Kimani Vidal rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown and the Los Angeles Chargers held Pittsburgh to 221 total yards while notching a 25-10 victory over the Steelers on Sunday night at Inglewood, Calif.
Justin Herbert completed 20 of 33 passes for 220 yards and one touchdown and Cameron Dicker kicked three field goals for the Chargers (7-3). Ladd McConkey had four catches for 107 yards and one score, Khalil Mack recorded a safety and RJ Mickens and Donte Jackson had interceptions for Los Angeles.
Aaron Rodgers completed 16 of 31 passes for 161 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions for Pittsburgh (5-4). Alex Highsmith registered two sacks for the second straight game for the Steelers.
Keenan Allen had two catches to give him 956 career receptions with the Chargers, breaking the franchise record set by Hall of Famer Antonio Gates (955).
The Steelers lost cornerback Darius Slay (concussion) in the second quarter.
Pittsburgh’s Chris Boswell kicked a 59-yard field goal with 10:25 left in the opening quarter before Los Angeles scored the next 25 points.
The Chargers got their first points when Mack sacked Rodgers in the end zone for a safety with 5:09 left in the quarter.
Los Angeles took a 5-3 lead on Dicker’s 32-yard field goal with 7:32 left in the second quarter.
The lead grew to nine when Herbert tossed a 15-yard scoring pass to McConkey with 12 seconds remaining in the half.
Dicker tacked on a 59-yard field goal to equal his career best to make it 15-3 with 6:07 left in the third quarter.
Pittsburgh had just five first downs in the first three quarters but managed to reach the Chargers’ 10-yard line early in the fourth quarter. But the Steelers came up empty when Rodgers’ fourth-and-6 pass to DK Metcalf was broken up in the end zone by Cam Hart with 12:41 left.
Los Angeles responded with a six-play, 90-yard drive. The highlight was Herbert’s 58-yard pass to McConkey and it set up Vidal’s 2-yard run to make it 22-3 with 9:26 remaining in the game.
Any chance of a Pittsburgh rally was quickly squashed. Rodgers threw a pass that went off the hands of Calvin Austin and into those of Jackson. Then when the Chargers were forced to punt, Ke’Shawn Williams muffed it and Del’Shawn Phillips recovered for Los Angeles at the Steelers’ 21.
The miscue set up Dicker’s 42-yard field goal to boost the lead to 22 with 4:54 remaining.
Roman Wilson caught Rodgers’ short pass and turned it into a 27-yard score with 2:57 left.
–Field Level Media
