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  FINAL
Pittsburgh 30, Carolina 20
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Carolina 7 13 0 0 20
Pittsburgh 10 13 0 7 30

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
PIT   FG   KRIS BROWN 46 YD, 4:43. Drive: 11 plays, 42 yards in 4:43. Key plays: Tomczak 19-yard pass to Edwards to on 3rd-and-16 to Pittsburgh 43; Bettis 8-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Carolina 40; Tomczak 12-yard pass to Ward to Carolina 28. PITTSBURGH 3-0
PIT   TD   TRAVIS DAVIS 102 YD FUMBLE RETURN (KRIS BROWN KICK), 11:25. PITTSBURGH 10-0
CAR   TD   FRED LANE 41 YD RUN (RICHIE CUNNINGHAM KICK), 13:05. Drive: 3 plays, 73 yards in 1:40. Key plays: Lane 11-yard run to Carolina 38; Beuerlein 21-yard pass to Jeffers to Pittsburgh 41. PITTSBURGH 10-7
2ND QUARTER
PIT   TD   RICHARD HUNTLEY 25 YD RUN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 3:57. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 5:52. Key plays: Bettis 8-yard run to Pittsburgh 28; Tomczak 9-yard pass to Edwards to Carolina 43; Bettis 13-yard run to Carolina 30. PITTSBURGH 16-7
CAR   TD   PATRICK JEFFERS 88 YD PASS FROM STEVE BEUERLEIN (PAT FAILED), 8:01. Drive: 2 plays, 92 yards in 0:56. PITTSBURGH 16-13
PIT   TD   HINES WARD 9 YD PASS FROM MIKE TOMCZAK (KRIS BROWN KICK), 13:24. Drive: 12 plays, 73 yards in 5:23. Key plays: Bettis 9-yard run to Pittsburgh 45; Huntley 15-yard run to Carolina 40; Tomczak 2-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Carolina 29; Huntley 8-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Carolina 13. PITTSBURGH 23-13
CAR   TD   PATRICK JEFFERS 43 YD PASS FROM STEVE BEUERLEIN (RICHIE CUNNINGHAM KICK), 14:57. Drive: 9 plays, 73 yards in 1:33. Key plays: Beuerlein 16-yard pass to Muhammad to Carolina 43; Johnson 6-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Pittsburgh 43. PITTSBURGH 23-20
4TH QUARTER
PIT   TD   JEROME BETTIS 8 YD RUN (KRIS BROWN KICK), 12:34. Drive: 11 plays, 48 yards in 5:12. Key plays: Huntley 10-yard run on 3rd-and-9 to Carolina 37; Bettis 12-yard run to Carolina 25; Bettis 4-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Carolina 12; Bettis 9 carries for 38 yards. PITTSBURGH 30-20

TEAM STATISTICS
  CAR PIT
FIRST DOWNS
Rushing
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
17
6
3-10
1-3
375
56
6.7
119
20
6.0
256
18-35
7.1
1-7
4-32.5
141
2-19
6-97
1-25
3-15
2-2
24:39
21
16
7-15
2-2
293
68
4.3
211
44
4.8
82
13-23
3.4
1-12
4-43.0
55
1-2
3-30
1-23
7-60
0-0
35:21

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
Carolina rushing
Fred Lane 15-90, Steve Beuerlein 1-14, Anthony Johnson 3-11, William Floyd 1-4.
Pittsburgh rushing
Jerome Bettis 33-137, Richard Huntley 7-72, Mike Tomczak 4-2.
Carolina passing
Steve Beuerlein 18-35 for 263 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
Pittsburgh passing
Mike Tomczak 13-23 for 94 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD.
Carolina receiving
Patrick Jeffers 5-160, Muhsin Muhammad 4-45, William Floyd 4-32, Wesley Walls 3-26, Fred Lane 2-0.
Pittsburgh receiving
Hines Ward 5-40, Troy Edwards 3-36, Richard Huntley 2-10, Jon Witman 1-6, Bobby Shaw 1-5, Jerome Bettis 1-minus 3.
Carolina tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Dean Wells 6-6-0, Brent Alexander 6-2-0, Michael Barrow 5-3-0, Sean Gilbert 6-1-0, Chuck Wiley 5-1-0, Mike Minter 4-2-0, Tim Morabito 2-3-0, Jason Peter 2-3-1, Eric Davis 3-1-0, Doug Evans 1-2-0, Kevin Greene 2-0-0, Donta Jones 1-1-0, Antonio Edwards 1-0-0, Mike Rucker 0-1-0.
Pittsburgh tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Levon Kirkland 7-3-1, Earl Holmes 7-0-0, Lethon Flowers 5-1-0, Dewayne Washington 3-1-0, Lance Brown 1-2-0, Orpheus Roye 0-3-0, Chad Scott 2-0-0, Joey Porter 2-0-0, Jason Gildon 2-0-0, Deshea Townsend 2-0-0, Travis Davis 1-1-0, Scott Shields 1-0-0, Carlos Emmons 1-0-0, Jeremy Staat 0-1-0, Kevin Henry 0-1-0.
Interceptions
Carolina (Mike Minter 1 for 25 yards); Pittsburgh (Scott Shields 1 for 23 yards).
Fumbles lost
Carolina (Anthony Johnson, Fred Lane).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Pittsburgh (Carlos Emmons, Travis Davis).
Officials
Referee-Ro Winter, Umpire-Ed Coukart, Head linesman-Sanford Rivers, Line judge-Bruce Maurer, Field judge-Steven Zimmer, Side judge-Tom Hill, Back judge-Billy Smith.
A: 39,428; T: 3:04.

 


ALSO SEE
NFL Scoreboard

Carolina Clubhouse

Pittsburgh Clubhouse