San Diego Chargers vs Pittsburgh Steelers: Le'Veon Bell scores with time running out on Monday Night Football

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Le'Veon Bell scored on a 1-yard wildcat run as time expired to give Mike Vick and the Pittsburgh Steelers a stunning 24-20 victory over the San Diego Chargers on Monday night.

With 5 seconds left, Bell took the direct snap, ran left and was buried in traffic before diving for the end zone and getting the ball across the line as Donald Butler dragged him down.

Thousands of Pittsburgh fans waving Terrible Towels went nuts as the Steelers improved to 3-2. San Diego dropped to 2-3.

Vick, having an awful game until the fourth quarter, kept the drive alive with a 24-yard scramble up the middle and then a 16-yard pass to Heath Miller one play before Bell's big run.

San Diego rookie Josh Lambo had kicked a go-ahead, 54-yard field goal with 2: 56 left.

Vick, in his second start of the season, completed just 50 per cent of his 26 pass attempts for 203 yards, throwing a touchdown and an interception. The touchdown was a long bomb to Markus Wheaton for 72 yards.

Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers had two touchdown passes, both to veteran tight end star Antonio Gates, and one interception, completing 35 of his 48 passes for 365 yards.

In comparison to Bell and the Steelers' run game, rookie running back Melvin Gordon struggled for the Chargers, completing just 42 yards from 15 attempts and losing a fumble.

AP