PHILADELPHIA -- No Country For Young Men is what Lincoln Financial Field turned into yesterday for the Steelers and Eagles.

Both team's starting quarterbacks left with injuries, the Steelers lost their Pro Bowl nose tackle and the Eagles lost their All-Pro halfback.

The carnage was everywhere on an otherwise perfect day in South Philly.

The good news for both sides came at the quarterback position. Ben Roethlisberger left the contest with 3:31 to go after the football was slapped out of his hand by diving safety Brian Dawkins at the Steelers' 18.

Roethlisberger said his right hand, bandaged afterward, was stepped on but "good" after an X-ray showed no breaks. Coach Mike Tomlin said he will have more tests today but "I think he's going to be fine. He's battered a little bit, he got hit quite a bit. I'll have more info in the morning.

"At this point it doesn't appear to be anything long term."

That may not be the case for nose tackle Casey Hampton. He missed practice Wednesday with a groin injury, then left the game yesterday in the third quarter with another groin injury and did not return.

"We'll see where he is but usually when a guy has an injury like that and something happens in the course of a football game, it's going to be a while," Tomlin said.

Eagles quarterback Donavon McNabb did not open the second half as he stayed in the locker room with a bruised chest. Backup quarterback Kevin Kolb was intercepted by Troy Polamalu on a tipped pass on his first throw. McNabb, though, returned after three plays of the next series and finished the game.

Running back Brian Westbrook, a key to Philadelphia's offense, left in the first quarter with a strained ankle. He was on crutches and wearing a boot in the locker room.

Yes, Roethlisberger has been sacked more than the eight times the Eagles got to him yesterday. He once was sacked nine times in a 2006 game.

That came at Baltimore. The Steelers play the Ravens in Heinz Field Monday night.

The Steelers left Philadelphia with their eighth consecutive loss. They have not won there since 1965, a streak that will extend at least four more years and close in on 50. If the Steelers go on to make the playoffs, it also will end a long streak of frustration for the Eagles who had not beaten an AFC playoff team in the previous 14 tries.

The Steelers trailed the Eagles by nine points and had a fourth-and-10 at Philadelphia's 22 with 37 seconds left. They could have kicked a field goal at that point to cut the lead to six, then tried to cover an onside kick and go for a touchdown to win it.

Not on your life, Tomlin said. Not the way his offense was playing yesterday.

"Absolutely not," Tomlin replied. "We did not move the ball consistently enough to say that had we kicked the field goal and got the onside kick that we could get down there again. We were down there, we were going to take our shots.

"Under the circumstances, based on what happened to that point, no way we're kicking a field goal down there."

Jeff Reed remained perfect with two field goals on two attempts, one of them the longest of his career at 53 yards just before halftime.

Don't look for Tomlin to get out his broom and make any sweeping changes after his offense played so poorly yesterday.

"I'm not going to have a knee-jerk reaction. We have a good football team. We were the same team, we are the same team right now that we were at 4:15 when we kicked that ball off. What we are going to do, we're going to look at it, accept responsibility for what happened, make corrections, prepare to see it again on Monday night because we will until we stop it and move on."

The Steelers started Travis Kirschke at right defensive end for injured Brett Keisel and Bryant McFadden at left cornerback for injured Deshea Townsend. The Eagles started Max Jean-Gilles at right guard for injured Shawn Andrews.

Also, linebacker Pat Bailey, signed by the Steelers from their practice squad, was active as a special teams player.

Steelers: QB Dennis Dixon, WR Limas Sweed, CB Deshea Townsend, LB Bruce Davis, OT Tony Hills, OT Trai Essex, LB Donovan Woods, DE Brett Keisel.

Eagles: QB A.J. Feeley, LB Joe Mays, DE Bryan Smith, G Shawn Andrews, G Mike McGlynn, WR Kevin Curtis, TE Matt Schobel, DE Victor Abiamiri.

• McNabb's second-quarter touchdown pass to Correll Buckhalter gave him the Eagles' career lead with 176, one more than Ron Jaworski. McNabb also broke his own team record when he opened the game with 15 consecutive pass completions.

• The combined score at halftime of Philadelphia's previous game, against Dallas Monday night, was 54 points. Yesterday, it was 16.

• Santonio Holmes replaced Mewelde Moore as the punt returner in the second half.

• Philadelphia's DeSean Jackson caught five passes for 40 yards, thus failing to become the first rookie receiver in NFL history to open with three consecutive 100-yard games.

• Roethlisberger's streak of five regular-season games without an interception ended. Nate Washington, who had no catches in the first two games, led the Steelers with five.

• Polamalu, who had no interceptions last season, came up with his third this year.