|
Box Score: Pittsburgh Steelers at Philadelphia Eagles
Posted: Sun November 23, 1997 at 5:14 p.m. EST
|
NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
PITTSBURGH 3 3 7 7 20
PHILADELPHIA 14 3 3 3 23 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: PHI - TD, JASON DUNN 31 YD PASS FROM BOBBY HOYING (CHRIS
BONIOL KICK), 4:33. Drive: 3 plays, 58 yards in
1:27. Key plays: Willis recovery on Bettis
fumble on Philadelphia 42; Watters 28-yard run
to Pittsburgh 30. PHILADELPHIA 7-0
PHI - TD, IRVING FRYAR 8 YD PASS FROM BOBBY HOYING (CHRIS
BONIOL KICK), 9:22. Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards in
3:13. Key plays: Hoying 13-yard pass to Fryar
to Philadelphia 33; Hoying 44-yard pass to
Fryar to Pittsburgh 23; Hoying 14-yard pass to
Watters to Pittsburgh 9. PHILADELPHIA 14-0
PIT - FG, NORM JOHNSON 46 YD, 13:41. Drive: 9 plays, 39
yards in 4:19. Key plays: Stewart 15-yard pass
to Hawkins on 3rd-and-3 to Philadelphia 45;
Bettis 12-yard run to Philadelphia 30; Bettis 5
carries for 24 yards. PHILADELPHIA 14-3
2ND QUARTER: PIT - FG, NORM JOHNSON 40 YD, 9:36. Drive: 9 plays, 43
yards in 4:45. Key plays: Stewart 23-yard run
on 3rd-and-6 to Philadelphia 38; Bettis 7-yard
run to Philadelphia 31; Bettis 6 carries for 20
yards. PHILADELPHIA 14-6
PHI - FG, CHRIS BONIOL 23 YD, 13:18. Drive: 9 plays, 68
yards in 3:42. Key plays: Hoying 36-yard pass
to Watters to Pittsburgh 27; Garner 18-yard run
to Pittsburgh 4. PHILADELPHIA 17-6
3RD QUARTER: PHI - FG, CHRIS BONIOL 35 YD, 9:15. Drive: 14 plays, 53
yards in 6:25. Key plays: Watters 2-yard run on
3rd-and-1 to Philadelphia 41; Hoying 12- yard
pass to Solomon to Pittsburgh 47; Hoying
20-yard pass to Fryar on 3rd-and-18 to
Pittsburgh 35; Hoying 17-yard pass to Fryar on
3rd-and-8 to Pittsburgh 16. PHILADELPHIA 20-6
PIT - TD, JEROME BETTIS 19 YD PASS FROM KORDELL STEWART
(NORM JOHNSON KICK), 12:56. Drive: 7 plays, 66
yards in 3:41. Key plays: Stewart 15-yard pass
to Thigpen to Philadelphia 40; Bettis 11- yard
run to Philadelphia 29; Stewart 10-yard pass to
C Johnson to Philadelphia 19. PHILADELPHIA 20-13
4TH QUARTER: PHI - FG, CHRIS BONIOL 25 YD, 1:22. Drive: 8 plays, 61
yards in 3:26. Key plays: Hoying 20-yard pass
to J Johnson on 3rd-and-6 to Pittsburgh 44;
29-yard pass interference penalty on Steelers'
Woolford to Pittsburgh 15. PHILADELPHIA 23-13
PIT - TD, WILL BLACKWELL 30 YD PASS FROM KORDELL STEWART
(NORM JOHNSON KICK), 14:50. Drive: 9 plays, 69
yards in 1:20. Key plays: Stewart 17-yard pass
to C Johnson to Pittsburgh 48; Stewart 11-yard
run on 4th-and-10 to Philadelphia 41; Stewart
16-yard pass to C Johnson to Philadelphia 30.
PHILADELPHIA 23-20
TEAM STATISTICS
PIT PHI
FIRST DOWNS 22 19
Rushing 8 8
Passing 14 10
Penalty 0 1
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-13 6-15
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-3 0-2
TOTAL NET YARDS 383 326
Total plays 70 69
Average gain 5.5 4.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 111 97
Rushes 25 35
Average per rush 4.3 2.8
NET YARDS PASSING 272 229
Completed-attempted 20-43 15-31
Yards per pass 6.0 6.7
Sacked-yards lost 2-22 3-17
Had intercepted 3 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 2-36.5 4-41.5
RETURN YARDAGE 103 87
Punts-returns 1-2 0-0
Kickoffs-returns 6-101 4-62
Interceptions-returns 0-0 3-25
PENALTIES-YARDS 6-54 3-15
FUMBLES-LOST 3-2 1-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 27:53 32:07
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
Pittsburgh rushing: Jerome Bettis 20-80, Kordell Stewart 3-33, George
Jones 1-8, Courtney Hawkins 1-minus 10.
Philadelphia rushing: Ricky Watters 20-48, Charlie Garner 8-42, Kevin
Turner 2-11, Bobby Hoying 5-minus 4.
Pittsburgh passing: Kordell Stewart 20-43 for 294 yards, 3 INT, 2 TD.
Philadelphia passing: Bobby Hoying 15-31 for 246 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD.
Pittsburgh receiving: Charles Johnson 7-106, Yancey Thigpen 5-87,
Will Blackwell 4-58, Courtney Hawkins 2-21, Jerome Bettis 1-19,
George Jones 1-3.
Philadelphia receiving: Irving Fryar 7-116, Jimmie Johnson 4-37,
Ricky Watters 2-50, Jason Dunn 1-31, Freddie Solomon 1-12.
Pittsburgh tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Levon Kirkland 6-3-1,
Chad Scott 7-1-0, Darren Perry 7-0-0, Joel Steed 3-4-0, Earl Holmes
5-1-0, Kevin Henry 5-0-1, Greg Lloyd 2-2-1, Mike Vrabel 2-0-0,
Donnell Woolford 2-0-0, Myron Bell 1-0-0, Jason Gildon 0-1-0, Donta
Jones 1-0-0, Tim Lester 1-0-0, Brenden Stai 1-0-0, Jon Witman 2-0-0.
Philadelphia tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Charles Dimry 4-2-0,
William Thomas 4-2-0, Willie Clark 6-0-0, Bryan Dawkins 6-0-0, Mike
Mamula 2-3-0.5, Troy Vincent 2-3-0, Rhett Hall 4-0-0, Hollis Thomas
4-0-0, James Willis 1-3-0, Michael Zordich 2-1-1, Jason Dunn 1-0-0,
Matt Stevens 3-0-0, James Darling 0-1-0, Jimmie Jones 0-1-0.5, Randy
Kinder 1-0-0, Tim Mctyer 1-0-0, Duce Staley 1-0-0.
Interceptions: Philadelphia (Charles Dimry 1 for 25 yards, Matt
Stevens 1 for 0 yards, Troy Vincent 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost: Pittsburgh (Will Blackwell, Jerome Bettis).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Philadelphia (James Willis, Matt
Stevens).
Officials: Referee-Jerry Markbreit, Umpire-Chad Brown, Head
linesman-Terry Gierke, Line judge-Gary Arthur, Back judge-Walt
Coleman, Side judge-Laird Hayes, Field judge-Don Hakes.
A: 67,166; T: 3:11.
|
