National Football League
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Cincinnati 23,
Pittsburgh 20
When: 4:15 PM ET, Sunday, September 27, 2009
Where: Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 65°
Head Official: Gene Steratore
Attendance: 64538
Where: Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 65°
Head Official: Gene Steratore
Attendance: 64538
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Pittsburgh | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
SCORING
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter - 6:55 | ||
| Pittsburgh | FG |
Cincinnati 0 - Pittsburgh 3 Jeff Reed 19 yd. field goal |
| 1st Quarter - 1:02 | ||
| Pittsburgh | TD |
Cincinnati 0 - Pittsburgh 10 Willie Parker 27 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 12:44 | ||
| Pittsburgh | FG |
Cincinnati 0 - Pittsburgh 13 Jeff Reed 24 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 0:00 | ||
| Cincinnati | FG |
Cincinnati 3 - Pittsburgh 13 Shayne Graham 34 yd. field goal |
| 3rd Quarter - 13:35 | ||
| Cincinnati | TD |
Cincinnati 9 - Pittsburgh 13 Johnathan Joseph 30 yd. interception return (kick failed) |
| 3rd Quarter - 3:00 | ||
| Pittsburgh | TD |
Cincinnati 9 - Pittsburgh 20 Ben Roethlisberger 1 yd. run (Jeff Reed kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 9:14 | ||
| Cincinnati | TD |
Cincinnati 15 - Pittsburgh 20 Cedric Benson 23 yd. run (pass failed) |
| 4th Quarter - 0:14 | ||
| Cincinnati | TD |
Cincinnati 23 - Pittsburgh 20 Andre Caldwell 4 yd. pass from Carson Palmer (Brian Leonard pass from Carson Palmer) |
TEAMS
Team Stats
| Pittsburgh | Cincinnati | |
| 1st Downs | 17 | 19 |
| Rushing | 7 | 5 |
| Passing | 10 | 12 |
| Penalty | 0 | 2 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 6-12 | 3-12 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 0-1 | 3-3 |
| Punts-Average | 2-42.5 | 5-40.8 |
| Return Yards | 110 | 151 |
| Punts-Returns | 0-0 | 1-17 |
| Kickoffs-Returns | 4-110 | 5-104 |
| Int-Returns | 0-0 | 1-30 |
| Penalties-Yards | 5-51 | 4-30 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Time of Possession | 34:42 | 25:18 |
| Total Net Yards | 373 | 273 |
| Total Plays | 60 | 58 |
| Average Gain | 6.2 | 4.7 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 102 | 100 |
| Rushes | 28 | 19 |
| Average/Rush | 3.6 | 5.3 |
| Net Yards Passing | 271 | 173 |
| Comp-Att | 22-31 | 20-37 |
| Yards/Pass | 8.5 | 4.4 |
| Sacked-Yards Lost | 1-5 | 2-10 |
| Had Intercepted | 1 | 0 |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 3 |
| Rushing | 1 | 1 |
| Passing | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
| Extra Points | 2-2 | 1-3 |
| Field Goals | 2-3 | 1-2 |
| Red Zone Efficiency | 1-3-33% | 1-2-50% |
| Goal To Go Efficiency | 1-3-33% | 1-1-100% |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER STATS
Pittsburgh Steelers
(1-2)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| B. Roethlisberger | 22/31 | 276 | 1 | 1 |
Cincinnati Bengals
(2-1)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| C. Palmer | 20/37 | 183 | 1 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| W. Parker | 25 | 93 | 3.7 | 0 | 24 |
| M. Moore | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| B. Roethlisberger | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 2 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| C. Benson | 16 | 76 | 4.8 | 1 | 23 |
| C. Crocker | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 |
| J. Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Palmer | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| C. OchoCinco | 11 | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 | 21 |
| A. Caldwell | 9 | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 1 | 14 |
| L. Coles | 7 | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | 17 |
| C. Henry | 3 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 |
| B. Leonard | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| D. Coats | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| C. Benson | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| J. Joseph | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| Sks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| C. Hampton | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| J. Harrison | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Sks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| P. Sims | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| R. Geathers | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Tackles | ||
| TK | AST | |
| R. Clark | 7 | 0 |
| I. Taylor | 5 | 1 |
| T. Carter | 3 | 0 |
| W. Gay | 3 | 1 |
| J. Harrison | 3 | 2 |
| C. Hampton | 2 | 0 |
| B. Keisel | 2 | 1 |
| L. Timmons | 2 | 2 |
| J. Farrior | 2 | 3 |
| L. Sweed | 1 | 0 |
| L. Woodley | 1 | 0 |
| D. Townsend | 1 | 2 |
| Tackles | ||
| TK | AST | |
| D. Jones | 5 | 0 |
| J. Joseph | 5 | 1 |
| C. Crocker | 5 | 2 |
| K. Rivers | 5 | 3 |
| L. Hall | 3 | 0 |
| R. Geathers | 3 | 4 |
| A. Odom | 2 | 0 |
| B. Johnson | 2 | 0 |
| R. Maualuga | 2 | 3 |
| R. Williams | 2 | 4 |
| J. Fanene | 1 | 1 |
| D. Peko | 1 | 4 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| No fumbles | |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| No fumbles | |