| AFC Divisional Playoff - New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: January 3, 1998 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 61228 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 54 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Kordell Stewart 40 run (Charles Johnson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 31 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 46 FG | 6 | 7 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Sedrick Shaw | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 9 | 0 |
| NE | Derrick Cullors | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
| NE | Drew Bledsoe | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PIT | Kordell Stewart | 11 | 68 | 6.2 | 40t | 1 |
| PIT | Jerome Bettis | 25 | 67 | 2.7 | 14 | 0 |
| PIT | Fred McAfee | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NE | Drew Bledsoe | 44 | 23 | 52.3 | 2 | 264 | 6.0 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 51.7 |
| PIT | Kordell Stewart | 31 | 14 | 45.2 | 1 | 134 | 4.3 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44.3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Shawn Jefferson | 9 | 104 | 11.6 | 19 | 0 |
| NE | Terry Glenn | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 39 | 0 |
| NE | Vincent Brisby | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 20 | 0 |
| NE | Keith Byars | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| NE | Sedrick Shaw | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| NE | Troy Brown | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| NE | Sam Gash | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| NE | Derrick Cullors | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| NE | Lovett Purnell | 0 | 0 | 0L | 0 | |
| PIT | Courtney Hawkins | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PIT | Yancey Thigpen | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 28 | 0 |
| PIT | Charles Johnson | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 10 | 0 |
| PIT | Tim Lester | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| PIT | Will Blackwell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PIT | Jerome Bettis | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Steve Israel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PIT | Chad Scott | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| PIT | Levon Kirkland | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| NE | Tom Tupa | 7 | 294 | 42.0 | 54 | 0 |
| PIT | Josh Miller | 9 | 294 | 32.7 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Dave Meggett | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PIT | Will Blackwell | 4 | 0 | 78 | 19.5 | 58 | 0 |
| PIT | Courtney Hawkins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
| NE | Adam Vinatieri | 3 | 172 | 57.3 | 0 |
| PIT | Norm Johnson | 2 | 106 | 53.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Chris Canty | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PIT | Will Blackwell | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
| PIT | Andre Coleman | 0 | 8 | 8L | 0 | |
| NE | Chris Canty | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PIT | Will Blackwell | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
| PIT | Andre Coleman | 0 | 8 | 8L | 0 | |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| NE | Willie McGinest | 1.5 |
| NE | Chris Slade | 0.5 |
| PIT | Jason Gildon | 1.0 |
| PIT | Mike Vrabel | 1.0 |
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