Patriots 28-3 Steelers (5 Jan, 1997) Box Score

Pittsburgh Steelers

10-6, 3-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PIT					3
NE					28

New England Patriots

11-5, 6-2 home

Pittsburgh Passing


Mike Tomczak
Kordell Stewart
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	SACKS	RTG
16/29	110	3.8	2	2-15	35.1
0/10	0	0.0	0	1-5	39.6
16/39	90	2.8	2	3-20	27.4

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
Scott Zolak
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
14/24	164	6.8	1	2	2-15	58.3
1/2	3	1.5	0	0	0-0	56.3
15/26	152	6.4	1	2	2-15	57.7

Pittsburgh Rushing


Jerome Bettis
Fred McAfee
Mike Tomczak
Kordell Stewart
Jon Witman
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
13	43	3.3	11
5	30	6.0	10
2	20	10.0	10
4	19	4.8	10
3	11	3.7	14
27	123	4.6	14

New England Rushing


Curtis Martin
David Meggett
Keith Byars
Marrio Grier
Drew Bledsoe
Scott Zolak
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
19	166	8.7	3	78
2	18	9.0	0	14
2	8	4.0	0	7
5	7	1.4	0	4
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
3	-4	-1.3	0	-1
32	194	6.1	3	78

Pittsburgh Receiving


Andre Hastings
Kirk Botkin
Jahine Arnold
Ernie Mills
Fred McAfee
Jerome Bettis
Jon Witman
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	55	11.0	23
2	20	10.0	11
2	16	8.0	11
2	15	7.5	8
2	7	3.5	9
2	-1	-0.5	2
1	-2	-2.0	-2
16	110	6.9	23

New England Receiving


Terry Glenn
Keith Byars
Ben Coates
Shawn Jefferson
Curtis Martin
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
3	69	23.0	0	53
4	53	13.3	1	34
3	18	6.0	0	8
3	18	6.0	0	9
2	9	4.5	0	6
15	167	11.1	1	53

Pittsburgh Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No Pittsburgh Fumbles

New England Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No New England Fumbles

Pittsburgh Defense



Levon Kirkland
Chad Brown
Rod Woodson
Jason Gildon
Darren Perry
Jerry Olsavsky
Joel Steed
Orpheus Roye
Bill Johnson
Kevin Henry
Carnell Lake
Willie Williams
Chris Oldham
Fred McAfee
Oliver Gibson
Myron Bell
Randy Fuller
Donta Jones
Jon Witman
Deon Figures
Kirk Botkin
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	5	0	0	0	0	0
8	5	1	0	1	0	0
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	1	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
69	41	2	0	4	0	0

New England Defense



Chris Slade
Ted Johnson
Jerome Henderson
Todd Collins
Corwin Brown
Lawyer Milloy
Mark Wheeler
Willie McGinest
Mike McGruder
Ty Law
Tedy Bruschi
Willie Clay
Pio Sagapolutele
Chad Eaton
Michael David Jones
Otis Smith
Ferric Collons
Chris Sullivan
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	5	1	0	0	0	0
8	5	1	0	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0.5	0	0	0	0
2	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	2	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	44	3	0	5	0	0

Pittsburgh Interceptions


Willie Williams
Chad Brown
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0
2	0	0

New England Interceptions


Willie Clay
Lawyer Milloy
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	14	0
1	0	0
2	14	0

Pittsburgh Kick Returns


Ernie Mills
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	99	19.8	36	0
5	99	19.8	36	0

New England Kick Returns


Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	54	27.0	29	0
2	54	27.0	29	0

Pittsburgh Punt Returns


Jahine Arnold
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	34	6.8	16	0
5	34	6.8	16	0

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
7	72	10.3	14	0
7	72	10.3	14	0

Pittsburgh Kicking


Norm Johnson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	29	0/0	3
1/1	100.0	29	0/0	3

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4
0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4

Pittsburgh Punting


Josh Miller
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
9	378	42.0	0	1	48
9	378	42.0	0	1	48

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	305	43.6	1	2	52
7	305	43.6	1	2	52

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