Belt game 1,488 · December 17, 2017
New England Patriots take the belt
New England Patriots beat Pittsburgh Steelers 27–24 on the road to start reign 544 of the NFL belt, the 20th for the franchise.
Pittsburgh Steelers had held it since October 15, 2017, with 7 defenses over 63 days.
New England Patriots held it for 49 days and 4 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia Eagles on February 4, 2018.
544Reign number
20Team's reign
4Defenses
49Days held
Box score
New England Patriots
| Player | C/ATT | PYD | PTD | INT | CAR | RYD | RTD | REC | RECYD | RECTD | TKL | SCK | DINT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 22-35 | 298 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Gronkowski | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dion Lewis | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandin Cooks | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Amendola | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rex Burkhead | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwayne Allen | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James White | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Britt | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Dorsett | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Gostkowski | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Harris | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Slater | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Jean Francois | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Chung | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin McCourty | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| James Develin | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Guy | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnson Bademosi | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephon Gilmore | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Duron Harmon | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Malcolm Butler | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Marquis Flowers | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Rowe | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Richards | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Flowers | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Malcom Brown | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Elandon Roberts | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicholas Grigsby | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Hollister | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deatrich Wise | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Steelers
| Player | C/ATT | PYD | PTD | INT | CAR | RYD | RTD | REC | RECYD | RECTD | TKL | SCK | DINT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 22-30 | 281 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Le'Veon Bell | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 117 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JuJu Smith-Schuster | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martavis Bryant | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Brown | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eli Rogers | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Conner | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Grimble | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse James | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrius Heyward-Bey | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fitzgerald Toussaint | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Gay | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mitchell | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Alualu | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Heyward | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| L.J. Fort | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Spence | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Williams | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Boswell | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L.T. Walton | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Dupree | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Hilton | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Davis | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Artie Burns | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| T.J. Watt | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Sutton | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Player stats since 1999: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0).
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