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Box Score: Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers
Posted: Sun December 20, 1998 at 4:52 p.m. EST
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NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
CINCINNATI 3 13 6 3 25
PITTSBURGH 0 7 14 3 24 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: CIN - FG, DOUG PELFREY 33 YD, 10:58. Drive: 11 plays, 62
yards in 5:09. Key plays: Blake 14-yard pass to
Scott to Cincinnati 38; Blake 12-yard run on
3rd-and-11 to Cincinnati 49; Blake 25-yard pass
to Bennett to Pittsburgh 23. p. CINCINNATI 3-0
2ND QUARTER: CIN - TD, SAM SHADE 55 YD FUMBLE RETURN (DOUG PELFREY
KICK), 4:52. CINCINNATI 10-0
CIN - FG, DOUG PELFREY 37 YD, 11:54. Drive: 9 plays, 68
yards in 3:43. Key plays: Blake 39-yard pass to
Bennett to Cincinnati 49; Blake 17-yard pass to
Pickens to Pittsburgh 34. CINCINNATI 13-0
PIT - TD, CARNELL LAKE 15 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (NORM
JOHNSON KICK), 13:18. CINCINNATI 13-7
CIN - FG, DOUG PELFREY 43 YD, 15:00. Drive: 7 plays, 44
yards in 1:42. Key plays: Blake 18-yard run to
Pittsburgh 42; Blake 13-yard pass to Wilkins on
3rd-and-6 to Pittsburgh 25. CINCINNATI 16-7
3RD QUARTER: PIT - TD, CHRIS OLDHAM 54 YD FUMBLE RETURN (NORM JOHNSON
KICK), 0:20. CINCINNATI 16-14
PIT - TD, JEROME BETTIS 4 YD RUN (NORM JOHNSON KICK),
7:55. Drive: 4 plays, 57 yards in 2:05. Key
plays: Tomczak 6-yard pass to Johnson to
Pittsburgh 49; Tomczak 42- yard pass to Johnson
to Cincinnati 4. PITTSBURGH 21-16
CIN - TD, DARNAY SCOTT 61 YD PASS FROM JEFF BLAKE
(TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 8:14. Drive: 1
play, 61 yards in 0:19. CINCINNATI 22-21
4TH QUARTER: PIT - FG, NORM JOHNSON 22 YD, 4:43. Drive: 4 plays, 5
yards in 2:27. Key plays: Brown 1-yard fumble
return to Cincinnati 9. PITTSBURGH 24-22
CIN - FG, DOUG PELFREY 21 YD, 9:48. Drive: 12 plays, 62
yards in 5:05. Key plays: Blake 20-yard pass to
Scott to Pittsburgh 46; Blake 9-yard pass to
Williams to Pittsburgh 37; Blake 6-yard run on
4th-and-1 to Pittsburgh 31; 12-yard pass
interference penalty on Steelers' Lake to
Pittsburgh 12. CINCINNATI 25-24
TEAM STATISTICS
CIN PIT
FIRST DOWNS 23 11
Rushing 6 7
Passing 16 4
Penalty 1 0
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-17 2-12
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 483 211
Total plays 78 49
Average gain 6.2 4.3
NET YARDS RUSHING 124 125
Rushes 33 23
Average per rush 3.8 5.4
NET YARDS PASSING 359 86
Completed-attempted 21-41 10-24
Yards per pass 8.0 3.3
Sacked-yards lost 4-20 2-21
Had intercepted 1 1
PUNTS-AVERAGE 3-48.7 8-35.5
RETURN YARDAGE 83 207
Punts-returns 2-5 2-24
Kickoffs-returns 5-78 5-168
Interceptions-returns 1-0 1-15
PENALTIES-YARDS 3-15 5-32
FUMBLES-LOST 4-1 2-1
TIME OF POSSESSION 35:00 25:00
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: Cincinnati (Doug Pelfrey 53, 46).
Cincinnati rushing: Brandon Bennett 25-63, Jeff Blake 6-49, Eric
Bieniemy 2-12.
Pittsburgh rushing: Jerome Bettis 21-104, Hines Ward 1-13, Kordell
Stewart 1-8.
Cincinnati passing: Jeff Blake 20-36 for 367 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD, Paul
Justin 1-4 for 12 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD, Doug Pelfrey 0-1 for 0 yards, 0
INT, 0 TD.
Pittsburgh passing: Mike Tomczak 5-11 for 77 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD,
Kordell Stewart 5-13 for 30 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Cincinnati receiving: Darnay Scott 7-152, Brandon Bennett 3-119, Carl
Pickens 3-35, Stepfret Williams 3-32, Marco Battaglia 2-10, Tony
Mcgee 1-18, Brian Milne 1-8, Eric Bieniemy 1-5.
Pittsburgh receiving: Charles Johnson 4-58, Will Blackwell 3-27,
Hines Ward 1-17, Tim Lester 1-5, Chris Fuamatu-maafala 1-0.
Cincinnati tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ashley Ambrose 5-1-0,
Takeo Spikes 4-2-0, Brian Simmons 3-1-1, Artrell Hawkins 2-2-0, Greg
Myers 3-0-0, Kimo Von Oelhoffen 3-0-0, Steve Foley 2-1-0, Reinard
Wilson 2-1-1, Michael Bankston 1-2-0, Myron Bell 2-0-0, Clyde Simmons
1-1-0, James Francis 1-1-0, Sam Shade 0-2-0, Jevon Langford 1-0-0,
John Copeland 1-0-0.
Pittsburgh tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Lethon Flowers 9-0-0,
Dewayne Washington 6-2-0, Levon Kirkland 4-4-0, Earl Holmes 6-1-0,
Jason Gildon 4-2-2, Darren Perry 5-0-0, Carnell Lake 4-1-0, Joel
Steed 4-1-0, Carlos Emmons 3-1-1, Orpheus Roye 3-1-0, Chris Oldham
2-2-0, Kevin Henry 3-0-1, Mike Vrabel 1-0-0, Deshea Townsend 1-0-0.
Interceptions: Cincinnati (Artrell Hawkins 1 for 0 yards); Pittsburgh
(Carnell Lake 1 for 15 yards).
Fumbles lost: Cincinnati (Damon Gibson); Pittsburgh (Kordell Stewart).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Cincinnati (Sam Shade); Pittsburgh
(Lance Brown).
Officials: Referee-Bernie Kukar, Umpire-Brian Balliet, Head
linesman-Gary Slaughter, Line judge-Darryll Lewis, Back judge-Bill
Leavy, Side judge-Howard Slavin, Field judge-Tom Sifferman.
A: 52,017; T: 3:05.
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