Pittsburgh Steelers at San Diego Chargers

December 24, 2000

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Pittsburgh Steelers	7	17	0	10	34
San Diego Chargers	14	0	7	0	21

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
1:58	SD	TD	Jeff Graham 71 pass from Ryan Leaf (John Carney Kick)	SD 7, Pit 0
2:19	Pit	TD	Will Blackwell 98 kickoff return (Kris Brown Kick)	SD 7, Pit 7
4:40	SD	TD	Rodney Harrison 63 interception return (John Carney Kick)	SD 14, Pit 7
2nd Quarter
6:17	Pit	TD	Courtney Hawkins 5 pass from Kordell Stewart (Kris Brown Kick)	SD 14, Pit 14
12:46	Pit	FG	FG Kris Brown 32	Pit 17, SD 14
14:05	Pit	TD	Kordell Stewart 19 run (Kris Brown Kick)	Pit 24, SD 14
3rd Quarter
10:15	SD	TD	Terrell Fletcher 1 run (John Carney Kick)	Pit 24, SD 21
4th Quarter
2:09	Pit	TD	Kordell Stewart 1 run (Kris Brown Kick)	Pit 31, SD 21
10:53	Pit	FG	FG Kris Brown 28	Pit 34, SD 21

Missed Field Goals: None

Attendance: 50,809

Team Statistics

Pittsburgh Steelers San Diego Chargers

First downs 21 6

Rushes - yards 41 - 131 12 - 31

Passing 185 140

Punt returns 5 - 84 4 - 24

Kickoff returns 4 - 153 5 - 102

Interception returns 1 - 14 2 - 78

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 16 - 33 - 2 15 - 29 - 1

Sacked - yards lost 2 - 5 6 - 31

Punts 6 - 46.3 8 - 51.3

Fumbles - lost 1 - 0 1 - 1

Penalties - yards 1 - 10 8 - 82

Time of possession 39:21 20:39

Passing

Pittsburgh Steelers Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Kordell Stewart 32 16 190 5.94 1 2 30 2 5 52.9

Jerome Bettis 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6

San Diego Chargers Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Ryan Leaf 29 15 171 5.90 1 1 71t 6 31 66.9

Rushing

Pittsburgh Steelers Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Kordell Stewart 10 81 8.1 27 2

Jerome Bettis 26 51 2.0 9 0

Richard Huntley 2 1 0.5 2 0

Kent Graham 3 -2 -0.7 0 0

San Diego Chargers Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Terrell Fletcher 11 25 2.3 11 1

Ryan Leaf 1 6 6.0 6 0

Receiving

Pittsburgh Steelers Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Courtney Hawkins 5 71 14.2 30 1

Hines Ward 4 36 9.0 12 0

Mark Bruener 2 33 16.5 19 0

Richard Huntley 2 30 15.0 16 0

Jerome Bettis 2 10 5.0 7 0

Dan Kreider 1 10 10.0 10 0

San Diego Chargers Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Jeff Graham 5 113 22.6 71t 1

Curtis Conway 4 28 7.0 12 0

Freddie Jones 3 14 4.7 7 0

Terrell Fletcher 1 11 11.0 11 0

Steve Heiden 1 3 3.0 3 0

Fred McCrary 1 2 2.0 2 0

Kickoff Returns

Pittsburgh Steelers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Will Blackwell 3 140 46.7 0 98t 1

Hank Poteat 1 13 13.0 0 13 0

San Diego Chargers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Ronney Jenkins 5 102 20.4 0 29 0

Punt Returns

Pittsburgh Steelers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Hank Poteat 5 84 16.8 0 35 0

San Diego Chargers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Reggie Jones 4 24 6.0 0 9 0

Punting

Pittsburgh Steelers Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Josh Miller 6 278 46.3 54 0 2 0 42.3 4 24

San Diego Chargers Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Darren Bennett 8 410 51.3 62 1 1 0 38.3 5 84

Defense

Pittsburgh Steelers Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Nakia Codie 1 14 14.0 14 0 0.0 0.0

Jason Gildon 0 0 0.0 0 2.0 4.0

Joey Porter 0 0 0.0 0 1.5 10.5

Brent Alexander 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 7.0

Deshea Townsend 0 0 0.0 0 1.5 9.5

San Diego Chargers Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Rodney Harrison 2 78 39.0 63t 1 0.0 0.0

John Parrella 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 4.0

Darren Mickell 0 0 0.0 0 1.0 1.0

2000 NFL Scoreboard
Week 17

Sat, Dec 23, 2000

Jacksonville
NY Giants 25
28 Final

San Francisco
Denver 9
38 Final

Buffalo
Seattle 42
23 Final

Sun, Dec 24, 2000

Chicago
Detroit 23
20 Final

Miami
New England 27
24 Final

St. Louis
New Orleans 26
21 Final

Tampa Bay
Green Bay 14
17 F/OT

Cincinnati
Philadelphia 7
16 Final

Kansas City
Atlanta 13
29 Final

Arizona
Washington 3
20 Final

NY Jets
Baltimore 20
34 Final

Pittsburgh
San Diego 34
21 Final

Minnesota
Indianapolis 10
31 Final

Carolina
Oakland 9
52 Final

Mon, Dec 25, 2000

Dallas
Tennessee 0
31 Final

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