1999 · Week 5
Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills
Oct 10, 1999 · Ralph Wilson Stadium · outdoors · astroturf
Recap
Buffalo Bills escaped with a 24–21 win over Pittsburgh Steelers. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Bills (66%). Bills improve to 4-1; Steelers fall to 2-3. Doug Flutie was the story of the game with 261 passing yards and 3 TDs; 39 rushing yards.
Team stats
| PIT | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | First downs | 23 |
| 264 | Total yards | 372 |
| 216 | Passing yards | 261 |
| 48 | Rushing yards | 111 |
| 21/29 | Comp / Att | 21/32 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
Play-by-play not loaded for this game.
Box score
PIT
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 21/29 | 216 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | -5 | 0 |
| Richard Huntley | 5 | 16 | 0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 13 | 24 | 1 |
| Jon Witman | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hines Ward | 6 | 6 | 67 | 1 |
| Troy Edwards | 4 | 7 | 50 | 1 |
| Richard Huntley | 3 | 3 | 32 | 0 |
| Mitch Lyons | 2 | 3 | 31 | 0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Courtney Hawkins | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Will Blackwell | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Mark Bruener | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Jon Witman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
BUF
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Flutie | 21/32 | 261 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Flutie | 7 | 39 | 0 |
| Jonathan Linton | 15 | 45 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 11 | 27 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Moulds | 6 | 9 | 122 | 1 |
| Andre Reed | 6 | 6 | 68 | 0 |
| Jonathan Linton | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Jay Riemersma | 4 | 9 | 35 | 1 |
| Sam Gash | 3 | 3 | 14 | 1 |
| Sheldon Jackson | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Peerless Price | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |