Sunday, December 6, 1998
New England Patriots 23, Pittsburgh Steelers 9| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (8-5-0) | 3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 23 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (7-6-0) | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| NWE | PIT | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NWE | Adam Vinatieri 21 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| NWE | Adam Vinatieri 29 yard field goal | 6 | 0 |
| PIT | Norm Johnson 49 yard field goal | 6 | 3 |
| NWE | Terry Glenn 86 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 13 | 3 |
| PIT | Norm Johnson 26 yard field goal | 13 | 6 |
| PIT | Norm Johnson 43 yard field goal | 13 | 9 |
| NWE | Adam Vinatieri 35 yard field goal | 16 | 9 |
| NWE | Robert Edwards 4 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 23 | 9 |
| NWE | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-73-1 | 13-54-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-34-327-1-3 | 21-45-206-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-23 | 3-11 |
| Net pass yards | 304 | 195 |
| Total yards | 377 | 249 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 12-77 | 6-56 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Terry Glenn | NWE | 9 | 193 | 1 | ||||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 21 | 34 | 327 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 6 | 78 | 0 | ||||||||
| Robert Edwards | NWE | 28 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 2 | 29 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tony Simmons | NWE | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| Chris Floyd | NWE | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tony Carter | NWE | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Kordell Stewart | PIT | 21 | 45 | 206 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Jerome Bettis | PIT | 12 | 48 | 0 | ||||||||
| Will Blackwell | PIT | 3 | 47 | 0 | ||||||||
| Courtney Hawkins | PIT | 4 | 30 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mark Bruener | PIT | 3 | 29 | 0 | ||||||||
| PIT | 3 | 21 | 0 | |||||||||
| Hines Ward | PIT | 2 | 19 | 0 | ||||||||
| David Dunn | PIT | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||
| Fred McAfee | PIT | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jon Witman | PIT | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||