National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cincinnati 38, Pittsburgh 31
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 4, 2005
Where: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 30°
Head Official: Bernie Kukar
Attendance: 63044
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Cincinnati 71410738
Pittsburgh 1437731
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 4:45
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 7 - Cincinnati 0
Jerome Bettis 1 yd. run (Jeff Reed kick)
1st Quarter - 3:22
Cincinnati TD Pittsburgh 7 - Cincinnati 7
T.J. Houshmandzadeh 43 yd. pass from Carson Palmer (Shayne Graham kick)
1st Quarter - 0:13
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 14 - Cincinnati 7
Quincy Morgan 25 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick)
2nd Quarter - 10:08
Cincinnati TD Pittsburgh 14 - Cincinnati 14
Reggie Kelly 1 yd. pass from Carson Palmer (Shayne Graham kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:57
Cincinnati TD Pittsburgh 14 - Cincinnati 21
T.J. Houshmandzadeh 6 yd. pass from Carson Palmer (Shayne Graham kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:00
Pittsburgh FG Pittsburgh 17 - Cincinnati 21
Jeff Reed 23 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 11:01
Cincinnati FG Pittsburgh 17 - Cincinnati 24
Shayne Graham 30 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 9:05
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 24 - Cincinnati 24
Hines Ward 20 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:57
Cincinnati TD Pittsburgh 24 - Cincinnati 31
Rudi Johnson 1 yd. run (Shayne Graham kick)
4th Quarter - 6:09
Cincinnati TD Pittsburgh 24 - Cincinnati 38
Rudi Johnson 14 yd. run (Shayne Graham kick)
4th Quarter - 2:59
Pittsburgh TD Pittsburgh 31 - Cincinnati 38
Hines Ward 6 yd. pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Jeff Reed kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Cincinnati Pittsburgh
1st Downs 21 28
Rushing 7 9
Passing 12 18
Penalty 2 1
3rd Down Conversions 6-14 6-13
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-1
Punts-Average 5-46.8 3-32.0
Return Yards 258 144
Punts-Returns 1-3 2-8
Kickoffs-Returns 5-197 6-136
Int-Returns 3-58 0-0
Penalties-Yards 4-30 7-70
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-1
Time of Possession 26:42 33:18
Total Net Yards 324 474
Total Plays 64 71
Average Gain 5.1 6.7
Net Yards Rushing 102 95
Rushes 25 28
Average/Rush 4.1 3.4
Net Yards Passing 222 379
Comp-Att 22-38 29-41
Yards/Pass 5.7 8.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-5 2-7
Had Intercepted 0 3
Touchdowns 5 4
Rushing 2 1
Passing 3 3
Other 0 0
Extra Points 5-5 4-4
Field Goals 1-1 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 4-6-67% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Cincinnati Bengals (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Palmer 22/38 227 3 0
Pittsburgh Steelers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Roethlisberger 29/41 386 3 3
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
R. Johnson 21 98 4.7 2 17
T. Houshmandzadeh 1 7 7.0 0 7
C. Palmer 3 -3 -1.0 0 -1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
W. Parker 15 71 4.7 0 17
J. Bettis 8 13 1.6 1 3
H. Ward 1 7 7.0 0 7
B. Roethlisberger 1 2 2.0 0 2
D. Staley 3 2 0.7 0 8
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
T. Houshmandzadeh 5 88 17.6 2 43
C. OchoCinco 5 54 10.8 0 19
C. Henry 5 52 10.4 0 17
R. Kelly 3 12 4.0 1 6
C. Perry 2 12 6.0 0 7
R. Johnson 1 5 5.0 0 5
T. Stewart 1 4 4.0 0 4
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
H. Ward 9 135 15.0 2 31
C. Wilson 4 65 16.2 0 41
A. Randle El 5 47 9.4 0 14
H. Miller 3 44 14.7 0 21
J. Tuman 1 26 26.0 0 26
Q. Morgan 1 25 25.0 1 25
J. Bettis 3 24 8.0 0 9
W. Parker 1 11 11.0 0 11
D. Staley 2 9 4.5 0 5
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. O'Neal 1 37 0
B. Simmons 1 16 0
O. Thurman 1 5 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Pollack 1.0 5.0
J. Smith 1.0 2.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Haggans 1.0 5.0
Tackles
  TK AST
O. Thurman 7 3
L. Johnson 6 4
D. O'Neal 5 1
S. Smith 5 2
B. Simmons 5 4
R. Geathers 3 0
T. James 3 1
I. Ohalete 3 3
R. Bauman 2 0
D. Pollack 2 0
J. Smith 2 2
K. Kaesviharn 2 3
C. Miller 1 0
J. Fanene 1 0
Tackles
  TK AST
C. Hope 9 1
J. Farrior 4 6
B. McFadden 3 0
T. Polamalu 3 0
C. Haggans 3 3
J. Porter 2 1
I. Taylor 2 1
T. Carter 1 0
K. Von Oelhoffen 1 1
C. Hampton 1 2
D. Townsend 1 4
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
W. Parker 2
D. Staley 1
H. Ward 1