Week 1, 2028

played in Cincinnati, OH

52 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

Pittsburgh Steelers	7	14	0	6	-	27
Cincinnati Bengals	3	3	0	8	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:55 CIN - Stephen Wheeler 39 field goal
1Q: 02:16 PIT - Toby Gerhardt 1 run (Ryan Succop extra point)
2Q: 11:23 CIN - Stephen Wheeler 38 field goal
2Q: 05:16 PIT - Danny Cranford 2 pass from Cam Newton (Ryan Succop extra point)
2Q: 03:55 PIT - J.R. Branch recovered blocked punt in end zone (Ryan Succop extra point)
4Q: 14:51 PIT - Ryan Succop 39 field goal
4Q: 11:38 CIN - Jordan Cameron 4 pass from Archie Griffin (Archie Griffin pass to Curtis Fredericks for conversion)
4Q: 02:15 PIT - Ryan Succop 48 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:55 CIN - Stephen Wheeler 39 field goal
1Q: 02:16 PIT - Toby Gerhardt 1 run (Ryan Succop extra point)
2Q: 11:23 CIN - Stephen Wheeler 38 field goal
2Q: 05:16 PIT - Danny Cranford 2 pass from Cam Newton (Ryan Succop extra point)
2Q: 03:55 PIT - J.R. Branch recovered blocked punt in end zone (Ryan Succop extra point)
4Q: 14:51 PIT - Ryan Succop 39 field goal
4Q: 11:38 CIN - Jordan Cameron 4 pass from Archie Griffin (Archie Griffin pass to Curtis Fredericks for conversion)
4Q: 02:15 PIT - Ryan Succop 48 field goal

Team Statistics PIT CIN
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 15 21
- by Rushing 2 5
- by Passing 12 15
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 289 298
- Offensive Plays 55 77
- Yards per Play 5.25 3.87
Net Rushing Yards 57 81
- Rushing Attempts 23 19
- Yards per Rush 2.48 4.26
Net Passing Yards 232 217
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 20 - 0 55 - 30 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 238 243
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 3/26
- Yards per Pass Play 7.25 3.74
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 6/14 4/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.1 8.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/4
Penalties/Yards 4/20 4/25
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 3/25
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 4/112
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 1/1
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 31
Time of Possession 28:09 31:51

Team Statistics	PIT	CIN
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	15	21
- by Rushing	2	5
- by Passing	12	15
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	289	298
- Offensive Plays	55	77
- Yards per Play	5.25	3.87
Net Rushing Yards	57	81
- Rushing Attempts	23	19
- Yards per Rush	2.48	4.26
Net Passing Yards	232	217
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 20 - 0	55 - 30 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	238	243
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	3/26
- Yards per Pass Play	7.25	3.74
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	6/14	4/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.1	8.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/4
Penalties/Yards	4/20	4/25
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	3/25
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	4/112
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	1/1
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32	OWN 31
Time of Possession	28:09	31:51

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:28	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
1	10:47	0:52	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
1	6:23	4:17	OWN 32	7	68	Touchdown
2	11:16	6:07	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown
2	1:30	1:30	OWN 18	4	32	Half
3	12:27	1:49	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
3	5:44	1:02	OWN 35	3	2	Punt
3	3:11	3:27	OWN 33	9	45	Field Goal
4	11:28	3:07	OWN 20	5	34	Punt
4	5:35	2:24	OPP 37	3	7	Missed FG
4	2:42	0:35	OPP 37	3	6	Field Goal
4	0:09	0:09	OWN 40	1	-2	Game

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:32	2:45	OWN 41	6	37	Field Goal
1	9:55	3:32	OWN 35	6	33	Fumble
1	2:06	5:50	OWN 32	12	47	Field Goal
2	5:09	1:30	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
2	3:39	2:09	OWN 20	6	24	Punt
3	15:00	2:33	OWN 38	6	22	Punt
3	10:38	4:54	OWN 46	9	26	Missed FG
3	4:42	1:31	OWN 16	3	7	Punt
4	14:44	3:16	OWN 44	6	56	Touchdown
4	8:21	2:46	OWN 20	6	-2	Interception
4	3:11	0:29	OWN 37	4	0	Downs
4	2:07	1:58	OWN 33	10	27	Downs

Game MVP: Cam Newton, Pittsburgh Steelers

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	TD
Toby Gerhardt	17	38	2.24	6	1
Kent Cichanski	5	21	4.20	8	0
Cam Newton	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Karl Chapman	12	38	3.17	5	0	0
Curtis Fredericks	7	43	6.14	13	2	0

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Cam Newton	31	20	238	1/6	1	48	0	98.5

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Archie Griffin	55	30	243	3/26	1	34	1	64.4

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR George Gray	5	9	99	19.80	46	48	0
WR Danny Cranford	5	6	42	8.40	16	15	1
WR Donovan Watson	4	6	36	9.00	0	18	0
RB Kent Cichanski	2	3	27	13.50	25	31	0
TE Graham Sellers	1	3	8	8.00	0	8	0
RB Toby Gerhardt	1	1	9	9.00	5	9	0
FB Stanley Havili	1	2	7	7.00	0	7	0
TE Victor Morton	1	1	10	10.00	0	10	0

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Vince Taft	8	12	48	6.00	4	11	0
RB Karl Chapman	6	8	67	11.17	32	34	0
WR Jacoby Ford	4	7	40	10.00	0	14	0
FB Anthony Sherman	4	5	26	6.50	5	9	0
WR Gary Lindquist	3	11	29	9.67	0	15	0
TE Jordan Cameron	2	3	10	5.00	6	6	1
WR Brenden Lipford	1	6	15	15.00	4	15	0
TE Nolan Brooks	1	1	3	3.00	1	3	0
RB Curtis Fredericks	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Peter Gaylor	1	0	0.00	0

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Recov	Force	TD
George Selvie	1	0	0
Sen'Derrick Marks	0	1	0
Patrick Mussi	0	1	0
J.R. Branch	0	0	1

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov
Archie Griffin	1	0
Anthony Sherman	1	0
Jordan Cameron	0	1

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Billy Joe Lowe	5	229	45.8	36.8	56	1

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Matt Bosher	4	122	30.5	25.5	44	1

Kicking Statistics

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ryan Succop	2/3	1/2	0/0	48	3/3

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Stephen Wheeler	2/3	0/1	0/0	39	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gary Lindquist	3	25	8.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Seth McCorvey	3	87	29.0	0
Vince Taft	1	25	25.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Patrick Mussi	6	2	0.0	13	40
S Josh Moseley	6	1	0.0	16	50
DE George Selvie	5	1	0.5	17	45
OLB Juan Gaines	4	3	0.0	15	44
OLB J.R. Branch	4	1	0.0	6	18
CB Wayne Maxwell	4	0	0.0	17	50
CB Kyle Meadows	3	0	0.0	9	42
CB Joseph Weldon	3	0	0.0	1	19
DT Sen'Derrick Marks	2	1	1.0	9	26
DE Scottie Dightman	2	0	1.0	14	41
S Rahim Moore	2	2	0.0	16	45
CB Peter Gaylor	2	1	0.0	16	51
DT B.J. Buckner	2	0	0.0	14	43
ILB Ron Lazer	2	0	0.0	11	13
DE Curtis McMahon	2	0	0.0	9	28
DT Grady Patton	1	3	0.5	12	28
ILB Reggie Fields	1	0	0.0	4	6

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT Nick Fairley	5	0	1.0	17	26
OLB Norman Colon	5	0	0.0	18	28
S Christopher Conte	5	0	0.0	16	25
ILB Kenyon Kennedy	4	1	0.0	21	31
DE Charles Alcott	4	0	0.0	16	28
S Dana Kelleher	3	3	0.0	18	21
CB Kelly Springer	3	1	0.0	18	18
DE Dwayne Compton	2	1	0.0	8	14
DE Walt Fraaije	2	0	0.0	15	18
OLB Rick Burks	2	0	0.0	11	11
CB Seth McCorvey	2	0	0.0	18	29
CB Kenyon Matunda	2	0	0.0	10	14
ILB Levon Newnam	1	1	0.0	10	12
S Kelvin Jefferson	1	0	0.0	7	6
WR Vince Taft	1	0	---	---	---
S Jermale Hines	0	2	0.0	6	12
CB Adam Young	0	2	0.0	5	14
DT Perry Covey	0	1	0.0	7	14
DT Daniel Brazinski	0	1	0.0	16	19

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE Scottie Dightman	1.0	5	41
DT Sen'Derrick Marks	1.0	1	26
DE George Selvie	0.5	1	45
DT Grady Patton	0.5	0	28
DT B.J. Buckner	0.0	1	43
DE Curtis McMahon	0.0	1	28

Cincinnati	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Nick Fairley	1.0	1	2	26
DT Perry Covey	0.0	2	1	14
DE Charles Alcott	0.0	1	2	28
DE Walt Fraaije	0.0	1	0	18

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Patrick Mussi	5	1	0	40
CB Wayne Maxwell	4	0	0	50
CB Joseph Weldon	3	1	0	19
OLB Juan Gaines	3	0	0	44
CB Kyle Meadows	3	0	0	42
OLB J.R. Branch	3	0	0	18
S Josh Moseley	2	1	0	50
S Rahim Moore	2	1	0	45
DE George Selvie	1	0	0	45
ILB Ron Lazer	1	0	0	13
DE Curtis McMahon	1	0	0	28
DE Scottie Dightman	1	0	0	41
ILB Reggie Fields	1	0	0	6
CB Lamar Webb	0	1	0	3
CB Peter Gaylor	0	0	1	51

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Kelly Springer	4	0	18
S Christopher Conte	3	0	25
OLB Norman Colon	2	2	28
CB Seth McCorvey	2	0	29
CB Kenyon Matunda	2	0	14
DE Walt Fraaije	1	0	18
S Kelvin Jefferson	1	0	6
DE Dwayne Compton	1	0	14
ILB Levon Newnam	1	0	12
OLB Rick Burks	1	0	11
DE Charles Alcott	1	0	28
ILB Kenyon Kennedy	1	0	31
CB Adam Young	0	2	14

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Edgar Sinclair	3	4	19	0	28
Rodger Saffold	2	6	21	0	28
Rusty Gothe	1	3	16	0	29
James Brewer	0	4	20	0	24
Jim Carlson	0	2	20	1	24
Archie Roberts	0	1	7	0	3
Richard Makowski	0	1	2	0	4
Harvey Johnston	0	1	3	0	8

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Brandon Fusco	3	8	17	0	49
Winfred Glover	2	5	16	0	50
Les Monroe	1	2	17	1	28
Larry Figley	1	1	19	1	58
Clay Banks	0	1	4	1	34
Les Griffith	0	1	6	0	21
Martin Baxter	0	1	16	0	49

Special Teams Tackles

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Buddy Chisolm	2	21
Victor Morton	2	17
Donovan Watson	1	17
Lamar Webb	1	6
Graham Sellers	1	5

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays

Participation

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Peter Gaylor	---	---	16	51	6	73
Kyle Meadows	---	---	9	42	21	72
Wayne Maxwell	---	---	17	50	4	71
Josh Moseley	---	---	16	50	4	70
George Selvie	---	---	17	45	2	64
Rahim Moore	---	---	16	45	3	64
Juan Gaines	---	---	15	44	4	63
B.J. Buckner	---	---	14	43	3	60
George Gray	21	30	---	---	7	58
Scottie Dightman	---	---	14	41	3	58
Patrick Mussi	---	---	13	40	4	57
Cam Newton	23	32	---	---	---	55
Edgar Sinclair	19	28	---	---	6	53
Ralph Quinn	---	---	6	36	11	53
Rodger Saffold	21	28	---	---	---	49
Rusty Gothe	16	29	---	---	4	49
James Brewer	20	24	---	---	---	44
Jim Carlson	20	24	---	---	---	44
Grady Patton	---	---	12	28	3	43
Stanley Havili	15	17	---	---	11	43
Graham Sellers	19	18	---	---	5	42
Curtis McMahon	---	---	9	28	5	42
Danny Cranford	18	22	---	---	1	41
Sen'Derrick Marks	---	---	9	26	1	36
Toby Gerhardt	18	17	---	---	1	36
Victor Morton	4	14	---	---	17	35
J.R. Branch	---	---	6	18	10	34
Donovan Watson	5	11	---	---	17	33
Buddy Chisolm	2	9	---	---	21	32
Joseph Weldon	---	---	1	19	11	31
Kent Cichanski	5	15	---	---	8	28
Ron Lazer	---	---	11	13	3	27
Kirk Snyder	---	---	4	10	11	25
Nicky Newkirk	8	7	---	---	10	25
Alonzo Hatcher	3	8	---	---	8	19
Archie Roberts	7	3	---	---	8	18
Richard Makowski	2	4	---	---	8	14
Reggie Fields	---	---	4	6	3	13
Dwight Perez	4	4	---	---	4	12
Harvey Johnston	3	8	---	---	1	12
Ryan Succop	0	0	---	---	9	9
Lamar Webb	---	---	0	3	6	9
Billy Joe Lowe	0	0	---	---	5	5
Johnnie Ferderer	0	0	---	---	3	3
Jay Schmidgall	---	---	0	0	3	3
Rico Howe	0	0	---	---	---	0

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Larry Figley	19	58	---	---	1	78
Archie Griffin	19	58	---	---	---	77
Gary Lindquist	11	45	---	---	19	75
Martin Baxter	16	49	---	---	6	71
Brandon Fusco	17	49	---	---	1	67
Vince Taft	13	48	---	---	6	67
Winfred Glover	16	50	---	---	---	66
Jordan Cameron	16	33	---	---	15	64
Norman Colon	---	---	18	28	12	58
Seth McCorvey	---	---	18	29	9	56
Kenyon Kennedy	---	---	21	31	3	55
Nolan Brooks	9	24	---	---	14	47
Charles Alcott	---	---	16	28	3	47
Les Monroe	17	28	---	---	---	45
Karl Chapman	12	33	---	---	---	45
Clay Banks	4	34	---	---	7	45
Anthony Sherman	7	23	---	---	15	45
Nick Fairley	---	---	17	26	2	45
Jacoby Ford	9	22	---	---	13	44
Brenden Lipford	6	29	---	---	8	43
Christopher Conte	---	---	16	25	2	43
Dana Kelleher	---	---	18	21	3	42
Daniel Brazinski	---	---	16	19	7	42
Kelly Springer	---	---	18	18	3	39
Curtis Fredericks	8	29	---	---	2	39
Walt Fraaije	---	---	15	18	2	35
Les Griffith	6	21	---	---	7	34
Kenyon Matunda	---	---	10	14	10	34
Levon Newnam	---	---	10	12	11	33
Charlie Watson	4	4	---	---	22	30
Adam Young	---	---	5	14	11	30
Jermale Hines	---	---	6	12	11	29
Rick Burks	---	---	11	11	3	25
Dwayne Compton	---	---	8	14	2	24
Perry Covey	---	---	7	14	---	21
Vinny Mayes	---	---	3	2	14	19
Kelvin Jefferson	---	---	7	6	3	16
Cornell Lang	---	---	7	4	5	16
Brett Nykolaiszyn	---	---	6	6	2	14
Brandon Burrows	0	1	---	---	7	8
Stephen Wheeler	0	0	---	---	7	7
Matt Bosher	0	0	---	---	4	4
Spencer Vivaldi	0	0	---	---	3	3
Derrick Wayne	0	0	---	---	---	0
Harold Brackens	0	0	---	---	---	0
Ricardo Strickland	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	13	2.6
Middle	16	47	2.9
Right	1	-1	-1.0
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	27	5.4
Middle	3	15	5.0
Right	11	39	3.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Cam Newton	31	20	3	0	2	4	5	5	0

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Archie Griffin	55	30	1	0	9	5	9	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	41	10.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	9	115	7.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	44	5.5
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	38	12.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	7	28	3.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	16	108	5.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	21	7	107	5.1
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR George Gray	9	5	1	99	2	30
WR Danny Cranford	6	5	0	42	0	22
WR Donovan Watson	6	4	1	36	0	11
TE Graham Sellers	3	1	0	8	0	18
RB Kent Cichanski	3	2	0	27	1	15
FB Stanley Havili	2	1	0	7	0	17
RB Toby Gerhardt	1	1	0	9	0	17
TE Victor Morton	1	1	0	10	0	14

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Vince Taft	12	8	1	48	0	48
WR Gary Lindquist	11	3	2	29	0	45
RB Karl Chapman	8	6	1	67	1	33
WR Jacoby Ford	7	4	1	40	0	22
WR Brenden Lipford	6	1	2	15	0	29
FB Anthony Sherman	5	4	1	26	0	23
TE Jordan Cameron	3	2	1	10	0	33
TE Nolan Brooks	1	1	0	3	0	24
RB Curtis Fredericks	1	1	0	5	0	29

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Toby Gerhardt	1	1	1.00	2.24
Kent Cichanski	1	1	1.00	4.20

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Karl Chapman	1	1	1.00	3.17

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Cam Newton	4	4	25	6.25	7.68

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Archie Griffin	3	3	15	5.00	4.42

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Graham Sellers	1	1	8	8.00	2.67
WR Danny Cranford	1	1	2	2.00	7.00
FB Stanley Havili	1	1	7	7.00	3.50
WR Donovan Watson	1	1	8	8.00	6.00

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Karl Chapman	1	1	6	6.00	8.38
TE Jordan Cameron	1	1	4	4.00	3.33
RB Curtis Fredericks	1	1	5	5.00	5.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Toby Gerhardt	4	2

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
Karl Chapman	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Cam Newton	10	7	4

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Archie Griffin	13	6	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Donovan Watson	4	4	3
WR George Gray	3	1	1
WR Danny Cranford	2	1	0
RB Kent Cichanski	1	1	0

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jacoby Ford	4	2	1
RB Karl Chapman	3	2	2
WR Gary Lindquist	3	0	0
WR Vince Taft	2	2	0
WR Brenden Lipford	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 46,200 (65,600 capacity)
Upper Deck 13,300 (19,900)
End Zone 10,500 (14,300)
Mezzanine 6,100 (8,300)
Sideline Seats 9,300 (12,700)
Club Seats 5,500 (7,600)
Luxury Boxes 1,500 (2,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	46,200 (65,600 capacity)
Upper Deck	13,300 (19,900)
End Zone	10,500 (14,300)
Mezzanine	6,100 (8,300)
Sideline Seats	9,300 (12,700)
Club Seats	5,500 (7,600)
Luxury Boxes	1,500 (2,800)