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Box Score: Pittsburgh Steelers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Posted: Sun December 13, 1998 at 4:14 p.m. EST
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NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
PITTSBURGH 3 0 0 0 3
TAMPA BAY 3 3 7 3 16 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: PIT - FG, NORM JOHNSON 27 YD, 6:00. Drive: 12 plays, 66
yards in 6:00. Key plays: Stewart 17-yard pass
to Hawkins to Tampa Bay 45; Stewart 18-yard
pass to Ward on 3rd-and-8 to Tampa Bay 15;
Bettis 6 carries 29 yards. PITTSBURGH 3-0
TAM - FG, MICHAEL HUSTED 39 YD, 15:00. Drive: 15 plays,
54 yards in 9:00. Key plays: Dilfer 13-yard
pass to Moore on 3rd-and-3 to Tampa Bay 45;
15-yard roughing-the-passer on Steelers'
Simmons to Pittsburgh 45; Dilfer 6-yard pass to
Anthony on 3rd-and-5 to Pittsburgh 34 ; Dilfer
4-yard pass to Hunter on 4th-and-3 to
Pittsburgh 21. PITTSBURGH 3, TAMPA BAY 3
2ND QUARTER: TAM - FG, MICHAEL HUSTED 37 YD, 2:57. Drive: 4 plays, 8
yards in 1:42. Key plays: Green 36-yard punt
return to Pittsburgh 27. TAMPA BAY 6-3
3RD QUARTER: TAM - TD, MIKE ALSTOTT 3 YD RUN (MICHAEL HUSTED KICK),
10:32. Drive: 2 plays, 7 yards in 0:40. Key
plays: Sapp recovery of Tomczak fumble at
Pittsburgh 7. TAMPA BAY 13-3
4TH QUARTER: TAM - FG, MICHAEL HUSTED 21 YD, 13:03. Drive: 8 plays, 19
yards in 4:26. Key plays: Kelly 4-yard
interception return to Pittsburgh 23; Dilfer
2-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Pittsburgh 12. TAMPA
BAY 16-3
TEAM STATISTICS
PIT TAM
FIRST DOWNS 10 14
Rushing 4 5
Passing 6 7
Penalty 0 2
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-10 3-16
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-2 3-4
TOTAL NET YARDS 168 253
Total plays 52 64
Average gain 3.2 4.0
NET YARDS RUSHING 88 144
Rushes 27 45
Average per rush 3.3 3.2
NET YARDS PASSING 80 109
Completed-attempted 10-23 9-18
Yards per pass 3.2 5.7
Sacked-yards lost 2-18 1-2
Had intercepted 4 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-45.3 5-36.8
RETURN YARDAGE 124 147
Punts-returns 0-0 3-73
Kickoffs-returns 5-124 2-38
Interceptions-returns 0-0 4-36
PENALTIES-YARDS 4-50 5-45
FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 4-1
TIME OF POSSESSION 24:31 35:29
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: Tampa Bay (Michael Husted 33).
Pittsburgh rushing: Jerome Bettis 17-63, Kordell Stewart 5-10,
Richard Huntley 2-9, Chris Fuamatu-maafala 1-7, Courtney Hawkins
2-minus 1.
Tampa Bay rushing: Mike Alstott 24-78, Warrick Dunn 15-36, Trent
Dilfer 5-25, Reidel Anthony 1-5.
Pittsburgh passing: Kordell Stewart 9-21 for 88 yards, 3 INT, 0 TD,
Mike Tomczak 1-2 for 10 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD.
Tampa Bay passing: Trent Dilfer 9-18 for 111 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Pittsburgh receiving: Charles Johnson 4-34, Courtney Hawkins 2-27,
Hines Ward 1-18, Jerome Bettis 1-7, Mark Bruener 1-7, Jon Witman 1-5.
Tampa Bay receiving: Bert Emanuel 3-58, Reidel Anthony 2-17, Dave
Moore 1-13, Warrick Dunn 1-12, Brice Hunter 1-6, Mike Alstott 1-5.
Pittsburgh tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Levon Kirkland 8-3-0,
Carlos Emmons 7-1-0, Earl Holmes 5-2-0, Carnell Lake 5-0-0, Darren
Perry 5-0-0, Jason Gildon 3-2-0, Lethon Flowers 3-2-0, Dewayne
Washington 2-3-0, Nolan Harrison 3-1-1, Joel Steed 3-0-0, Oliver
Gibson 2-1-0, Orpheus Roye 2-0-0, Mike Vrabel 0-1-0, Chris Oldham
0-1-0.
Tampa Bay tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Derrick Brooks 12-3-0,
Charles Mincy 5-2-0, Jamie Duncan 4-2-0, Tyoka Jackson 3-1-0, Warren
Sapp 2-2-0, Steve White 3-0-2, John Lynch 2-1-0, Ronde Barber 2-0-0,
Donnie Abraham 2-0-0, Regan Upshaw 1-1-0, Brad Culpepper 1-1-0, Brian
Kelly 1-0-0, Jeff Gooch 0-1-0.
Interceptions: Tampa Bay (John Lynch 2 for 29 yards, Brian Kelly 1
for 4 yards, Donnie Abraham 1 for 3 yards).
Fumbles lost: Pittsburgh (Mike Tomczak); Tampa Bay (Mike Alstott).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Pittsburgh (Darren Perry); Tampa Bay
(Warren Sapp).
Officials: Referee-Tony Corrente, Umpire-Ron Botchan, Head
linesman-Mark Baltz, Line judge-Tom Barnes, Back judge-Don Dorkowski,
Side judge-Ron Liebsack, Field judge-Paul Baetz.
A: 65,335; T: 2:46.
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