| AFC Wild Card Playoff - Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals Game Statistics |
| Date: January 8, 2006 Location: Cincinnati, OH |
| Venue: Paul Brown Stadium Attendance: 65870 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 62 F Humidty: 35% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Shayne Graham 23 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Rudi Johnson 20 run (Shayne Graham kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Willie Parker 19 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | T.J. Houshmandzadeh 7 pass from Jon Kitna (Shayne Graham kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Hines Ward 5 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jerome Bettis 5 run (Jeff Reed kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Cedrick Wilson 43 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick) | 28 | 17 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jeff Reed 21 FG | 31 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Antwaan Randle El |
| 86 | WR | Hines Ward |
| 77 | LOT | Marvel Smith |
| 66 | LOG | Alan Faneca |
| 64 | C | Jeff Hartings |
| 73 | ROG | Kendall Simmons |
| 78 | ROT | Max Starks |
| 83 | TE | Heath Miller |
| 7 | QB | Ben Roethlisberger |
| 39 | HB | Willie Parker |
| 35 | FB | Dan Kreider |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Aaron Smith |
| 98 | NT | Casey Hampton |
| 67 | RDE | Kimo Von Oelhoffen |
| 53 | LOLB | Clark Haggans |
| 51 | LILB | James Farrior |
| 50 | RILB | Larry Foote |
| 55 | ROLB | Joey Porter |
| 24 | LCB | Ike Taylor |
| 43 | SS | Troy Polamalu |
| 28 | FS | Chris Hope |
| 26 | RCB | Deshea Townsend |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | T.J. Houshmandzadeh |
| 85 | WR | Chad Johnson |
| 76 | LOT | Levi Jones |
| 65 | LOG | Eric Steinbach |
| 74 | C | Rich Braham |
| 63 | ROG | Bobbie Williams |
| 71 | ROT | Willie Anderson |
| 82 | TE | Reggie Kelly |
| 86 | TE | Tony Stewart |
| 9 | QB | Carson Palmer |
| 32 | RB | Rudi Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Justin Smith |
| 98 | LDT | Bryan Robinson |
| 97 | RDT | John Thornton |
| 91 | RDE | Robert Geathers |
| 99 | SLB | David Pollack |
| 51 | MLB | Odell Thurman |
| 56 | WLB | Brian Simmons |
| 24 | LCB | Deltha O'Neal |
| 26 | SS | Ifeanyi Ohalete |
| 34 | FS | Kevin Kaesviharn |
| 20 | RCB | Tory James |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jerome Bettis | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 25 | 1 |
| Verron Haynes | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Willie Parker | 16 | 38 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Rudi Johnson | 13 | 56 | 4.3 | 20t | 1 |
| Jon Kitna | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Chris Perry | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Kyle Larson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Ben Roethlisberger | 19 | 14 | 73.7 | 0 | 208 | 10.9 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 148.7 |
| Jerome Bettis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Antwaan Randle El | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Jon Kitna | 40 | 24 | 60.0 | 2 | 197 | 4.9 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 60.1 |
| Carson Palmer | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 66 | 66.0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Cedrick Wilson | 3 | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 54 | 1 |
| Willie Parker | 4 | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 19t | 1 |
| Heath Miller | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Verron Haynes | 3 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jerame Tuman | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Chris Perry | 8 | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Kevin Walter | 8 | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Chad Johnson | 6 | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 24 | 0 |
| T.J. Houshmandzadeh | 11 | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 8 | 1 |
| Rudi Johnson | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Matt Schobel | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Chris Henry | 1 | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66 | 0 |
| Reggie Kelly | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| James Farrior | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Troy Polamalu | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Chris Hope | 0 | 5 | 5L | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Chris Gardocki | 3 | 141 | 47.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Kyle Larson | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Antwaan Randle El | 2 | 0 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Keiwan Ratliff | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||
| Jeff Reed | 6 | 358 | 59.7 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||
| Shayne Graham | 4 | 258 | 64.5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Quincy Morgan | 2 | 0 | 40 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ike Taylor | 1 | 0 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Ricardo Colclough | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Tab Perry | 5 | 0 | 119 | 23.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Kevin Walter | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Chris Hoke | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Larry Foote | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| Clark Haggans | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| Troy Polamalu | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Joey Porter | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| David Pollack | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Tyrone Carter | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Foote | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deshea Townsend | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Troy Polamalu | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Farrior | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clark Haggans | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ike Taylor | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andre Frazier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Hope | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joey Porter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Casey Hampton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Morey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryant McFadden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Logan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Hoke | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chidi Iwuoma | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Travis Kirschke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Harrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| T.J. Houshmandzadeh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Pollack | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Odell Thurman | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Kaesviharn | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deltha O'Neal | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ifeanyi Ohalete | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tory James | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Simmons | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Justin Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Geathers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Stewart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Landon Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Robinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Body | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shayne Graham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marcus Wilkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rashad Bauman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hannibal Navies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shaun Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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