BALTIMORE — The return of Ben Roethlisberger can't happen soon enough for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who did their best impression of the Baltimore Ravens in a disappointing defeat.

Held to just one touchdown and 70 yards rushing by the last-place Ravens, Pittsburgh lost 16-13 Sunday on a 44-yard field goal by Matt Stover with 4:09 left in overtime.

Baltimore (3-7) took advantage of a Pittsburgh offense run by Tommy Maddox, who committed two turnovers while playing in place of the injured Roethlisberger. The Steelers' leader missed a third straight game since undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery.

Maddox went 19-for-36 for 230 yards and an interception. He also lost a fumble.

"We didn't make plays when we needed to. If I make a couple of throws at the end of the game or in overtime, it's probably a different story," he said. "It's tough to lose a game you felt you should have won."

Maddox was forced into action because Roethlisberger is still at least one week from being cleared to play, and second-string quarterback Charlie Batch had a broken bone in his right hand. The Ravens dared the Steelers to pass, and Maddox simply didn't do it effectively enough.

Pittsburgh (7-3), however, wouldn't put all the blame on Maddox.

"You've got to commend him. He kept getting up and battling," wide receiver Hines Ward said. "Considering what he went through, I thought he stood tall."

Ward finished with six catches for 81 yards — more yards than Pittsburgh accumulated on the ground on 25 carries.

"They weren't going to let us run. That was their scheme," Ward said. "It left us a lot of opportunities in the passing game."

Coming in, the Ravens had lost four straight and hadn't scored a touchdown in 11 straight quarters. Baltimore snapped the latter streak in the second period, and the Ravens couldn't have been happier after Stover's kick when through the uprights to give them their first win in more than a month.

"It's been a long time coming, and it feels great," said Ravens defensive end Jarret Johnson, who forced a fumble and had four tackles. "Anytime you can beat a division rival, especially the Steelers, it feels really good."

Stover's kick came at the end of a 30-yard drive that included a 12-yard pass from Kyle Boller to Randy Hymes on a third-and-9 from the Baltimore 44.

Boller completed 21 of 36 passes for 163 yards. His 3-yard touchdown pass to Hymes in the second quarter ended the Ravens' run of 190 consecutive minutes without a TD.

Hours later, Stover snapped Pittsburgh's run of 11 straight road wins, a streak that began after the Steelers lost to Baltimore in September 2004.

"We have to move forward," Steelers coach Bill Cowher said. "Right now it's a six-game season. That's how we have to look at it."

For 50 minutes, Pittsburgh looked a whole lot like the 2005 Ravens: Their quarterback was ineffective, the running game struggled and they hadn't come close to scoring a touchdown.

The Steelers trailed 13-6 and had already burned all their timeouts before getting the ball at their own 15 with 9:44 left in the fourth quarter. The drive started with a procedure call, but then Pittsburgh's stumbling offense came to life.

With Maddox leading the way, the Steelers covered the distance in seven plays to tie it with 5:15 remaining. The capper was an 11-yard touchdown pass to Willie Parker, who broke several tackles en route to the end zone.

Maddox went 4-for-4 for 67 yards on the march, and wide receiver Antwaan Randle El also got into the act, taking a snap in shotgun formation before completing a 5-yarder to Ward.

Baltimore had one final chance to score in regulation, getting the ball at its 44 with 1:07 to go after Suggs intercepted a pass that Ward inadvertently kicked into the air. But the Ravens couldn't get past the Pittsburgh 42.

That only delayed the euphoria they felt after Stover's kick in overtime.

"I'm just happy to be smiling on a Sunday. It's been a long time," defensive tackle Anthony Weaver said. "This is huge for us, something to build on."

Notes:

The game drew 70,601 fans, the largest crowd in Baltimore football history. ... The Ravens have allowed a total of 19 points in their three wins.