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Updated at 6:29 p.m., Monday, September 29, 2008

NFL: Reed's FG gives Steelers OT win over Ravens

By ALAN ROBINSON
AP Sports Writer

PITTSBURGH — Jeff Reed kicked a 46-yard field goal in overtime and the Pittsburgh Steelers overcame a 10-point deficit, numerous injuries and a late Baltimore comeback to outlast the Ravens 23-20 tonight.

Reed's third field goal ended a back-and-forth game in which the Steelers (3-1) were down by 10 late in the third quarter, rallied, couldn't hold a seven-point lead, then found a way to win despite being without their top three running backs.

The Ravens (2-1), losing their seventh in their last eight games in Pittsburgh, won the important overtime coin toss but were backed up by two penalties and a sack and Sam Koch had to punt out of the end zone.

Then, on third-and-8, Ben Roethlisberger found fourth-string running back Mewelde Moore — playing in that situation only because of the injuries — on a key 24-yard swing pass for a first down at the Ravens' 31. On third-and-14, Moore made a 7-yard catch to the 28 to give Reed the extra yardage he needed to make it.