The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the New Orleans Saints 16-10 in the NFL Paris Game at Stade de France on Sunday, improving to 5-2 behind three Chris Boswell field goals and a touchdown pass from Aaron Rodgers. The win dropped New Orleans to 2-5.
Boswell’s 39-yard field goal with 14 seconds left in the third quarter capped Pittsburgh’s scoring surge across the second and third quarters. New Orleans quarterback Tyler Shough threw for 278 yards and a touchdown but was intercepted once, and the Saints managed just 18 rushing yards on 17 carries.
Key Moments: How The Steelers Won
Pittsburgh opened the scoring with a 28-yard Boswell field goal with 10:51 left in the first quarter. New Orleans answered in the second quarter with a 38-yard Daniel Carlson field goal to tie it at 3-3.
Rodgers then hit tight end Darnell Washington for a 4-yard touchdown to put the Steelers up 10-3 with 6:45 left in the half. Shough answered right back, finding Devaughn Vele for a 1-yard score with 1:45 remaining to tie the game at 10-10. Boswell delivered a 47-yard field goal as time expired in the half, sending Pittsburgh into the break up 13-10. He added the 39-yarder early in the third quarter for the final margin, and neither team scored in the fourth.
Pittsburgh safety Payton Wilson intercepted Shough for 18 yards, the only turnover of the game. The Saints converted two of two fourth-down attempts but finished just 1-of-3 in the red zone, a key factor in a game decided by six points.
Top Performers
Rodgers completed 19 of 30 passes for 212 yards and the touchdown to Washington, posting a 95.4 passer rating despite taking three sacks for 17 yards lost. Running back Jaylen Warren carried the offense on the ground with 18 carries for 101 yards, a 5.6-yard average, while Rico Dowdle added 41 yards on nine attempts and caught six passes for 45 yards. DK Metcalf had just two catches but turned them into 56 yards, including a long of 51.
Pittsburgh’s defense held New Orleans to 1.1 yards per carry. Linebacker Patrick Queen led all players with 10 tackles, a sack and a tackle for loss, and T.J. Watt recorded a sack.
For New Orleans, Shough’s 30-of-38, 278-yard effort came in a losing cause. Alvin Kamara caught seven passes for 57 yards, and Chris Olave added six catches for 56 yards. Barion Brown had three receptions for 57 yards, including a long of 49. Defensively, Jonas Sanker led the Saints with nine tackles, and Carl Granderson recorded 1.5 sacks.
What It Means
Pittsburgh moved to 5-2 and sits atop the AFC North standings on points percentage, with Cleveland and Baltimore both at 4-2. New Orleans fell to 2-5 and remains ahead of only Tampa Bay in the NFC South. The Saints have now been outscored 194-162 on the season.
The Steelers won despite being outgained in total first downs by one and finishing with six penalties for 57 yards against New Orleans’ five for 39 yards. Pittsburgh’s balance proved decisive: the Steelers rushed for 148 yards on 30 attempts, a 4.9-yard average, while New Orleans’ ground game stalled behind Kendre Miller’s eight carries for six yards and Kamara’s six carries for five yards.
What’s Next
Pittsburgh returns to the regular schedule following the international trip.
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