OAKLAND, Calif. -- Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger returned late in the fourth quarter after suffering a rib injury against the Oakland Raiders.
Roethlisberger left the Oakland-Alameda County Stadium field with 10 seconds left in the second quarter after a 1-yard touchdown pass to JuJu Smith-Schuster gave Pittsburgh a 14-10 lead. Backup Josh Dobbs started the second half, and Roethlisberger emerged from the tunnel early in the third quarter.
But after the Steelers lost the lead, Roethlisberger returned with less than six minutes left in the game and promptly restored his team's lead by driving them down the field and throwing another TD pass to Smith-Schuster.