Exhibition Week 1, 1997

played in Pittsburgh, PA

74 degrees, rain, 14 mph wind

New Orleans Saints0300-3
Pittsburgh Steelers70310-20

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:21 PIT - Priest Holmes 12 run (Greg Davis extra point)
2Q: 07:42 NOS - Morten Andersen 42 field goal
3Q: 08:07 PIT - Greg Davis 37 field goal
4Q: 14:54 PIT - Greg Davis 44 field goal
4Q: 11:57 PIT - Anthony Edwards 5 pass from John Supernaw (Greg Davis extra point)

Team StatisticsNOSPIT
Record0-11-0
First Downs1519
- by Rushing05
- by Passing1212
- by Penalty32
Total Net Yards229347
- Offensive Plays5565
- Yards per Play4.165.34
Net Rushing Yards3892
- Rushing Attempts1933
- Yards per Rush2.002.79
Net Passing Yards191255
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt34 - 19 - 230 - 26 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards202261
- Sacks/Yards Lost2/112/6
- Yards per Pass Play5.317.97
Fumbles/Lost1/00/0
3rd Down Conversions1/127/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down8.77.2
4th Down Conversions0/00/0
Penalties/Yards7/4910/53
Punt Returns/Yards3/146/15
Kick Returns/Yards0/01/19
Interception Ret./Yards1/02/0
2pt Conversions0/00/0
Red Zone Visits12
- Red Zone TDs/FGs0/02/0
Avg. Drive StartOWN 22OWN 25
Time of Possession25:3734:23

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
QuarBeganPossFromPlaysYardsResult
115:002:10OWN 2039Punt
18:591:25OWN 2038Punt
14:121:56OWN 203-7Punt
214:512:45OWN 375-4Punt
210:222:47OWN 43532Field Goal
25:181:29OWN 2836Punt
21:531:19OWN 37417Punt
38:024:59OWN 20941Punt
414:461:23OWN 44-1Interception
411:490:56OWN 2034Punt
49:002:13OWN 4763Interception
42:172:17OWN 20766Game
Pittsburgh Steelers
QuarBeganPossFromPlaysYardsResult
112:503:51OWN 15647Punt
17:343:22OWN 24976Touchdown
12:162:25OWN 42515Interception
212:061:44OWN 153-9Punt
27:352:17OWN 2333Punt
23:491:56OWN 1233Punt
20:340:34OWN 20218Half
315:006:58OWN 201260Field Goal
33:033:17OWN 20753Field Goal
413:231:34OPP 17417Touchdown
410:531:53OWN 3333Punt
46:474:30OWN 41059Punt

Game MVP: John Supernaw, Pittsburgh Steelers

Rushing Statistics

New OrleansAttYardsAvgLG10+TD
Larry Long960.67600
Bartholomew Simpson5132.60500
Danny Wuerffel2105.00600
Craig Heyward122.00200
Jake Reed111.00100
Richard Huntley166.00600
PittsburghAttYardsAvgLG10+TD
Priest Holmes26712.731221
Cole Trickel6172.83900
John Supernaw144.00400

Passing Statistics

New OrleansAttCompYardsSk/YdTDLGIntRate
Danny Wuerffel31171932/11022246.8
Ralph Story3290/006070.1
PittsburghAttCompYardsSk/YdTDLGIntRate
John Supernaw17141822/61360130.9
Timm Rosenbach1312790/0027159.9

Receiving Statistics

New OrleansCatchTargYardsAvgYACLGTD
WR Derek Russell586713.4011220
WR Jake Reed485012.5014210
WR Jeff Graham33227.335140
RB Larry Long3462.00060
RB Bartholomew Simpson111515.0016150
TE James Jenkins111111.000110
WR Leonard Klecko151111.000110
WR Sebastian Fannin112020.007200
TE Keith Jennings0100.00000
WR Karl Williams0200.00000
PittsburghCatchTargYardsAvgYACLGTD
WR Hart Lee Dykes67467.6713150
WR Anthony Edwards557114.2027361
WR Yatil Green55479.403230
TE Kendall Gammon445814.5034260
RB Priest Holmes35299.6722270
WR Kevin Alexander2373.50080
WR Bert Emanuel1133.00030

Interception Statistics

New OrleansIntsYardsAvgTD
ILB Kyle Perkins100.000
PittsburghIntsYardsAvgTD
S Torin Dorn100.000
S Victor Green100.000

Fumble Statistics

New OrleansFumbRecovForceTD
Bartholomew Simpson1000
Jake Reed0100
PittsburghFumbRecovForceTD
Gary Jones0010

Punting Statistics

New OrleansPuntYardsAvgNetLGIn20
Will Bryce839849.842.9573
PittsburghPuntYardsAvgNetLGIn20
Dan Stryzinski629449.040.0601

Kicking Statistics

New OrleansFGs40+Yd50+YdLGPAT
Morten Andersen1/11/10/0420/0
PittsburghFGs40+Yd50+YdLGPAT
Greg Davis2/21/10/0442/2

Punt Return Statistics

New OrleansRetYardsAvgTD
Jake Reed3144.70
PittsburghRetYardsAvgTD
Hart Lee Dykes6152.50

Kick Return Statistics

New OrleansRetYardsAvgTD
PittsburghRetYardsAvgTD
Yatil Green11919.00

Defensive Statistics

New OrleansTackAsstSackRPlayPPlay
CB Jim Lyles810.02526
DE Robert Harris621.03129
OLB Brett Wallerstedt610.02625
CB Dewayne Washington520.03029
OLB Barry Minter510.0911
DE Pierce Holt430.52621
DT Darrell Russell410.53130
ILB Kyle Perkins420.02521
DE Marvin Washington410.03125
CB Monty Montgomery310.02929
OLB Jessie Armstead220.077
S Bubba McDowell210.02628
CB Frank Robinson200.02324
ILB Don Davis200.0811
S Brian Jordan130.01618
OLB Dexter Coakley110.082
WR Jake Reed10---------
WR Leonard Klecko10---------
PittsburghTackAsstSackRPlayPPlay
OLB Greg Jones601.01528
S Gary Jones510.01733
ILB Mark McGwire500.0710
S Victor Green420.0923
S Brad Edwards320.01226
CB Ashley Ambrose310.01426
CB Stanley Richard200.01636
ILB Glenn Cadrez200.01223
DE Donnell Johnson120.51521
DT Bill Johnson110.51117
CB John Mangum110.0613
S Torin Dorn110.01432
DE Israel Raybon110.01119
OLB Fred Strickland100.048
DE Ray Agnew100.0825
DT Tory Epps100.01016
DT D'Marco Farr100.055
OLB Alcides Cantanho100.074
RB Priest Holmes10---------
DT Stalin Colinet010.0819

Pass Rush Statistics

New OrleansSackBlockHurryKnockPPlay
DE Robert Harris1.000129
DE Pierce Holt0.501021
DT Darrell Russell0.500030
PittsburghSackBlockHurryKnockPPlay
OLB Greg Jones1.000028
DT Bill Johnson0.501117
DE Donnell Johnson0.501021
DE Ray Agnew0.011025
DE Israel Raybon0.001019
DE N.D. Kalu0.001010

Pass Defense Statistics

New OrleansCaughtDefnsdIntrcpPPlay
CB Jim Lyles80026
CB Monty Montgomery30029
ILB Kyle Perkins20121
CB Frank Robinson20024
OLB Brett Wallerstedt20025
OLB Jessie Armstead2007
OLB Barry Minter20011
CB Dewayne Washington20029
DE Robert Harris11029
S Bubba McDowell10028
S Brian Jordan10018
PittsburghCaughtDefnsdIntrcpPPlay
S Victor Green40123
OLB Greg Jones40028
S Gary Jones30033
CB Ashley Ambrose30026
CB Stanley Richard20036
ILB Mark McGwire11010
CB John Mangum10013
OLB Alcides Cantanho1004
ILB Glenn Cadrez01023
S Torin Dorn00132

Blocking Statistics

New OrleansKeyBlBlOppPancRPlySckAPPly
Patrick Salonen1409018
Zack Freeman13010018
Ike Davis02013114
Tony Jones02011015
Larry Heck02013030
Mike Martin02012026
Ruben Brown01015131
Bruce Wilkerson01012028
PittsburghKeyBlBlOppPancRPlySckAPPly
John Gerak33018121
Barret Robbins16017118
Jeff Blackshear15023021
Kendall Gammon12025022
Ted Popson11116013
Melvin Tuten11015013
Steve Wisniewski04025022
Matt Willig04018016
Dave Waddy03016014
Tim Kohn02018019
Blake Brockermeyer01015016

Special Teams Tackles

New OrleansTacklesSTPlays
Barry Minter311
Frank Robinson221
Tyrone Davis116
Larry Long110
PittsburghTacklesSTPlays
Torin Dorn114
Ted Popson110
Jeff Blackshear14

Participation

New OrleansRPlyOffPPlyOffRPlyDefPPlyDefSTPlyTotal Plays
Brett Wallerstedt------26251869
Darrell Russell------3130869
Frank Robinson------23242168
Robert Harris------3129666
Monty Montgomery------2929866
Dewayne Washington------3029362
Bubba McDowell------2628660
Marvin Washington------3125258
Jake Reed1332------1156
Ruben Brown1531------955
Kyle Perkins------2521854
Jim Lyles------2526253
Larry Heck1330------952
Pierce Holt------2621249
Bartholomew Simpson621------2249
Danny Wuerffel1333---------46
Leonard Klecko1628---------44
Keith Jennings1118------1443
Derek Russell926------843
Larry Long1320------1043
Bruce Wilkerson1228---------40
Mike Martin1226---------38
Ike Davis1314------936
Brian Jordan------1618---34
Patrick Salonen918------633
Barry Minter------9111131
Zack Freeman1018------331
Tony Jones1115---------26
Walt Murphy------1113226
Tyrone Davis34------1623
Don Davis------811322
Sebastian Fannin07------1320
Craig Heyward35------1018
Jeff Graham88---------16
Jessie Armstead------77115
Karl Williams95---------14
Dexter Coakley------82111
Frank Jordan00------99
Ralph Story63---------9
Will Bryce00------88
James Jenkins33---------6
William Carr------1315
Richard Huntley13---------4
Morten Andersen00------33
Peter Tom Willis00------11
Mike Caldwell------00---0
PittsburghRPlyOffPPlyOffRPlyDefPPlyDefSTPlyTotal Plays
Stanley Richard------16362476
Priest Holmes2623------2170
Gary Jones------17331262
Torin Dorn------14321460
Hart Lee Dykes2221------1558
Kendall Gammon2522------1057
Anthony Edwards1523------1856
Greg Jones------15281356
Steve Wisniewski2522------249
Jeff Blackshear2321------448
John Gerak1821------847
Yatil Green1422------945
Glenn Cadrez------1223843
Matt Willig1816------842
Ashley Ambrose------1426141
Tim Kohn1819------340
Brad Edwards------1226139
Ted Popson1613------1039
Donnell Johnson------1521339
Ray Agnew------825437
Dave Waddy1614------737
Aaron Craver108------1836
John Supernaw1619---------35
Barret Robbins1718---------35
Bill Johnson------1117533
Victor Green------923133
Blake Brockermeyer1516---------31
Israel Raybon------1119131
Timm Rosenbach1713---------30
Kevin Alexander1710------229
Melvin Tuten1513---------28
Stalin Colinet------819128
Tory Epps------1016---26
Bert Emanuel1411---------25
Mark McGwire------710320
John Mangum------613---19
N.D. Kalu------510318
D'Marco Farr------55717
Cole Trickel67------215
Fred Strickland------48---12
Alcides Cantanho------74112
Jeff Spek00------88
Dan Stryzinski00------88
Greg Davis00------77
Tyrus McCloud------3227
Earnest Sutton00---------0

Directional Rushing Statistics

DistanceAttYardsAvg
Left111.0
Middle10404.0
Right8-3-0.4
None000.0
DistanceAttYardsAvg
Left7263.7
Middle18271.5
Right8394.9
None000.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New OrleansAttCmp20+BdThDropDfnsHurrKnckIntc
Danny Wuerffel31173412412
Ralph Story320000100
PittsburghAttCmp20+BdThDropDfnsHurrKnckIntc
John Supernaw17143101110
Timm Rosenbach13121000001

Directional Passing Statistics

DistanceAttCompYardsAvg
Screen64213.5
Short (0-8 Yds)107707.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)11811110.1
Long (19+ Yds)7000.0
DistanceAttCompYardsAvg
Screen5261.2
Short (0-8 Yds)20191547.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)334214.0
Long (19+ Yds)225929.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New OrleansTargtCaugtDropdYards20+PPlay
WR Jake Reed84050132
WR Derek Russell85067126
WR Leonard Klecko51111028
RB Larry Long4306020
WR Jeff Graham3302208
WR Karl Williams200005
TE Keith Jennings1000018
RB Bartholomew Simpson11015021
TE James Jenkins1101103
WR Sebastian Fannin1102017
PittsburghTargtCaugtDropdYards20+PPlay
WR Hart Lee Dykes76046021
WR Anthony Edwards55071123
RB Priest Holmes53029123
WR Yatil Green55047122
TE Kendall Gammon44058122
WR Kevin Alexander3207010
WR Bert Emanuel1103011

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New OrleansAttYardsAvgOverall Avg
PittsburghAttYardsAvgOverall Avg
Priest Holmes3113.672.73
John Supernaw144.004.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New OrleansAttCompYardsAvg/AttOverall Avg
Danny Wuerffel1000.006.23
PittsburghAttCompYardsAvg/AttOverall Avg
John Supernaw22147.0010.71

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New OrleansTargetCatchYardsAvg/TargOverall Avg
WR Jake Reed1000.006.25
PittsburghTargetCatchYardsAvg/TargOverall Avg
WR Hart Lee Dykes1199.006.57
WR Anthony Edwards1155.0014.20

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New OrleansRushesConversions
Larry Long30
Bartholomew Simpson10
PittsburghRushesConversions
Priest Holmes51

Third Down Passing Statistics

New OrleansAttCompConversions
Danny Wuerffel721
Ralph Story100
PittsburghAttCompConversions
John Supernaw876
Timm Rosenbach320

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New OrleansTargCatchConversions
WR Jake Reed321
WR Leonard Klecko200
TE Keith Jennings100
RB Larry Long100
WR Karl Williams100
PittsburghTargCatchConversions
WR Hart Lee Dykes332
WR Anthony Edwards222
RB Priest Holmes210
TE Kendall Gammon111
WR Bert Emanuel110
WR Kevin Alexander100
WR Yatil Green111

SectionAttendance
Stadium56,700 (70,700 capacity)
Upper Deck15,600 (20,900)
End Zone11,900 (15,100)
Mezzanine7,200 (8,700)
Sideline Seats11,100 (13,300)
Club Seats7,600 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes3,300 (3,800)