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Box Score: New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers
Posted: Sun December 6, 1998 at 4:49 p.m. EST
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NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
NEW ENGLAND 3 10 0 10 23
PITTSBURGH 0 6 3 0 9 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: NWE - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 21 YD, 9:34. Drive: 14 plays, 84
yards in 7:45. Key plays: Bledsoe 11-yard pass
to Glenn to New England 25; Bledsoe 43-yard
pass to Glenn on 3rd-and-9 to Pittsburgh 31;
Bledsoe 4-yard pass to Coates on 3rd-and-4 to
Pittsburgh 7. NEW ENGLAND 3-0
2ND QUARTER: NWE - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 29 YD, 1:22. Drive: 7 plays, 52
yards in 2:51. Key plays: Edwards 17-yard run
to Pittsburgh 40; Bledsoe 25-yard pass to
Jefferson to Pittsburgh 15. NEW ENGLAND 6-0
PIT - FG, NORM JOHNSON 49 YD, 12:02. Drive: 10 plays, 52
yards in 4:55. Key plays: Stewart 9-yard pass
to Hawkins on 3rd-and-2 to Pittsburgh 34;
Stewart 22-yard pass to Blackwell to New
England 44; Bettis 13-yard run to New England
36. NEW ENGLAND 6-3
NWE - TD, TERRY GLENN 86 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (ADAM
VINATIERI KICK), 13:04. Drive: 2 plays, 87
yards in 1:02. NEW ENGLAND 13-3
PIT - FG, NORM JOHNSON 26 YD, 14:53. Drive: 10 plays, 68
yards in 1:49. Key plays: Stewart 12-yard pass
to C Johnson to Pittsburgh 36; Stewart 11- yard
pass to Hawkins on 3rd-and-5 to New England 48;
Stewart 22-yard pass to Blackwell to New
England 17. NEW ENGLAND 13-6
3RD QUARTER: PIT - FG, NORM JOHNSON 43 YD, 6:26. Drive: 7 plays, 21
yards in 2:28. Key plays: Oldham 14-yard
interception return to New England 46; Stewart
17-yard pass to Bruener to New England 29. NEW
ENGLAND 13-9
4TH QUARTER: NWE - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 35 YD, 2:05. Drive: 4 plays, 0
yards in 2:05. Key plays: Law 10-yard
interception return to Pittsburgh 18. NEW
ENGLAND 16-9
NWE - TD, ROBERT EDWARDS 4 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK),
5:40. Drive: 4 plays, 35 yards in 2:37. Key
plays: Milloy recovery of Bettis fumble at
Pittsburgh 35; Bledsoe 9-yard pass to Glenn to
Pittsburgh 26; 28-yard pass interference
penalty on Steelers' Kirkland on Pittsburgh 4.
NEW ENGLAND 23-9
TEAM STATISTICS
NWE PIT
FIRST DOWNS 19 13
Rushing 4 3
Passing 13 10
Penalty 2 0
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-17 4-13
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 0-1
TOTAL NET YARDS 377 249
Total plays 70 61
Average gain 5.4 4.1
NET YARDS RUSHING 73 54
Rushes 34 13
Average per rush 2.1 4.2
NET YARDS PASSING 304 195
Completed-attempted 21-34 21-45
Yards per pass 8.4 4.1
Sacked-yards lost 2-23 3-11
Had intercepted 3 2
PUNTS-AVERAGE 3-54.3 5-41.6
RETURN YARDAGE 75 182
Punts-returns 2-7 2-22
Kickoffs-returns 4-57 6-109
Interceptions-returns 2-11 3-51
PENALTIES-YARDS 12-77 6-56
FUMBLES-LOST 2-0 1-1
TIME OF POSSESSION 38:24 21:36
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
New England rushing: Robert Edwards 28-66, Derick Cullors 1-6, Drew
Bledsoe 5-1.
Pittsburgh rushing: Jerome Bettis 12-48, Fred Mcafee 1-6.
New England passing: Drew Bledsoe 21-34 for 327 yards, 3 INT, 1 TD.
Pittsburgh passing: Kordell Stewart 21-45 for 206 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD.
New England receiving: Terry Glenn 9-193, Ben Coates 6-78, Shawn
Jefferson 2-29, Tony Simmons 1-12, Chris Floyd 1-6, Robert Edwards
1-6, Tony Carter 1-3.
Pittsburgh receiving: Charles Johnson 5-61, Courtney Hawkins 4-30,
Will Blackwell 3-47, Mark Bruener 3-29, Hines Ward 2-19, David Dunn
2-18, Jon Witman 2-2.
New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Chad Eaton 8-0-3, Ty
Law 6-0-0, Lawyer Milloy 4-2-0, Willie Clay 4-1-0, Tebucky Jones
3-0-0, Henry Thomas 1-2-0, Steve Israel 2-0-0, Todd Collins 1-1-0,
Chris Sullivan 1-1-0, Marty Moore 1-0-0, Tedy Bruschi 1-0-0, Chris
Slade 1-0-0, Larry Whigham 1-0-0, Greg Spires 0-1-0, Ferric Collons
0-1-0.
Pittsburgh tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Levon Kirkland 8-4-0,
Lethon Flowers 7-0-0, Earl Holmes 1-5-0, Carnell Lake 5-0-0, Kevin
Henry 4-1-1, Darren Perry 4-1-0, Jason Gildon 3-1-0, Carlos Emmons
2-2-0, Joel Steed 3-0-0, Nolan Harrison 2-0-0, Dewayne Washington
2-0-0, Deshea Townsend 1-1-0, Oliver Gibson 1-0-0, Orpheus Roye 1-0-1.
Interceptions: New England (Steve Israel 1 for 1 yards, Ty Law 1 for
10 yards); Pittsburgh (Earl Holmes 1 for 36 yards, Levon Kirkland 1
for 1 yards, Chris Oldham 1 for 14 yards).
Fumbles lost: Pittsburgh (Jerome Bettis).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: New England (Lawyer Milloy).
Officials: Referee-Dick Hantak, Umpire-Carl Madsen, Head
linesman-Dale Williams, Line judge-Byron Boston, Back judge-Richard
Reels, Side judge-Gary Lane, Field judge-Lloyd Mcpeters.
A: 58,632; T: 3:08.
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