Week 14, 1987

played in St. Louis, MO

28 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Pittsburgh Steelers	7	0	0	3	-	10
St. Louis Cardinals	0	3	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 00:44 PIT - Jeff Chadwick 11 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Raul Allegre extra point)
2Q: 12:35 STL - Dale Dawson 25 field goal
4Q: 09:38 PIT - Raul Allegre 47 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 00:44 PIT - Jeff Chadwick 11 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Raul Allegre extra point)
2Q: 12:35 STL - Dale Dawson 25 field goal
4Q: 09:38 PIT - Raul Allegre 47 field goal

Team Statistics PIT STL
Record 10-3 4-9
First Downs 13 12
- by Rushing 5 1
- by Passing 8 9
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 272 232
- Offensive Plays 67 53
- Yards per Play 4.06 4.38
Net Rushing Yards 107 33
- Rushing Attempts 37 16
- Yards per Rush 2.89 2.06
Net Passing Yards 165 199
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 18 - 0 35 - 21 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 189 210
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/24 2/11
- Yards per Pass Play 5.50 5.38
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 8/19 1/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.4 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/35 8/53
Punt Returns/Yards 7/45 2/16
Kick Returns/Yards 2/45 2/18
Interception Ret./Yards 2/24 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 37 OWN 14
Time of Possession 33:59 26:01

Team Statistics	PIT	STL
Record	10-3	4-9
First Downs	13	12
- by Rushing	5	1
- by Passing	8	9
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	272	232
- Offensive Plays	67	53
- Yards per Play	4.06	4.38
Net Rushing Yards	107	33
- Rushing Attempts	37	16
- Yards per Rush	2.89	2.06
Net Passing Yards	165	199
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 18 - 0	35 - 21 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	189	210
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/24	2/11
- Yards per Pass Play	5.50	5.38
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	8/19	1/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.4	7.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/35	8/53
Punt Returns/Yards	7/45	2/16
Kick Returns/Yards	2/45	2/18
Interception Ret./Yards	2/24	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 37	OWN 14
Time of Possession	33:59	26:01

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:23	OWN 34	3	5	Punt
1	12:24	1:16	OPP 8	3	7	Fumble
1	9:20	1:58	OWN 48	3	7	Punt
1	5:43	5:10	OWN 31	11	69	Touchdown
2	12:29	5:23	OWN 32	8	26	Punt
2	3:36	2:24	OWN 18	5	23	Punt
2	0:19	0:19	OWN 42	3	3	Half
3	13:20	1:50	OWN 48	3	8	Punt
3	9:50	3:38	OWN 29	6	24	Punt
3	1:17	1:26	OWN 41	3	-3	Punt
4	13:04	3:31	OWN 22	7	48	Field Goal
4	6:44	1:09	OWN 19	3	4	Punt
4	3:46	3:46	OWN 28	9	56	Game

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:37	0:13	OWN 6	1	0	Interception
1	11:08	1:48	OWN 1	3	8	Punt
1	7:22	1:39	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
1	0:33	3:04	OWN 26	6	66	Field Goal
2	7:06	3:30	OWN 7	6	26	Punt
2	1:12	0:53	OWN 9	3	6	Punt
3	15:00	1:40	OWN 14	3	8	Punt
3	11:30	1:40	OWN 7	5	8	Punt
3	6:12	4:55	OWN 17	10	50	Interception
4	14:51	1:47	OWN 24	3	-2	Punt
4	9:33	2:49	OWN 20	6	30	Punt
4	5:35	1:49	OWN 24	4	9	Punt

Game MVP: Steve Bartkowski, Pittsburgh Steelers

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
David Overstreet	18	64	3.56	34	1
Albert Bentley	16	44	2.75	8	0
Steve Bartkowski	3	-1	-0.33	2	0

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Frank Pollard	10	18	1.80	4
DJ Dozier	5	11	2.20	6
Junior Tautalatasi	1	4	4.00	4

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Steve Bartkowski	28	18	189	2/24	1	27	0	95.7

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Steve Bono	35	21	210	2/11	0	32	2	53.3

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Mike Quick	6	9	93	15.50	37	27	0
WR Jeff Chadwick	4	5	32	8.00	0	11	1
WR Cedric Jones	2	5	26	13.00	4	21	0
FB Ron Davenport	2	2	4	2.00	2	4	0
WR Sam Graddy	2	2	18	9.00	8	14	0
RB David Overstreet	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
TE Clarence Kay	1	1	10	10.00	0	10	0
TE Ron Egloff	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Steve Tasker	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Roy Green	6	11	82	13.67	19	30
WR Vance Johnson	5	6	35	7.00	9	12
RB Frank Pollard	3	6	45	15.00	42	32
WR Eugene Goodlow	3	5	24	8.00	3	14
WR Curtis Duncan	2	2	9	4.50	0	7
TE Rodney Holman	1	2	5	5.00	0	5
FB Tony Paige	1	1	10	10.00	4	10
TE Mark Boyer	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
RB DJ Dozier	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Charles Bowser	1	20	20.00	0
OLB Carl Zander	1	4	4.00	0

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Cedric Jones	1	0	0	0
James Britt	0	0	1	0

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force
Roy Green	1	0	0
Rodney Holman	0	1	0
Jim Bowman	0	1	0
Cornell Gowdy	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jeff Gossett	8	354	44.3	39.8	62	7

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bucky Dilts	9	428	47.6	42.6	61	3

Kicking Statistics

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Raul Allegre	1/1	1/1	0/0	47	1/1

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dale Dawson	1/1	0/0	0/0	25	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Steve Tasker	7	45	6.4	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Wayne Smith	2	16	8.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jeff Chadwick	1	23	23.0	0
Steve Tasker	1	22	22.0	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
DJ Dozier	2	18	9.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Carl Zander	7	0	0.0	8	21
OLB Eugene Lockhart	6	1	0.0	12	30
S Beasley Reece	5	1	1.0	13	22
OLB Charles Bowser	3	2	0.0	13	30
S James Britt	3	2	0.0	8	26
CB Russell Carter	2	1	0.0	11	25
DT Jon Pall Sigmarsson	2	1	0.0	9	20
CB Ken Coffey	2	0	0.0	13	29
CB Vito McKeever	2	0	0.0	4	16
DT Joe Phillips	2	0	0.0	8	24
DE Dave Puzzuoli	1	0	1.0	8	21
DT Curtis Green	1	1	0.0	12	20
DE Mike Johnson	1	1	0.0	6	20
S David Fulcher	1	1	0.0	7	14
DE Jerome Foster	1	0	0.0	11	15
DE Blaise Winter	1	0	0.0	9	20
ILB Jim Haslett	0	1	0.0	5	7

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Fredd Young	11	3	0.0	30	26
OLB Greg Lloyd	8	4	0.0	34	23
DT Kent Kremer	5	3	1.0	32	21
S Cornell Gowdy	5	0	0.0	35	28
S Jim Bowman	4	0	0.0	34	28
CB Jerry Gray	4	0	0.0	28	24
CB Wayne Smith	2	2	0.0	22	23
OLB Ken Woodard	2	1	0.0	13	8
CB Albert Lewis	2	1	0.0	33	26
DE Shawn Miller	2	1	0.0	29	16
OLB Paul Butcher	2	1	0.0	3	7
CB Victor Scott	2	0	0.0	20	18
DE Ben Thomas	1	0	0.5	8	14
DT Eric Holle	1	1	0.0	23	17
RB Frank Pollard	1	0	---	---	---
WR Eugene Goodlow	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Mark Brown	1	0	0.0	7	4
DE Tom Gibson	1	0	0.0	11	9
DE Keith Ferguson	0	1	0.5	26	21

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Dave Puzzuoli	1.0	1	0	21
S Beasley Reece	1.0	0	0	22
DT Jon Pall Sigmarsson	0.0	0	1	20
DT Joe Phillips	0.0	0	1	24

St. Louis	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Kent Kremer	1.0	0	0	0	21
DE Ben Thomas	0.5	1	0	0	14
DE Keith Ferguson	0.5	0	2	1	21
DT Dick Chapura	0.0	1	1	0	15
DE Shawn Miller	0.0	0	1	0	16

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Carl Zander	4	1	1	21
S Beasley Reece	3	0	0	22
S James Britt	3	0	0	26
OLB Charles Bowser	2	0	1	30
CB Russell Carter	2	0	0	25
CB Ken Coffey	1	1	0	29
OLB Eugene Lockhart	1	1	0	30
S David Fulcher	1	1	0	14
DT Curtis Green	1	0	0	20
DE Blaise Winter	1	0	0	20
CB Vito McKeever	1	0	0	16
DT Joe Phillips	1	0	0	24

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Cornell Gowdy	4	0	28
CB Wayne Smith	2	1	23
CB Jerry Gray	2	1	24
CB Albert Lewis	2	0	26
CB Victor Scott	2	0	18
OLB Greg Lloyd	2	0	23
ILB Mark Brown	1	0	4
ILB Fredd Young	1	0	26
S Jim Bowman	1	0	28
OLB Paul Butcher	1	0	7
OLB Jeff Davis	0	1	2

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Gary Zimmerman	1	9	34	0	30
Bruce Rasmussen	1	6	12	0	4
Chris Ward	1	6	33	0	22
Dwayne Abramowicz	1	4	26	0	18
Joel Hilgenberg	1	1	30	0	28
Keith Eck	0	3	30	2	23
Ron Davenport	0	3	21	0	17
Eric Laakso	0	1	18	0	19
Clarence Kay	0	1	26	0	10

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
John Scully	2	5	15	0	35
Luis Sharpe	0	4	12	1	32
Larry McCarren	0	3	16	0	28
Harris Barton	0	1	16	1	33
Ken Dallafior	0	1	14	0	36
Tony Paige	0	1	5	0	11
Larry Williams	0	1	4	0	5

Special Teams Tackles

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Ron Davenport	3	14
Chuck Faucette	1	13

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Mardye McDole	3	16
Junior Tautalatasi	3	16
Tony Paige	2	15
Jim Bowman	1	14

Participation

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Steve Bartkowski	37	30	---	---	---	67
Joel Hilgenberg	30	28	---	---	9	67
Liffort Hobley	---	---	11	27	27	65
Gary Zimmerman	34	30	---	---	---	64
Cedric Jones	32	26	---	---	---	58
Chris Ward	33	22	---	---	2	57
Mike Quick	27	24	---	---	3	54
Keith Eck	30	23	---	---	---	53
Albert Bentley	17	14	---	---	21	52
Ron Davenport	21	17	---	---	14	52
Dwayne Abramowicz	26	18	---	---	7	51
Eric Laakso	18	19	---	---	9	46
Charles Bowser	---	---	13	30	1	44
Clarence Kay	26	10	---	---	8	44
Ken Coffey	---	---	13	29	1	43
Jeff Chadwick	17	21	---	---	5	43
Eugene Lockhart	---	---	12	30	1	43
Beasley Reece	---	---	13	22	3	38
Russell Carter	---	---	11	25	2	38
David Overstreet	20	13	---	---	4	37
Curtis Green	---	---	12	20	2	34
James Britt	---	---	8	26	---	34
Jon Pall Sigmarsson	---	---	9	20	5	34
Joe Phillips	---	---	8	24	2	34
Blaise Winter	---	---	9	20	4	33
Jerome Foster	---	---	11	15	5	31
Mike Johnson	---	---	6	20	5	31
Steve Tasker	11	4	---	---	16	31
Mel Black	---	---	3	9	19	31
Dave Puzzuoli	---	---	8	21	1	30
Carl Zander	---	---	8	21	---	29
David Fulcher	---	---	7	14	6	27
Ron Egloff	5	6	---	---	15	26
Vito McKeever	---	---	4	16	5	25
Sam Graddy	4	9	---	---	10	23
Chuck Faucette	---	---	4	5	13	22
Bruce Rasmussen	12	4	---	---	---	16
Ron Tilton	2	5	---	---	9	16
Jim Haslett	---	---	5	7	3	15
Buford Jordan	5	6	---	---	3	14
Wayne Pennywell	0	1	---	---	9	10
Darryl Grant	---	---	1	6	2	9
Jeff Gossett	0	0	---	---	8	8
Raul Allegre	0	0	---	---	4	4
Mike Howard	0	0	---	---	1	1
Turk Schonert	0	0	---	---	---	0

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jim Bowman	---	---	34	28	14	76
Cornell Gowdy	---	---	35	28	1	64
Albert Lewis	---	---	33	26	3	62
Wayne Smith	---	---	22	23	13	58
Ken Dallafior	14	36	---	---	8	58
Greg Lloyd	---	---	34	23	1	58
Fredd Young	---	---	30	26	1	57
Kent Kremer	---	---	32	21	2	55
Larry McCarren	16	28	---	---	10	54
Victor Scott	---	---	20	18	16	54
John Scully	15	35	---	---	3	53
Steve Bono	16	37	---	---	---	53
Jerry Gray	---	---	28	24	1	53
Curtis Duncan	10	28	---	---	12	50
Shawn Miller	---	---	29	16	4	49
Harris Barton	16	33	---	---	---	49
Keith Ferguson	---	---	26	21	1	48
Luis Sharpe	12	32	---	---	---	44
Frank Pollard	10	31	---	---	---	41
Eric Holle	---	---	23	17	1	41
Mark Boyer	8	17	---	---	14	39
Roy Green	9	29	---	---	---	38
Rodney Holman	9	17	---	---	9	35
Vance Johnson	8	22	---	---	3	33
Dick Chapura	---	---	15	15	2	32
Tony Paige	5	11	---	---	15	31
DJ Dozier	5	5	---	---	21	31
Ben Thomas	---	---	8	14	7	29
Eugene Goodlow	7	19	---	---	---	26
Ken Woodard	---	---	13	8	4	25
Junior Tautalatasi	6	3	---	---	16	25
Tom Gibson	---	---	11	9	5	25
Paul Butcher	---	---	3	7	14	24
Mardye McDole	3	3	---	---	16	22
Tommie Ginn	0	9	---	---	9	18
Tom Andrews	3	3	---	---	10	16
Don Laster	0	4	---	---	10	14
Jeff Davis	---	---	4	2	5	11
Mark Brown	---	---	7	4	---	11
Bucky Dilts	0	0	---	---	10	10
Larry Williams	4	5	---	---	---	9
Dale Dawson	0	0	---	---	3	3
David Archer	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jeff Hostetler	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	21	2.1
Middle	15	43	2.9
Right	10	46	4.6
None	2	-3	-1.5

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	11	1.8
Middle	10	22	2.2
Right	0	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Steve Bartkowski	28	18	3	0	1	3	4	1	0

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Steve Bono	35	21	3	0	5	4	2	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	10	83	6.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	7	106	7.1
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	3	43	8.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	23	15	112	4.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	2	25	5.0
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	30	15.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mike Quick	9	6	1	93	2	24
WR Cedric Jones	5	2	0	26	1	26
WR Jeff Chadwick	5	4	0	32	0	21
TE Ron Egloff	2	0	0	0	0	6
FB Ron Davenport	2	2	0	4	0	17
WR Sam Graddy	2	2	0	18	0	9
RB David Overstreet	1	1	0	6	0	13
TE Clarence Kay	1	1	0	10	0	10
WR Steve Tasker	1	0	0	0	0	4

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Roy Green	11	6	4	82	2	29
RB Frank Pollard	6	3	1	45	1	31
WR Vance Johnson	6	5	0	35	0	22
WR Eugene Goodlow	5	3	0	24	0	19
TE Rodney Holman	2	1	0	5	0	17
WR Curtis Duncan	2	2	0	9	0	28
FB Tony Paige	1	1	0	10	0	11
TE Mark Boyer	1	0	0	0	0	17
RB DJ Dozier	1	0	0	0	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
David Overstreet	3	3	1.00	3.56
Steve Bartkowski	2	-3	-1.50	-0.33
Albert Bentley	2	7	3.50	2.75

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Frank Pollard	2	2	1.00	1.80

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Steve Bartkowski	3	2	16	5.33	6.75

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Steve Bono	1	0	0	0.00	6.00

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Cedric Jones	1	1	5	5.00	5.20
WR Mike Quick	1	0	0	0.00	10.33
WR Jeff Chadwick	1	1	11	11.00	6.40

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Rodney Holman	1	0	0	0.00	2.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Albert Bentley	7	3

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Junior Tautalatasi	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Steve Bartkowski	12	11	5

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Steve Bono	10	4	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cedric Jones	3	2	1
WR Mike Quick	3	3	1
WR Jeff Chadwick	2	2	2
FB Ron Davenport	2	2	0
WR Sam Graddy	2	2	1

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Roy Green	2	0	0
RB Frank Pollard	2	1	0
WR Eugene Goodlow	2	1	0
WR Curtis Duncan	2	2	1
TE Rodney Holman	1	0	0
WR Vance Johnson	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 57,400 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,900 (21,400)
End Zone 12,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	57,400 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,900 (21,400)
End Zone	12,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,300)