Week 3, 1998

played in Oakland, CA

61 degrees, fair, 6 mph wind

Pittsburgh Steelers	3	10	0	3	-	16
Oakland Raiders	7	0	0	7	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:28 PIT - Greg Davis 32 field goal
1Q: 09:25 OAK - Lamar Thomas 32 pass from Thomas Magnum (David Treadwell extra point)
2Q: 08:36 PIT - Greg Davis 18 field goal
2Q: 03:39 PIT - Dorsey Levens 7 run (Greg Davis extra point)
4Q: 15:00 OAK - Kareem Johnson 9 pass from Thomas Magnum (David Treadwell extra point)
4Q: 00:48 PIT - Greg Davis 19 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:28 PIT - Greg Davis 32 field goal
1Q: 09:25 OAK - Lamar Thomas 32 pass from Thomas Magnum (David Treadwell extra point)
2Q: 08:36 PIT - Greg Davis 18 field goal
2Q: 03:39 PIT - Dorsey Levens 7 run (Greg Davis extra point)
4Q: 15:00 OAK - Kareem Johnson 9 pass from Thomas Magnum (David Treadwell extra point)
4Q: 00:48 PIT - Greg Davis 19 field goal

Team Statistics PIT OAK
Record 2-1 1-2
First Downs 18 21
- by Rushing 8 7
- by Passing 10 12
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 356 312
- Offensive Plays 62 65
- Yards per Play 5.74 4.80
Net Rushing Yards 160 138
- Rushing Attempts 27 35
- Yards per Rush 5.93 3.94
Net Passing Yards 196 174
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 19 - 0 29 - 18 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 202 178
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 1/4
- Yards per Pass Play 5.60 5.80
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/15 7/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.9 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/40 3/21
Punt Returns/Yards 1/7 2/17
Kick Returns/Yards 3/65 2/37
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/3 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 19
Time of Possession 27:06 32:54

Team Statistics	PIT	OAK
Record	2-1	1-2
First Downs	18	21
- by Rushing	8	7
- by Passing	10	12
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	356	312
- Offensive Plays	62	65
- Yards per Play	5.74	4.80
Net Rushing Yards	160	138
- Rushing Attempts	27	35
- Yards per Rush	5.93	3.94
Net Passing Yards	196	174
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 19 - 0	29 - 18 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	202	178
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	1/4
- Yards per Pass Play	5.60	5.80
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/15	7/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.9	7.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/40	3/21
Punt Returns/Yards	1/7	2/17
Kick Returns/Yards	3/65	2/37
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/3	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 19
Time of Possession	27:06	32:54

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:39	OWN 31	4	54	Field Goal
1	9:12	4:59	OWN 24	10	50	Missed FG
2	14:16	1:09	OWN 35	3	-1	Punt
2	12:27	3:57	OPP 24	6	23	Field Goal
2	6:39	3:06	OWN 36	7	64	Touchdown
2	1:54	1:44	OWN 20	5	20	Punt
3	13:18	1:05	OPP 48	3	2	Punt
3	10:04	2:03	OWN 30	3	9	Punt
4	14:54	3:18	OWN 29	6	26	Punt
4	5:35	4:52	OWN 14	15	84	Field Goal

Oakland Raiders
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:21	4:09	OWN 20	9	80	Touchdown
1	4:13	4:57	OWN 33	9	39	Missed FG
2	13:07	0:40	OWN 15	2	1	Interception
2	8:30	1:51	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
2	3:33	1:39	OWN 20	4	28	Punt
2	0:10	0:10	OWN 21	1	-4	Half
3	15:00	1:42	OWN 12	3	0	Punt
3	12:13	2:09	OWN 20	4	14	Punt
3	8:01	8:07	OWN 12	17	88	Touchdown
4	11:36	6:01	OWN 20	10	36	Punt
4	0:43	0:43	OWN 22	3	17	Game

Game MVP: Dorsey Levens, Pittsburgh Steelers

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Dorsey Levens	18	135	7.50	54	5	1
R-Kal De Poyster	9	25	2.78	7	0	0

Oakland	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Omar Epps	27	113	4.19	22	4
Jay Graham	7	23	3.29	9	0
Thomas Magnum	1	2	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Timm Rosenbach	34	19	202	1/6	0	36	0	73.4

Oakland	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Thomas Magnum	29	18	178	1/4	2	32	1	88.0

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Carl Pickens	7	12	98	14.00	14	36
WR Brian Blades	4	8	35	8.75	3	19
RB Dorsey Levens	3	4	27	9.00	17	16
WR Kevin Alexander	3	6	29	9.67	0	21
TE Ted Popson	1	2	4	4.00	0	4
RB R-Kal De Poyster	1	1	9	9.00	0	9
WR Braden Yoon	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Oakland	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Mikhael Ricks	6	8	62	10.33	14	21	0
WR Kareem Johnson	4	5	45	11.25	29	23	1
FB Marc Edwards	3	4	5	1.67	5	6	0
WR Lamar Thomas	2	8	37	18.50	9	32	1
WR Tyrone Brown	2	2	25	12.50	4	19	0
RB Omar Epps	1	2	4	4.00	6	4	0

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Takeo Spikes	1	0	0.00	0

Oakland	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force
Timm Rosenbach	1	0	0
Brandon Bertelsen	0	1	0
Kevin Alexander	0	0	1

Oakland	Fumb	Recov	Force
Jay Graham	1	0	0
Stacey Hairston	0	1	0
Matt Brock	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Dan Stryzinski	5	247	49.4	38.0	57	3

Oakland	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Lee Johnson	5	198	39.6	34.2	52	1

Kicking Statistics

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Greg Davis	3/4	0/1	0/0	32	1/1

Oakland	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
David Treadwell	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Braden Yoon	1	7	7.0	0

Oakland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jay Graham	2	17	8.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg
Stanley Richard	1	20	20.0
Kevin Alexander	1	25	25.0
Braden Yoon	1	20	20.0

Oakland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jay Graham	2	37	18.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Kanavis McGhee	10	3	0.0	35	28
S Brad Edwards	8	2	1.0	34	30
S Darren Woodson	6	0	0.0	34	30
CB Stanley Richard	5	0	0.0	33	27
OLB Vincent Vega	3	2	0.0	21	14
CB Ashley Ambrose	3	1	0.0	34	27
CB John Mangum	2	3	0.0	17	22
OLB Takeo Spikes	2	3	0.0	25	19
DT Kevin Smith	2	2	0.0	23	19
DT Bill Johnson	2	1	0.0	31	24
S Henry Jones	2	0	0.0	6	10
DE Tony McCoy	2	0	0.0	24	26
DE Greg Spires	2	0	0.0	4	1
DT Derrick Ransom	1	2	0.0	22	15
DE N.D. Kalu	1	1	0.0	32	29
OLB Carlos Jenkins	1	0	0.0	7	8
OLB Alcides Cantanho	0	1	0.0	2	1

Oakland	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Aaron Wallace	8	1	0.0	20	27
S Bennie Thompson	7	0	0.0	24	35
CB John Mannelly	5	2	0.0	25	33
S Darren Sharper	5	1	0.0	27	35
DT Matt Brock	4	1	1.0	20	21
ILB Eric Hill	4	2	0.0	27	35
CB Tom Knight	3	1	0.0	18	34
CB Stacey Hairston	3	0	0.0	17	32
S Chase Roberson	2	2	0.0	7	9
CB Donald Frank	2	0	0.0	11	3
ILB Jeff Brady	1	0	0.0	4	7
RB Omar Epps	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Jon Hesse	1	0	0.0	3	1
OLB Darren Hambrick	1	0	0.0	4	3
DT Terry Fazande	0	3	0.0	14	23
DE Glenn Jacobs	0	1	0.0	24	25

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
S Brad Edwards	1.0	0	0	1	30
DE Tony McCoy	0.0	1	0	0	26
DT Kevin Smith	0.0	1	0	0	19
DE N.D. Kalu	0.0	0	1	0	29
OLB Takeo Spikes	0.0	0	0	1	19

Oakland	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Matt Brock	1.0	0	1	21
DE Glenn Jacobs	0.0	1	2	25
CB Stacey Hairston	0.0	1	0	32
DE Michael Sinclair	0.0	0	2	32
DT John Browning	0.0	0	1	3
DE James Roberson	0.0	0	1	10

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Darren Woodson	4	0	0	30
ILB Kanavis McGhee	3	0	0	28
CB Ashley Ambrose	2	1	0	27
S Henry Jones	2	0	0	10
CB Stanley Richard	2	0	0	27
S Brad Edwards	1	1	0	30
CB John Mangum	1	0	0	22
DE Tony McCoy	1	0	0	26
OLB Vincent Vega	1	0	0	14
DE N.D. Kalu	1	0	0	29
OLB Carlos Jenkins	0	1	0	8
OLB Takeo Spikes	0	0	1	19

Oakland	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Aaron Wallace	4	0	27
CB John Mannelly	3	1	33
CB Tom Knight	3	0	34
CB Stacey Hairston	2	1	32
S Darren Sharper	2	1	35
S Bennie Thompson	2	0	35
DT Matt Brock	1	0	21
ILB Eric Hill	1	0	35
ILB Jeff Brady	1	0	7
S Chase Roberson	0	1	9

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Chris Wiltz	7	9	1	27	1	35
Blake Brockermeyer	2	5	0	27	0	35
Jon Runyan	1	5	0	27	0	35
Barret Robbins	1	2	0	27	0	35
Kendall Gammon	1	1	0	22	0	20
Brandon Bertelsen	0	4	0	27	0	35
Aaron Craver	0	1	0	14	0	16

Oakland	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mike Flanagan	6	11	35	0	30
Korey Stringer	5	9	35	0	30
Jorge Diaz	2	4	35	1	30
Marc Edwards	1	3	23	0	18
Rich Tylski	0	4	35	0	30
Lincoln Kennedy	0	2	35	0	30
Mikhael Ricks	0	1	30	0	29

Special Teams Tackles

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Kevin Alexander	2	12
R-Kal De Poyster	1	16
Alcides Cantanho	1	10

Oakland	Tackles	STPlays
Jay Graham	2	19
Marc Edwards	1	14
Tyrone Brown	1	9

Participation

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Darren Woodson	---	---	34	30	9	73
Brandon Bertelsen	27	35	---	---	9	71
Stanley Richard	---	---	33	27	9	69
Carl Pickens	26	32	---	---	8	66
Ashley Ambrose	---	---	34	27	5	66
Brad Edwards	---	---	34	30	1	65
Kanavis McGhee	---	---	35	28	2	65
Timm Rosenbach	27	35	---	---	---	62
Chris Wiltz	27	35	---	---	---	62
Blake Brockermeyer	27	35	---	---	---	62
Barret Robbins	27	35	---	---	---	62
Jon Runyan	27	35	---	---	---	62
N.D. Kalu	---	---	32	29	---	61
Bill Johnson	---	---	31	24	1	56
Brian Blades	23	31	---	---	---	54
Tony McCoy	---	---	24	26	1	51
John Mangum	---	---	17	22	11	50
Kevin Smith	---	---	23	19	6	48
Kendall Gammon	22	20	---	---	5	47
Aaron Craver	14	16	---	---	15	45
Takeo Spikes	---	---	25	19	1	45
Dorsey Levens	18	25	---	---	1	44
Kevin Alexander	11	16	---	---	12	39
Vincent Vega	---	---	21	14	2	37
Derrick Ransom	---	---	22	15	---	37
R-Kal De Poyster	9	11	---	---	16	36
Braden Yoon	4	12	---	---	13	29
Carlos Jenkins	---	---	7	8	10	25
Jeremy Brigham	1	0	---	---	17	18
Ted Popson	5	7	---	---	5	17
Henry Jones	---	---	6	10	---	16
Alcides Cantanho	---	---	2	1	10	13
Amani Toomer	0	1	---	---	12	13
Greg Spires	---	---	4	1	6	11
Jeff Spek	0	0	---	---	9	9
Greg Davis	0	0	---	---	9	9
Dan Stryzinski	0	0	---	---	9	9
John Gerak	0	0	---	---	9	9
Matt Willig	0	0	---	---	9	9
Melvin Tuten	0	0	---	---	9	9
Cole Trickel	2	4	---	---	2	8
Mike Jones	---	---	0	0	8	8
Tyrus McCloud	---	---	1	0	2	3
John Supernaw	0	0	---	---	---	0
Tucker Joseph	0	0	---	---	---	0
Orlando Sheehan	0	0	---	---	---	0

Oakland	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Lamar Thomas	35	30	---	---	13	78
Lincoln Kennedy	35	30	---	---	6	71
Rich Tylski	35	30	---	---	6	71
Stacey Hairston	---	---	17	32	19	68
Eric Hill	---	---	27	35	5	67
Darren Sharper	---	---	27	35	5	67
Michael Sinclair	---	---	26	32	8	66
Thomas Magnum	35	30	---	---	---	65
Korey Stringer	35	30	---	---	---	65
Jorge Diaz	35	30	---	---	---	65
Mike Flanagan	35	30	---	---	---	65
Mikhael Ricks	30	29	---	---	5	64
John Mannelly	---	---	25	33	4	62
Bennie Thompson	---	---	24	35	2	61
Marc Edwards	23	18	---	---	14	55
Tom Knight	---	---	18	34	2	54
Glenn Jacobs	---	---	24	25	4	53
Kareem Johnson	28	25	---	---	---	53
Aaron Wallace	---	---	20	27	5	52
Matt Brock	---	---	20	21	4	45
Omar Epps	27	17	---	---	1	45
Terry Fazande	---	---	14	23	4	41
Jay Graham	8	13	---	---	19	40
Tyrone Brown	12	14	---	---	9	35
Donald Frank	---	---	11	3	14	28
Irv Smith	10	3	---	---	14	27
Eric Hicks	---	---	7	14	4	25
Jeff Brady	---	---	4	7	10	21
John Avery	1	1	---	---	14	16
Chase Roberson	---	---	7	9	---	16
John Browning	---	---	8	3	4	15
James Roberson	---	---	3	10	1	14
Darren Hambrick	---	---	4	3	5	12
David White	---	---	6	0	5	11
Jon Hesse	---	---	3	1	7	11
Shevin Smith	---	---	1	0	8	9
Scott Gragg	0	0	---	---	6	6
Albert Fix	0	0	---	---	6	6
Patrick Mannelly	0	0	---	---	6	6
Lee Johnson	0	0	---	---	5	5
Spike Jones	1	0	---	---	4	5
David Treadwell	0	0	---	---	4	4
Jon Harris	---	---	1	3	---	4
Cedric Rohde	0	0	---	---	1	1
Keyshawn Johnson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Eric Kresser	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	93	10.3
Middle	16	63	3.9
Right	2	4	2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	47	4.3
Middle	16	57	3.6
Right	8	34	4.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Timm Rosenbach	34	19	2	2	0	4	7	0	0

Oakland	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Thomas Magnum	29	18	3	2	2	3	1	2	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	14	3.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	7	35	3.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	7	96	7.4
Long (19+ Yds)	8	2	57	7.1

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	12	1.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	8	82	5.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	3	52	13.0
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	32	8.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Carl Pickens	12	7	98	1	32
WR Brian Blades	8	4	35	0	31
WR Kevin Alexander	6	3	29	1	16
RB Dorsey Levens	4	3	27	0	25
TE Ted Popson	2	1	4	0	7
RB R-Kal De Poyster	1	1	9	0	11
WR Braden Yoon	1	0	0	0	12

Oakland	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Lamar Thomas	8	2	0	37	1	30
TE Mikhael Ricks	8	6	1	62	1	29
WR Kareem Johnson	5	4	1	45	1	25
FB Marc Edwards	4	3	0	5	0	18
RB Omar Epps	2	1	0	4	0	17
WR Tyrone Brown	2	2	0	25	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Dorsey Levens	4	8	2.00	7.50
R-Kal De Poyster	2	1	0.50	2.78

Oakland	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Omar Epps	2	1	0.50	4.19
Jay Graham	1	1	1.00	3.29

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Timm Rosenbach	4	1	12	3.00	5.94

Oakland	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Thomas Magnum	1	1	9	9.00	6.14

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Brian Blades	3	0	0	0.00	4.38
WR Carl Pickens	1	1	12	12.00	8.17

Oakland	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Kareem Johnson	1	1	9	9.00	9.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Dorsey Levens	3	1

Oakland	Rushes	Conversions
Omar Epps	4	1
Thomas Magnum	1	0
Jay Graham	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Timm Rosenbach	11	7	5

Oakland	Att	Comp	Conversions
Thomas Magnum	7	6	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Carl Pickens	4	3	2
WR Brian Blades	3	2	1
WR Kevin Alexander	3	2	2
WR Braden Yoon	1	0	0

Oakland	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Lamar Thomas	2	2	2
WR Kareem Johnson	2	2	1
WR Tyrone Brown	2	2	2
TE Mikhael Ricks	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 66,300 (73,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,000 (22,100)
End Zone 14,400 (15,900)
Mezzanine 8,500 (9,200)
Sideline Seats 13,100 (14,100)
Club Seats 7,700 (8,000)
Luxury Boxes 3,600 (3,700)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	66,300 (73,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,000 (22,100)
End Zone	14,400 (15,900)
Mezzanine	8,500 (9,200)
Sideline Seats	13,100 (14,100)
Club Seats	7,700 (8,000)
Luxury Boxes	3,600 (3,700)