Week 1, 2016

played in Cincinnati, OH

84 degrees, fair, 12 mph wind

Pittsburgh Steelers	3	3	17	3	-	26
Cincinnati Bengals	7	3	0	10	-	20

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:15 PIT - Justin Tucker 26 field goal
1Q: 01:13 CIN - Jeremy Hill 57 run (Manuel Bennett extra point)
2Q: 08:20 PIT - Justin Tucker 31 field goal
2Q: 04:54 CIN - Manuel Bennett 44 field goal
3Q: 08:43 PIT - Jimmy Graham 8 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Justin Tucker extra point)
3Q: 06:06 PIT - Markus Wheaton 26 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Justin Tucker extra point)
3Q: 01:19 PIT - Justin Tucker 47 field goal
4Q: 07:25 CIN - Jeremy Hill 4 run (Manuel Bennett extra point)
4Q: 02:28 PIT - Justin Tucker 23 field goal
4Q: 00:02 CIN - Manuel Bennett 24 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:15 PIT - Justin Tucker 26 field goal
1Q: 01:13 CIN - Jeremy Hill 57 run (Manuel Bennett extra point)
2Q: 08:20 PIT - Justin Tucker 31 field goal
2Q: 04:54 CIN - Manuel Bennett 44 field goal
3Q: 08:43 PIT - Jimmy Graham 8 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Justin Tucker extra point)
3Q: 06:06 PIT - Markus Wheaton 26 pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Justin Tucker extra point)
3Q: 01:19 PIT - Justin Tucker 47 field goal
4Q: 07:25 CIN - Jeremy Hill 4 run (Manuel Bennett extra point)
4Q: 02:28 PIT - Justin Tucker 23 field goal
4Q: 00:02 CIN - Manuel Bennett 24 field goal

Team Statistics PIT CIN
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 21 21
- by Rushing 4 8
- by Passing 13 12
- by Penalty 4 1
Total Net Yards 323 438
- Offensive Plays 65 64
- Yards per Play 4.97 6.84
Net Rushing Yards 93 158
- Rushing Attempts 28 21
- Yards per Rush 3.32 7.52
Net Passing Yards 230 280
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 19 - 2 42 - 28 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 252 282
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/22 1/2
- Yards per Pass Play 6.22 6.51
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 5/14 3/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.1 8.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/18 15/112
Punt Returns/Yards 1/1 1/8
Kick Returns/Yards 2/45 2/47
Interception Ret./Yards 2/56 2/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/3 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 39 OWN 24
Time of Possession 32:06 27:54

Team Statistics	PIT	CIN
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	21	21
- by Rushing	4	8
- by Passing	13	12
- by Penalty	4	1
Total Net Yards	323	438
- Offensive Plays	65	64
- Yards per Play	4.97	6.84
Net Rushing Yards	93	158
- Rushing Attempts	28	21
- Yards per Rush	3.32	7.52
Net Passing Yards	230	280
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 19 - 2	42 - 28 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	252	282
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/22	1/2
- Yards per Pass Play	6.22	6.51
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	5/14	3/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.1	8.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/18	15/112
Punt Returns/Yards	1/1	1/8
Kick Returns/Yards	2/45	2/47
Interception Ret./Yards	2/56	2/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/3	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 39	OWN 24
Time of Possession	32:06	27:54

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:45	OWN 20	8	43	Punt
1	10:20	5:12	OWN 39	9	52	Field Goal
1	0:51	1:05	OWN 20	4	15	Punt
2	12:13	3:59	OWN 20	9	66	Field Goal
2	4:47	2:19	OWN 24	6	53	Interception
2	1:35	0:24	OWN 29	2	0	Interception
2	0:45	0:45	50	3	-5	Punt
3	11:59	3:27	OPP 41	7	41	Touchdown
3	7:12	1:17	OPP 30	3	30	Touchdown
3	2:53	1:39	OPP 31	3	1	Field Goal
4	14:50	2:55	OWN 31	6	21	Punt
4	7:19	4:57	OWN 48	7	46	Field Goal

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:15	0:55	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
1	5:08	4:17	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
2	14:46	2:33	OWN 37	6	26	Punt
2	8:14	3:27	OWN 20	6	53	Field Goal
2	2:28	0:53	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
2	1:11	0:26	OWN 48	2	16	Interception
3	15:00	3:01	OWN 24	5	24	Fumble
3	8:32	1:20	OWN 25	2	5	Fumble
3	5:55	3:02	OWN 20	7	24	Interception
3	1:14	1:24	OWN 20	4	3	Punt
4	11:55	4:36	OWN 20	12	80	Touchdown
4	2:22	2:22	OWN 20	9	73	Field Goal

Game MVP: Markus Wheaton, Pittsburgh Steelers

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Le'Veon Bell	23	59	2.57	14	1
Ben Roethlisberger	2	25	12.50	18	1
Will Johnson	2	3	1.50	2	0
Richard Clemons	1	6	6.00	6	0

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Jeremy Hill	12	115	9.58	57	2	2
Giovani Bernard	7	28	4.00	12	2	0
Andy Dalton	2	15	7.50	9	0	0

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ben Roethlisberger	34	19	252	3/22	2	30	2	74.6

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Andy Dalton	42	28	282	1/2	0	32	2	65.8

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Markus Wheaton	9	15	147	16.33	55	30	1
WR Michael Crabtree	2	5	21	10.50	0	16	0
WR Antonio Brown	2	4	37	18.50	5	26	0
TE Jimmy Graham	2	3	19	9.50	5	11	1
FB Will Johnson	2	2	8	4.00	2	6	0
RB Le'Veon Bell	2	3	20	10.00	0	15	0
TE Heath Miller	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Darrius Heyward-Bey	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR A.J. Green	9	11	118	13.11	11	32
WR Marvin Jones	5	10	74	14.80	34	31
RB Jeremy Hill	5	6	14	2.80	15	10
RB Giovani Bernard	3	3	21	7.00	25	9
WR Mario Alford	3	4	41	13.67	14	21
TE Tyler Eifert	1	3	-1	-1.00	0	-1
FB Tyler Spaulding	1	3	12	12.00	8	12
WR Jason Parker	1	1	3	3.00	0	3

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Trumaine Johnson	1	25	25.00	0
ILB Ryan Shazier	1	31	31.00	0

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB E.J. Biggers	1	0	0.00	0
ILB Charlie Banks	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force
Le'Veon Bell	1	1	0
Patrick Robinson	0	1	0
Xavier Small	0	1	0
Mike Mitchell	0	0	1
Cameron Heyward	0	0	1

Cincinnati	Fumb	Force
Giovani Bernard	1	0
Jeremy Hill	1	0
Reggie Nelson	0	1

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ike Perkins	4	176	44.0	27.0	55	0

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Kevin Huber	4	176	44.0	38.8	51	0

Kicking Statistics

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Justin Tucker	4/4	1/1	0/0	47	2/2

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Manuel Bennett	2/2	1/1	0/0	44	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Le'Veon Bell	1	1	1.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Roger Rubio	1	8	8.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Le'Veon Bell	2	45	22.5	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Roger Rubio	1	24	24.0	0
Jason Parker	1	23	23.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Bud Dupree	10	1	0.0	21	41
S Mike Mitchell	6	1	0.0	21	43
ILB Ryan Shazier	6	0	0.0	21	43
S Xavier Small	5	3	0.0	21	43
DE Stephon Tuitt	4	0	1.0	13	21
CB Jamal Ramirez	4	0	0.0	18	38
CB Patrick Robinson	3	5	0.0	16	35
CB Trumaine Johnson	2	0	0.0	20	37
CB Alan Ball	1	0	0.0	1	3
WR Michael Crabtree	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Jarvis Jones	1	0	0.0	16	30
WR Markus Wheaton	1	0	---	---	---
DT Dan McCullers	1	0	0.0	15	22
DE Nicholas Smith	1	0	0.0	8	22
DT Martin Booth	1	0	0.0	13	28
ILB Justin Tuggle	0	3	0.0	6	7
DE Cameron Heyward	0	1	0.0	14	36
S Omar Bolden	0	1	0.0	5	19

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Rey Maualuga	8	3	0.0	28	35
OLB Justics Brunell	8	1	0.0	18	18
S Reggie Nelson	6	4	0.0	25	36
DE Carlos Dunlap	5	0	0.0	21	31
DT Domata Peko	3	0	2.0	16	28
OLB Vincent Rey	2	2	0.0	13	13
DT Geno Atkins	2	1	0.0	20	24
DT Marcus Hardison	2	1	0.0	20	13
S Kimario McFadden	2	1	0.0	5	12
OLB A.J. Hawk	2	0	0.0	5	5
CB Dre Kirkpatrick	2	0	0.0	27	36
ILB Charlie Banks	2	0	0.0	9	13
DE Michael Johnson	1	1	1.0	24	29
CB Byron Erickson	1	1	0.0	2	5
CB E.J. Biggers	1	0	0.0	11	27
TE Tyler Eifert	1	0	---	---	---
WR Mario Alford	1	0	---	---	---
C Cristian Garrett	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Stephon Tuitt	1.0	0	0	1	21
OLB Bud Dupree	0.0	1	0	1	41
DE Nicholas Smith	0.0	1	0	0	22
OLB Jarvis Jones	0.0	0	1	0	30

Cincinnati	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Domata Peko	2.0	0	1	2	28
DE Michael Johnson	1.0	1	2	0	29
DT Geno Atkins	0.0	0	3	2	24
DE Carlos Dunlap	0.0	0	1	2	31
DT Marcus Hardison	0.0	0	1	0	13

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Bud Dupree	7	0	0	41
S Mike Mitchell	5	0	0	43
CB Jamal Ramirez	4	1	0	38
ILB Ryan Shazier	3	0	1	43
CB Patrick Robinson	3	0	0	35
S Xavier Small	3	0	0	43
CB Trumaine Johnson	2	1	1	37
DE Cameron Heyward	1	0	0	36
ILB Justin Tuggle	0	1	0	7
DT Martin Booth	0	1	0	28

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Rey Maualuga	4	0	0	35
OLB Justics Brunell	4	0	0	18
CB Dre Kirkpatrick	3	1	0	36
ILB Charlie Banks	2	0	1	13
S Kimario McFadden	2	0	0	12
S Reggie Nelson	1	0	0	36
DE Carlos Dunlap	1	0	0	31
OLB Vincent Rey	1	0	0	13
CB Byron Erickson	1	0	0	5
DE Michael Johnson	0	1	0	29
CB E.J. Biggers	0	0	1	27

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Marcus Gilbert	2	5	0	28	1	37
Francisco Dixon	2	5	0	28	0	37
Jimmy Graham	2	2	1	24	0	28
Louis Saucedo	0	6	0	28	2	37
Kelvin Beachum	0	4	0	28	0	37
Maurkice Pouncey	0	3	0	28	0	37
Will Johnson	0	1	0	17	0	17

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Melvin Masters	4	5	0	21	0	43
Andrew Whitworth	3	4	2	21	1	43
Clint Boling	2	5	0	21	0	43
Cristian Garrett	2	3	0	21	0	43
Tyler Eifert	1	1	0	15	0	23
Kevin Zeitler	0	1	0	21	0	43

Special Teams Tackles

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Daryl Newsome	1	23
Kendall Wright	1	19
Heath Miller	1	11

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Tyler Kroft	3	17

Participation

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Louis Saucedo	28	37	---	---	8	73
Mike Mitchell	---	---	21	43	2	66
Ryan Shazier	---	---	21	43	2	66
Xavier Small	---	---	21	43	2	66
Jamal Ramirez	---	---	18	38	10	66
Ben Roethlisberger	28	37	---	---	---	65
Maurkice Pouncey	28	37	---	---	---	65
Marcus Gilbert	28	37	---	---	---	65
Kelvin Beachum	28	37	---	---	---	65
Francisco Dixon	28	37	---	---	---	65
Antonio Brown	28	36	---	---	---	64
Bud Dupree	---	---	21	41	2	64
Trumaine Johnson	---	---	20	37	6	63
Le'Veon Bell	26	26	---	---	8	60
Jimmy Graham	24	28	---	---	4	56
Cameron Heyward	---	---	14	36	5	55
Patrick Robinson	---	---	16	35	1	52
Jarvis Jones	---	---	16	30	3	49
Markus Wheaton	14	30	---	---	---	44
Omar Bolden	---	---	5	19	18	42
Martin Booth	---	---	13	28	1	42
Will Johnson	17	17	---	---	7	41
Dan McCullers	---	---	15	22	2	39
Stephon Tuitt	---	---	13	21	2	36
Nicholas Smith	---	---	8	22	4	34
Daryl Newsome	2	5	---	---	23	30
Darrius Heyward-Bey	11	13	---	---	4	28
Michael Crabtree	10	14	---	---	---	24
Heath Miller	6	5	---	---	11	22
Alan Ball	---	---	1	3	16	20
Kendall Wright	0	0	---	---	19	19
Jesse James	0	0	---	---	19	19
Jacoby Jones	0	0	---	---	15	15
Dexter Edwards	---	---	2	3	10	15
Justin Tuggle	---	---	6	7	1	14
Joseph Silva	---	---	0	2	11	13
Justin Tucker	0	0	---	---	11	11
Richard Clemons	2	8	---	---	1	11
Sammie Coates	0	3	---	---	7	10
Ryan Schraeder	0	0	---	---	8	8
Dennis Farrell	0	0	---	---	8	8
Rusty Morris	0	0	---	---	8	8
Dan Moreno	0	0	---	---	8	8
Kaden Fuller	0	0	---	---	4	4
Ike Perkins	0	0	---	---	4	4
Greg Broemer	0	0	---	---	---	0

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dre Kirkpatrick	---	---	27	36	8	71
Kevin Zeitler	21	43	---	---	6	70
Rey Maualuga	---	---	28	35	3	66
Reggie Nelson	---	---	25	36	4	65
Michael Johnson	---	---	24	29	12	65
Rob Newhart	---	---	26	35	4	65
Andrew Whitworth	21	43	---	---	---	64
Clint Boling	21	43	---	---	---	64
Andy Dalton	21	43	---	---	---	64
Cristian Garrett	21	43	---	---	---	64
Melvin Masters	21	43	---	---	---	64
Darqueze Dennard	---	---	26	33	4	63
Carlos Dunlap	---	---	21	31	8	60
Marvin Jones	18	39	---	---	---	57
Tyler Spaulding	15	24	---	---	16	55
E.J. Biggers	---	---	11	27	15	53
Geno Atkins	---	---	20	24	8	52
A.J. Green	17	35	---	---	---	52
Domata Peko	---	---	16	28	4	48
Mario Alford	10	26	---	---	11	47
Justics Brunell	---	---	18	18	10	46
Jeremy Hill	13	31	---	---	---	44
Tyler Eifert	15	23	---	---	5	43
Charlie Banks	---	---	9	13	13	35
Marcus Hardison	---	---	20	13	---	33
Ryan Hewitt	1	9	---	---	18	28
Kimario McFadden	---	---	5	12	11	28
Jason Parker	6	10	---	---	11	27
Vincent Rey	---	---	13	13	---	26
Margus Hunt	---	---	12	14	---	26
Giovani Bernard	8	12	---	---	5	25
Roger Rubio	1	2	---	---	21	24
Cedric Peerman	1	4	---	---	17	22
Tyler Kroft	0	0	---	---	17	17
Byron Erickson	---	---	2	5	8	15
A.J. Hawk	---	---	5	5	---	10
Clark Harris	0	0	---	---	6	6
Jake Fisher	0	0	---	---	6	6
Cedric Ogbuehi	0	0	---	---	6	6
William Gonzalez	0	0	---	---	6	6
Manuel Bennett	0	0	---	---	6	6
Kevin Huber	0	0	---	---	4	4
William Wagner	0	0	---	---	2	2
Austin Davis	0	0	---	---	---	0
Chase Reynolds	0	0	---	---	---	0
Frank Hoffman	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	11	3.7
Middle	15	72	4.8
Right	10	10	1.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	38	6.3
Middle	10	47	4.7
Right	5	73	14.6
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ben Roethlisberger	34	19	5	0	2	2	8	6	2

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Andy Dalton	42	28	4	1	3	4	1	2	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	3	13	2.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	7	41	3.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	143	13.0
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	55	9.2

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	10	8	50	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	13	96	5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	5	79	7.9
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	57	19.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Markus Wheaton	15	9	1	147	4	30
WR Michael Crabtree	5	2	0	21	0	14
WR Antonio Brown	4	2	1	37	1	36
TE Jimmy Graham	3	2	0	19	0	28
RB Le'Veon Bell	3	2	0	20	0	26
FB Will Johnson	2	2	0	8	0	17
TE Heath Miller	1	0	0	0	0	5
WR Darrius Heyward-Bey	1	0	0	0	0	13

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR A.J. Green	11	9	1	118	2	35
WR Marvin Jones	10	5	2	74	1	39
RB Jeremy Hill	6	5	0	14	0	31
WR Mario Alford	4	3	0	41	1	26
RB Giovani Bernard	3	3	0	21	0	12
TE Tyler Eifert	3	1	0	-1	0	23
FB Tyler Spaulding	3	1	0	12	0	24
WR Jason Parker	1	1	0	3	0	10

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Le'Veon Bell	7	6	0.86	2.57
Will Johnson	1	1	1.00	1.50

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jeremy Hill	5	23	4.60	9.58
Giovani Bernard	1	1	1.00	4.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ben Roethlisberger	4	2	12	3.00	7.41

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Andy Dalton	2	0	0	0.00	6.71

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Jimmy Graham	2	1	8	4.00	6.33
WR Markus Wheaton	2	1	4	2.00	9.80

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Marvin Jones	1	0	0	0.00	7.40

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Le'Veon Bell	1	0

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
Giovani Bernard	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ben Roethlisberger	12	6	5

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Andy Dalton	8	4	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Markus Wheaton	6	2	1
WR Michael Crabtree	2	1	1
TE Jimmy Graham	2	1	1
WR Antonio Brown	1	1	1
RB Le'Veon Bell	1	1	1

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR A.J. Green	3	3	2
WR Marvin Jones	2	0	0
WR Mario Alford	2	1	1
FB Tyler Spaulding	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 48,700 (65,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,600 (19,800)
End Zone 10,000 (14,300)
Mezzanine 6,300 (8,300)
Sideline Seats 9,500 (12,700)
Club Seats 5,800 (7,600)
Luxury Boxes 2,500 (2,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	48,700 (65,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,600 (19,800)
End Zone	10,000 (14,300)
Mezzanine	6,300 (8,300)
Sideline Seats	9,500 (12,700)
Club Seats	5,800 (7,600)
Luxury Boxes	2,500 (2,800)