Steelers 7-6 Patriots (3 Jan, 1998) Box Score

New England Patriots

10-6, 4-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE					6
PIT					7

Pittsburgh Steelers

10-5, 6-1 home

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
23/44	264	6.0	0	2	2-20	51.7
23/44	244	6.0	0	2	2-20	51.7

Pittsburgh Passing


Kordell Stewart
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
14/31	134	4.3	0	1	2-0	44.3
14/31	134	4.3	0	1	2-0	44.3

New England Rushing


Sedrick Shaw
Derick Cullors
Drew Bledsoe
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
10	22	2.2	9
7	18	2.6	8
2	-4	-2.0	3
19	36	1.9	9

Pittsburgh Rushing


Kordell Stewart
Jerome Bettis
Fred McAfee
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
11	68	6.2	1	40
25	67	2.7	0	14
1	10	10.0	0	10
37	145	3.9	1	40

New England Receiving


Shawn Jefferson
Terry Glenn
Vincent Brisby
Sedrick Shaw
Sam Gash
Troy Brown
Derick Cullors
Keith Byars
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
9	104	11.6	19
5	96	19.2	39
3	37	12.3	20
1	13	13.0	13
1	6	6.0	6
1	6	6.0	6
1	1	1.0	1
2	1	0.5	2
23	264	11.5	39

Pittsburgh Receiving


Yancey Thigpen
Charles Johnson
Courtney Hawkins
Will Blackwell
Jerome Bettis
Tim Lester
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	54	18.0	28
3	28	9.3	10
4	28	7.0	9
1	14	14.0	14
1	7	7.0	7
2	3	1.5	3
14	134	9.6	28

New England Fumbles


Drew Bledsoe
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	2	0
2	2	0

Pittsburgh Fumbles


Jason Gildon
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	2
0	0	2

New England Defense



Lawyer Milloy
Todd Collins
Chris Slade
Ted Johnson
Henry Thomas
Willie McGinest
Jimmy Hitchcock
Mark Wheeler
Ty Law
Chris Canty
Tedy Bruschi
Mike D. Jones
Willie Clay
Steve Israel
Tom Tupa
Marty Moore
Chad Eaton
Chris Sullivan
Chris Carter
Danny Villa
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	7	0	0	2	0	0
8	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	0.5	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
6	2	1.5	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	1	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	1	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	45	2	0	7	0	0

Pittsburgh Defense



Chad Scott
Earl Holmes
Myron Bell
Darren Perry
Joel Steed
Levon Kirkland
Carnell Lake
Donta Jones
Mike Vrabel
Donnell Woolford
Jason Gildon
Nolan Harrison
Randy Fuller
Chris Oldham
Kevin Henry
Jerry Olsavsky
Steve Conley
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	8	0	0	3	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	1	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	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
54	36	2	0	6	0	0

New England Interceptions


Steve Israel
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

Pittsburgh Interceptions


Chad Scott
Levon Kirkland
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	27	0
1	21	0
2	48	0

New England Kick Returns


Chris Canty
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	36	18.0	23	0
2	36	18.0	23	0

Pittsburgh Kick Returns


Will Blackwell
Andre Coleman
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	36	18.0	18
1	8	8.0	8
3	44	14.7	18

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	24	8.0	10	0
3	24	8.0	10	0

Pittsburgh Punt Returns


Will Blackwell
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	78	19.5	58	0
4	78	19.5	58	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	46	0/0	6
2/2	100.0	46	0/0	6

Pittsburgh Kicking


Norm Johnson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1
0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	294	42.0	0	2	54
7	294	42.0	0	2	54

Pittsburgh Punting


Josh Miller
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
9	294	32.7	0	4	46
9	294	32.7	0	4	46

5:00 AM, 3 January 1998

Attendance: 61,228

Referees:
Walt Coleman

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	9	2	.818	320	214
Miami	4	6	.400	181	221
New York	3	8	.273	204	242
New England	3	8	.273	182	248

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