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Pittsburgh Steelers 3 at New England Patriots 28

Sunday, January 5, 1997

Pittsburgh Steelers 3, New England Patriots 28

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Pittsburgh Steelers (11-7-0)00303
New England Patriots (12-5-0)1470728

Scoring

PITNWE
1stNWECurtis Martin 2 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick)07
NWEKeith Byars 34 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick)014
2ndNWECurtis Martin 78 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick)021
3rdPITNorm Johnson 29 yard field goal321
4thNWECurtis Martin 23 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick)328

Team Stats

PITNWE
First downs1217
Rush-yards-TDs27-123-032-194-3
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT16-39-110-0-215-26-167-1-2
Sacked-yards3-202-15
Net pass yards90152
Total yards213346
Fumbles-lost0-00-0
Turnovers22
Penalties-yards3-152-21

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Mike Tomczak PIT 16 29 110 0 2 23 2 20 0 10
Andre Hastings PIT 5 55 0 23
Jerome Bettis PIT 13 43 0 11 2 -1 0 2
Fred McAfee PIT 5 30 0 10 2 7 0 9
Kirk Botkin PIT 2 20 0 22
Kordell Stewart PIT 0 10 0 0 0 0 4 19 0 10
Jahine Arnold PIT 2 16 0 22
Ernie Mills PIT 2 15 0 8
Jon Witman PIT 3 11 0 14 1 -2 0 -2
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Curtis Martin NWE 19 166 3 78 2 9 0 6
Drew Bledsoe NWE 14 24 164 1 2 53 1 -1 0 -1
Terry Glenn NWE 3 69 0 53
Keith Byars NWE 2 8 0 7 4 53 1 34
Dave Meggett NWE 2 18 0 14
Shawn Jefferson NWE 3 18 0 9
Ben Coates NWE 3 18 0 8
Marrio Grier NWE 5 7 0 4
Scott Zolak NWE 1 2 3 0 0 3 3 -4 0 -1

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Jahine Arnold PIT 0 0 0 0 5 34 6.8 0 16
Chad Brown PIT 1.0 1 0 0 0
Ernie Mills PIT 0 0 0 0 5 99 19.8 0 36
Orpheus Roye PIT 1.0 0 0 0 0
Willie J. Williams PIT 1 0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Troy Brown NWE 0 0 0 0 2 54 27.0 0 29
Willie Clay NWE 1 14 0 14
Chad Eaton NWE 0.5 0 0 0 0
Ted Johnson NWE 1.0 0 0 0 0
Mike D. Jones NWE 0.5 0 0 0 0
Dave Meggett NWE 0 0 0 0 7 72 10.3 0 14
Lawyer Milloy NWE 1 0 0 0
Chris Slade NWE 1.0 0 0 0 0

Pittsburgh Steelers Starting Lineup

Mike Tomczak QB
Jerome Bettis RB
Tim Lester FB
Charles Johnson WR
Andre Hastings WR
Jonathan Hayes TE
John Jackson LT
Will Wolford LG
Dermontti Dawson C
Brenden Stai RG
Justin Strzelczyk RT
Bill E. Johnson LDE
Joel Steed NT
Kevin Henry RDE
Jason Gildon LOLB
Levon Kirkland LILB
Jerry Olsavsky RILB
Chad Brown ROLB
Rod Woodson LCB
Willie J. Williams RCB
Carnell Lake SS
Darren Perry FS

New England Patriots Starting Lineup

Drew Bledsoe QB
Curtis Martin RB
Shawn Jefferson WR
Terry Glenn WR
Keith Byars TE
Ben Coates TE
Bruce Armstrong LT
William Roberts LG
Dave Wohlabaugh C
Todd Rucci RG
Max Lane RT
Ferric Collons LDE
Mark Wheeler LDT
Pio Sagapolutele RDT
Willie McGinest RDE
Chris Slade LLB
Ted Johnson MLB
Todd F. Collins RLB
Ty Law LCB
Otis Smith RCB
Lawyer Milloy SS
Willie Clay FS