Steelers 41-27 Patriots (16 Dec, 1995) Box Score

New England Patriots

6-9, 3-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE					27
PIT					41

Pittsburgh Steelers

11-4, 6-2 home

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
39/60	336	5.6	3	1	2-14	89.3
39/60	322	5.6	3	1	2-14	89.3

Pittsburgh Passing


Neil O'Donnell
Kordell Stewart
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
14/25	195	7.8	2	1	1-10	91.3
2/3	41	13.7	0	0	0-0	109.7
16/28	226	8.4	2	1	1-10	93.8

New England Rushing


Curtis Martin
Drew Bledsoe
David Meggett
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
20	120	6.0	32
1	-1	-1.0	-1
2	-2	-1.0	0
23	117	5.1	32

Pittsburgh Rushing


Erric Pegram
Kordell Stewart
Fred McAfee
Ernie Mills
John L. Williams
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
10	36	3.6	0	7
4	25	6.3	1	22
7	23	3.3	0	10
1	8	8.0	0	8
2	3	1.5	0	3
24	95	4.0	1	22

New England Receiving


Vincent Brisby
Ben Coates
Curtis Martin
Sam Gash
Will Moore
Hason Aaron Graham
David Meggett
John Burke
Drew Bledsoe
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7	99	14.1	0	25
11	83	7.5	2	13
8	62	7.8	1	22
3	24	8.0	0	11
3	24	8.0	0	11
3	24	8.0	0	13
2	23	11.5	0	15
1	6	6.0	0	6
1	-9	-9.0	0	-9
39	336	8.6	3	25

Pittsburgh Receiving


Ernie Mills
Yancey Thigpen
Andre Hastings
Mark Bruener
John L. Williams
Fred McAfee
Jonathan Hayes
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
3	99	33.0	1	62
5	91	18.2	1	32
3	16	5.3	0	9
1	14	14.0	0	14
2	11	5.5	0	7
1	3	3.0	0	3
1	2	2.0	0	2
16	236	14.8	2	62

New England Fumbles


Ben Coates
Drew Bledsoe
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
2	2	0

Pittsburgh Fumbles


Chris Oldham
Brentson Buckner
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1
0	0	2

New England Defense



Ricky Reynolds
Willie McGinest
Terry Ray
Ty Law
Chris Slade
Tim Roberts
Myron Guyton
Michael David Jones
Ted Johnson
Troy Barnett
Corwin Brown
Vincent Brown
Jimmy Hitchcock
Aaron Jones
Vernon Lewis
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	1	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	2	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	38	1	0	6	0	0

Pittsburgh Defense



Greg Lloyd
Levon Kirkland
Darren Perry
Willie Williams
Myron Bell
Carnell Lake
Jerry Olsavsky
Kevin Greene
Brentson Buckner
Joel Steed
Ray Seals
Chris Oldham
Bill Johnson
Kevin Henry
Randy Fuller
Donta Jones
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
12	6	0	0	0	0	0
10	6	0	0	0	0	0
9	9	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	0	0	2	0	0
7	4	0	0	1	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	1	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	1
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	1	0	2	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	51	2	0	5	0	4

New England Interceptions


Vincent Brown
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

Pittsburgh Interceptions


Willie Williams
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

New England Kick Returns


Troy Brown
David Meggett
Mike Gisler
John Burke
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	83	20.8	38
2	33	16.5	19
1	8	8.0	8
1	7	7.0	7
8	131	16.4	38

Pittsburgh Kick Returns


Ernie Mills
Tracy Greene
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	134	26.8	38
1	7	7.0	7
6	141	23.5	38

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	0	0.0	0	0
1	0	0.0	0	0

Pittsburgh Punt Returns


Andre Hastings
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	52	17.3	42	0
3	52	17.3	42	0

New England Kicking


Matt Bahr
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	23	1/1	7
2/2	100.0	23	1/1	7

Pittsburgh Kicking


Norm Johnson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/3	66.7	32	5/5	11
2/3	66.7	32	5/5	11

New England Punting


Bryan Jeffrey Wagner
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	209	41.8	0	0	48
5	209	41.8	0	0	48

Pittsburgh Punting


Rohn Stark
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	218	43.6	1	1	64
5	218	43.6	1	1	64

5:00 AM, 16 December 1995

Attendance: 57,158

Referees:
Bernie Kukar

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

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