FINAL
Cleveland 23, Pittsburgh 20
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Pittsburgh 0 10 10 0 20
Cleveland 14 0 3 6 23

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
CLE   TD   AARON SHEA 2 YD PASS FROM TIM COUCH (PHIL DAWSON KICK), 4:26. Drive: 7 plays, 62 yards in 4:15. Key plays: Couch 40-yard pass to Patten on 3rd-and-3 to Pittsburgh 17; Rhett 5 carries for 22 yards. CLEVELAND 7-0
CLE   TD   MARC EDWARDS 21 YD PASS FROM TIM COUCH (PHIL DAWSON KICK), 11:25. Drive: 7 plays, 61 yards in 4:00. Key plays: Couch 10-yard pass to Chiaverini to Pittsburgh 45; Couch 7-yard pass to Chiaverini to Pittsburgh 32. CLEVELAND 14-0
2ND QUARTER
PIT   TD   RICHARD HUNTLEY 4 YD RUN (KRIS BROWN KICK), 1:26. Drive: 10 plays, 71 yards in 4:28. Key plays: Smith 5-yard pass interference penalty on 3rd-and-9 to Cleveland 39; Bettis 7 carries for 46 yards on drive. CLEVELAND 14-7
PIT   FG   KRIS BROWN 41 YD, 12:00. Drive: 8 plays, 14 yards in 3:00. Key plays: Bettis 2-yard run on 4th-and-2 to Cleveland 27. CLEVELAND 14-10
3RD QUARTER
PIT   FG   KRIS BROWN 31 YD, 2:07. Drive: 5 plays, 29 yards in 2:21. Key plays: Ward 57-yard punt return to Cleveland 42; Graham 24-yard pass to Ward to Cleveland 18. CLEVELAND 14-13
CLE   FG   PHIL DAWSON 23 YD, 4:48. Drive: 7 plays, 30 yards in 2:27. Key plays: Patten 62-yard punt return to Pittsburgh 36; Couch 19-yard pass to Northcutt on 3rd-and-7 to Pittsburgh 13. CLEVELAND 17-13
PIT   TD   JEROME BETTIS 10 YD RUN (KRIS BROWN KICK), 9:13. Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards in 4:25. Key plays: Graham 11-yard pass to Ward to Pittsburgh 31; Graham 31-yard pass to Ward to Cleveland 26; Bettis 5 carries for 43 yards. PITTSBURGH 20-17
4TH QUARTER
CLE   FG   PHIL DAWSON 28 YD, 4:11. Drive: 11 plays, 87 yards in 5:06. Key plays: Couch 36-yard pass to Shea to Cleveland 39; Couch 36-yard pass to Patton on 3rd-and-11 to Pittsburgh 26; Couch 3-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Pittsburgh 16. PITTSBURGH 20, CLEVELAND 20
CLE   FG   PHIL DAWSON 29 YD, 12:15. Drive: 8 plays, 95 yards in 4:12. Key plays: Couch 79-yard pass to Johnson to Pittsburgh 13. CLEVELAND 23-20

TEAM STATISTICS
  PIT CLE
FIRST DOWNS
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
19
2-11
2-2
346
63
5.5
159
30
5.3
187
16-30
5.7
3-15
4-38.8
198
4-60
5-138
0-0
5-45
1-0
31:12
14
6-13
0-0
377
54
7.0
61
23
2.7
316
23-31
10.2
0-0
4-48.5
150
1-5
5-145
1-0
4-26
1-1
28:48

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
Pittsburgh rushing
Jerome Bettis 23-122, Chris Fuamatu-maafala 2-22, Kent Graham 1-7, Richard Huntley 3-6, Jon Witman 1-2.
Cleveland rushing
Errict Rhett 18-55, Travis Prentice 4-3, Tim Couch 1-3.
Pittsburgh passing
Kent Graham 15-28 for 193 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD, Kordell Stewart 1-1 for 9 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD, Jerome Bettis 0-1 for 0 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD.
Cleveland passing
Tim Couch 23-31 for 316 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD.
Pittsburgh receiving
Hines Ward 5-75, Bobby Shaw 3-66, Plaxico Burress 2-20, Jon Witman 2-17, Chris Fuamatu-maafala 2-8, Jerome Bettis 1-11, Mark Bruener 1-5.
Cleveland receiving
Darrin Chiaverini 5-26, Kevin Johnson 4-97, Aaron Shea 4-43, David Patten 3-81, Dennis Northcutt 2-27, Errict Rhett 2-11, Travis Prentice 2-10, Marc Edwards 1-21.
Pittsburgh tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Earl Holmes 7-0-0, Scott Shields 6-1-0, Dewayne Washington 6-1-0, Levon Kirkland 5-0-0, Jason Gildon 4-0-0, Kevin Henry 3-0-0, Joey Porter 3-0-0, Brent Alexander 2-0-0, Chad Scott 2-0-0, Kimo Von Oelhoffen 1-1-0, Jeremy Staat 0-2-0, Ainsley Battles 1-0-0, Aaron Smith 1-0-0, Deshea Townsend 1-0-0.
Cleveland tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Marquis Smith 5-2-0, Orpheus Roye 3-3-0, Daylon Mccutcheon 5-0-0, Wali Rainer 5-0-0, Stalin Colinet 3-2-0, Courtney Brown 4-0-3, Jamir Miller 4-0-0, Rahim Abdullah 3-0-0, Keith Mckenzie 2-1-0, Percy Ellsworth 1-2-0, Corey Fuller 2-0-0, Darius Holland 1-0-0, Raymond Jackson 1-0-0, Arnold Miller 1-0-0, Lenoy Jones 0-1-0, Tyrone Rogers 0-1-0.
Interceptions
Cleveland (Corey Fuller 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost
Cleveland (Darrin Chiaverini).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Pittsburgh (Chad Scott).
Officials
Referee-Bob Mcelwee, Umpire-Jeff Rice, Head linesman-Tony Veteri, Line judge-Don Phares, Field judge-Bill Lovett, Side judge-Neely Dunn, Back judge-Tony Stertory.
A: 73,018; T: 3:03.

 


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Pittsburgh Clubhouse

Cleveland Clubhouse