| Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 13, 1986 Location: Cincinnati, OH |
| Venue: Riverfront Stadium Attendance: 54283 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 55 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati Bengals | Rodney Holman 32 pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bubby Brister 1 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Cincinnati Bengals | Tim McGee 7 pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Safety, Jeff Hayes forced out of end zone by Dave Edwards | 9 | 14 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Earnest Jackson 1 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 16 | 14 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 24 FG | 19 | 14 |
| 4 | Cincinnati Bengals | Jeff Hayes 61 run (Jim Breech kick) | 19 | 21 |
| 4 | Cincinnati Bengals | Jim Breech 40 FG | 19 | 24 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 44 FG | 22 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Louis Lipps |
| 85 | WR | Calvin Sweeney |
| 65 | LOT | Ray Pinney |
| 60 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 54 | ROG | Terry Long |
| 62 | ROT | Tunch Ilkin |
| 86 | TE | Preston Gothard |
| 6 | QB | Bubby Brister |
| 34 | RB | Walter Abercrombie |
| 43 | FB | Earnest Jackson |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Keith Willis |
| 67 | NT | Gary Dunn |
| 64 | RDE | Edmund Nelson |
| 57 | LOLB | Mike Merriweather |
| 50 | LILB | David Little |
| 56 | RILB | Robin Cole |
| 53 | ROLB | Bryan Hinkle |
| 41 | LCB | Chris Sheffield |
| 21 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 21 | FS | Eric Williams |
| 33 | RCB | Harvey Clayton |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Eddie Brown |
| 80 | WR | Cris Collinsworth |
| 78 | LOT | Anthony Munoz |
| 64 | LOG | Bruce Kozerski |
| 50 | C | Dave Rimington |
| 65 | ROG | Max Montoya |
| 74 | ROT | Brian Blados |
| 82 | TE | Rodney Holman |
| 7 | QB | Boomer Esiason |
| 21 | RB | James Brooks |
| 30 | FB | Bill Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Eddie Edwards |
| 69 | NT | Tim Krumrie |
| 79 | RDE | Ross Browner |
| 90 | LOLB | Emanuel King |
| 91 | LILB | Carl Zander |
| 53 | RILB | Leo Barker |
| 57 | ROLB | Reggie Williams |
| 34 | LCB | Louis Breeden |
| 33 | SS | David Fulcher |
| 26 | FS | Bobby Kemp |
| 24 | RCB | Lewis Billups |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Walter Abercrombie | 13 | 57 | 4.4 | 33 | 0 |
| Earnest Jackson | 17 | 36 | 2.1 | 9 | 1 |
| Bubby Brister | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 9 | 1 |
| Rich Erenberg | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| James Brooks | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 33 | 0 |
| Jeff Hayes | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 61t | 1 |
| Larry Kinnebrew | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Boomer Esiason | 4 | -10 | -2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bubby Brister | 33 | 12 | 36.4 | 0 | 191 | 5.8 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 56.5 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Boomer Esiason | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 1 | 231 | 7.7 | 45 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 84.2 |
| James Brooks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Preston Gothard | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Calvin Sweeney | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 58 | 0 |
| Rich Erenberg | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Weegie Thompson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Louis Lipps | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Bill Johnson | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 17 | 0 |
| James Brooks | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Eddie Brown | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Cris Collinsworth | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Rodney Holman | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 32t | 1 |
| Tim McGee | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Donnie Shell | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Harry Newsome | 6 | 249 | 41.5 | 55 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Jeff Hayes | 4 | 124 | 31.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Boomer Esiason | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Rick Woods | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Tim McGee | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Ray Horton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Donnie Elder | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 25 | 0 | |
| Rick Woods | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Tim McGee | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 27 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Keith Willis | 2.0 |
| Keith Gary | 1.0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |
| David Fulcher | 1.0 |
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