PITTSBURGH — Still searching for an identity, the Patriots followed the oldest formula in football against one of the NFL’s oldest franchises Sunday.
Run the ball, and play great defense. And how fitting it happened in Pittsburgh.
The Pats pounded out a 17-10 road victory over the Steelers by running the clock out before a sold-out crowd at Acrisure Stadium. Starting at the 2-minute warning, Damien Harris took three straight hand-offs in Pittsburgh territory before Mac Jones knelt down three times and rose up with his first win. Harris and Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson combined for 118 rushing yards and one touchdown.