Week 17, 2014

played in Pittsburgh, PA

16 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Cincinnati Bengals	7	3	7	7	-	24
Pittsburgh Steelers	0	3	0	3	-	6

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:15 CIN - Roscoe Parrish 18 pass from Carson Palmer (Claude Weber extra point)
2Q: 05:51 PIT - Dan Carpenter 48 field goal
2Q: 01:04 CIN - Claude Weber 26 field goal
3Q: 01:29 CIN - A.J. Jenkins 10 pass from Carson Palmer (Claude Weber extra point)
4Q: 12:35 PIT - Dan Carpenter 56 field goal
4Q: 02:14 CIN - Jonathan Dwyer 1 run (Claude Weber extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:15 CIN - Roscoe Parrish 18 pass from Carson Palmer (Claude Weber extra point)
2Q: 05:51 PIT - Dan Carpenter 48 field goal
2Q: 01:04 CIN - Claude Weber 26 field goal
3Q: 01:29 CIN - A.J. Jenkins 10 pass from Carson Palmer (Claude Weber extra point)
4Q: 12:35 PIT - Dan Carpenter 56 field goal
4Q: 02:14 CIN - Jonathan Dwyer 1 run (Claude Weber extra point)

Team Statistics CIN PIT
Record 10-6 2-14
First Downs 17 10
- by Rushing 5 1
- by Passing 11 8
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 354 190
- Offensive Plays 64 61
- Yards per Play 5.53 3.11
Net Rushing Yards 120 27
- Rushing Attempts 28 20
- Yards per Rush 4.29 1.35
Net Passing Yards 234 163
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 22 - 0 38 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 258 185
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/24 3/22
- Yards per Pass Play 6.50 3.98
Fumbles/Lost 3/1 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/15 2/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.1 9.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/2
Penalties/Yards 6/40 11/85
Punt Returns/Yards 5/83 2/29
Kick Returns/Yards 3/73 1/23
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 42 OWN 24
Time of Possession 30:30 29:30

Team Statistics	CIN	PIT
Record	10-6	2-14
First Downs	17	10
- by Rushing	5	1
- by Passing	11	8
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	354	190
- Offensive Plays	64	61
- Yards per Play	5.53	3.11
Net Rushing Yards	120	27
- Rushing Attempts	28	20
- Yards per Rush	4.29	1.35
Net Passing Yards	234	163
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 22 - 0	38 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	258	185
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/24	3/22
- Yards per Pass Play	6.50	3.98
Fumbles/Lost	3/1	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/15	2/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.1	9.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/2
Penalties/Yards	6/40	11/85
Punt Returns/Yards	5/83	2/29
Kick Returns/Yards	3/73	1/23
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 42	OWN 24
Time of Possession	30:30	29:30

Drive Charts

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:38	1:21	50	3	-3	Punt
1	11:07	3:52	OWN 42	6	13	Punt
1	5:20	1:16	OWN 34	3	66	Touchdown
1	1:27	1:32	OWN 43	3	9	Punt
2	12:57	1:39	OWN 48	5	24	Missed FG
2	5:46	4:49	OWN 48	11	43	Field Goal
3	15:00	1:23	OWN 19	3	2	Punt
3	11:49	1:36	OWN 20	4	40	Punt
3	8:25	1:49	OWN 42	4	46	Fumble
3	4:16	2:57	OWN 48	6	52	Touchdown
4	12:27	2:30	OWN 37	4	11	Punt
4	8:25	2:26	OWN 28	3	2	Punt
4	4:52	2:46	OPP 41	5	41	Touchdown
4	1:35	1:35	OPP 25	5	8	Game

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:22	OWN 25	2	25	Fumble
1	13:17	2:10	OWN 38	3	-14	Punt
1	7:15	1:55	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
1	4:04	2:37	OWN 27	3	0	Punt
2	14:55	1:58	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
2	11:18	5:32	OWN 35	12	34	Field Goal
2	0:57	0:57	OWN 25	5	20	Half
3	13:37	1:48	OWN 28	4	16	Punt
3	10:13	1:48	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
3	6:36	2:20	OWN 12	4	11	Punt
3	1:19	3:52	OWN 25	7	36	Field Goal
4	9:57	1:32	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
4	5:59	1:07	OWN 28	6	13	Downs
4	2:06	0:31	OWN 25	4	0	Downs

Game MVP: Carson Palmer, Cincinnati Bengals

Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Jonathan Dwyer	16	65	4.06	12	1	1
RB Mackenzie Ellard	8	42	5.25	25	1	0
QB Carson Palmer	3	12	4.00	10	1	0
WR Kennedy Bentsen	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Le'Veon Bell	8	18	2.25	10	1
RB Terry Alcott	7	14	2.00	7	0
RB Charles Sims	4	-8	-2.00	1	0
QB Cam Newton	1	3	3.00	3	0

Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Carson Palmer	33	22	258	3/24	2	45	0	110.4

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Cam Newton	38	22	185	3/22	0	25	0	70.6

Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Kennedy Bentsen	8	11	180	22.50	119	45	0
WR Roscoe Parrish	3	3	29	9.67	0	18	1
TE Vonta Leach	2	3	13	6.50	0	8	0
TE Alex Smith	2	3	2	1.00	0	1	0
RB Jonathan Dwyer	2	2	7	3.50	9	4	0
TE Marcos Rhodes	2	3	6	3.00	0	4	0
WR A.J. Jenkins	2	6	15	7.50	0	10	1
WR Mike Willams	1	1	6	6.00	5	6	0
TE Jimmy Graham	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Le'Veon Bell	5	6	28	5.60	5	11
WR Shaquille Brooks	3	5	46	15.33	22	25
WR Devin Hester	3	8	21	7.00	12	12
TE Greg Olsen	3	5	30	10.00	8	18
WR Josh Cribbs	2	4	7	3.50	0	8
RB Charles Sims	2	2	27	13.50	24	25
TE Troy Niklas	2	3	16	8.00	5	10
WR D.J. Hackett	1	4	9	9.00	0	9
RB Terry Alcott	1	1	1	1.00	0	1

Interception Statistics

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force
WR A.J. Jenkins	1	1	0
QB Carson Palmer	1	0	0
WR Kennedy Bentsen	1	0	0
CB Marcus McCauley	0	1	0
WR Mike Willams	0	1	0
OLB Jose May	0	0	1
DT Sylvester Williams	0	0	1

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force
RB Le'Veon Bell	1	0	0
RB Charles Sims	1	0	0
G Manuel Ramirez	0	1	0
OLB Stewart Bradley	0	1	0
T John Terry	0	0	1
CB Dwight Bentley	0	0	1
DE Kawann Short	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Matt McBriar	7	323	46.1	30.6	52	2

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Britton Colquitt	8	381	47.6	34.8	57	1

Kicking Statistics

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Claude Weber	1/2	0/1	0/0	26	3/3

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dan Carpenter	2/2	2/2	1/1	56	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
A.J. Jenkins	5	83	16.6	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Devin Hester	2	29	14.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Marcus McCauley	3	73	24.3	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Josh Cribbs	1	23	23.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Keith Rivers	7	0	0.0	19	36
DE Darrell Shrophire	6	0	1.5	17	37
CB Quintin Demps	6	1	0.0	20	41
S Scott Patton	6	1	0.0	19	41
OLB Tanner Mostizky	5	1	0.0	19	36
DT Rob Ninkovich	3	0	1.0	15	28
CB Morris Claiborn	3	0	0.0	14	32
CB Marcus McCauley	2	0	0.0	20	41
OLB Jose May	2	0	0.0	10	19
DE Leroy Hill	1	2	0.5	15	24
S Mike Richardson	1	1	0.0	18	27
DT Ra'Shon Harris	1	1	0.0	6	20
DT Sylvester Williams	1	1	0.0	18	26

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB A. J. Klein	7	3	0.0	27	31
ILB Kaluka Maiava	7	2	0.0	17	24
OLB Clay Matthews	7	1	0.0	26	34
S Dawan Landry	4	0	0.0	13	19
DE Kawann Short	3	0	1.5	26	35
CB Patrick Robinson	3	1	0.0	17	34
S Andrew Sendejo	3	0	0.0	26	34
CB Dwight Bentley	3	0	0.0	9	15
DT Johnny Jolly	2	2	0.0	23	27
OLB Stewart Bradley	2	0	0.0	28	31
CB Dre Kirkpatrick	2	0	0.0	15	18
DE Andre Branch	1	2	1.0	10	16
DE Hunter Vergara	1	2	0.5	14	16
CB Al Afalava	1	2	0.0	22	20
S Quinton Carter	1	0	0.0	21	21

Pass Rush Statistics

Cincinnati	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Darrell Shrophire	1.5	0	2	3	37
DT Rob Ninkovich	1.0	0	0	0	28
DE Leroy Hill	0.5	0	0	0	24
OLB Keith Rivers	0.0	1	0	0	36
OLB Jose May	0.0	0	1	0	19
DT Sylvester Williams	0.0	0	1	0	26

Pittsburgh	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Kawann Short	1.5	1	2	35
DE Andre Branch	1.0	0	0	16
DE Hunter Vergara	0.5	0	0	16
DT Johnny Jolly	0.0	1	1	27
OLB Stewart Bradley	0.0	1	0	31
DT Corvey Irvin	0.0	1	0	10

Pass Defense Statistics

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Keith Rivers	5	3	36
CB Quintin Demps	5	0	41
OLB Tanner Mostizky	4	0	36
OLB Jose May	3	0	19
CB Morris Claiborn	2	1	32
CB Marcus McCauley	2	0	41
DE Leroy Hill	1	0	24
S Scott Patton	0	2	41
CB Nevin Lawson	0	1	5

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Clay Matthews	5	1	34
CB Patrick Robinson	4	1	34
CB Dwight Bentley	4	0	15
ILB Kaluka Maiava	2	1	24
CB Dre Kirkpatrick	2	0	18
S Andrew Sendejo	1	1	34
S Dawan Landry	1	0	19
S Quinton Carter	1	0	21
DE Kawann Short	1	0	35
OLB A. J. Klein	1	0	31

Blocking Statistics

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Xavier Su'a-Filo	3	7	28	0	36
T Kevin Boothe	3	4	28	2	36
G Owen Sampson	3	4	28	1	36
C Joe Hawley	1	6	28	0	36
T Nick Kingsblood	1	3	28	0	36
TE Marcos Rhodes	0	1	6	0	10

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Aaron Howard	1	7	20	0	41
G Manuel Ramirez	1	4	20	0	41
T James Brewer	0	3	20	1	41
C Brian Schwenke	0	3	20	0	41
T John Terry	0	2	20	1	41
RB Le'Veon Bell	0	0	9	1	24

Special Teams Tackles

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Alex Smith	2	12
Matt Overton	1	9

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
John Terry	3	13
Devin Hester	2	18
Le'Veon Bell	1	25
Troy Niklas	1	24
Josh Cribbs	1	8

Participation

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Marcus McCauley	---	---	20	41	14	75
T Kevin Boothe	28	36	---	---	9	73
G Owen Sampson	28	36	---	---	9	73
T Nick Kingsblood	28	36	---	---	9	73
G Xavier Su'a-Filo	28	36	---	---	9	73
WR Kennedy Bentsen	28	36	---	---	1	65
QB Carson Palmer	28	36	---	---	---	64
C Joe Hawley	28	36	---	---	---	64
CB Quintin Demps	---	---	20	41	2	63
S Scott Patton	---	---	19	41	2	62
OLB Keith Rivers	---	---	19	36	2	57
WR A.J. Jenkins	20	29	---	---	8	57
OLB Tanner Mostizky	---	---	19	36	1	56
DE Darrell Shrophire	---	---	17	37	1	55
TE Vonta Leach	13	16	---	---	25	54
OLB Jose May	---	---	10	19	24	53
CB Morris Claiborn	---	---	14	32	1	47
S Mike Richardson	---	---	18	27	1	46
DT Sylvester Williams	---	---	18	26	2	46
DT Rob Ninkovich	---	---	15	28	1	44
TE Alex Smith	14	15	---	---	12	41
RB Jonathan Dwyer	19	21	---	---	1	41
DE Leroy Hill	---	---	15	24	1	40
RB Mackenzie Ellard	9	13	---	---	16	38
DT Ra'Shon Harris	---	---	6	20	9	35
WR Mike Willams	7	3	---	---	25	35
TE Marcos Rhodes	6	10	---	---	18	34
S Devan Masucci	---	---	3	14	17	34
WR Roscoe Parrish	12	18	---	---	1	31
TE Jimmy Graham	12	19	---	---	---	31
DT Erick Evans	---	---	3	11	9	23
CB Nevin Lawson	---	---	1	5	16	22
OLB Nick Perry	---	---	1	5	12	18
DT Byron Moore	---	---	2	8	---	10
P Matt McBriar	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Matt Overton	0	0	---	---	9	9
WR Jordan Narayan	0	0	---	---	7	7
K Claude Weber	0	0	---	---	7	7
WR Eugene Covington	0	0	---	---	4	4
S Cody Talley	---	---	0	0	3	3
G Elijah Norris	0	0	---	---	---	0
C T. J. Johnson	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Vernon McKnight	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Justin Leyva	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Jack Mewhort	0	0	---	---	---	0
DE Shaun Bridges	---	---	0	0	---	0

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
T John Terry	20	41	---	---	13	74
G Manuel Ramirez	20	41	---	---	10	71
G Aaron Howard	20	41	---	---	10	71
T James Brewer	20	41	---	---	10	71
WR Devin Hester	17	32	---	---	18	67
OLB Clay Matthews	---	---	26	34	3	63
DE Kawann Short	---	---	26	35	2	63
S Andrew Sendejo	---	---	26	34	2	62
OLB Stewart Bradley	---	---	28	31	2	61
QB Cam Newton	20	41	---	---	---	61
C Brian Schwenke	20	41	---	---	---	61
WR Shaquille Brooks	19	36	---	---	5	60
OLB A. J. Klein	---	---	27	31	2	60
TE Greg Olsen	19	38	---	---	1	58
S Quinton Carter	---	---	21	21	16	58
RB Le'Veon Bell	9	24	---	---	25	58
ILB Kaluka Maiava	---	---	17	24	14	55
DT Johnny Jolly	---	---	23	27	2	52
CB Al Afalava	---	---	22	20	10	52
CB Patrick Robinson	---	---	17	34	1	52
CB Dre Kirkpatrick	---	---	15	18	15	48
TE Troy Niklas	5	13	---	---	24	42
DE Hunter Vergara	---	---	14	16	7	37
S Dawan Landry	---	---	13	19	1	33
ILB Rennie Curran	---	---	3	7	22	32
WR D.J. Hackett	11	15	---	---	5	31
WR Josh Cribbs	5	17	---	---	8	30
DT Corvey Irvin	---	---	11	10	9	30
DE Andre Branch	---	---	10	16	---	26
CB Dwight Bentley	---	---	9	15	---	24
RB Terry Alcott	7	14	---	---	1	22
WR Michael Clayton	1	3	---	---	17	21
RB Charles Sims	4	5	---	---	9	18
P Britton Colquitt	0	0	---	---	10	10
C Caden Poole	0	0	---	---	10	10
T Lane Johnson	0	0	---	---	8	8
FB Mo Fassnacht	2	5	---	---	---	7
K Dan Carpenter	0	0	---	---	5	5
DT Otis Finley	---	---	0	4	---	4
TE Mason Pritchett	1	3	---	---	---	4
QB Joe Flacco	0	0	---	---	---	0
OLB Wesley Duran	---	---	0	0	---	0
G Dakota Dozier	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Greg Robinson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	38	5.4
Middle	14	63	4.5
Right	6	20	3.3
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	6	2.0
Middle	11	18	1.6
Right	6	3	0.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Carson Palmer	33	22	4	0	3	4	4	3	0

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Cam Newton	38	22	2	0	4	7	4	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	68	13.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	88	6.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	39	4.9
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	63	10.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	3	4	0.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	15	121	6.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	4	60	5.5
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Kennedy Bentsen	11	8	0	180	4	36
WR A.J. Jenkins	6	2	1	15	0	29
TE Vonta Leach	3	2	0	13	0	16
TE Alex Smith	3	2	1	2	0	15
WR Roscoe Parrish	3	3	0	29	0	18
TE Marcos Rhodes	3	2	1	6	0	10
RB Jonathan Dwyer	2	2	0	7	0	21
TE Jimmy Graham	1	0	0	0	0	19
WR Mike Willams	1	1	0	6	0	3

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Devin Hester	8	3	1	21	0	32
RB Le'Veon Bell	6	5	0	28	0	24
WR Shaquille Brooks	5	3	0	46	1	36
TE Greg Olsen	5	3	1	30	0	38
WR D.J. Hackett	4	1	1	9	0	15
WR Josh Cribbs	4	2	0	7	0	17
TE Troy Niklas	3	2	1	16	0	13
RB Charles Sims	2	2	0	27	1	5
RB Terry Alcott	1	1	0	1	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Jonathan Dwyer	4	9	2.25	4.06
QB Carson Palmer	2	9	4.50	4.00
RB Mackenzie Ellard	2	1	0.50	5.25

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Carson Palmer	7	6	53	7.57	7.82

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Kennedy Bentsen	3	2	20	6.67	16.36
TE Alex Smith	1	1	1	1.00	0.67
WR Roscoe Parrish	1	1	18	18.00	9.67
RB Jonathan Dwyer	1	1	4	4.00	3.50
WR A.J. Jenkins	1	1	10	10.00	2.50

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
QB Carson Palmer	2	0
RB Jonathan Dwyer	2	1
RB Mackenzie Ellard	1	1

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
QB Cam Newton	1	0
RB Le'Veon Bell	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Carson Palmer	9	4	3

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Cam Newton	12	5	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR A.J. Jenkins	3	1	1
WR Kennedy Bentsen	2	2	2
TE Vonta Leach	1	0	0
TE Alex Smith	1	0	0
WR Roscoe Parrish	1	1	0
TE Marcos Rhodes	1	0	0

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Devin Hester	3	0	0
TE Greg Olsen	3	2	1
WR Josh Cribbs	2	1	0
RB Le'Veon Bell	2	1	0
WR Shaquille Brooks	1	0	0
TE Troy Niklas	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 36,500 (70,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 9,400 (20,900)
End Zone 7,700 (15,100)
Mezzanine 4,500 (8,700)
Sideline Seats 7,000 (13,300)
Club Seats 4,900 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	36,500 (70,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	9,400 (20,900)
End Zone	7,700 (15,100)
Mezzanine	4,500 (8,700)
Sideline Seats	7,000 (13,300)
Club Seats	4,900 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,800)