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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers - January 3rd, 1998
New England Patriots 6 at Pittsburgh Steelers 7
Saturday, January 3, 1998
New England Patriots 6, Pittsburgh Steelers 7| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (11-7-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (12-5-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Scoring
| NWE | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Kordell Stewart 40 yard rush (Norm Johnson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | NWE | Adam Vinatieri 31 yard field goal | 3 | 7 |
| 4th | NWE | Adam Vinatieri 46 yard field goal | 6 | 7 |
Team Stats
| NWE | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 19-36-0 | 37-145-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 23-44-264-0-2 | 14-31-134-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-20 | 2-0 |
| Net pass yards | 244 | 134 |
| Total yards | 280 | 279 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-68 | 5-41 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 23 | 44 | 264 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 9 | 104 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Terry Glenn | NWE | 5 | 96 | 0 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Vincent Brisby | NWE | 3 | 37 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Sedrick Shaw | NWE | 10 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 7 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Sam Gash | NWE | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Keith Byars | NWE | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Kordell Stewart | PIT | 14 | 31 | 134 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 68 | 1 | 40 | ||||
| Jerome Bettis | PIT | 25 | 67 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Yancey Thigpen | PIT | 3 | 54 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Courtney Hawkins | PIT | 4 | 28 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Charles Johnson | PIT | 3 | 28 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Will Blackwell | PIT | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Fred McAfee | PIT | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Tim Lester | PIT | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Chris Canty | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 23 | |||||||||
| Steve Israel | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie McGinest | NWE | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Meggett | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Chris Slade | NWE | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Will Blackwell | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | 58 | ||||
| Jason Gildon | PIT | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Levon Kirkland | PIT | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Chad Scott | PIT | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Vrabel | PIT | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
New England Patriots Starting Lineup
| Drew Bledsoe | QB |
| Derrick Cullors | RB |
| Sam Gash | FB |
| Shawn Jefferson | WR |
| Terry Glenn | WR |
| Ben Coates | TE |
| Bruce Armstrong | LT |
| Max Lane | LG |
| Dave Wohlabaugh | C |
| Todd Rucci | RG |
| Zefross Moss | RT |
| Chris Sullivan | LDE |
| Mark Wheeler | LDT |
| Henry Thomas | RDT |
| Willie McGinest | RDE |
| Chris Slade | LLB |
| Ted Johnson | MLB |
| Todd F. Collins | RLB |
| Ty Law | LCB |
| Jimmy Hitchcock | RCB |
| Lawyer Milloy | SS |
| Willie Clay | FS |
Pittsburgh Steelers Starting Lineup
| Kordell Stewart | QB |
| Jerome Bettis | RB |
| Tim Lester | FB |
| Charles Johnson | WR |
| Yancey Thigpen | WR |
| Mark Bruener | TE |
| John Jackson | LT |
| Will Wolford | LG |
| Dermontti Dawson | C |
| Brenden Stai | RG |
| Justin Strzelczyk | RT |
| Nolan Harrison | LDE |
| Joel Steed | NT |
| Kevin Henry | RDE |
| Jason Gildon | LOLB |
| Levon Kirkland | LILB |
| Earl Holmes | RILB |
| Donta Jones | ROLB |
| Chad Scott | LCB |
| Carnell Lake | RCB |
| Myron Bell | SS |
| Darren Perry | FS |