LT vs. Pittsburgh; Steelers in Mexico; Lloyd's mask

Written by Dan Gigler on Monday, 18 June 2012 2:00 pm.

LaDanian Tomlinson runs against the Steelers during a game in November 2008.

LaDanian Tomlinson, easily the best running back of this century's first decade made his retirement official today, signing a one-day contract so that he could go out as a member of the San Diego Chargers after a two-season stint with the Jets in New York.

LT_1 In addition to being by all accounts a first-rate human being, Tomlinson was probably the most electric running back in the NFL since Barry Sanders' abrupt retirement and is a first ballot shoo-in for the Hall of Fame, but how did he do against Pittsburgh throughout his career?

Not great.

While Tomlinson never ran for more than 100-yards against the Steelers (in fairness, not many people do), he did have 91 yards and two touchdowns against Pittsburgh in 2003, and twice he had over 100 combined rushing and receiving yards. However, all three of those came in losses to the Steelers. In his two career "wins" over Pittsburgh -- one in 2006 with the Chargers, the other in 2010 with the Jets -- Tomlinson was very successfully contained by the Steelers defense.

LT_4 Here's a game-by-game breakdown of what LT did in 7 career games against the Steelers:

Dec. 21, 2003 @ Pittsburgh: 22 att./91 yds./4.14 ypa/2 TD; 6 rec./8 yds/1.33 ypc; Steelers win 40-24

Oct. 10, 2005 vs. Pittsburgh: 18 att./62 yds./3.44 ypa/1 TD; 7 rec./68 yds/9.71 ypc; Steelers win 24-22

Oct. 8, 2006 vs. Pittsburgh: 13 att./36 yds./2.77 ypa; 8 rec./34 yds./4.25 ypc; Chargers win 23-13

LT_6 Nov. 16, 2008 @ Pittsburgh: 18 att./57 yds./3.17 ypa/1 TD; 3 rec./45 yds/15 ypc; Steelers win 11-10

(Tomlinson missed the 2008 AFC Divisional Playoff against Pittsburgh because of an MCL sprain sustained in the Wild Card game against the Colts)

Oct. 4, 2009 @ Pittsburgh: 7 att./15 yds./2.14 ypa; 1 rec./-1 yd./-1 ypc; Steelers win 38-28

Dec. 19, 2010 @ Pittsburgh: 11 att./49 yds./4.45 ypa; 1 rec./6 yds./6 ypc; Jets win 22-17

Jan. 23, 2011 @ Pittsburgh (AFC Championship): 9 att./16 yds./1.78 ypa; Steelers win 24-19

Total stats: 98 att./326 yds./3.33 ypa/4 TD; 26 rec./176 yds./6.77 ypa; 2 wins, 5 losses

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