DE 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 Michael Hall Jr. CLE DT 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Donovan McMillon CLE S 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Denzel Ward CLE CB 1 0 1 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 Shelby Harris CLE DT 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 0 0 Blake Whiteheart CLE TE 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Teven Jenkins CLE G 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Jerry Jeudy CLE WR 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 CLE Team 69 41 28 2.0 7 4 5 0 3
Interceptions Player Team INT Return Yds TD Jack Sawyer PIT 1 27 0 Kyle Dugger PIT 1 0 0 PIT Team 2 27 0 Cleveland Browns 0 — —
Kicking Player Team FGM/FGA FG% Long XPM/XPA Points Chris Boswell PIT 2/3 66.7% 44 yds 0/0 6 Andre Szmyt CLE 2/2 100.0% 50 yds 1/1 7
Boswell missed: 54-yd attempt, Q4 (following Alex Wright sack) Szmyt makes: 50 yds (Q1), 33 yds (Q4)
Punting Player Team Punts Total Yds Avg Long Inside 20 TB Corliss Waitman PIT 5 203 40.6 52 5 0 Corey Bojorquez CLE 4 228 57.0 64 0 0
Kick and Punt Returns Player Team KR KR Yds KR Avg Long PR PR Yds PR Avg Long Kenneth Gainwell PIT 1 23 23.0 23 0 — — — Jaylen Warren PIT 1 23 23.0 23 0 — — — Scott Miller PIT 0 — — — 2 34 17.0 25 Trayveon Williams CLE 1 25 25.0 25 0 — — —
Advanced Stats (PFF) QB Comparison Stat Aaron Rodgers (PIT) Shedeur Sanders (CLE) Dropbacks 44 29 Attempts 39 23 Completions 21 17 Completion % 53.8% 73.9% Adjusted Completion % 66.7% 77.3% Avg Depth of Target 6.2 yds 7.7 yds Short of Sticks % 51.3% 52.2% Past Sticks % 33.3% 43.5% Air Yards % 42.3% 72.0% YAC % 57.7% 28.0% Avg Time to Throw 2.13s 3.12s Total Air Yards 71 134 Yards After Catch 97 52 Touchdowns 0 1 Interceptions 0 2 Passer Rating 64.9 75.6
Advanced Passing Player Team IAY IAY/PA CAY/Cmp YAC YAC/Cmp Drops Drop% Bad Throws Bad% Pressure% Scrambles Yds/Scr Aaron Rodgers PIT 230 5.9 3.8 88 4.2 1 2.7% 11 29.7% 16.7% 1 6.0 Shedeur Sanders CLE 189 8.2 8.1 49 2.9 0 0.0% 3 13.0% 21.4% 3 7.0
Pass Rush Player Team Pos Total Pressures Sacks Hits Hurries Rush Snaps PR% Unblocked PR Alex Highsmith PIT ED 4 2 1 1 24 16.7% 2 Derrick Harmon PIT DI 3 0 0 3 18 16.7% 0 Cameron Heyward PIT DI 2 0 0 2 21 9.5% 0 Esezi Otomewo PIT DI 2 0 0 2 6 33.3% 0 Malik Harrison PIT LB 2 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 Jack Sawyer PIT ED 1 0 0 1 4 25.0% 0 Joey Porter Jr. PIT CB 1 0 0 1 1 100.0% 1 Keeanu Benton PIT DI 1 0 0 1 16 6.3% 0 Logan Lee PIT DI 1 0 0 1 3 33.3% 0 Nick Herbig PIT ED 1 0 0 1 16 6.3% 0 Patrick Queen PIT LB 1 0 0 1 4 25.0% 1 Alex Wright CLE ED 3 1 2 0 30 10.0% 1 Myles Garrett CLE ED 2 0 1 1 43 4.7% 1 Grant Delpit CLE S 1 1 0 0 1 100.0% 0 Michael Hall Jr. CLE DI 1 0 0 1 13 7.7% 0 Shelby Harris CLE DI 1 0 1 0 30 3.3% 0
Pass Protection Player Team Pos Pressures Allowed Sacks Hits Hurries Block Snaps PR% Dylan Cook PIT T 1 0 1 0 44 2.3% Troy Fautanu PIT T 1 0 1 0 44 2.3% Zach Frazier PIT C 1 0 1 0 44 2.3% Mason McCormick PIT G 0 0 0 0 44 0.0% Spencer Anderson PIT G 0 0 0 0 36 0.0% Andrus Peat PIT T 0 0 0 0 10 0.0% Cam Robinson CLE T 3 1 1 1 29 10.3% Joel Bitonio CLE G 3 0 0 3 29 10.3% KT Leveston CLE T 3 0 0 3 29 10.3% Teven Jenkins CLE G 2 0 0 2 19 10.5% Raheim Sanders CLE HB 1 0 0 1 3 33.3% Luke Wypler CLE C 0 0 0 0 29 0.0%
Coverage Player Team Pos Targets Rec Allowed Cmp% Yds Allowed INT PBU Rtg Jalen Ramsey PIT CB 2 2 100.0% 9 0 0 85.4 Chuck Clark PIT S 3 3 100.0% 48 0 0 118.8 Kyle Dugger PIT S 4 2 50.0% 28 1 0 72.9 Nick Herbig PIT ED 3 2 66.7% 29 0 1 97.9 Patrick Queen PIT LB 3 2 66.7% 15 0 0 78.5 Joey Porter Jr. PIT CB 2 2 100.0% 11 0 0 89.6 Jack Sawyer PIT ED 2 1 50.0% 12 1 0 29.2 Asante Samuel Jr. PIT CB 1 1 100.0% 13 0 0 118.8 Malik Harrison PIT LB 1 1 100.0% 15 0 0 118.8 Payton Wilson PIT LB 1 1 100.0% 6 0 0 91.7 Grant Delpit CLE S 6 5 83.3% 62 0 0 109.7 Devin Bush CLE LB 5 4 80.0% 13 0 0 79.2 Tyson Campbell CLE CB 7 3 42.9% 5 0 1 50.3 Carson Schwesinger CLE LB 4 4 100.0% 45 0 0 113.5 Tre Avery CLE CB 4 3 75.0% 25 0 0 90.6 Rayshawn Jenkins CLE S 3 2 66.7% 18 0 0 82.6 Denzel Ward CLE CB 3 0 0.0% 0 0 0 39.6 Ronnie Hickman CLE S 1 0 0.0% 0 0 0 39.6
PFF Initial Grades Top Offensive Grades Player Team Pos PFF Grade Snaps Harold Fannin Jr. CLE TE 82.6 12 Andrus Peat PIT T 78.3 26 Jerry Jeudy CLE WR 75.4 49 Jaylen Warren PIT HB 72.9 21 Raheim Sanders CLE HB 71.3 22
Top Defensive Grades Player Team Pos PFF Grade Snaps Tyson Campbell CLE CB 91.9 56 Alex Highsmith PIT ED 86.8 48 Mohamoud Diabate CLE LB 81.7 14 Jerome Baker CLE LB 81.5 12 Kyle Dugger PIT S 80.6 52
Snap Counts Pittsburgh Steelers – Offense Player Pos Snaps % Aaron Rodgers QB 66 100% Mason McCormick G 66 100% Troy Fautanu T 66 100% Dylan Cook T 66 100% Zach Frazier C 66 100% Adam Thielen WR 57 86% Spencer Anderson OL 54 82% Marquez Valdes-Scantling WR 54 82% Pat Freiermuth TE 46 70% Kenneth Gainwell HB 45 68% Scott Miller WR 42 64% Jonnu Smith TE 27 41% Andrus Peat G 26 39% Jaylen Warren HB 21 32% Darnell Washington TE 9 14% Roman Wilson WR 9 14% Connor Heyward TE 6 9%
Pittsburgh Steelers – Defense Player Pos Snaps % Patrick Queen LB 52 100% Kyle Dugger S 52 100% Joey Porter Jr. CB 52 100% Jalen Ramsey CB 50 96% Asante Samuel Jr. CB 50 96% Alex Highsmith ED 48 92% Nick Herbig ED 41 79% Cameron Heyward DT 37 71% Derrick Harmon DT 36 69% Keeanu Benton DT 34 65% Chuck Clark S 30 58% Malik Harrison LB 26 50% Payton Wilson LB 23 44% Yahya Black DE 14 27% Jack Sawyer ED 13 25% Esezi Otomewo DE 9 17% Logan Lee DT 3 6% Jeremiah Moon LB 2 4%
Cleveland Browns – Offense Player Pos Snaps % Shedeur Sanders QB 52 100% Joel Bitonio G 52 100% Luke Wypler C 52 100% KT Leveston T 52 100% Cam Robinson T 52 100% Jerry Jeudy WR 49 94% Blake Whiteheart TE 32 62% Teven Jenkins G 31 60% Cedric Tillman WR 30 58% Brenden Bates TE 25 48% Raheim Sanders HB 22 42% Malachi Corley WR 20 38% Dylan Sampson HB 18 35% Sal Cannella TE 18 35% Zak Zinter G 16 31% Harold Fannin Jr. TE 12 23% Isaiah Bond WR 12 23% Trayveon Williams HB 12 23% Wyatt Teller G 9 17% Gage Larvadain WR 4 8%
Cleveland Browns – Defense Player Pos Snaps % Grant Delpit S 66 100% Carson Schwesinger LB 66 100% Ronnie Hickman S 66 100% Denzel Ward CB 66 100% Myles Garrett DE 62 94% Tyson Campbell CB 56 85% Mason Graham DT 52 79% Devin Bush LB 50 76% Alex Wright DE 48 73% Shelby Harris DT 47 71% Rayshawn Jenkins S 36 55% Tre Avery CB 29 44% Michael Hall Jr. DT 19 29% Adin Huntington DT 15 23% Mohamoud Diabate LB 14 21% Jerome Baker LB 12 18% Cameron Thomas DE 11 17% Isaiah McGuire DE 11 17%
Game Injuries Player Team Injury When Darnell Washington PIT Broken arm Q2 Wyatt Teller CLE Aggravated calf Q1 Teven Jenkins CLE Concussion Q4 Harold Fannin Jr. CLE Aggravated groin (suffered on TD catch) Q1 — ruled out for remainder
Aaron Rodgers’ final drive of the afternoon covered 58 yards in 1:23, moving Pittsburgh from its own 35-yard line to the Cleveland 7 with 21 seconds left and no timeouts remaining. Three straight incompletions to Marquez Valdes-Scantling followed, the last of them broken up by Denzel Ward on fourth-and-goal at the right corner of the end zone, and the Steelers turned the ball over on downs without scoring a single touchdown — the first time that had happened to Pittsburgh in a game against Cleveland since December 10, 2009. The defeat left the AFC North unresolved heading into the final week of the 2025 regular season, with the Steelers needing a home win over Baltimore one week later to claim the division title they had come to Cleveland to wrap up.
