Week 1, 1995

played in Cincinnati, OH

69 degrees, fair, 10 mph wind

Pittsburgh Steelers	0	0	7	7	-	14
Cincinnati Bengals	10	3	0	0	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:43 CIN - Cary Blanchard 33 field goal
1Q: 01:16 CIN - Tupac Shakur 5 run (Cary Blanchard extra point)
2Q: 08:00 CIN - Cary Blanchard 27 field goal
3Q: 06:01 PIT - Bert Emanuel 18 pass from Ebby Laroush (Todd Peterson extra point)
4Q: 03:30 PIT - Larry Lenon 1 run (Todd Peterson extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:43 CIN - Cary Blanchard 33 field goal
1Q: 01:16 CIN - Tupac Shakur 5 run (Cary Blanchard extra point)
2Q: 08:00 CIN - Cary Blanchard 27 field goal
3Q: 06:01 PIT - Bert Emanuel 18 pass from Ebby Laroush (Todd Peterson extra point)
4Q: 03:30 PIT - Larry Lenon 1 run (Todd Peterson extra point)

Team Statistics PIT CIN
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 22 14
- by Rushing 5 6
- by Passing 14 8
- by Penalty 3 0
Total Net Yards 286 244
- Offensive Plays 75 63
- Yards per Play 3.81 3.87
Net Rushing Yards 92 91
- Rushing Attempts 27 26
- Yards per Rush 3.41 3.50
Net Passing Yards 194 153
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 46 - 23 - 1 33 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 206 172
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/12 4/19
- Yards per Pass Play 4.04 4.14
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 3/2
3rd Down Conversions 5/15 5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.8 9.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/34 6/42
Punt Returns/Yards 4/46 3/9
Kick Returns/Yards 2/54 1/16
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/17
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 1/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 33
Time of Possession 29:58 30:02

Team Statistics	PIT	CIN
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	22	14
- by Rushing	5	6
- by Passing	14	8
- by Penalty	3	0
Total Net Yards	286	244
- Offensive Plays	75	63
- Yards per Play	3.81	3.87
Net Rushing Yards	92	91
- Rushing Attempts	27	26
- Yards per Rush	3.41	3.50
Net Passing Yards	194	153
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	46 - 23 - 1	33 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	206	172
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/12	4/19
- Yards per Pass Play	4.04	4.14
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	3/2
3rd Down Conversions	5/15	5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.8	9.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/34	6/42
Punt Returns/Yards	4/46	3/9
Kick Returns/Yards	2/54	1/16
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/17
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	1/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 33
Time of Possession	29:58	30:02

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:21	OWN 20	8	33	Interception
1	8:36	2:59	OWN 28	7	17	Punt
1	1:06	1:22	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
2	10:23	0:23	OWN 23	2	-7	Fumble
2	7:55	4:20	OWN 33	13	48	Missed FG
2	0:20	0:20	OWN 20	1	-2	Half
3	12:17	2:12	OWN 41	3	2	Punt
3	8:45	2:55	OWN 39	7	61	Touchdown
3	2:01	0:48	OWN 28	3	2	Punt
3	0:59	4:40	OWN 5	12	56	Punt
4	10:25	1:22	OPP 48	3	8	Punt
4	7:46	4:23	OWN 41	10	59	Touchdown
4	2:00	0:35	OWN 10	3	-1	Punt
4	0:45	0:45	OWN 33	2	-2	Game

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:39	3:03	OPP 45	5	29	Field Goal
1	5:37	4:31	OWN 17	8	83	Touchdown
2	14:44	4:21	OWN 22	7	22	Punt
2	10:00	2:05	OPP 16	3	6	Field Goal
2	3:35	3:15	OWN 26	9	21	Punt
3	15:00	2:43	OWN 12	6	20	Punt
3	10:05	1:20	OWN 16	3	5	Punt
3	5:50	3:49	OWN 20	6	10	Punt
3	1:13	0:14	OPP 18	2	13	Fumble
4	11:19	0:54	OWN 4	3	0	Punt
4	9:03	1:17	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
4	3:23	1:23	OWN 20	5	18	Punt
4	1:25	0:40	OPP 38	3	5	Fumble

Game MVP: George Thornton, Pittsburgh Steelers

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Larry Lenon	18	77	4.28	20	3	1
Terrell Fletcher	5	15	3.00	8	0	0
Ebby Laroush	4	0	0.00	4	0	0

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Tupac Shakur	21	66	3.14	16	3	1
Larry Long	3	16	5.33	10	1	0
Rich Gannon	1	4	4.00	4	0	0
Dan Majerle	1	5	5.00	5	0	0

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ebby Laroush	46	23	206	2/12	1	19	1	60.6

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Rich Gannon	33	21	172	4/19	0	39	0	76.8

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Bert Emanuel	8	13	67	8.38	15	18	1
TE Ted Popson	6	6	51	8.50	7	15	0
WR J.J. Birden	5	9	50	10.00	16	19	0
RB Larry Lenon	2	3	20	10.00	23	13	0
WR Titus Dixon	1	7	13	13.00	2	13	0
WR Hart Lee Dykes	1	6	5	5.00	0	5	0
TE Deems May	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Terrell Fletcher	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Yancey Thigpen	6	8	83	13.83	40	39
RB Tupac Shakur	6	7	21	3.50	6	13
FB Dan Majerle	3	3	8	2.67	0	3
WR Michael Irvin	2	8	8	4.00	0	5
TE Mark Chmura	2	2	30	15.00	14	23
TE Clarence Kay	1	1	21	21.00	3	21
WR Courtney Hawkins	1	2	1	1.00	0	1
WR Earnest Byner	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
RB Larry Long	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Chris Oldham	1	17	17.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force
Ebby Laroush	1	0	0
Steve Hendrickson	0	1	0
Marc Spindler	0	1	0
George Thornton	0	0	2
Eric Davis	0	0	1

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force
Rich Gannon	2	0	0
Tupac Shakur	1	0	0
Dan Majerle	0	1	0
Al Fontenot	0	1	0
Randy Kirk	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rohn Stark	7	242	34.6	30.4	52	3

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
John Kidd	8	376	47.0	38.8	56	2

Kicking Statistics

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

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cary Blanchard	2/2	0/0	0/0	33	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Willie Gault	4	46	11.5	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Courtney Hawkins	3	9	3.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Larry Lenon	2	54	27.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Earnest Byner	1	16	16.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Fred Strickland	7	2	1.0	18	33
S Brad Edwards	5	1	0.0	24	33
DT Tracy Rocker	4	1	0.5	24	24
ILB Mark McGwire	4	5	0.0	25	34
OLB Steve Hendrickson	4	2	0.0	13	13
CB Keith Taylor	4	0	0.0	13	23
CB Eric Davis	4	0	0.0	23	33
OLB Michael Knight	3	0	0.0	6	4
CB Ashley Ambrose	3	0	0.0	21	35
DT George Thornton	2	0	2.0	10	13
S Gary Jones	2	0	0.0	11	19
S Victor Green	2	0	0.0	2	4
DE Curtis Maxie	1	0	0.5	8	7
S Torin Dorn	1	2	0.0	24	35
DE Ben Karpinski	1	1	0.0	16	24
DT D'Marco Farr	1	1	0.0	14	18
ILB Billy Ray Smith	1	0	0.0	4	1
WR Titus Dixon	1	0	---	---	---

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Al Smith	10	2	0.0	27	48
OLB Randy Kirk	6	0	1.0	20	40
S Chris Oldham	5	1	0.0	16	36
CB Randy Fuller	5	1	0.0	27	48
S Rich Miano	4	1	0.0	26	48
CB Chris Barber	3	1	0.0	15	37
CB Troy Vincent	3	1	0.0	27	48
DE Jeff Lageman	2	0	1.0	14	31
DE Ernie Logan	2	0	0.0	13	17
OLB Adimchinobe Macklin	1	3	0.0	19	24
OLB John Johnson	1	1	0.0	6	17
ILB Riki Ellison	1	0	0.0	11	11
DT Jon Hand	1	0	0.0	7	20
DE John Shannon	1	0	0.0	10	16
OLB June Buenning	1	0	0.0	7	8
DT Warren Sapp	1	0	0.0	21	28

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT George Thornton	2.0	0	0	13
OLB Fred Strickland	1.0	1	0	33
DE Curtis Maxie	0.5	0	0	7
DT Tracy Rocker	0.5	0	0	24
DE Marc Spindler	0.0	1	1	30

Cincinnati	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Randy Kirk	1.0	1	0	0	40
DE Jeff Lageman	1.0	0	4	4	31
DT Warren Sapp	0.0	1	1	0	28
DE Al Fontenot	0.0	0	3	0	32
S Rich Miano	0.0	0	1	0	48

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Eric Davis	5	1	33
CB Keith Taylor	4	0	23
S Brad Edwards	3	0	33
CB Ashley Ambrose	3	0	35
OLB Fred Strickland	2	0	33
OLB Michael Knight	1	0	4
S Torin Dorn	1	0	35
S Gary Jones	1	0	19
S Victor Green	1	0	4

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Al Smith	5	1	0	48
CB Randy Fuller	5	0	0	48
CB Troy Vincent	3	3	0	48
S Rich Miano	3	0	0	48
S Chris Oldham	2	1	1	36
OLB Randy Kirk	2	0	0	40
OLB Adimchinobe Macklin	1	1	0	24
CB Chris Barber	1	0	0	37
DT Warren Sapp	1	0	0	28

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Steve Wisniewski	2	6	27	1	48
Ken Reeves	2	5	27	0	48
Flozell Adkins	1	5	26	0	38
Aaron Craver	1	3	15	0	18
Eric Moore	0	2	27	1	48
Melvin Tuten	0	2	27	0	48

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Henry Lush	3	11	26	0	37
Larry Heck	3	5	26	1	37
Wayne Radloff	2	4	26	1	37
David Williams	1	2	26	1	37
Bill Hitchcock	0	2	26	1	37
Dan Majerle	0	1	24	0	30

Special Teams Tackles

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Gary Jones	2	14
Hart Lee Dykes	1	15
Terrell Fletcher	1	15

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Heath Sherman	3	24
Terry Obee	2	14
Dan Majerle	1	9

Participation

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Eric Moore	27	48	---	---	8	83
Ken Reeves	27	48	---	---	---	75
Ebby Laroush	27	48	---	---	---	75
Steve Wisniewski	27	48	---	---	---	75
Melvin Tuten	27	48	---	---	---	75
Eric Davis	---	---	23	33	8	64
Flozell Adkins	26	38	---	---	---	64
Torin Dorn	---	---	24	35	3	62
Mark McGwire	---	---	25	34	3	62
Ted Popson	20	27	---	---	15	62
Bert Emanuel	21	40	---	---	---	61
Brad Edwards	---	---	24	33	2	59
Titus Dixon	17	34	---	---	7	58
Ashley Ambrose	---	---	21	35	2	58
Aaron Craver	15	18	---	---	23	56
Hart Lee Dykes	12	27	---	---	15	54
Fred Strickland	---	---	18	33	2	53
Keith Taylor	---	---	13	23	16	52
Larry Lenon	21	25	---	---	4	50
Marc Spindler	---	---	18	30	1	49
Tracy Rocker	---	---	24	24	---	48
Ben Karpinski	---	---	16	24	5	45
Gary Jones	---	---	11	19	14	44
J.J. Birden	14	29	---	---	---	43
Terrell Fletcher	6	19	---	---	15	40
D'Marco Farr	---	---	14	18	5	37
Willie Gault	1	10	---	---	23	34
Tory Epps	---	---	11	21	2	34
Steve Hendrickson	---	---	13	13	4	30
George Thornton	---	---	10	13	5	28
Michael Knight	---	---	6	4	16	26
Deems May	8	10	---	---	8	26
Curtis Maxie	---	---	8	7	8	23
Victor Green	---	---	2	4	6	12
Dan Rosado	1	10	---	---	---	11
Tyrone Thompson	---	---	1	3	7	11
Billy Ray Smith	---	---	4	1	4	9
Brian Johnston	0	0	---	---	8	8
Drew Brown	0	0	---	---	8	8
Dave Waddy	0	0	---	---	8	8
Blake Brockermeyer	0	0	---	---	8	8
Rohn Stark	0	0	---	---	7	7
Todd Peterson	0	0	---	---	4	4
Timm Rosenbach	0	0	---	---	1	1
Cole Trickel	0	1	---	---	---	1
John Supernaw	0	0	---	---	---	0

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Troy Vincent	---	---	27	48	13	88
Al Smith	---	---	27	48	1	76
Randy Fuller	---	---	27	48	1	76
Rich Miano	---	---	26	48	1	75
Larry Heck	26	37	---	---	10	73
Chris Barber	---	---	15	37	20	72
Wayne Radloff	26	37	---	---	---	63
Rich Gannon	26	37	---	---	---	63
Dan Majerle	24	30	---	---	9	63
David Williams	26	37	---	---	---	63
Bill Hitchcock	26	37	---	---	---	63
Henry Lush	26	37	---	---	---	63
Randy Kirk	---	---	20	40	1	61
Michael Irvin	24	34	---	---	---	58
Tupac Shakur	23	33	---	---	1	57
Chris Oldham	---	---	16	36	1	53
Al Fontenot	---	---	17	32	4	53
Warren Sapp	---	---	21	28	2	51
Yancey Thigpen	19	30	---	---	---	49
Mark Chmura	19	22	---	---	7	48
Jeff Lageman	---	---	14	31	2	47
Adimchinobe Macklin	---	---	19	24	1	44
John Johnson	---	---	6	17	17	40
Toby Wright	---	---	13	19	8	40
John Shannon	---	---	10	16	7	33
Ernie Logan	---	---	13	17	2	32
Clarence Kay	10	12	---	---	7	29
Jon Hand	---	---	7	20	---	27
Heath Sherman	0	1	---	---	24	25
Courtney Hawkins	6	10	---	---	7	23
Riki Ellison	---	---	11	11	---	22
Ryan Wetnight	2	0	---	---	17	19
Larry Long	3	4	---	---	11	18
Bruce Hill	0	0	---	---	17	17
Earnest Byner	0	9	---	---	7	16
June Buenning	---	---	7	8	---	15
Terry Obee	0	0	---	---	14	14
Darrick Brilz	0	0	---	---	10	10
Troy Sadowski	0	0	---	---	10	10
Mike Martin	0	0	---	---	10	10
Fred Lamson	0	0	---	---	10	10
John Kidd	0	0	---	---	8	8
Darrick Brownlow	---	---	1	0	7	8
Cary Blanchard	0	0	---	---	6	6
Rob Johnson	0	0	---	---	2	2
Jeff Hostetler	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	33	4.7
Middle	11	38	3.5
Right	6	25	4.2
None	3	-4	-1.3

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	0	0	0.0
Middle	16	44	2.8
Right	10	47	4.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ebby Laroush	46	23	0	2	3	6	9	4	1

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Rich Gannon	33	21	3	3	5	1	1	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	6	42	4.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	10	71	4.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	5	58	4.5
Long (19+ Yds)	9	2	35	3.9

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	6	1.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	40	2.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	6	105	8.8
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	21	7.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Bert Emanuel	13	8	0	67	40
WR J.J. Birden	9	5	0	50	29
WR Titus Dixon	7	1	1	13	34
WR Hart Lee Dykes	6	1	1	5	27
TE Ted Popson	6	6	0	51	27
RB Larry Lenon	3	2	0	20	25
TE Deems May	1	0	0	0	10
RB Terrell Fletcher	1	0	1	0	19

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Michael Irvin	8	2	3	8	0	34
WR Yancey Thigpen	8	6	0	83	1	30
RB Tupac Shakur	7	6	0	21	0	33
FB Dan Majerle	3	3	0	8	0	30
TE Mark Chmura	2	2	0	30	1	22
WR Courtney Hawkins	2	1	1	1	0	10
WR Earnest Byner	1	0	0	0	0	9
TE Clarence Kay	1	1	0	21	1	12
RB Larry Long	1	0	1	0	0	4

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Larry Lenon	3	3	1.00	4.28
Terrell Fletcher	1	0	0.00	3.00

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Tupac Shakur	6	3	0.50	3.14
Rich Gannon	1	4	4.00	4.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ebby Laroush	6	2	29	4.83	4.48

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Rich Gannon	2	1	13	6.50	5.21

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Bert Emanuel	3	2	29	9.67	5.15
WR J.J. Birden	1	0	0	0.00	5.56
WR Hart Lee Dykes	1	0	0	0.00	0.83
RB Terrell Fletcher	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Tupac Shakur	1	1	13	13.00	3.00
RB Larry Long	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Larry Lenon	1	0
Terrell Fletcher	1	0

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
Rich Gannon	1	0
Dan Majerle	1	1
Tupac Shakur	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ebby Laroush	12	6	5

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Rich Gannon	11	6	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR J.J. Birden	3	1	0
WR Bert Emanuel	3	1	1
TE Ted Popson	2	2	2
WR Titus Dixon	1	1	1
WR Hart Lee Dykes	1	0	0
TE Deems May	1	0	0
RB Larry Lenon	1	1	1

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Yancey Thigpen	3	2	2
WR Michael Irvin	2	0	0
WR Courtney Hawkins	2	1	0
RB Tupac Shakur	2	1	1
TE Clarence Kay	1	1	1
FB Dan Majerle	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 54,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,400 (19,000)
End Zone 10,500 (13,700)
Mezzanine 6,000 (7,900)
Sideline Seats 9,400 (12,100)
Club Seats 5,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 8,700 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	54,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,400 (19,000)
End Zone	10,500 (13,700)
Mezzanine	6,000 (7,900)
Sideline Seats	9,400 (12,100)
Club Seats	5,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	8,700 (9,900)