Week 17, 1993

played in Cincinnati, OH

51 degrees, rain, 1 mph wind

Pittsburgh Steelers	0	7	0	14	-	21
Cincinnati Bengals	7	7	10	3	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:47 CIN - Mike Reichenbach 82 interception return (Cary Blanchard extra point)
2Q: 02:57 PIT - Hart Lee Dykes 12 pass from Jeff Blake (Todd Peterson extra point)
2Q: 01:53 CIN - Yancey Thigpen 23 pass from Rich Gannon (Cary Blanchard extra point)
3Q: 10:03 CIN - Cary Blanchard 22 field goal
3Q: 01:28 CIN - Randy Kirk 61 interception return (Cary Blanchard extra point)
4Q: 09:31 PIT - Craig Taylor 1 run (Todd Peterson extra point)
4Q: 05:10 PIT - Horace Copeland 7 pass from Ebby Laroush (Todd Peterson extra point)
4Q: 00:59 CIN - Cary Blanchard 42 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:47 CIN - Mike Reichenbach 82 interception return (Cary Blanchard extra point)
2Q: 02:57 PIT - Hart Lee Dykes 12 pass from Jeff Blake (Todd Peterson extra point)
2Q: 01:53 CIN - Yancey Thigpen 23 pass from Rich Gannon (Cary Blanchard extra point)
3Q: 10:03 CIN - Cary Blanchard 22 field goal
3Q: 01:28 CIN - Randy Kirk 61 interception return (Cary Blanchard extra point)
4Q: 09:31 PIT - Craig Taylor 1 run (Todd Peterson extra point)
4Q: 05:10 PIT - Horace Copeland 7 pass from Ebby Laroush (Todd Peterson extra point)
4Q: 00:59 CIN - Cary Blanchard 42 field goal

Team Statistics PIT CIN
Record 4-12 6-10
First Downs 24 8
- by Rushing 8 3
- by Passing 14 5
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 343 228
- Offensive Plays 77 47
- Yards per Play 4.45 4.85
Net Rushing Yards 124 50
- Rushing Attempts 28 25
- Yards per Rush 4.43 2.00
Net Passing Yards 219 178
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 46 - 24 - 3 18 - 15 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 239 201
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/20 4/23
- Yards per Pass Play 4.47 8.09
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/13 3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.7 8.5
4th Down Conversions 0/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/15 6/41
Punt Returns/Yards 3/12 2/8
Kick Returns/Yards 2/34 2/44
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 3/156
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 34
Time of Possession 33:33 26:27

Team Statistics	PIT	CIN
Record	4-12	6-10
First Downs	24	8
- by Rushing	8	3
- by Passing	14	5
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	343	228
- Offensive Plays	77	47
- Yards per Play	4.45	4.85
Net Rushing Yards	124	50
- Rushing Attempts	28	25
- Yards per Rush	4.43	2.00
Net Passing Yards	219	178
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	46 - 24 - 3	18 - 15 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	239	201
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/20	4/23
- Yards per Pass Play	4.47	8.09
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/13	3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.7	8.5
4th Down Conversions	0/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/15	6/41
Punt Returns/Yards	3/12	2/8
Kick Returns/Yards	2/34	2/44
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	3/156
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 34
Time of Possession	33:33	26:27

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:21	OWN 20	7	43	Interception
1	12:39	1:46	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
1	5:53	1:20	OWN 18	3	0	Punt
1	3:10	1:30	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
2	14:53	4:40	OWN 20	9	53	Interception
2	8:22	5:32	OWN 39	9	61	Touchdown
2	1:21	1:21	OWN 25	5	10	Half
3	9:58	6:29	OWN 20	13	58	Missed FG
3	1:38	0:19	OPP 46	2	0	Interception
3	1:19	2:15	OWN 22	4	17	Punt
4	12:08	2:43	OPP 31	8	31	Touchdown
4	6:41	1:42	OWN 44	4	56	Touchdown
4	2:20	0:53	OWN 31	4	0	Downs
4	0:51	0:38	OWN 20	5	20	Downs

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:53	5:00	OWN 23	9	24	Punt
1	4:33	1:23	OWN 36	3	4	Punt
1	1:40	1:47	OWN 47	3	7	Punt
2	10:13	1:51	OWN 26	3	-4	Punt
2	2:50	1:29	OWN 20	3	80	Touchdown
3	15:00	5:02	OWN 29	8	66	Field Goal
3	3:29	1:51	OWN 29	3	-3	Punt
4	14:04	1:56	OWN 13	3	7	Punt
4	9:25	2:44	OWN 20	5	36	Fumble
4	4:59	2:39	OWN 39	3	-4	Punt
4	1:27	0:36	OPP 31	3	6	Field Goal
4	0:13	0:13	OPP 40	1	-1	Game

Game MVP: Rich Gannon, Cincinnati Bengals

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Craig Taylor	14	42	3.00	11	1	1
Keith Woodside	12	68	5.67	17	3	0
Ebby Laroush	1	7	7.00	7	0	0
Tracy Johnson	1	7	7.00	7	0	0

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Tupac Shakur	17	37	2.18	14	2
Erric Pegram	4	3	0.75	2	0
Rich Gannon	3	11	3.67	8	0
Sammie Smith	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jeff Blake	32	17	138	2/13	1	18	3	35.7
Ebby Laroush	14	7	101	1/7	1	34	0	97.6

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Rich Gannon	18	15	201	4/23	1	66	0	131.7

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Hart Lee Dykes	9	18	120	13.33	28	34	1
WR Troy Stradford	3	10	35	11.67	0	22	0
RB Craig Taylor	3	3	7	2.33	0	6	0
TE Clarence Kay	2	2	18	9.00	9	10	0
WR Tim Barnett	2	3	17	8.50	1	11	0
TE Greg Baty	1	1	7	7.00	0	7	0
FB Tracy Johnson	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0
RB Cole Trickel	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
WR Wesley Carroll	1	5	15	15.00	8	15	0
WR Horace Copeland	1	2	7	7.00	0	7	1

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Michael Irvin	3	4	23	7.67	12	18	0
FB Dan Majerle	3	3	21	7.00	8	18	0
WR Yancey Thigpen	3	4	35	11.67	10	23	1
RB Tupac Shakur	3	3	38	12.67	28	30	0
TE Mark Chmura	2	3	77	38.50	64	66	0
WR Bruce Hill	1	1	7	7.00	0	7	0

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Mike Reichenbach	1	82	82.00	1
ILB Troy Benson	1	13	13.00	0
OLB Randy Kirk	1	61	61.00	1

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Danny Stubbs	0	1	0	0
Fred Strickland	0	0	1	0

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Tupac Shakur	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jeff Gossett	4	182	45.5	43.5	53	1

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jeff Feagles	4	160	40.0	35.0	46	1
Cary Blanchard	3	77	25.7	21.7	37	0

Kicking Statistics

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Todd Peterson	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	3/3

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cary Blanchard	2/2	1/1	0/0	42	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Troy Stradford	2	6	3.0	0
Brad Edwards	1	6	6.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Courtney Hawkins	2	8	4.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Troy Stradford	2	34	17.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Wes Hopkins	1	31	31.0	0
Issiac Holt	1	13	13.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Victor Green	9	3	0.0	25	22
OLB Fred Strickland	7	0	1.0	21	17
OLB Michael Knight	6	3	0.0	22	20
DE Marc Spindler	3	0	1.0	8	3
CB Ashley Ambrose	3	2	0.0	24	22
OLB Mitch Donahue	3	1	0.0	19	18
S Brad Edwards	3	0	0.0	25	22
DE Blaise Winter	2	2	1.5	13	15
DT Tracy Rocker	2	2	0.0	12	12
DT Eric Swann	2	0	0.0	14	11
CB Keith Taylor	1	0	0.0	6	4
WR Hart Lee Dykes	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Mark McGwire	1	0	0.0	2	1
DT Tory Epps	0	1	0.5	16	14
DT Jon Pall Sigmarsson	0	2	0.0	15	10
OLB Darin Jordan	0	1	0.0	3	5
DE Danny Stubbs	0	1	0.0	19	20
CB Eric Davis	0	1	0.0	25	21
S Tim Watson	0	1	0.0	3	3

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Al Smith	6	2	0.0	28	45
S Chris Oldham	6	2	0.0	25	48
CB Bill S Preston	6	0	0.0	19	30
OLB Lamar Lathon	5	5	2.0	19	35
CB William White	5	3	0.0	28	47
DE Ray Agnew	5	0	0.0	18	24
S Eugene Robinson	3	3	0.0	27	46
DT Bill Maas	3	1	0.0	22	35
CB Issiac Holt	3	0	0.0	23	41
OLB Ron Rivera	2	0	1.0	7	17
OLB Richard Tardits	2	1	0.0	17	21
ILB Mike Reichenbach	2	0	0.0	8	14
DE Mike Jones	2	0	0.0	10	25
DE Jeff Lageman	1	1	0.0	18	27
S Terry Hoage	1	0	0.0	3	3
DT Erik Howard	0	2	0.0	16	36
S Wes Hopkins	0	1	0.0	6	18
OLB Randy Kirk	0	1	0.0	9	14

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Sack	Knock	PPlay
DE Blaise Winter	1.5	0	15
OLB Fred Strickland	1.0	1	17
DE Marc Spindler	1.0	0	3
DT Tory Epps	0.5	0	14

Cincinnati	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Lamar Lathon	2.0	0	0	0	35
OLB Ron Rivera	1.0	0	0	0	17
DT Erik Howard	0.0	2	1	0	36
DE Ray Agnew	0.0	1	1	0	24
DE Jeff Lageman	0.0	0	1	2	27
DT Bill Maas	0.0	0	1	0	35
ILB Mike Reichenbach	0.0	0	1	0	14

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Michael Knight	3	0	20
S Brad Edwards	3	0	22
CB Ashley Ambrose	2	1	22
S Victor Green	2	1	22
OLB Fred Strickland	2	0	17
DE Blaise Winter	1	0	15
CB Keith Taylor	1	0	4
OLB Mitch Donahue	1	0	18

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Bill S Preston	4	1	0	30
ILB Al Smith	4	0	0	45
CB Issiac Holt	3	2	0	41
S Chris Oldham	3	2	0	48
S Eugene Robinson	3	0	0	46
CB William White	2	0	0	47
OLB Richard Tardits	2	0	0	21
ILB Mike Reichenbach	1	0	1	14
OLB Ron Rivera	1	0	0	17
DE Ray Agnew	1	0	0	24
OLB Randy Kirk	0	1	1	14
ILB Troy Benson	0	0	1	5

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Steve Wisniewski	5	10	28	0	49
Gary Zimmerman	2	4	28	1	49
Eric Moore	2	4	28	0	49
Joel Hilgenberg	2	3	28	1	49
Greg Baty	1	2	9	0	17
Tracy Johnson	1	2	15	0	26
Ken Reeves	0	1	23	1	41
Mo Elewonibi	0	1	5	0	8

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ron Solt	1	6	25	0	22
Larry Heck	1	5	25	2	22
Dean Caliguire	1	5	25	1	22
David Williams	0	2	25	1	22
Dan Majerle	0	2	17	0	18
Jim Mills	0	1	25	0	22
Mark Chmura	0	1	19	0	20

Special Teams Tackles

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Mitch Donahue	2	32
Tim Watson	1	11
Wesley Carroll	1	10

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Bruce Hill	3	21
Terry Hoage	1	17
Jerry Crafts	1	9

Participation

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Eric Moore	28	49	---	---	5	82
Joel Hilgenberg	28	49	---	---	---	77
Gary Zimmerman	28	49	---	---	---	77
Troy Stradford	23	37	---	---	17	77
Steve Wisniewski	28	49	---	---	---	77
Ken Reeves	23	41	---	---	5	69
Mitch Donahue	---	---	19	18	32	69
Clarence Kay	23	30	---	---	7	60
Brad Edwards	---	---	25	22	10	57
Eric Davis	---	---	25	21	11	57
Jeff Blake	23	34	---	---	---	57
Tracy Johnson	15	26	---	---	12	53
Craig Taylor	21	28	---	---	1	50
Victor Green	---	---	25	22	3	50
Ashley Ambrose	---	---	24	22	2	48
Michael Knight	---	---	22	20	4	46
Wesley Carroll	10	24	---	---	10	44
Keith Woodside	12	17	---	---	13	42
Danny Stubbs	---	---	19	20	2	41
Hart Lee Dykes	13	26	---	---	1	40
Fred Strickland	---	---	21	17	---	38
Greg Baty	9	17	---	---	11	37
Tory Epps	---	---	16	14	4	34
Tim Barnett	11	19	---	---	1	31
Eric Swann	---	---	14	11	5	30
Blaise Winter	---	---	13	15	1	29
Tracy Rocker	---	---	12	12	5	29
Zeke Mowatt	3	9	---	---	15	27
Jon Pall Sigmarsson	---	---	15	10	2	27
Keith Taylor	---	---	6	4	15	25
Darin Jordan	---	---	3	5	12	20
Ebby Laroush	5	15	---	---	---	20
Tim Watson	---	---	3	3	11	17
Marc Spindler	---	---	8	3	4	15
Horace Copeland	0	3	---	---	11	14
Mo Elewonibi	5	8	---	---	---	13
Cole Trickel	0	9	---	---	---	9
Roger Jones	---	---	0	0	7	7
Buddy Ferguson	0	0	---	---	5	5
Wayne Brown	0	0	---	---	5	5
Bobby Wilson	---	---	3	2	---	5
Drew Brown	0	0	---	---	5	5
Todd Peterson	0	0	---	---	5	5
Jeff Gossett	0	0	---	---	4	4
Mark McGwire	---	---	2	1	---	3
Gary Hernandez	0	0	---	---	1	1

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
William White	---	---	28	47	1	76
Al Smith	---	---	28	45	2	75
Eugene Robinson	---	---	27	46	1	74
Chris Oldham	---	---	25	48	1	74
Issiac Holt	---	---	23	41	6	70
Bill Maas	---	---	22	35	1	58
Erik Howard	---	---	16	36	5	57
Larry Heck	25	22	---	---	9	56
Bill S Preston	---	---	19	30	6	55
Lamar Lathon	---	---	19	35	1	55
Jim Mills	25	22	---	---	---	47
Ron Solt	25	22	---	---	---	47
Rich Gannon	25	22	---	---	---	47
David Williams	25	22	---	---	---	47
Dean Caliguire	25	22	---	---	---	47
Dan Majerle	17	18	---	---	10	45
Jeff Lageman	---	---	18	27	---	45
Ray Agnew	---	---	18	24	1	43
Mark Chmura	19	20	---	---	4	43
Ron Rivera	---	---	7	17	18	42
Michael Irvin	21	18	---	---	---	39
Richard Tardits	---	---	17	21	1	39
Mike Jones	---	---	10	25	4	39
Yancey Thigpen	18	18	---	---	2	38
Wes Hopkins	---	---	6	18	11	35
Tupac Shakur	19	15	---	---	---	34
Mark Boyer	8	2	---	---	19	29
Bruce Hill	3	3	---	---	21	27
Mike Reichenbach	---	---	8	14	3	25
Randy Kirk	---	---	9	14	2	25
Sammie Smith	2	0	---	---	22	24
Terry Hoage	---	---	3	3	17	23
Gene Carroll	---	---	5	8	9	22
Courtney Hawkins	6	7	---	---	8	21
Roy Jones Jr	7	2	---	---	10	19
Anthony Morgan	1	0	---	---	12	13
Erric Pegram	4	7	---	---	---	11
Cary Blanchard	0	0	---	---	11	11
Troy Benson	---	---	0	5	4	9
Wayne Radloff	0	0	---	---	9	9
Will Wolford	0	0	---	---	9	9
Troy Sadowski	0	0	---	---	9	9
Jerry Crafts	0	0	---	---	9	9
Jeff Feagles	0	0	---	---	4	4
John Friesz	0	0	---	---	2	2
Jim Everett	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	16	72	4.5
Middle	10	40	4.0
Right	2	12	6.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	24	2.2
Middle	10	19	1.9
Right	3	8	2.7
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jeff Blake	32	17	0	1	2	4	2	1	3
Ebby Laroush	14	7	3	0	2	2	3	1	0

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Rich Gannon	18	15	3	0	1	2	0	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	-2	-0.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	11	97	7.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	18	9	88	4.9
Long (19+ Yds)	12	2	56	4.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	39	7.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	8	131	16.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	2	31	7.8
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Hart Lee Dykes	18	9	1	120	2	26
WR Troy Stradford	10	3	2	35	1	37
WR Wesley Carroll	5	1	1	15	0	24
RB Craig Taylor	3	3	0	7	0	28
WR Tim Barnett	3	2	0	17	0	19
TE Clarence Kay	2	2	0	18	0	30
WR Horace Copeland	2	1	0	7	0	3
TE Greg Baty	1	1	0	7	0	17
FB Tracy Johnson	1	1	0	2	0	26
RB Cole Trickel	1	1	0	11	0	9

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Michael Irvin	4	3	0	23	0	18
WR Yancey Thigpen	4	3	0	35	1	18
FB Dan Majerle	3	3	0	21	0	18
TE Mark Chmura	3	2	1	77	1	20
RB Tupac Shakur	3	3	0	38	1	15
WR Bruce Hill	1	1	0	7	0	3

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Craig Taylor	3	10	3.33	3.00
Keith Woodside	2	2	1.00	5.67

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Rich Gannon	1	8	8.00	3.67
Tupac Shakur	1	1	1.00	2.18

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ebby Laroush	2	1	7	3.50	7.21
Jeff Blake	2	2	8	4.00	4.31

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Rich Gannon	1	0	0	0.00	11.17

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Hart Lee Dykes	2	1	12	6.00	6.67
RB Craig Taylor	1	1	-4	-4.00	2.33
WR Horace Copeland	1	1	7	7.00	3.50

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Yancey Thigpen	1	0	0	0.00	8.75

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Craig Taylor	1	1

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
Tupac Shakur	3	1
Rich Gannon	1	0
Sammie Smith	1	0
Erric Pegram	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jeff Blake	9	5	3
Ebby Laroush	3	1	1

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Rich Gannon	6	4	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Hart Lee Dykes	5	2	2
WR Troy Stradford	4	2	2
RB Cole Trickel	1	1	0
WR Tim Barnett	1	1	0
WR Wesley Carroll	1	0	0

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
FB Dan Majerle	2	2	0
RB Tupac Shakur	2	2	1
WR Michael Irvin	1	0	0
TE Mark Chmura	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 54,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,100 (19,000)
End Zone 11,600 (13,700)
Mezzanine 6,600 (7,900)
Sideline Seats 8,500 (12,100)
Club Seats 5,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 6,600 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	54,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,100 (19,000)
End Zone	11,600 (13,700)
Mezzanine	6,600 (7,900)
Sideline Seats	8,500 (12,100)
Club Seats	5,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	6,600 (9,900)