Monday, November 29, 1999Game statistics
FIRST QUARTER
Cin—Scott 76 pass from Blake (Pelfrey kick), 13:33. Drive: 3 plays, 84 yards, 1:27. Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 0.
Cin—Blake 4 run (Pelfrey kick), 8:04. Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards, 2:31. Key plays: Heath interception of Stewart pass and 9 return to Bengals 35; Blake 34 pass to Pickens to Steelers 31; Blake 24 pass to Scott on 3rd-and-8 to Steelers 5. Cincinnati 14, Pittsburgh 0.
Pit—FG K.Brown 35, 1:21. Drive: 9 plays, 32 yards, 3:24. Key plays: Stewart 10 pass to Ward; Stewart 9 pass to Edwards on 3rd-and-8 to Bengals 21. Cincinnati 14, Pittsburgh 3.
SECOND QUARTER
Cin—Heath 58 interception return (Pelfrey kick), 13:30. Cincinnati 21, Pittsburgh 3.
Cin—FG Pelfrey 29, 10:33. Drive: 6 plays, 25 yards, 1:35. Key plays: Spikes recovered Huntley fumble at Steelers 37; Dillon 20 and 12 runs. Cincinnati 24, Pittsburgh 3.
Pit—FG K.Brown 33, 5:43. Drive: 12 plays, 45 yards, 4:50. Key plays: Tomczak 17 pass to Edwards; Huntley 7 run on 3rd-and-3 to Bengals 28. Cincinnati 24, Pittsburgh 6.
Pit—Shaw 15 pass from Tomczak (K.Brown kick), 1:53. Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards, 1:22. Key plays: Tomczak 37 pass to Edwards; Tomczak 6 pass to Huntley on 3rd-and-3 to Bengals 15. Cincinnati 24, Pittsburgh 13.
THIRD QUARTER
Pit—Ward 34 pass from Tomczak (Brown kick), 13:32. Drive: 3 plays, 65 yards, 1:28. Key play: Tomczak 29 pass to Bruener. Cincinnati 24, Pittsburgh 20.
Cin—FG Pelfrey 29, 9:44. Drive: 9 plays, 56 yards, 3:48. Key plays: Blake 11 run on 3rd-and-9 to Bengals 44; Basnight 35 run to Steelers 16. Cincinnati 27, Pittsburgh 20.
TEAM STATISTICS CIN PIT -------- -------- FIRST DOWNS 18 20 Rushing 11 5 Passing 7 14 Penalty 0 1 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-14 8-18 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2 0-3 TOTAL NET YARDS 415 391 Total plays 65 79 Average gain 6.4 4.9 NET YARDS RUSHING 182 111 Rushes 34 31 Average per rush 5.4 3.6 NET YARDS PASSING 233 280 Completed-attempted 15-28 24-46 Yards per pass 7.5 5.8 Sacked-yards lost 3-8 2-20 Had intercepted 1 2 PUNTS-AVERAGE 5-37.8 4-46.5 RETURN YARDAGE 153 145 Punts-returns 1-10 1-10 Kickoffs-returns 5-76 5-113 Interceptions-returns 2-67 1-22 PENALTIES-YARDS 5-35 6-45 FUMBLES-LOST 2-0 1-1 TIME OF POSSESSION 27:25 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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