| Time | Quarter | Team | Situation | Play |
| 15:00 | 1st | NO | -- | > Garrett Hartley kicks 70 yards from NO30 to Pit0, TOUCHBACK. |
| 15:00 | 1st | Pit | 1st & 10 at Pit20 | > Ben Roethlisberger Pass to Rashard Mendenhall to Pit29 for 9 yards |
| 14:21 | 1st | Pit | 2nd & 1 at Pit29 | > Rashard Mendenhall Off Right End to Pit33 for 4 yards |
| 13:45 | 1st | Pit | 1st & 10 at Pit33 | > Ben Roethlisberger Pass to Hines Ward to Pit35 for 2 yards |
| 13:04 | 1st | Pit | 2nd & 8 at Pit35 | > Rashard Mendenhall Off Right End to Pit38 for 3 yards |
| 12:21 | 1st | Pit | 3rd & 5 at Pit38 | > Ben Roethlisberger Pass Incomplete to Mewelde Moore |
| 12:17 | 1st | Pit | 4th & 5 at Pit38 | > Daniel Sepulveda punts 37 yards to NO25, Lance Moore Fair Catch |
| 12:10 | 1st | NO | 1st & 10 at NO25 | > Drew Brees Pass to Robert Meachem to NO30 for 5 yards |
| 11:46 | 1st | NO | 2nd & 5 at NO30 | > Drew Brees Pass to Julius Jones to NO41 for 11 yards |
| 11:13 | 1st | NO | 1st & 10 at NO41 | > Drew Brees Pass Incomplete to Lance Moore |
| 11:08 | 1st | NO | 2nd & 10 at NO41 | > Drew Brees Pass to Lance Moore to NO43 for 2 yards |
| 10:29 | 1st | NO | 3rd & 8 at NO43 | > Drew Brees Pass Incomplete to Marques Colston |
| 10:24 | 1st | NO | 4th & 8 at NO43 | > Thomas Morstead punts 46 yards to Pit11, Antwaan Randle El Fair Catch |
| 10:16 | 1st | Pit | 1st & 10 at Pit11 | > Isaac Redman Off Left Tackle to Pit26 for 15 yards |
| 9:34 | 1st | Pit | 1st & 10 at Pit26 | > Ben Roethlisberger Pass Incomplete to Antwaan Randle El |
| 9:29 | 1st | Pit | 2nd & 10 at Pit26 | > Rashard Mendenhall Off Left Tackle to Pit25 for -1 yards |
| 8:44 | 1st | Pit | 3rd & 11 at Pit25 | > Pittsburgh Steelers timeout. |
| 8:44 | 1st | Pit | 3rd & 11 at Pit25 | > Ben Roethlisberger sacked at Pit19 for -6 yards |
| 8:19 | 1st | Pit | 4th & 17 at Pit19 | > Daniel Sepulveda punts 49 yards to NO32, Lance Moore returns to NO49 for 17 yards. Replay challenge - ruling upheld. |
| 8:19 | 1st | NO | 1st & 10 at NO49 | > Pittsburgh Steelers timeout. |
| 8:04 | 1st | NO | 1st & 10 at NO49 | > Drew Brees Pass to David Thomas to Pit42 for 9 yards |
| 7:27 | 1st | NO | 2nd & 1 at Pit42 | > Drew Brees Pass to David Thomas to Pit42 for no gain |
| 6:50 | 1st | NO | 3rd & 1 at Pit42 | > Christopher Ivory Off Left Guard to Pit42 for no gain |
| 6:06 | 1st | NO | 4th & 1 at Pit42 | > Christopher Ivory Off Right Guard to Pit36 for 6 yards |
| 5:30 | 1st | NO | 1st & 10 at Pit36 | > Julius Jones Off Right End to Pit39 for -3 yards |
| 4:55 | 1st | NO | 2nd & 13 at Pit39 | > Drew Brees Pass to Lance Moore to Pit31 for 8 yards |
| 4:16 | 1st | NO | 3rd & 5 at Pit31 | > Drew Brees Pass Incomplete to Julius Jones |
| 4:16 | 1st | NO | -- | > NO-Julius Jones PENALIZED -15 yards for Unsports. Conduct |
| 4:11 | 1st | NO | 4th & 20 at Pit46 | > Thomas Morstead punts 36 yards to Pit10, Antwaan Randle El Fair Catch |
| 4:04 | 1st | Pit | 1st & 10 at Pit10 | > Mewelde Moore Off Left Guard to Pit28 for 18 yards |
| 3:21 | 1st | Pit | 1st & 10 at Pit28 | > Ben Roethlisberger Pass to Hines Ward to Pit29 for 1 yard |
| 2:48 | 1st | Pit | 2nd & 9 at Pit29 | > Mewelde Moore Off Left Guard to Pit30 for 1 yard |
| 2:03 | 1st | Pit | 3rd & 8 at Pit30 | > Ben Roethlisberger Pass Incomplete to Hines Ward |
| 1:59 | 1st | Pit | 4th & 8 at Pit30 | > Daniel Sepulveda punts 52 yards to NO18, Lance Moore Fair Catch |
| 1:51 | 1st | NO | 1st & 10 at NO18 | > Drew Brees Pass Incomplete to Marques Colston |
| 1:48 | 1st | NO | 2nd & 10 at NO18 | > Christopher Ivory Off Left Tackle to NO20 for 2 yards |
| 1:07 | 1st | NO | 3rd & 8 at NO20 | > Drew Brees Pass to Jeremy Shockey to NO27 for 7 yards |
| 0:35 | 1st | NO | 4th & 1 at NO27 | > Thomas Morstead punts 55 yards to Pit18, Emmanuel Sanders returns to NO44 for 38 yards |
| 0:20 | 1st | Pit | 1st & 10 at NO44 | > Ben Roethlisberger Pass to David Johnson to NO35 for 9 yards |
| Time | Quarter | Team | Situation | Play |
| 15:00 | 2nd | Pit | 2nd & 1 at NO35 | Rashard Mendenhall Off Right Tackle to NO31 for 4 yards |
| 14:26 | 2nd | Pit | 1st & 10 at NO31 | Rashard Mendenhall Off Left Tackle to NO25 for 6 yards |
| 13:50 | 2nd | Pit | 2nd & 4 at NO25 | Rashard Mendenhall Off Left Guard to NO18 for 7 yards |
| 13:10 | 2nd | Pit | 1st & 10 at NO18 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass to Rashard Mendenhall to NO13 for 5 yards |
| 12:29 | 2nd | Pit | 2nd & 5 at NO13 | Rashard Mendenhall Off Right Guard to NO12 for 1 yard |
| 11:43 | 2nd | Pit | 3rd & 4 at NO12 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass to Antwaan Randle El to NO1 for 11 yards. Replay challenge - ruling reversed. |
| 11:21 | 2nd | Pit | 1st & 1 at NO1 | Isaac Redman Off Left Guard to NO2 for -1 yards |
| 10:41 | 2nd | Pit | 2nd & 2 at NO2 | Rashard Mendenhall Off Right Tackle to NO1 for 1 yard |
| 9:58 | 2nd | Pit | 3rd & 1 at NO1 | Rashard Mendenhall Off Right Tackle to NO1 for no gain |
| 9:12 | 2nd | Pit | 4th & 1 at NO1 | Jeff Reed 19 yard field goal is GOOD. Holder-Daniel Sepulveda |
| 9:09 | 2nd | Pit | -- | Jeff Reed kicks 69 yards from Pit30 to NO1, Courtney Roby returns to NO26 for 25 yards |
| 9:03 | 2nd | NO | 1st & 10 at NO26 | Christopher Ivory Off Right Guard to NO29 for 3 yards |
| 8:29 | 2nd | NO | 2nd & 7 at NO29 | Drew Brees Pass to Robert Meachem to NO30 for 1 yard |
| 7:45 | 2nd | NO | 3rd & 6 at NO30 | Drew Brees Pass to Marques Colston to NO43 for 13 yards |
| 7:05 | 2nd | NO | 1st & 10 at NO43 | Drew Brees Pass Incomplete to Heath Evans |
| 6:57 | 2nd | NO | 2nd & 10 at NO43 | Drew Brees Pass to Julius Jones to NO39 for -4 yards |
| 6:12 | 2nd | NO | 3rd & 14 at NO39 | Drew Brees Pass to Devery Henderson to Pit48 for 13 yards |
| 5:20 | 2nd | NO | 4th & 1 at Pit48 | Thomas Morstead punts 38 yards to Pit10, Antwaan Randle El Fair Catch |
| 5:12 | 2nd | Pit | 1st & 10 at Pit10 | Rashard Mendenhall Off Right Tackle to Pit10 for no gain |
| 4:33 | 2nd | Pit | 2nd & 10 at Pit10 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass to Mike Wallace to Pit31 for 21 yards |
| 3:54 | 2nd | Pit | 1st & 10 at Pit31 | Rashard Mendenhall Off Left Tackle to Pit34 for 3 yards |
| 3:10 | 2nd | Pit | 2nd & 7 at Pit34 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass Incomplete to Hines Ward |
| 3:05 | 2nd | Pit | 3rd & 7 at Pit34 | Ben Roethlisberger sacked at Pit28 for -6 yards |
| 2:36 | 2nd | Pit | 4th & 13 at Pit28 | New Orleans Saints timeout. |
| 2:36 | 2nd | Pit | 4th & 13 at Pit28 | Daniel Sepulveda punts 54 yards to NO18, Lance Moore Fair Catch |
| 2:29 | 2nd | NO | 1st & 10 at NO18 | Drew Brees sacked at NO8 for -10 yards |
| 2:00 | 2nd | NO | 2nd & 20 at NO8 | Two-Minute Warning |
| 2:00 | 2nd | NO | 2nd & 20 at NO8 | Drew Brees pass intended for Devery Henderson intercepted by Ike Taylor RETURNED from NO45 for 9 yards. |
| 1:51 | 2nd | Pit | 1st & 10 at NO36 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass Incomplete to Antwaan Randle El |
| 1:43 | 2nd | Pit | 2nd & 10 at NO36 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass to Mike Wallace to NO23 for 13 yards |
| 1:37 | 2nd | Pit | -- | Pit-Hines Ward PENALIZED -10 yards for Pass Interference |
| 1:31 | 2nd | Pit | 1st & 20 at NO33 | New Orleans Saints timeout. |
| 1:31 | 2nd | Pit | 1st & 20 at NO33 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass Incomplete |
| 1:26 | 2nd | Pit | 2nd & 20 at NO33 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass Incomplete to Antwaan Randle El |
| 1:22 | 2nd | Pit | 3rd & 20 at NO33 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass Incomplete to Hines Ward |
| 1:16 | 2nd | Pit | 4th & 20 at NO33 | Jeff Reed 51 yard field goal is MISSED. Holder-Daniel Sepulveda |
| 1:11 | 2nd | NO | 1st & 10 at NO41 | Drew Brees Pass to Jeremy Shockey to Pit50 for 9 yards |
| 0:50 | 2nd | NO | 2nd & 1 at Pit50 | Drew Brees Pass to Devery Henderson to Pit37 for 13 yards |
| 0:45 | 2nd | NO | -- | NO-Jon Stinchcomb PENALIZED -10 yards for Holding |
| 0:35 | 2nd | NO | 1st & 20 at Pit47 | Drew Brees Pass to Marques Colston to Pit20 for 27 yards |
| 0:30 | 2nd | NO | 1st & 10 at Pit20 | Drew Brees Pass Incomplete to Jeremy Shockey |
| 0:26 | 2nd | NO | 2nd & 10 at Pit20 | Ladell Betts Off Left Guard to Pit13 for 7 yards |
| 0:16 | 2nd | NO | 3rd & 3 at Pit13 | New Orleans Saints timeout. |
| 0:16 | 2nd | NO | 3rd & 3 at Pit13 | Drew Brees Pass Incomplete to Ladell Betts |
| 0:12 | 2nd | NO | 4th & 3 at Pit13 | Pittsburgh Steelers timeout. |
| 0:12 | 2nd | NO | 4th & 3 at Pit13 | Garrett Hartley 31 yard field goal is GOOD. Holder-Chase Daniel |
| 0:08 | 2nd | NO | -- | Garrett Hartley kicks 60 yards from NO30 to Pit10, Emmanuel Sanders returns to Pit41 for 31 yards |
| 0:01 | 2nd | Pit | 1st & 10 at Pit41 | Ben Roethlisberger Kneel to Runout Clock to Pit40 for -1 yards |
| Time | Quarter | Team | Situation | Play |
| 15:00 | 3rd | Pit | -- | Jeff Reed kicks 65 yards from Pit30 to NO5, Courtney Roby returns to NO44 for 39 yards |
| 14:54 | 3rd | NO | 1st & 10 at NO44 | Drew Brees Pass to Julius Jones to Pit43 for 13 yards |
| 14:14 | 3rd | NO | 1st & 10 at Pit43 | Christopher Ivory Off Left Tackle to Pit43 for no gain |
| 13:38 | 3rd | NO | 2nd & 10 at Pit43 | Drew Brees Pass to Lance Moore to Pit25 for 18 yards |
| 13:08 | 3rd | NO | 1st & 10 at Pit25 | Julius Jones Off Right Guard to Pit14 for 11 yards |
| 12:28 | 3rd | NO | 1st & 10 at Pit14 | Drew Brees Pass to Marques Colston to Pit9 for 5 yards |
| 11:47 | 3rd | NO | 2nd & 5 at Pit9 | Drew Brees Pass to Lance Moore to Pit5 for 4 yards |
| 11:16 | 3rd | NO | 3rd & 1 at Pit5 | Drew Brees Pass to Heath Evans to Pit3 for 2 yards |
| 10:36 | 3rd | NO | 1st & 3 at Pit3 | Christopher Ivory Off Left Guard to Pit4 for -1 yards |
| 9:57 | 3rd | NO | -- | Pit-Troy Polamalu PENALIZED 3 yards for Pass Interference |
| 9:53 | 3rd | NO | 1st & 1 at Pit1 | Drew Brees Pass Incomplete to Zach Strief |
| 9:49 | 3rd | NO | 2nd & 1 at Pit1 | Christopher Ivory Off Right Tackle to Pit4 for -3 yards |
| 9:07 | 3rd | NO | 3rd & 4 at Pit4 | Ladell Betts Off Left Tackle to Pit5 for -1 yards |
| 8:28 | 3rd | NO | 4th & 5 at Pit5 | Garrett Hartley 23 yard field goal is GOOD. Holder-Chase Daniel |
| 8:24 | 3rd | NO | -- | Garrett Hartley kicks 75 yards from NO30 to Pit-5, Emmanuel Sanders returns to Pit36 for 41 yards. Emmanuel Sanders FUMBLES (FF-Anthony Hargrove), recovered at Pit40 by Isaac Redman RETURNED for 0 yards. |
| 8:12 | 3rd | Pit | 1st & 10 at Pit40 | Rashard Mendenhall Off Right Guard to Pit40 for no gain |
| 7:51 | 3rd | Pit | 2nd & 10 at Pit40 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass to Antwaan Randle El to Pit49 for 9 yards |
| 7:03 | 3rd | Pit | 3rd & 1 at Pit49 | Isaac Redman Off Left Tackle to NO46 for 5 yards |
| 6:19 | 3rd | Pit | -- | Pit-Jonathan Scott PENALIZED -10 yards for Holding |
| 5:45 | 3rd | Pit | 1st & 20 at Pit44 | Rashard Mendenhall Off Right Guard to Pit47 for 3 yards |
| 5:03 | 3rd | Pit | 2nd & 17 at Pit47 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass Incomplete to Rashard Mendenhall |
| 4:59 | 3rd | Pit | 3rd & 17 at Pit47 | Pittsburgh Steelers timeout. |
| 4:59 | 3rd | Pit | 3rd & 17 at Pit47 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass to Antwaan Randle El to NO40 for 13 yards |
| 4:14 | 3rd | Pit | 4th & 4 at NO40 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass Incomplete to Emmanuel Sanders |
| 4:08 | 3rd | NO | 1st & 10 at NO41 | Drew Brees Pass to Ladell Betts to NO41 for no gain |
| 3:28 | 3rd | NO | 2nd & 10 at NO41 | Drew Brees Pass to Robert Meachem to NO42 for 1 yard |
| 2:47 | 3rd | NO | 3rd & 9 at NO42 | Drew Brees Pass to Robert Meachem to Pit46 for 12 yards |
| 2:09 | 3rd | NO | 1st & 10 at Pit46 | Marques Colston Off Right End to Pit45 for 1 yard |
| 1:12 | 3rd | NO | 2nd & 9 at Pit45 | Julius Jones Off Left Guard to Pit41 for 4 yards |
| 0:45 | 3rd | NO | 3rd & 5 at Pit41 | Drew Brees Pass to Jeremy Shockey to Pit27 for 14 yards |
| Time | Quarter | Team | Situation | Play |
| 15:00 | 4th | NO | 1st & 10 at Pit27 | Drew Brees Pass to Marques Colston to Pit18 for 9 yards |
| 14:31 | 4th | NO | 2nd & 1 at Pit18 | Julius Jones Off Right Guard to Pit18 for no gain |
| 13:43 | 4th | NO | 3rd & 1 at Pit18 | Ladell Betts Off Right Guard to Pit16 for 2 yards |
| 13:00 | 4th | NO | 1st & 10 at Pit16 | Drew Brees Pass to Marques Colston for 16 yards for a TOUCHDOWN |
| 12:55 | 4th | NO | -- | Garrett Hartley extra point is GOOD. Holder-Chase Daniel |
| 12:55 | 4th | NO | -- | Garrett Hartley kicks 58 yards from NO30 to Pit12, Isaac Redman returns to Pit32 for 20 yards |
| 12:49 | 4th | Pit | 1st & 10 at Pit32 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass to Matt Spaeth to Pit41 for 9 yards |
| 12:15 | 4th | Pit | 2nd & 1 at Pit41 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass to Hines Ward to NO47 for 12 yards |
| 11:33 | 4th | Pit | 1st & 10 at NO47 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass to Mike Wallace to NO38 for 9 yards |
| 10:56 | 4th | Pit | 2nd & 1 at NO38 | Rashard Mendenhall Off Right Tackle for 38 yards for a TOUCHDOWN |
| 10:48 | 4th | Pit | -- | Jeff Reed extra point is GOOD. Holder-Daniel Sepulveda |
| 10:48 | 4th | Pit | -- | Jeff Reed kicks 60 yards from Pit30 to NO10, Courtney Roby returns to NO29 for 19 yards |
| 10:48 | 4th | NO | -- | NO-Jo-Lonn Dunbar PENALIZED -10 yards for Holding |
| 10:42 | 4th | NO | 1st & 10 at NO19 | Drew Brees Pass Incomplete to Marques Colston |
| 10:38 | 4th | NO | 2nd & 10 at NO19 | Drew Brees Pass to David Thomas to NO24 for 5 yards |
| 9:58 | 4th | NO | 3rd & 5 at NO24 | Drew Brees Pass to Robert Meachem to Pit26 for 50 yards |
| 9:25 | 4th | NO | 1st & 10 at Pit26 | Julius Jones Off Left Guard to Pit24 for 2 yards |
| 8:46 | 4th | NO | 2nd & 8 at Pit24 | Drew Brees Pass to Lance Moore to Pit20 for 4 yards |
| 8:08 | 4th | NO | 3rd & 4 at Pit20 | Drew Brees sacked at Pit27 for -7 yards. Drew Brees FUMBLES (FF-Bryant McFadden), recovered at Pit27 by LaMarr Woodley RETURNED for 0 yards. |
| 8:01 | 4th | Pit | 1st & 10 at Pit27 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass to Matt Spaeth to Pit39 for 12 yards |
| 7:18 | 4th | Pit | 1st & 10 at Pit39 | Rashard Mendenhall Off Right Tackle to Pit41 for 2 yards |
| 6:37 | 4th | Pit | 2nd & 8 at Pit41 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass to Heath Miller to NO34 for 25 yards. Heath Miller FUMBLES (FF-Marvin Mitchell), recovered at NO34 by Darren Sharper RETURNED for 11 yards. |
| 6:24 | 4th | NO | 1st & 10 at NO45 | Drew Brees Pass to Robert Meachem to Pit48 for 7 yards |
| 5:47 | 4th | NO | 2nd & 3 at Pit48 | Drew Brees Pass to Marques Colston to Pit43 for 5 yards |
| 5:06 | 4th | NO | 1st & 10 at Pit43 | Julius Jones Off Right Guard to Pit42 for 1 yard |
| 4:24 | 4th | NO | 2nd & 9 at Pit42 | Drew Brees Pass to Devery Henderson to Pit35 for 7 yards |
| 4:24 | 4th | NO | -- | Pit-James Harrison PENALIZED 15 yards for Roughing Passer |
| 4:17 | 4th | NO | 1st & 10 at Pit20 | Julius Jones Off Right End to Pit19 for 1 yard |
| 3:32 | 4th | NO | 2nd & 9 at Pit19 | New Orleans Saints timeout. |
| 3:32 | 4th | NO | 2nd & 9 at Pit19 | Drew Brees Pass to David Thomas to Pit18 for 1 yard |
| 3:26 | 4th | NO | 3rd & 8 at Pit18 | Pittsburgh Steelers timeout. |
| 3:26 | 4th | NO | 3rd & 8 at Pit18 | Drew Brees Pass to Lance Moore to Pit8 for 10 yards |
| 2:42 | 4th | NO | 1st & 8 at Pit8 | Drew Brees Pass to Lance Moore for 8 yards for a TOUCHDOWN |
| 2:37 | 4th | NO | -- | Garrett Hartley extra point is GOOD. Holder-Chase Daniel |
| 2:37 | 4th | NO | -- | Thomas Morstead kicks 75 yards from NO30 to Pit-5, Emmanuel Sanders returns to Pit21 for 26 yards |
| 2:31 | 4th | Pit | 1st & 10 at Pit21 | Ben Roethlisberger sacked at Pit9 for -12 yards |
| 2:03 | 4th | Pit | 2nd & 22 at Pit9 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass to Heath Miller to Pit23 for 14 yards |
| 1:56 | 4th | Pit | 3rd & 8 at Pit23 | Two-Minute Warning |
| 1:56 | 4th | Pit | 3rd & 8 at Pit23 | Ben Roethlisberger Pass to Emmanuel Sanders to Pit44 for 21 yards |
| 1:50 | 4th | Pit | 1st & 10 at Pit44 | Ben Roethlisberger pass intended for Mike Wallace intercepted by Leigh Torrence RETURNED from NO48 for 21 yards. |
| 1:40 | 4th | NO | 1st & 10 at Pit31 | Drew Brees Kneel to Runout Clock to Pit32 for -1 yards |
| 0:59 | 4th | NO | 2nd & 11 at Pit32 | Drew Brees Kneel to Runout Clock to Pit32 for no gain |
| 0:18 | 4th | NO | 3rd & 11 at Pit32 | Drew Brees Kneel to Runout Clock to Pit33 for -1 yards |