Week 1, 1986

played in Pittsburgh, PA

48 degrees, fair, 10 mph wind

Cincinnati Bengals	0	0	14	3	-	17
Pittsburgh Steelers	3	0	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:48 PIT - Raul Allegre 36 field goal
3Q: 10:53 CIN - Willie Gault 8 pass from Ken O'Brien (Gary Anderson extra point)
3Q: 02:37 CIN - Terry LeCount 14 pass from Ken O'Brien (Gary Anderson extra point)
4Q: 09:11 CIN - Gary Anderson 20 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:48 PIT - Raul Allegre 36 field goal
3Q: 10:53 CIN - Willie Gault 8 pass from Ken O'Brien (Gary Anderson extra point)
3Q: 02:37 CIN - Terry LeCount 14 pass from Ken O'Brien (Gary Anderson extra point)
4Q: 09:11 CIN - Gary Anderson 20 field goal

Team Statistics CIN PIT
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 15 17
- by Rushing 6 2
- by Passing 8 15
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 312 253
- Offensive Plays 55 65
- Yards per Play 5.67 3.89
Net Rushing Yards 136 53
- Rushing Attempts 33 19
- Yards per Rush 4.12 2.79
Net Passing Yards 176 200
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 21 - 15 - 0 41 - 24 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 184 237
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/8 5/37
- Yards per Pass Play 8.00 4.35
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/14 2/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.6 8.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 2/3
Penalties/Yards 4/40 6/36
Punt Returns/Yards 4/24 2/16
Kick Returns/Yards 2/40 2/49
Interception Ret./Yards 3/18 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 23
Time of Possession 30:10 29:50

Team Statistics	CIN	PIT
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	15	17
- by Rushing	6	2
- by Passing	8	15
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	312	253
- Offensive Plays	55	65
- Yards per Play	5.67	3.89
Net Rushing Yards	136	53
- Rushing Attempts	33	19
- Yards per Rush	4.12	2.79
Net Passing Yards	176	200
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	21 - 15 - 0	41 - 24 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	184	237
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/8	5/37
- Yards per Pass Play	8.00	4.35
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/14	2/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.6	8.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	2/3
Penalties/Yards	4/40	6/36
Punt Returns/Yards	4/24	2/16
Kick Returns/Yards	2/40	2/49
Interception Ret./Yards	3/18	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 36	OWN 23
Time of Possession	30:10	29:50

Drive Charts

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	7:42	2:45	OWN 28	5	6	Punt
1	3:02	1:32	OWN 47	4	1	Punt
1	0:27	1:01	OWN 48	3	8	Punt
2	12:50	4:44	OWN 39	9	29	Fumble
2	2:23	1:48	OWN 15	3	2	Punt
3	15:00	4:18	OWN 26	7	74	Touchdown
3	7:20	4:54	OWN 29	10	71	Touchdown
4	12:06	3:02	OWN 27	6	70	Field Goal
4	7:05	2:26	OWN 40	3	9	Punt
4	3:18	2:19	OPP 32	6	12	Missed FG

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	7:18	OWN 27	12	54	Field Goal
1	4:57	1:55	OWN 25	3	-8	Punt
1	1:30	1:03	OWN 4	3	4	Punt
2	14:26	1:36	OWN 11	3	6	Punt
2	8:06	5:43	OWN 32	10	52	Interception
2	0:35	0:35	OWN 40	4	11	Half
3	10:42	3:22	OWN 19	5	22	Punt
3	2:26	5:20	OWN 35	9	46	Missed FG
4	9:04	1:59	OWN 30	4	18	Interception
4	4:39	1:21	OWN 12	6	20	Downs
4	0:59	0:59	OWN 27	6	18	Interception

Game MVP: Kevin Ross, Cincinnati Bengals

Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Stanley Wilson	19	57	3.00	9	0
Allen Rice	11	65	5.91	32	3
Drew Hill	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0
Ken O'Brien	1	6	6.00	6	0
Rod Barksdale	1	9	9.00	9	0

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Kenny Lewis	5	17	3.40	6
David Overstreet	5	7	1.40	4
Steve Bartkowski	4	11	2.75	4
Ron Davenport	3	9	3.00	8
Chris Dressel	2	9	4.50	6

Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ken O'Brien	21	15	184	1/8	2	57	0	129.8

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Steve Bartkowski	41	24	237	5/37	0	17	3	44.5

Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Terry LeCount	4	4	69	17.25	38	37	1
WR Rod Barksdale	3	4	21	7.00	0	13	0
WR Drew Hill	2	2	62	31.00	10	57	0
RB Stanley Wilson	2	4	9	4.50	0	8	0
WR Willie Gault	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	1
FB Michael Haddix	1	1	10	10.00	4	10	0
FB Speedy Neal	1	1	-4	-4.00	0	-4	0
C Cap Boso	1	2	9	9.00	2	9	0
WR Walter Murray	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Mike Quick	9	11	105	11.67	18	17
WR John Stallworth	8	14	80	10.00	12	16
WR Karl Farmer	1	2	8	8.00	0	8
TE Ron Egloff	1	4	12	12.00	6	12
RB David Overstreet	1	3	14	14.00	3	14
WR Cedric Jones	1	2	2	2.00	2	2
TE Clarence Kay	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
FB Ron Davenport	1	1	8	8.00	2	8
WR Steve Tasker	1	1	5	5.00	0	5

Interception Statistics

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Kevin Ross	3	18	6.00	0

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Ken O'Brien	2	0	0	0
Speedy Neal	0	1	0	0

Pittsburgh	Recov	Force
Jon Pall Sigmarsson	1	0
Rick Sanford	0	1
Blaise Winter	0	1

Punting Statistics

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Chuck Ramsey	5	220	44.0	40.8	54	3

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jeff Gossett	4	178	44.5	38.5	53	0

Kicking Statistics

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Gary Anderson	1/2	0/0	0/0	20	2/2

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Raul Allegre	1/2	0/0	0/0	36	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Terry LeCount	3	19	6.3	0
Drew Hill	1	5	5.0	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
John Stallworth	1	11	11.0	0
Steve Tasker	1	5	5.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Terry LeCount	2	40	20.0	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
John Stallworth	1	26	26.0	0
Karl Farmer	1	23	23.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Lance Mehl	7	1	1.0	11	30
S Devon Mitchell	6	1	0.0	15	38
OLB Michael Knight	5	1	1.0	13	35
CB Kevin Ross	4	1	1.0	18	41
ILB Cliff Thrift	4	1	0.0	8	14
S Bret Clark	4	0	0.0	9	34
CB Mike Harden	3	1	0.0	12	36
CB Reggie Phillips	3	1	0.0	13	38
DT Bill Maas	3	0	0.0	12	18
DT Tom Magee	2	1	1.0	7	31
DT Dean Hamel	2	0	1.0	6	15
DT Mike Perko	1	3	0.0	12	15
DT Quenton Ballard	1	1	0.0	7	29
S Barney Bussey	1	1	0.0	17	39
OLB Ken Jolly	1	1	0.0	10	13
OLB Stan David	1	0	0.0	6	13

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Eugene Lockhart	9	3	0.0	21	14
OLB Charles Bowser	6	1	0.0	27	18
S David Fulcher	6	1	0.0	27	18
DT Wayne Hammond	4	5	0.0	28	17
S James Britt	4	0	0.0	20	13
DE Mat Mendenhall	3	1	0.0	15	10
OLB Carl Zander	3	0	0.0	17	13
DT Jon Pall Sigmarsson	2	1	0.0	15	13
WR John Stallworth	2	0	---	---	---
DE Doug Barnett	2	0	0.0	23	9
CB Russell Carter	2	0	0.0	20	10
OLB Mel Black	2	0	0.0	6	4
DE Blaise Winter	1	0	1.0	10	10
DE Dave Puzzuoli	1	1	0.0	28	16
ILB Jim Haslett	1	0	0.0	8	5
DT Darryl Grant	1	0	0.0	7	3
RB David Overstreet	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Carl Ekern	0	1	0.0	12	8
S Rick Sanford	0	1	0.0	12	9
CB Ron Fellows	0	1	0.0	16	8
CB Ken Coffey	0	1	0.0	23	17

Pass Rush Statistics

Cincinnati	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Tom Magee	1.0	1	0	31
ILB Lance Mehl	1.0	0	0	30
CB Kevin Ross	1.0	0	0	41
DT Dean Hamel	1.0	0	0	15
OLB Michael Knight	1.0	0	0	35
DE Bubba Baker	0.0	2	1	17
ILB Cliff Thrift	0.0	1	0	14
DE Neil Elshire	0.0	1	0	25
DT Quenton Ballard	0.0	1	0	29

Pittsburgh	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Blaise Winter	1.0	0	0	0	10
DT Jon Pall Sigmarsson	0.0	0	1	0	13

Pass Defense Statistics

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Lance Mehl	4	1	0	30
S Devon Mitchell	4	0	0	38
OLB Michael Knight	3	1	0	35
CB Kevin Ross	3	0	3	41
CB Mike Harden	3	0	0	36
ILB Cliff Thrift	2	0	0	14
S Bret Clark	2	0	0	34
S Barney Bussey	1	1	0	39
OLB Stan David	1	0	0	13
CB Reggie Phillips	1	0	0	38
OLB Ken Jolly	0	1	0	13

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Eugene Lockhart	4	1	14
OLB Charles Bowser	3	0	18
OLB Carl Zander	2	0	13
S David Fulcher	2	0	18
CB Ken Coffey	1	1	17
ILB Jim Haslett	1	0	5
S James Britt	1	0	13
DE Dave Puzzuoli	1	0	16
S Rick Sanford	0	1	9
OLB Mel Black	0	1	4

Blocking Statistics

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Lomas Brown	2	6	28	0	20
Speedy Neal	2	3	10	0	7
Don Donohue	1	6	19	0	12
Andre Cowlings	1	4	29	1	19
Gene Chilton	1	4	21	0	14
Will Wolford	1	2	26	0	14
Michael Haddix	1	1	10	0	6
Keith Dorney	0	3	28	0	22
Jay Hilgenberg	0	2	14	0	9
Cap Boso	0	1	20	0	12

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Keith Eck	2	3	15	1	38
Ray Snell	1	3	17	0	40
Eric Laakso	1	1	3	0	12
Bruce Rasmussen	0	4	15	1	43
Chris Ward	0	1	17	1	39
Gary Zimmerman	0	1	18	1	41
Dwayne Abramowicz	0	1	2	1	9
Joel Hilgenberg	0	1	8	0	8

Special Teams Tackles

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Allen Rice	2	12
Willie Gault	2	10

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Ron Fellows	3	16
Mel Black	2	16
Ron Davenport	1	9

Participation

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Barney Bussey	---	---	17	39	11	67
Kevin Ross	---	---	18	41	6	65
Devon Mitchell	---	---	15	38	11	64
Reggie Phillips	---	---	13	38	7	58
Keith Dorney	28	22	---	---	7	57
Ken O'Brien	33	22	---	---	---	55
Lomas Brown	28	20	---	---	5	53
Mike Harden	---	---	12	36	3	51
Michael Knight	---	---	13	35	1	49
Andre Cowlings	29	19	---	---	---	48
Will Wolford	26	14	---	---	6	46
Lance Mehl	---	---	11	30	2	43
Bret Clark	---	---	9	34	---	43
Neil Elshire	---	---	13	25	4	42
Cap Boso	20	12	---	---	10	42
Willie Gault	20	11	---	---	10	41
Gene Chilton	21	14	---	---	6	41
Quenton Ballard	---	---	7	29	4	40
Rod Barksdale	23	14	---	---	3	40
Tom Magee	---	---	7	31	2	40
Terry LeCount	18	14	---	---	6	38
Stanley Wilson	21	14	---	---	2	37
Bill Maas	---	---	12	18	3	33
Don Donohue	19	12	---	---	2	33
Allen Rice	12	8	---	---	12	32
Bubba Baker	---	---	12	17	2	31
Drew Hill	16	12	---	---	3	31
Jay Hilgenberg	14	9	---	---	6	29
Mike Perko	---	---	12	15	2	29
Cliff Thrift	---	---	8	14	6	28
Jeff Tupper	---	---	6	21	1	28
Stan David	---	---	6	13	8	27
Speedy Neal	10	7	---	---	8	25
Andy Ekern	11	8	---	---	4	23
Ken Jolly	---	---	10	13	---	23
Michael Haddix	10	6	---	---	6	22
Dean Hamel	---	---	6	15	1	22
Walter Murray	2	3	---	---	13	18
Doug Oubre	2	1	---	---	13	16
Chuck Ramsey	0	0	---	---	7	7
Gary Anderson	0	0	---	---	6	6
Tim Cofield	---	---	2	4	---	6
Dieter Brock	0	0	---	---	---	0
Chuck Long	0	0	---	---	---	0

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Steve Bartkowski	19	46	---	---	---	65
Bruce Rasmussen	15	43	---	---	4	62
Ray Snell	17	40	---	---	5	62
John Stallworth	15	40	---	---	5	60
Chris Ward	17	39	---	---	3	59
Gary Zimmerman	18	41	---	---	---	59
David Overstreet	10	28	---	---	16	54
Keith Eck	15	38	---	---	---	53
Mike Quick	15	38	---	---	---	53
Dave Puzzuoli	---	---	28	16	5	49
Wayne Hammond	---	---	28	17	2	47
Charles Bowser	---	---	27	18	1	46
David Fulcher	---	---	27	18	1	46
Ron Davenport	12	23	---	---	9	44
Ken Coffey	---	---	23	17	3	43
Clarence Kay	12	24	---	---	5	41
Ron Fellows	---	---	16	8	16	40
Eugene Lockhart	---	---	21	14	5	40
Liffort Hobley	---	---	19	14	5	38
James Britt	---	---	20	13	4	37
Doug Barnett	---	---	23	9	2	34
Cedric Jones	6	20	---	---	8	34
Carl Zander	---	---	17	13	4	34
Russell Carter	---	---	20	10	3	33
Ron Egloff	8	14	---	---	10	32
Jon Pall Sigmarsson	---	---	15	13	2	30
Carl Ekern	---	---	12	8	7	27
Mat Mendenhall	---	---	15	10	2	27
Kenny Lewis	8	15	---	---	3	26
Mel Black	---	---	6	4	16	26
Blaise Winter	---	---	10	10	5	25
Rick Sanford	---	---	12	9	2	23
Chris Dressel	5	12	---	---	5	22
Joel Hilgenberg	8	8	---	---	6	22
Eric Laakso	3	12	---	---	6	21
Curtis Green	---	---	7	10	4	21
Steve Tasker	2	6	---	---	12	20
Karl Farmer	2	10	---	---	6	18
Dwayne Abramowicz	2	9	---	---	6	17
Jim Haslett	---	---	8	5	1	14
Darryl Grant	---	---	7	3	---	10
Vito McKeever	---	---	2	3	---	5
Jeff Gossett	0	0	---	---	4	4
Raul Allegre	0	0	---	---	4	4
Mike Howard	0	0	---	---	2	2
Turk Schonert	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	45	6.4
Middle	14	29	2.1
Right	12	62	5.2
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	9	2.3
Middle	11	25	2.3
Right	4	19	4.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ken O'Brien	21	15	2	1	0	4	1	0	0

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Steve Bartkowski	41	24	0	0	2	4	6	1	3

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	43	10.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	8	49	4.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	3	35	8.8
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	57	57.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	2	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	10	89	5.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	21	13	146	7.0
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Terry LeCount	4	4	69	1	14
RB Stanley Wilson	4	2	9	0	14
WR Rod Barksdale	4	3	21	0	14
WR Drew Hill	2	2	62	1	12
C Cap Boso	2	1	9	0	12
WR Walter Murray	2	0	0	0	3
WR Willie Gault	1	1	8	0	11
FB Michael Haddix	1	1	10	0	6
FB Speedy Neal	1	1	-4	0	7

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR John Stallworth	14	8	1	80	40
WR Mike Quick	11	9	0	105	38
TE Ron Egloff	4	1	0	12	14
RB David Overstreet	3	1	0	14	28
WR Karl Farmer	2	1	1	8	10
WR Cedric Jones	2	1	0	2	20
TE Clarence Kay	1	1	0	3	24
FB Ron Davenport	1	1	0	8	23
WR Steve Tasker	1	1	0	5	6

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Stanley Wilson	3	1	0.33	3.00
Allen Rice	1	0	0.00	5.91

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
David Overstreet	1	2	2.00	1.40

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ken O'Brien	5	4	41	8.20	8.76

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Steve Bartkowski	2	0	0	0.00	5.78

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Terry LeCount	2	2	23	11.50	17.25
WR Willie Gault	1	1	8	8.00	8.00
FB Michael Haddix	1	1	10	10.00	10.00
WR Walter Murray	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR John Stallworth	1	0	0	0.00	5.71
WR Mike Quick	1	0	0	0.00	9.55

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
Allen Rice	3	1
Stanley Wilson	2	1
Drew Hill	1	0
Ken O'Brien	1	0
Rod Barksdale	1	1

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Steve Bartkowski	2	0
Chris Dressel	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ken O'Brien	6	4	3

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Steve Bartkowski	8	3	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Rod Barksdale	2	2	1
WR Walter Murray	2	0	0
WR Terry LeCount	1	1	1
RB Stanley Wilson	1	1	1

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR John Stallworth	4	1	1
WR Karl Farmer	1	1	0
TE Ron Egloff	1	0	0
WR Steve Tasker	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 70,700 (70,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,900 (20,900)
End Zone 15,100 (15,100)
Mezzanine 8,700 (8,700)
Sideline Seats 13,300 (13,300)
Club Seats 8,900 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes 3,800 (3,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	70,700 (70,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,900 (20,900)
End Zone	15,100 (15,100)
Mezzanine	8,700 (8,700)
Sideline Seats	13,300 (13,300)
Club Seats	8,900 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes	3,800 (3,800)