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  FINAL
Cincinnati 27, Pittsburgh 20
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Cincinnati 14 10 3 0 27
Pittsburgh 3 10 7 0 20

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
CIN   TD   DARNAY SCOTT 76 YD PASS FROM JEFF BLAKE (DOUG PELFREY KICK), 1:27. Drive: 3 plays, 84 yards in 1:27. CINCINNATI 7-0
CIN   TD   JEFF BLAKE 4 YD RUN (DOUG PELFREY KICK), 6:56. Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards in 2:31. Key plays: Blake 34-yard pass to Pickens to Pittsburgh 31; Blake 24-yard pass to Scott on 3rd-and-8 to Pittsburgh 5. CINCINNATI 14-0
PIT   FG   KRIS BROWN 35 YD, 13:39. Drive: 9 plays, 32 yards in 3:24. Key plays: Stewart 10-yard pass to Ward to Cincinnati 32; Stewart 9-yard pass to Edwards on 3rd-and-8 to Cincinnati 21; Bettis 9-yard run to Cincinnati 12. CINCINNATI 14-3
2ND QUARTER
CIN   TD   RODNEY HEATH 58 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (DOUG PELFREY KICK), 1:30. CINCINNATI 21-3
CIN   FG   DOUG PELFREY 29 YD, 4:27. Drive: 6 plays, 25 yards in 1:35. Key plays: Spikes recovery of Huntley fumble at Pittsburgh 37; Dillon 20-yard run to Pittsburgh 17; Dillon 12-yard run to Pittsburgh 5. CINCINNATI 24-3
PIT   FG   KRIS BROWN 33 YD, 9:17. Drive: 12 plays, 45 yards in 4:50. Key plays: Tomczak 17-yard pass to Edwards on 3rd-and-9 to Cincinnati 42; Huntley 7-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Cincinnati 28. CINCINNATI 24-6
PIT   TD   BOBBY SHAW 15 YD PASS FROM MIKE TOMCZAK (KRIS BROWN KICK), 13:07. Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards in 1:22. Key plays: Tomczak 37-yard pass to Edwards to Cincinnati 28; Tomczak 6-yard pass to Huntley on 3rd-and-3 to Cincinnati 15. CINCINNATI 24-13
3RD QUARTER
PIT   TD   HINES WARD 34 YD PASS FROM MIKE TOMCZAK (KRIS BROWN KICK), 1:28. Drive: 3 plays, 65 yards in 1:28. Key plays: Tomczak 29-yard pass to Bruener to Cincinnati 36. CINCINNATI 24-20
CIN   FG   DOUG PELFREY 29 YD, 5:16. Drive: 9 plays, 56 yards in 3:48. Key plays: Blake 11-yard run on 3rd-and-9 to Cincinnati 44; Basnight 35- yard run to Pittsburgh 16. CINCINNATI 27-20

TEAM STATISTICS
  CIN PIT
FIRST DOWNS
Passing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
18
7
4-14
1-2
415
65
6.4
182
34
5.4
233
15-28
7.5
3-8
5-37.8
153
1-10
5-76
2-67
5-35
2-0
27:25
20
14
8-18
0-3
391
79
4.9
111
31
3.6
280
24-46
5.8
2-20
4-46.5
145
1-10
5-113
1-22
6-45
1-1
32:35

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Cincinnati (Doug Pelfrey 25).
Cincinnati rushing
Corey Dillon 23-120, Michael Basnight 1-35, Jeff Blake 10-27.
Pittsburgh rushing
Jerome Bettis 22-81, Richard Huntley 5-12, Mike Tomczak 2-10, Chris Fuamatu-maafala 1-4, Amos Zereoue 1-4.
Cincinnati passing
Jeff Blake 15-28 for 241 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD.
Pittsburgh passing
Mike Tomczak 19-35 for 264 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD, Kordell Stewart 5-11 for 36 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD.
Cincinnati receiving
Darnay Scott 4-123, Nick Williams 3-27, Corey Dillon 3-20, Carl Pickens 2-41, Michael Basnight 2-22, Willie Jackson 1-8.
Pittsburgh receiving
Hines Ward 7-89, Troy Edwards 7-86, Bobby Shaw 3-36, Mark Bruener 2-51, Will Blackwell 2-19, Mitch Lyons 1-7, Richard Huntley 1-6, Jerome Bettis 1-6.
Cincinnati tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Rodney Heath 7-1-0, Myron Bell 4-3-0, Takeo Spikes 3-4-0, Michael Bankston 3-3-1, Artrell Hawkins 5-0-0, John Copeland 4-1-0.5, Oliver Gibson 2-3-0.5, Cory Hall 3-1-0, Brian Simmons 3-0-0, Lawrence Wright 2-1-0, Adrian Ross 2-0-0, Steve Foley 2-0-0, Jevon Langford 2-0-0, Kimo Von Oelhoffen 2-0-0, Tremain Mack 2-0-0, Glen Steele 1-0-0, Ty Howard 1-0-0, Rico Clark 1-0-0.
Pittsburgh tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Earl Holmes 8-2-0, Lethon Flowers 6-2-1, Levon Kirkland 6-2-0, Carlos Emmons 3-4-0, Orpheus Roye 6-0-2, Deshea Townsend 3-3-0, Scott Shields 2-1-0, Dewayne Washington 2-0-0, Chris Oldham 2-0-0, Kevin Henry 2-0-0, Jason Gildon 1-1-0, Jeremy Staat 1-1-0, Joel Steed 1-1-0, Lance Brown 1-0-0.
Interceptions
Cincinnati (Rodney Heath 2 for 67 yards); Pittsburgh (Carlos Emmons 1 for 22 yards).
Fumbles lost
Pittsburgh (Richard Huntley).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Cincinnati (Takeo Spikes).
Officials
Referee-Walt Coleman, Umpire-Jeff Rice, Head linesman-Dale Hamer, Line judge-Mark Steinkerchner(84), Field judge-Bob Mcgrath, Side judge-Neely Dunn, Back judge-Bob Lawing.
A: 50,907; T: 3:17.

 


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NFL Scoreboard

Cincinnati Clubhouse

Pittsburgh Clubhouse