Patriots 23-9 Steelers (6 Dec, 1998) Box Score

New England Patriots

8-5, 3-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE					23
PIT					9

Pittsburgh Steelers

7-6, 5-2 home

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
21/34	327	9.6	1	3	2-23	66.7
21/34	304	9.6	1	3	2-23	66.7

Pittsburgh Passing


Kordell Stewart
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
21/45	206	4.6	0	2	3-11	41.5
21/45	195	4.6	0	2	3-11	41.5

New England Rushing


Robert Edwards
Derick Cullors
Drew Bledsoe
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
28	66	2.4	1	17
1	6	6.0	0	6
5	1	0.2	0	7
34	73	2.1	1	17

Pittsburgh Rushing


Jerome Bettis
Fred McAfee
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
12	48	4.0	14
1	6	6.0	6
13	54	4.2	14

New England Receiving


Terry Glenn
Ben Coates
Shawn Jefferson
Tony Simmons
Chris Floyd
Robert Edwards
Tony Carter
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
9	193	21.4	1	86
6	78	13.0	0	30
2	29	14.5	0	25
1	12	12.0	0	12
1	6	6.0	0	6
1	6	6.0	0	6
1	3	3.0	0	3
21	327	15.6	1	86

Pittsburgh Receiving


Charles Johnson
Will Blackwell
Courtney Hawkins
Mark Bruener
Hines Ward
David Dunn
Jon Witman
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	61	12.2	19
3	47	15.7	22
4	30	7.5	11
3	29	9.7	17
2	19	9.5	10
2	18	9.0	9
2	2	1.0	3
21	206	9.8	22

New England Fumbles


Drew Bledsoe
Robert Edwards
Lawyer Milloy
team

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

Pittsburgh Fumbles


Jerome Bettis
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

New England Defense



Chad Eaton
Ty Law
Lawyer Milloy
Willie Clay
Tebucky Jones
Henry Thomas
Todd Collins
Steve Israel
Marty Moore
Larry Whigham
Chris Sullivan
Chris Slade
Tedy Bruschi
Todd Rucci
Chris Canty
Chris Floyd
Greg Spires
Derick Cullors
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	7	3	0	1	0	0
6	6	0	0	7	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	3	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	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
49	33	3	0	17	0	0

Pittsburgh Defense



Levon Kirkland
Lee Flowers
Kevin Henry
Earl Holmes
Carnell Lake
Darren Perry
Jason Gildon
Carlos Emmons
Joel Steed
Nolan Harrison
Dewayne Washington
Deshea Townsend
John Fiala
Orpheus Roye
Oliver Gibson
Fred McAfee
Lance Brown
Mike Vrabel
Hines Ward
Chris Oldham
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
12	8	0	0	2	0	0
6	6	0	0	2	0	0
6	5	1	0	0	0	0
6	1	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	0	0	2	0	0
5	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	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
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
65	44	2	0	10	0	0

New England Interceptions


Ty Law
Steve Israel
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	10	0
1	1	0
2	11	0

Pittsburgh Interceptions


Earl Holmes
Chris Oldham
Levon Kirkland
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	36	0
1	14	0
1	1	0
3	51	0

New England Kick Returns


Derick Cullors
Chris Canty
Chris Sullivan
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	37	18.5	19
1	15	15.0	15
1	5	5.0	5
4	57	14.3	19

Pittsburgh Kick Returns


David Dunn
Will Blackwell
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	67	22.3	32
3	42	14.0	17
6	109	18.2	32

New England Punt Returns


Chris Canty
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	7	3.5	7	0
2	7	3.5	7	0

Pittsburgh Punt Returns


Courtney Hawkins
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	22	11.0	14	0
2	22	11.0	14	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	35	2/2	11
3/3	100.0	35	2/2	11

Pittsburgh Kicking


Norm Johnson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	49	0/0	9
3/3	100.0	49	0/0	9

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	163	54.3	1	0	63
3	163	54.3	1	0	63

Pittsburgh Punting


Josh Miller
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	208	41.6	0	2	58
5	208	41.6	0	2	58

5:00 AM, 6 December 1998

Attendance: 58,632

Referees:
Dick Hantak

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

Team	W	L

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