Week 14, 1993

played in Minnesota, MN

22 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Pittsburgh Steelers	3	3	10	3	-	19
Minnesota Vikings	13	3	0	0	-	16

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:13 PIT - Todd Peterson 39 field goal
1Q: 03:29 MIN - Herman Fontenot 45 pass from Dan Marino (Jason Hanson extra point failed)
1Q: 00:21 MIN - Herman Moore 11 pass from Dan Marino (Jason Hanson extra point)
2Q: 11:50 PIT - Todd Peterson 29 field goal
2Q: 01:13 MIN - Jason Hanson 55 field goal
3Q: 08:45 PIT - Todd Peterson 48 field goal
3Q: 04:46 PIT - Tracy Johnson 8 fumble return (Todd Peterson extra point)
4Q: 12:59 PIT - Todd Peterson 46 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:13 PIT - Todd Peterson 39 field goal
1Q: 03:29 MIN - Herman Fontenot 45 pass from Dan Marino (Jason Hanson extra point failed)
1Q: 00:21 MIN - Herman Moore 11 pass from Dan Marino (Jason Hanson extra point)
2Q: 11:50 PIT - Todd Peterson 29 field goal
2Q: 01:13 MIN - Jason Hanson 55 field goal
3Q: 08:45 PIT - Todd Peterson 48 field goal
3Q: 04:46 PIT - Tracy Johnson 8 fumble return (Todd Peterson extra point)
4Q: 12:59 PIT - Todd Peterson 46 field goal

Team Statistics PIT MIN
Record 3-10 8-5
First Downs 15 13
- by Rushing 7 4
- by Passing 7 8
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 268 282
- Offensive Plays 66 53
- Yards per Play 4.06 5.32
Net Rushing Yards 183 88
- Rushing Attempts 39 25
- Yards per Rush 4.69 3.52
Net Passing Yards 85 194
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 25 - 13 - 0 26 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 95 212
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/10 2/18
- Yards per Pass Play 3.15 6.93
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 6/18 4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.9 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/55 8/56
Punt Returns/Yards 3/20 6/59
Kick Returns/Yards 2/36 1/14
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/2 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 25
Time of Possession 32:48 27:12

Team Statistics	PIT	MIN
Record	3-10	8-5
First Downs	15	13
- by Rushing	7	4
- by Passing	7	8
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	268	282
- Offensive Plays	66	53
- Yards per Play	4.06	5.32
Net Rushing Yards	183	88
- Rushing Attempts	39	25
- Yards per Rush	4.69	3.52
Net Passing Yards	85	194
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	25 - 13 - 0	26 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	95	212
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/10	2/18
- Yards per Pass Play	3.15	6.93
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	6/18	4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.9	7.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/55	8/56
Punt Returns/Yards	3/20	6/59
Kick Returns/Yards	2/36	1/14
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/2	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 25
Time of Possession	32:48	27:12

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:24	2:17	OWN 45	4	33	Field Goal
1	7:50	1:35	OWN 35	3	-1	Punt
1	3:14	1:12	OWN 20	2	-1	Punt
1	0:13	1:23	OWN 21	3	4	Punt
2	12:55	1:11	OPP 16	3	4	Field Goal
2	9:12	1:22	OWN 18	4	19	Punt
2	4:09	1:46	OWN 25	3	4	Punt
2	1:08	1:08	OWN 20	5	44	Half
3	15:00	6:23	OWN 25	12	44	Field Goal
3	7:18	2:42	OWN 38	4	10	Punt
3	2:41	4:49	OWN 32	9	39	Field Goal
4	10:15	4:14	OWN 21	6	6	Punt
4	3:15	3:15	OWN 9	8	38	Game

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:36	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
1	11:07	3:17	OWN 20	7	21	Punt
1	6:15	3:01	OWN 26	7	74	Touchdown
1	2:02	1:49	OWN 42	4	58	Touchdown
2	13:50	0:55	OWN 34	2	-18	Fumble
2	11:44	2:32	OWN 20	4	17	Punt
2	7:50	3:41	OWN 6	6	24	Punt
2	2:23	1:15	OWN 34	4	28	Field Goal
3	8:37	1:19	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
3	4:36	1:55	OWN 24	3	7	Punt
4	12:52	2:37	OWN 20	4	19	Punt
4	6:01	2:46	OWN 36	8	15	Punt

Game MVP: Todd Peterson, Pittsburgh Steelers

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Craig Taylor	24	106	4.42	32	2
Keith Woodside	8	23	2.88	14	1
Cole Trickel	5	51	10.20	30	2
Rik Boller	2	3	1.50	4	0

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Brian Mitchell	17	61	3.59	14	3
Robert Green	7	23	3.29	8	0
Vai Sikahema	1	4	4.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Rik Boller	25	13	95	2/10	0	17	0	61.3

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dan Marino	26	19	212	2/18	2	45	0	122.6

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Troy Stradford	5	8	38	7.60	5	15
WR Hart Lee Dykes	3	6	17	5.67	0	8
WR Tim Barnett	2	3	20	10.00	0	11
TE Greg Baty	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
FB Tracy Johnson	1	1	0	0.00	0	0
RB Cole Trickel	1	1	17	17.00	0	17
TE Clarence Kay	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Wesley Carroll	0	4	0	0.00	0	0

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
FB Brad Muster	4	4	28	7.00	8	14	0
WR Herman Moore	4	5	38	9.50	6	13	1
WR Herman Fontenot	3	6	61	20.33	31	45	1
TE Ben Coates	3	3	37	12.33	18	24	0
RB Brian Mitchell	2	3	32	16.00	29	28	0
RB Robert Green	2	2	10	5.00	0	6	0
WR Qadry Ismail	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
TE Adrian Cooper	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Sean Dawkins	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Recov	Force	TD
Eric Swann	1	1	0
Tracy Johnson	1	0	1
Jesse Campbell	0	1	0

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Dan Marino	1	0	0	0
Vai Sikahema	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jeff Gossett	7	352	50.3	41.9	57	3

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
John Jett	8	311	38.9	36.4	47	2

Kicking Statistics

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Todd Peterson	4/4	2/2	0/0	48	1/1

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jason Hanson	1/1	1/1	1/1	55	1/2

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Troy Stradford	2	13	6.5	0
Brad Edwards	1	7	7.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vai Sikahema	5	54	10.8	0
Eric Blount	1	5	5.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brad Edwards	1	18	18.0	0
Eric Guliford	1	18	18.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vai Sikahema	1	14	14.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Victor Green	9	1	0.0	25	27
OLB Fred Strickland	6	0	0.0	17	23
OLB Michael Knight	5	3	1.0	22	23
CB Eric Davis	4	2	0.0	22	25
OLB Mitch Donahue	4	0	0.0	9	7
DT Tory Epps	3	1	0.5	17	19
DT Eric Swann	2	1	0.5	17	15
ILB Mark McGwire	2	2	0.0	20	19
CB Ashley Ambrose	2	2	0.0	24	27
S Brad Edwards	1	2	0.0	25	28
DT Darryl Grant	1	1	0.0	22	27
DT Tracy Rocker	1	1	0.0	11	15
DE Blaise Winter	1	0	0.0	19	23
CB Keith Taylor	1	0	0.0	8	10
S Jesse Campbell	1	0	0.0	3	4
OLB Darin Jordan	0	1	0.0	2	3

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S John Lynch	10	5	0.0	39	27
ILB Tracy Simien	8	3	0.0	39	27
S Eric Turner	6	3	0.0	39	27
DE Robert Porcher	4	1	0.5	22	14
CB Eric Thomas	4	2	0.0	25	23
ILB Johnny Holland	4	1	0.0	26	18
CB Eric Allen	4	1	0.0	39	26
OLB Ken Harvey	3	3	0.5	37	26
DT Russell Maryland	3	0	0.0	21	13
DE Charles Haley	1	1	1.0	23	17
DT Dan Saleaumula	1	2	0.0	21	15
CB Frank Minnifield	1	1	0.0	35	21
DE Wayne Martin	1	0	0.0	30	22
S Sean Lumpkin	1	0	0.0	5	7
ILB Shannon Briggs	1	0	0.0	10	2
S Scott Cater	1	0	0.0	6	8
OLB Larry Kelm	0	1	0.0	10	3

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Michael Knight	1.0	0	0	0	23
DT Tory Epps	0.5	1	0	0	19
DT Eric Swann	0.5	0	0	1	15
DT Tracy Rocker	0.0	0	1	0	15

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Charles Haley	1.0	0	2	2	17
OLB Ken Harvey	0.5	0	0	0	26
DE Robert Porcher	0.5	0	0	0	14
DE Wayne Martin	0.0	2	1	1	22

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Victor Green	6	0	27
CB Eric Davis	3	1	25
CB Ashley Ambrose	2	1	27
S Brad Edwards	2	0	28
OLB Fred Strickland	2	0	23
OLB Mitch Donahue	2	0	7
OLB Michael Knight	1	1	23
ILB Mark McGwire	1	0	19
OLB Darin Jordan	0	1	3

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Eric Allen	4	2	26
S Eric Turner	3	0	27
S John Lynch	2	0	27
ILB Johnny Holland	1	0	18
CB Eric Thomas	1	0	23
OLB Ken Harvey	1	0	26
DE Wayne Martin	1	0	22
CB Frank Minnifield	0	1	21

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Steve Wisniewski	5	10	0	39	0	27
Gary Zimmerman	3	13	1	39	0	27
Eric Moore	1	5	0	39	2	27
Tracy Johnson	1	4	0	33	0	23
Joel Hilgenberg	0	3	0	39	0	27
Clarence Kay	0	1	0	30	0	18
Greg Baty	0	1	0	12	0	7

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Bart Oates	5	12	2	25	0	28
Chuck Belin	1	4	0	19	0	24
Antone Davis	1	3	0	25	1	28
John Wojciechowski	0	2	0	25	1	28
Brad Muster	0	1	0	10	0	15
Keith Sims	0	1	0	6	0	4
Ben Coates	0	1	0	20	0	23
Ray Roberts	0	1	0	25	0	28

Special Teams Tackles

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Mitch Donahue	4	40
Jesse Campbell	1	24
Zeke Mowatt	1	21
Eric Moore	1	11

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Brad Muster	1	26
Vai Sikahema	1	25
Eric Turner	1	17
Eric Blount	1	12
Robert Green	1	7

Participation

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Eric Moore	39	27	---	---	11	77
Tracy Johnson	33	23	---	---	21	77
Joel Hilgenberg	39	27	---	---	---	66
Gary Zimmerman	39	27	---	---	---	66
Steve Wisniewski	39	27	---	---	---	66
Mo Elewonibi	39	27	---	---	---	66
Rik Boller	39	27	---	---	---	66
Troy Stradford	23	18	---	---	21	62
Brad Edwards	---	---	25	28	7	60
Darryl Grant	---	---	22	27	9	58
Clarence Kay	30	18	---	---	9	57
Mitch Donahue	---	---	9	7	40	56
Victor Green	---	---	25	27	1	53
Ashley Ambrose	---	---	24	27	1	52
Eric Davis	---	---	22	25	2	49
Michael Knight	---	---	22	23	2	47
Craig Taylor	27	13	---	---	6	46
Blaise Winter	---	---	19	23	1	43
Wesley Carroll	16	17	---	---	9	42
Fred Strickland	---	---	17	23	---	40
Tory Epps	---	---	17	19	4	40
Mark McGwire	---	---	20	19	1	40
Eric Swann	---	---	17	15	5	37
Hart Lee Dykes	22	13	---	---	1	36
Keith Taylor	---	---	8	10	16	34
Greg Baty	12	7	---	---	13	32
Jesse Campbell	---	---	3	4	24	31
Tracy Rocker	---	---	11	15	1	27
Keith Woodside	9	8	---	---	9	26
Zeke Mowatt	0	2	---	---	21	23
Tim Barnett	14	8	---	---	1	23
Danny Stubbs	---	---	9	9	---	18
Darin Jordan	---	---	2	3	9	14
Cole Trickel	5	8	---	---	---	13
Ken Reeves	0	0	---	---	11	11
Buddy Ferguson	0	0	---	---	11	11
Wayne Brown	0	0	---	---	11	11
Eric Guliford	0	0	---	---	11	11
Drew Brown	0	0	---	---	11	11
Tim Watson	---	---	0	2	9	11
Todd Peterson	0	0	---	---	10	10
Jeff Gossett	0	0	---	---	7	7
Ben Karpinski	---	---	3	2	---	5
Gary Hernandez	0	0	---	---	4	4
Horace Copeland	4	0	---	---	---	4
Ebby Laroush	0	0	---	---	---	0

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Eric Allen	---	---	39	26	18	83
Eric Turner	---	---	39	27	17	83
Tracy Simien	---	---	39	27	5	71
John Lynch	---	---	39	27	4	70
Ken Harvey	---	---	37	26	4	67
Ray Roberts	25	28	---	---	9	62
Frank Minnifield	---	---	35	21	4	60
Wayne Martin	---	---	30	22	3	55
Dan Marino	25	28	---	---	---	53
Bart Oates	25	28	---	---	---	53
John Wojciechowski	25	28	---	---	---	53
Ben Coates	20	23	---	---	10	53
Antone Davis	25	28	---	---	---	53
Eric Thomas	---	---	25	23	4	52
Chuck Belin	19	24	---	---	9	52
Brad Muster	10	15	---	---	26	51
Charles Haley	---	---	23	17	10	50
Johnny Holland	---	---	26	18	5	49
Herman Moore	20	21	---	---	6	47
Dan Saleaumula	---	---	21	15	9	45
Herman Fontenot	19	21	---	---	1	41
Russell Maryland	---	---	21	13	3	37
Robert Porcher	---	---	22	14	1	37
Brian Mitchell	17	18	---	---	1	36
Shannon Briggs	---	---	10	2	19	31
Chuck Banks	4	5	---	---	19	28
Qadry Ismail	6	5	---	---	16	27
Sean Dawkins	13	14	---	---	---	27
Vai Sikahema	1	0	---	---	25	26
Scott Cater	---	---	6	8	12	26
Larry Kelm	---	---	10	3	10	23
Adrian Cooper	8	8	---	---	7	23
Robert Green	7	8	---	---	7	22
Sean Lumpkin	---	---	5	7	10	22
Eric Blount	0	2	---	---	12	14
Keith Sims	6	4	---	---	---	10
Derrick Graham	0	0	---	---	9	9
James Palmer	0	0	---	---	9	9
Jim Grecni	0	0	---	---	9	9
John Jett	0	0	---	---	9	9
Jason Hanson	0	0	---	---	5	5
Darion Conner	---	---	2	1	1	4
Frank Stams	---	---	0	0	2	2
Mark Vlasic	0	0	---	---	---	0
DeAngelo Galloway	0	0	---	---	---	0
James Adams	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	17	118	6.9
Middle	18	44	2.4
Right	3	22	7.3
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	25	3.6
Middle	13	23	1.8
Right	5	40	8.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Rik Boller	25	13	0	3	1	3	3	3	0

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dan Marino	26	19	3	0	1	4	1	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	6	19	1.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	6	59	6.6
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	17	2.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	41	6.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	10	96	7.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	4	75	10.7
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Troy Stradford	8	5	0	38	18
WR Hart Lee Dykes	6	3	1	17	13
WR Wesley Carroll	4	0	0	0	17
WR Tim Barnett	3	2	0	20	8
TE Clarence Kay	1	0	0	0	18
TE Greg Baty	1	1	0	3	7
FB Tracy Johnson	1	1	0	0	23
RB Cole Trickel	1	1	0	17	8

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Herman Fontenot	6	3	0	61	1	21
WR Herman Moore	5	4	0	38	0	21
FB Brad Muster	4	4	0	28	0	15
RB Brian Mitchell	3	2	1	32	1	18
TE Ben Coates	3	3	0	37	1	23
RB Robert Green	2	2	0	10	0	8
TE Adrian Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	8
WR Qadry Ismail	1	1	0	6	0	5
WR Sean Dawkins	1	0	0	0	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Craig Taylor	1	5	5.00	4.42
Cole Trickel	1	1	1.00	10.20

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Rik Boller	2	1	-1	-0.50	3.80

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dan Marino	2	2	20	10.00	8.15

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Troy Stradford	1	1	-1	-1.00	4.75
WR Wesley Carroll	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Ben Coates	1	1	9	9.00	12.33
WR Herman Moore	1	1	11	11.00	7.60

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Cole Trickel	5	3
Keith Woodside	1	0
Rik Boller	1	0

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Brian Mitchell	2	0
Robert Green	2	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Rik Boller	10	4	3

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dan Marino	10	8	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Troy Stradford	3	1	1
WR Wesley Carroll	3	0	0
WR Tim Barnett	2	1	1
WR Hart Lee Dykes	1	1	0
RB Cole Trickel	1	1	1

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Herman Fontenot	2	0	0
FB Brad Muster	2	2	0
WR Herman Moore	2	2	2
RB Robert Green	2	2	0
RB Brian Mitchell	1	1	0
WR Qadry Ismail	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 72,000 (72,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,600 (19,600)
End Zone 14,200 (14,200)
Mezzanine 8,200 (8,200)
Sideline Seats 12,500 (12,500)
Club Seats 7,600 (7,600)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	72,000 (72,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,600 (19,600)
End Zone	14,200 (14,200)
Mezzanine	8,200 (8,200)
Sideline Seats	12,500 (12,500)
Club Seats	7,600 (7,600)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)