Carolina Panthers at Pittsburgh Steelers

December 15, 2002

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Carolina Panthers	7	0	0	7	14
Pittsburgh Steelers	7	6	7	10	30

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
6:25	Pit	TD	Plaxico Burress 11 pass from Tommy Maddox (Jeff Reed Kick)	Pit 7, Car 0
12:20	Car	TD	Dee Brown 6 pass from Rodney Peete (Shayne Graham Kick)	Pit 7, Car 7
2nd Quarter
2:46	Pit	FG	FG Jeff Reed 36	Pit 10, Car 7
8:53	Pit	FG	FG Jeff Reed 41	Pit 13, Car 7
3rd Quarter
8:09	Pit	TD	Jerome Bettis 9 run (Jeff Reed Kick)	Pit 20, Car 7
4th Quarter
1:32	Car	TD	Dee Brown 1 run (Shayne Graham Kick)	Pit 20, Car 14
7:49	Pit	FG	FG Jeff Reed 23	Pit 23, Car 14
10:48	Pit	TD	Jerome Bettis 8 run (Jeff Reed Kick)	Pit 30, Car 14

Missed Field Goals: None

Attendance: 58,586

Team Statistics

Carolina Panthers Pittsburgh Steelers

First downs 11 19

Rushes - yards 16 - 50 38 - 129

Passing 81 203

Punt returns 3 - 22 4 - 29

Kickoff returns 7 - 128 3 - 33

Interception returns 1 - 62 1 - -1

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 17 - 34 - 1 21 - 34 - 1

Sacked - yards lost 6 - 45 2 - 12

Punts 6 - 43.2 6 - 35.3

Fumbles - lost 3 - 3 3 - 1

Penalties - yards 4 - 35 1 - 5

Time of possession 20:32 39:28

Passing

Carolina Panthers Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Rodney Peete 27 14 112 4.15 1 0 23 4 27 74.9

Chris Weinke 7 3 14 2.00 0 1 11 2 18 10.7

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

Tommy Maddox 33 20 209 6.33 1 1 47 2 12 76.5

Antwaan Randle El 1 1 6 6.00 0 0 6 0 0 91.7

Rushing

Carolina Panthers Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Muhsin Muhammad 1 20 20.0 20 0

Dee Brown 8 19 2.4 12 1

Nick Goings 3 9 3.0 4 0

Brad Hoover 1 3 3.0 3 0

Rodney Peete 2 0 0.0 0 0

Chris Weinke 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0

Pittsburgh Steelers Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Jerome Bettis 18 73 4.1 9t 2

Amos Zereoue 14 40 2.9 12 0

Antwaan Randle El 2 10 5.0 5 0

Dan Kreider 2 4 2.0 3 0

Hines Ward 1 2 2.0 2 0

Tommy Maddox 1 0 0.0 0 0

Receiving

Carolina Panthers Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Steve Smith 5 57 11.4 23 0

Muhsin Muhammad 5 39 7.8 17 0

Isaac Byrd 2 20 10.0 11 0

Jermaine Wiggins 2 -1 -0.5 3 0

Dee Brown 1 6 6.0 6t 1

Karl Hankton 1 6 6.0 6 0

Nick Goings 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0

Pittsburgh Steelers Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Plaxico Burress 6 120 20.0 47 1

Amos Zereoue 6 31 5.2 10 0

Hines Ward 3 39 13.0 27 0

Dan Kreider 2 2 1.0 3 0

Jerome Bettis 1 9 9.0 9 0

Jerame Tuman 1 6 6.0 6 0

Antwaan Randle El 1 5 5.0 5 0

Verron Haynes 1 3 3.0 3 0

Kickoff Returns

Carolina Panthers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Steve Smith 5 99 19.8 0 29 0

Isaac Byrd 2 29 14.5 0 21 0

Pittsburgh Steelers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Antwaan Randle El 3 33 11.0 0 18 0

Punt Returns

Carolina Panthers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Steve Smith 3 22 7.3 1 10 0

Pittsburgh Steelers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Hank Poteat 4 29 7.3 0 11 0

Punting

Carolina Panthers Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Todd Sauerbrun 6 259 43.2 48 0 1 0 38.3 4 29

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

Josh Miller 6 212 35.3 53 0 3 0 31.7 3 22

Defense

Carolina Panthers Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Mike Minter 1 62 62.0 62 0 0.0 0.0

Mark Fields 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 5.0

Mike Rucker 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 7.0

Pittsburgh Steelers Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Brent Alexander 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 0.0 0.0

Jason Gildon 0 0 0.0 0 0 2.5 16.0

Kendrell Bell 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 9.0

Casey Hampton 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 8.0

Rodney Bailey 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 9.0

Clark Haggans 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 3.0

2002 NFL Scoreboard
Week 15

Sun, Dec 15, 2002

Baltimore
Houston 23
19 Final

Indianapolis
Cleveland 28
23 Final

Carolina
Pittsburgh 14
30 Final

Washington
Philadelphia 21
34 Final

Minnesota
New Orleans 32
31 Final

Oakland
Miami 17
23 Final

Tampa Bay
Detroit 23
20 Final

Jacksonville
Cincinnati 29
15 Final

San Diego
Buffalo 13
20 Final

Seattle
Atlanta 30
24 F/OT

NY Jets
Chicago 13
20 Final

Kansas City
Denver 24
31 Final

Green Bay
San Francisco 20
14 Final

Dallas
NY Giants 7
37 Final

Arizona
St. Louis 28
30 Final

Mon, Dec 16, 2002

New England
Tennessee 7
24 Final

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