2009 · Week 3
Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals
Sep 27, 2009 · Paul Brown Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
Cincinnati Bengals held off Pittsburgh Steelers 23–20. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Bengals had just a 36% chance going in. Bengals improve to 2-1; Steelers fall to 1-2. Carson Palmer paced the offense with 183 passing yards and 1 TD; 1 rushing yard.
Team stats
| PIT | CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | First downs | 17 |
| 378 | Total yards | 283 |
| 276 | Passing yards | 183 |
| 102 | Rushing yards | 100 |
| 22/31 | Comp / Att | 20/37 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
PIT
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 22/31 | 276 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Roethlisberger | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Willie Parker | 25 | 93 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Wallace | 7 | 8 | 102 | 0 |
| Willie Parker | 2 | 2 | 36 | 1 |
| Hines Ward | 4 | 5 | 82 | 0 |
| Heath Miller | 5 | 6 | 20 | 0 |
| Santonio Holmes | 1 | 5 | 18 | 0 |
| Matt Spaeth | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Limas Sweed | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
CIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Palmer | 20/37 | 183 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Palmer | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cedric Benson | 16 | 76 | 1 |
| Chris Crocker | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| Jeremi Johnson | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedric Benson | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Chad Johnson | 5 | 11 | 54 | 0 |
| Andre Caldwell | 6 | 9 | 52 | 1 |
| Laveranues Coles | 5 | 7 | 34 | 0 |
| Chris Henry | 1 | 3 | 19 | 0 |
| Brian Leonard | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Daniel Coats | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |