2001 · Week 16
Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals
Dec 30, 2001 · Paul Brown Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Cincinnati Bengals edged Pittsburgh Steelers 26–23. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Bengals had just a 16% chance going in. Bengals improve to 5-10; Steelers fall to 12-3. Jon Kitna led the way with 411 passing yards and 2 TDs; 6 rushing yards. Bengals out-gained the opponent 552–324 in total yards. Steelers turned it over 4 times to Bengals's 2.
Team stats
| PIT | CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | First downs | 29 |
| 324 | Total yards | 552 |
| 251 | Passing yards | 411 |
| 73 | Rushing yards | 141 |
| 19/35 | Comp / Att | 35/68 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
PIT
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 19/35 | 251 | 3 | 4 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 25 | 55 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| Jon Witman | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaxico Burress | 6 | 10 | 102 | 2 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 5 | 5 | 50 | 1 |
| Hines Ward | 3 | 7 | 42 | 0 |
| Troy Edwards | 2 | 3 | 25 | 0 |
| Bobby Shaw | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 |
| Jon Witman | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Jerame Tuman | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
CIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Kitna | 35/68 | 411 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Kitna | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Corey Dillon | 21 | 91 | 0 |
| Brandon Bennett | 6 | 44 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darnay Scott | 7 | 12 | 113 | 0 |
| Peter Warrick | 10 | 20 | 109 | 0 |
| T.J. Houshmandzadeh | 9 | 15 | 98 | 0 |
| Brandon Bennett | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Danny Farmer | 2 | 4 | 33 | 1 |
| Chad Johnson | 2 | 7 | 25 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Neal | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| Ron Dugans | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Kirk McMullen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |