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Light snow. Temperatures in the teens. The Steelers logo painted on the bare dirt at midfield. The hated Cleveland Browns on the other side of the ball. All of the ingredients for a memorable football game were present at Heinz Field last night.
By the time the last fan beat the miserable traffic on the icy roads outside the stadium, the Steelers were red hot inside.
Willie Parker ran for a Steelers' game record 223 yards and a touchdown. Ben Roethlisberger completed 11 passes for 225 yards and a touchdown, and ran 2 yards for another. The defense stuffed the Browns rushing game for only 18 yards. And Jeff Reed kept his kicking leg by ricocheting a ball off the backside of tackle Trai Essex between scoring two field goals as the Steelers earned their sixth win of the season, 27-7.



Parker's record-setting footsteps lead to 27-7 Steelers' win
Game Thirteen photo journal.