Ben Roethlisberger: The Fourth Quarter Kid?

We received an inquiry from one of our readers (ok, perhaps from our only reader) regarding the number of fourth quarter comebacks that have been engineered by Ben Roethlisberger. Inasmuch as we exist to meet the information needs of our reader(s) we set to work immediately to find an answer.

Using a fairly liberal definition of "comeback" (we decided to include games in which the Steelers were tied or trailing at the end of the third quarter, or trailed during the fourth quarter), here are the games in which Mr. Roethlisberger led the team to victory:

Date	Opponent	3rd Qtr Score	Final Score	Notes
10/3/04	Bengals	14-17	28-17
10/17/04	Cowboys	10-20	24-20
12/12/04	Jets	3-3	17-6
12/18/04	Giants	23-24	33-30
10/10/05	Chargers	14-13	24-22	Trailed in 4th qtr. 21-22
10/31/05	Ravens	17-10	20-19	Trailed in the 4th qtr. 17-19
11/12/06	Saints	24-24	38-31
11/19/06	Browns	3-10	24-20
12/31/06	Bengals	7-3	23-17	Trailed in 4th qtr. 14-17, won game in overtime
11/11/07	Browns	16-21	31-28
11/26/07	Dolphins	0-0	3-0

So what's it all mean? Well, in his four seasons with the Steelers Ben Roethlisberger has played 39 games in which the Steelers were victorious. Of those, 11 were of the comeback variety meaning that 28.21% of Mr. Roethlisberger's victories were achieved via fourth quarter comebacks (at least by our definition).