Saturday, December 13, 1997
Pittsburgh Steelers 24, New England Patriots 21 (OT)| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (11-4-0) | 0 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| New England Patriots (9-6-0) | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| PIT | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | NWE | Ben Coates 18 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 7 |
| NWE | Sam Gash 1 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| PIT | Kordell Stewart 1 yard rush (Norm Johnson kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| 3rd | PIT | Norm Johnson 36 yard field goal | 10 | 14 |
| 4th | PIT | Norm Johnson 34 yard field goal | 13 | 14 |
| NWE | Dave Meggett 49 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 13 | 21 | |
| PIT | Mark Bruener 1 yard pass from Kordell Stewart (Yancey Thigpen pass from Kordell Stewart) | 21 | 21 | |
| OT | PIT | Norm Johnson 31 yard field goal | 24 | 21 |
| PIT | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 40-138-1 | 18-42-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 26-48-266-1-2 | 21-36-211-3-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 266 | 211 |
| Total yards | 404 | 253 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-72 | 5-35 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Kordell Stewart | PIT | 26 | 48 | 266 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 10 | 57 | 1 | 20 | ||||
| Jerome Bettis | PIT | 28 | 80 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Charles Johnson | PIT | 6 | 87 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Courtney Hawkins | PIT | 5 | 77 | 0 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Yancey Thigpen | PIT | 5 | 45 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Mark Bruener | PIT | 5 | 43 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| George Jones | PIT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 21 | 36 | 211 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 66 | 1 | 49 | ||||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 5 | 57 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 5 | 39 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 3 | 32 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 5 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Marrio Grier | NWE | 6 | 14 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Vincent Brisby | NWE | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Keith Byars | NWE | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Sam Gash | NWE | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Will Blackwell | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Andre Coleman | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kevin Henry | PIT | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Darren Perry | PIT | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Willie Clay | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lawyer Milloy | NWE | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||