1999 · Week 1
Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns
Sep 12, 1999 · Cleveland Browns Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
It wasn't close — Pittsburgh Steelers beat Cleveland Browns 43–0. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Steelers had just a 42% chance going in. Steelers improve to 1-0; Browns fall to 0-1. Kordell Stewart was the story of the game with 173 passing yards and 1 TD; 35 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD. Steelers out-gained the opponent 476–61 in total yards. Browns turned it over 2 times to Steelers's 0.
Team stats
| PIT | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | First downs | 2 |
| 476 | Total yards | 61 |
| 259 | Passing yards | 52 |
| 217 | Rushing yards | 9 |
| 24/32 | Comp / Att | 6/16 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 3 |
Scoring & key plays
Play-by-play not loaded for this game.
Box score
PIT
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 15/23 | 173 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Tomczak | 8/8 | 78 | 2 | 0 |
| Pete Gonzalez | 1/1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 7 | 35 | 1 |
| Jerome Bettis | 18 | 89 | 0 |
| Richard Huntley | 10 | 41 | 1 |
| Amos Zereoue | 17 | 44 | 0 |
| Jon Witman | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Pete Gonzalez | 2 | -3 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Bettis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Richard Huntley | 5 | 6 | 67 | 2 |
| Hines Ward | 3 | 4 | 51 | 1 |
| Troy Edwards | 4 | 5 | 45 | 0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| Courtney Hawkins | 3 | 5 | 27 | 0 |
| Bobby Shaw | 3 | 3 | 26 | 0 |
| Will Blackwell | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Jon Witman | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Mark Bruener | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
CLE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Detmer | 6/13 | 52 | 0 | 1 |
| Tim Couch | 0/3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Detmer | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Terry Kirby | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sedrick Shaw | 2 | -1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie Shepherd | 2 | 4 | 32 | 0 |
| Kevin Johnson | 2 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
| Terry Kirby | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |