A close 1st half in NY Giants vs Pittsburgh Steelers football game

Off to a slow start which is somewaht normal for NY and they need to punt on their first possession. Taking a NY bounce off the kick and Pittsburgh will have their forst drive starting form their own 2 yard line.

Ben Roethlisberger quarterback for the Steelers has put together a decent drive and gets the Steelers to the 30 or so giving him more room to manuver but on the next play the Giants sack him for a loss. They then shortly thereafter have to punt so each team has had one drive with no score.

Another trade in possessions and NY stops Pittsburgh again and we still have a no score game with the Giants to get the ball back. But cornerback Ike Taylor makes a great play for the Steelers defense and gets his first inteception of the season and Pittsburgh will get the ball back.

Then a run right up the center gets them great field position. And the quarter ends scoreless with Pittsburgh possessing the ball.

Then after a total of 11 plays on the drive the Steelers are the first to get into the end zone and put the points up with a score standing at 7 to 0.

A bit of a better drive by the Giants this possession and they end up getting a first down inside the 10. A personal foul penalty on 3rd down gives them another chance and they get in on a short run on the next down and get the touchdown. The game is tied at 7 each with just over 6 minutes left in the first half.

Then suddenly on a pass play by Roethlisberger instead of an incomplete pass the Giants scoop up the ball and run it in for a touchdown. Even after the officials review the play the call on the field stands and NY gets the touchdown and have a 7 point lead over the Steelers with the score at 14 to 7.

The score is still 14 to 7 when we get the 2 minute warning and the Steelers have the ball with good field position after having just converting a 4th and short. They can not turn it into any points so the Giants get the ball back with just over 1 minute left and 2 time outs in the half.

They miss a field goal just before the end of the half and Pittsburgh gets the ball back with approximately 30 seconds left.

Using the hurry up offense they make a few quick plays and get within kicking distance and just make the kick and take the field goal points amking it a 10 to 14 point game at the end of the half with NY in the lead.