PIT 3 @ NE 28 - 1996 NFL

AFC Divisional

Pittsburgh SteelersPIT

#3 seed

3-28

New England PatriotsNE

#2 seed

Sun, January 5, 1997 · 12:30PM · Foxboro Stadium

Attendance: 60,188Surface: grassLine: New England Patriots -3.0O/U: 41.5 (under)

PIT: Bill Cowher · NE: Bill Parcells

PIT

Team Stats

1st Downs

27-123

Rushing

32-194

16-39-110

Passing

15-26-167

213

Scoring

1st Quarter

Curtis Martin 2 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick)

Keith Byars 34 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick)

2nd Quarter

10:07

Curtis Martin 78 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
PIT
Passing
Mike Tomczak	16/29	110	0	2	2	35.1
Kordell Stewart	0/10	0	0	0	1	39.6
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Mike Tomczak	2	20	0	10	0
Kordell Stewart	4	19	0	10	0
Jerome Bettis	13	43	0	11	0
Fred McAfee	5	30	0	10	0
Jon Witman	3	11	0	14	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Jerome Bettis	2	2	-1	0	2
Fred McAfee	3	2	7	0	9
Jon Witman	1	1	-2	0	-2
Andre Hastings	10	5	55	0	23
Kirk Botkin	2	2	20	0	11
Jahine Arnold	9	2	16	0	11
Ernie Mills	2	2	15	0	8
Charles Johnson	7	0	0	0	0
Tim Lester	1	0	0	0	0
Corey Holliday	2	0	0	0
NE
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Drew Bledsoe	14/24	164	1	2	2	58.3
Scott Zolak	1/2	3	0	0	0	56.2
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Drew Bledsoe	1	-1	0	-1	0
Scott Zolak	3	-4	0	-1	0
Curtis Martin	19	166	3	78	0
Dave Meggett	2	18	0	14	0
Keith Byars	2	8	0	7	0
Marrio Grier	5	7	0	4	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Curtis Martin	3	2	9	0	6
Dave Meggett	1	0	0	0	0
Keith Byars	4	4	53	1	34
Terry Glenn	7	3	69	0	53
Shawn Jefferson	4	3	18	0	9
Ben Coates	4	3	18	0	8
Troy Brown	1	0	0	0	0

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
PIT
Chad Brown	8	5	1	1			0	0
Willie Williams	2	2	0	1			0	0
Orpheus Roye	3	2	1	0			0	0
Levon Kirkland	9	5	0	0			0	0
Rod Woodson	7	7	0	0			0	0
Jason Gildon	6	4	0	0			0	0
Jerry Olsavsky	5	4	0	0			0	0
Darren Perry	5	4	0	0			0	0
Joel Steed	4	3	0	0			0	0
Kevin Henry	3	0	0	0			0	0
Bill Johnson	3	1	0	0			0	0
Carnell Lake	2	2	0	0			0	0
Oliver Gibson	2	0	0					0
Myron Bell	1	1	0					0
Deon Figures	1	0	0					0
Chris Oldham	1	1	0					0
NE
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Lawyer Milloy	5	4	0	1			0	0
Willie Clay	3	0	0	1			0	0
Ted Johnson	8	5	1	0			0	0
Chris Slade	8	5	1	0			0	0
Chad Eaton	2	1	0.5	0			0	0
Mike Jones	2	0	0.5	0			0	0
Todd Collins	6	3	0	0			0	0
Willie McGinest	5	3	0	0			0	0
Mark Wheeler	5	3	0	0			0	0
Ty Law	3	2	0	0			0	0
Pio Sagapolutele	2	2	0	0			0	0
Ferric Collons	1	1	0	0			0	0
Otis Smith	1	1	0	0			0	0
Jerome Henderson	6	5	0					0
Corwin Brown	5	4	0					0
Michael McGruder	3	3	0					0
Tedy Bruschi	2	2	0					0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
PIT
Josh Miller	-	-	9	378	42.0	48
Norm Johnson	-	1/1	0	0	-	0
NE
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Adam Vinatieri	4/4	-	0	0	-	0
Tom Tupa	-	-	7	305	43.6	52

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
PIT
Jahine Arnold	0	0	0	5	34	0
Ernie Mills	5	99	0	0	0	0
NE
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Dave Meggett	0	0	0	7	72	0
Troy Brown	2	54	0	0	0	0

PIT

Expected Points Added

-22.7Total22.7

-25.5Off Total-1.1

-28.0Off Pass-6.9

1.8Off Rush2.5

1.1Def Total25.5

6.9Def Pass28.0

-2.5Def Rush-1.8

-0.4

Starting Lineups

PIT

QBMike Tomczak

RBJerome Bettis

FBTim Lester

WRCharles Johnson

WRAndre Hastings

TEJonathan Hayes

LTJohn Jackson

LGWill Wolford

CDermontti Dawson

RGBrenden Stai

PIT at NE, 1996 NFL game