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New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers

December 17, 1989
Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

	1	2	3	4	Total
New England PatriotsNew England (5-10)	3	0	0	7	10
Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh (8-7)	7	7	7	7	28

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter			NE	Pit
Pit	5:15	Tim Worley 8 run (Gary Anderson Kick)	0	7
NE	13:01	FG Jason Staurovsky 20	3	7
2nd Quarter			NE	Pit
Pit	2:41	Merril Hoge 1 run (Gary Anderson Kick)	3	14
3rd Quarter			NE	Pit
Pit	10:24	Louis Lipps 58 run (Gary Anderson Kick)	3	21
4th Quarter			NE	Pit
Pit	9:34	Merril Hoge 2 run (Gary Anderson Kick)	3	28
NE	13:44	Cedric Jones 12 pass from Marc Wilson (Jason Staurovsky Kick)	10	28

Team Stats

	New EnglandNE	PittsburghPit
First downs	26	18
Rushing	7	11
Passing	19	7
Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	403	347
Net Yards Rushing	121	219
Rushing Plays	35	39
Average Gain	3.5	5.6
Net Yards Passing	282	128
Att - Comp - Int	56-27-2	16-9-0
Sacked - Yds Lost	3-15	2-30
Gross Yards Passing	297	158
Avg. Yds/Att	5.3	9.9

	New EnglandNE	PittsburghPit
Punts - Average	5-41.8	5-34.4
Had Blocked	0	0
Punt Returns	1-14	5-46
Kickoff Returns	4-68	2-49
Interception Returns	0-0	2-35
Penalties - Yards	4-25	6-40
Fumbles - Lost	2-1	1-1
Field Goals	1-2	0-0
Third Downs	11-22-50%	6-11-54%
Total Plays	94	57
Average Gain	4.3	6.1
Time of Possession	35:38	24:22

Passing

New England PatriotsNew England	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Marc WilsonM. Wilson	56	27	297	5.3	1	2	21	3	15	55.4

Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Bubby BristerB. Brister	16	9	158	9.9	0	0	33	2	30	90.1

Rushing

New England PatriotsNew England	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Bob PerrymanB. Perryman	16	58	3.62	18	0
John StephensJ. Stephens	14	35	2.50	9	0
Marc WilsonM. Wilson	3	24	8.00	11	0
Irving FryarI. Fryar	1	4	4.00	4	0
George WonsleyG. Wonsley	1	0	0.00	0	0

Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Tim WorleyT. Worley	19	104	5.47	22	1
Merril HogeM. Hoge	15	63	4.20	22	2
Louis LippsL. Lipps	1	58	58.00	58t	1
Tim TyrrellT. Tyrrell	1	3	3.00	3	0
Rick StromR. Strom	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0
Bubby BristerB. Brister	2	-8	-4.00	-2	0

Receiving

New England PatriotsNew England	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Hart Lee DykesH. Dykes	10	130	13.00	21	0
Irving FryarI. Fryar	5	62	12.40	17	0
Eric SieversE. Sievers	5	41	8.20	13	0
Lin DawsonL. Dawson	4	42	10.50	17	0
Cedric JonesC. Jones	2	18	9.00	12t	1
Marv CookM. Cook	1	4	4.00	4	0

Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Merril HogeM. Hoge	2	29	14.50	18	0
Louis LippsL. Lipps	2	33	16.50	21	0
Mike MularkeyM. Mularkey	2	40	20.00	28	0
Rodney CarterR. Carter	1	-4	-4.00	-4	0
Derek HillD. Hill	1	33	33.00	33	0
Mark StockM. Stock	1	27	27.00	27	0

Kickoff Returns

New England PatriotsNew England	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Patrick EguP. Egu	2	26	13.00	0	22	0
Erroll TuckerE. Tucker	1	24	24.00	0	24	0
George WonsleyG. Wonsley	1	18	18.00	0	18	0

Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Rod WoodsonR. Woodson	2	49	24.50	0	28	0

Punt Returns

New England PatriotsNew England	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Irving FryarI. Fryar	1	14	14.00	1	14	0

Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Rod WoodsonR. Woodson	5	46	9.20	0	17	0

Punting

New England PatriotsNew England	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
Jeff FeaglesJ. Feagles	5	209	41.8	51	0	5	46

Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
Harry NewsomeH. Newsome	5	172	34.4	44	0	1	14

Kicking

New England PatriotsNew England	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Jason StaurovskyJ. Staurovsky	1/1	1/2	0/0	1/1	0/1	0/0	0/0	20	37	4

Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Gary AndersonG. Anderson	4/4	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	--	4

Defense

New England PatriotsNew England	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack
Tim GoadT. Goad	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0
TeamTeam	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0

Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack
D.J. JohnsonD. Johnson	1	0	0.00	0	0	0.0
Dwayne WoodruffD. Woodruff	1	35	35.00	35	0	0.0
Tim JohnsonT. Johnson	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0
Aaron JonesA. Jones	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0
David LittleD. Little	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0

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