Pittsburgh Steelers defeat San Francisco 49ers, 43-18: Full highlights, final score and more

The Pittsburgh Steelers pasted the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.

The Pittsburgh Steelers bounced back from their season-opening loss in a big way on Sunday. In their home-opener at Heinz Field the Steelers put up 43 points on a jet-lagged 49ers team.

San Francisco was overmatched from the start. After playing at home on Monday night, the Niners had to travel across the country on a short week to play the early game.

Ben Roethlisberger was near perfect on the day, and Antonio Brown was a wrecking machine. Brown hauled in nine receptions for 195 yards, and was one of three Pittsburgh receivers to have over 60 yards of offense.

Colin Kaepernick totaled nearly 400 yards of offense, and Torrey Smith had a big day with over 100 yards receiving. However, the Niners could never get their ground game working – Kaepernick was the leading rusher, and Carlos Hyde couldn’t even scratch 50 yards on the day.

After a solid outing in there opening contest, San Francisco came out flat in Week 2.

Three stars

Antonio Brown: 9 receptions, 195 yards, 1 TD

Ben Roethlisberger: 21/27, 369 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT

Torrey Smith: 6 receptions, 120 yards, 1 TD

Highlights

Odds

The Steelers were favored by 6.5 and easily covered the spread.

Next Week

The Steelers will travel to St. Louis next week to face the Rams in a 1:00 game.

San Francisco will stay on the road, but will work their way west to face division rival Arizona in the 4:00 game on Sunday.

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