MONDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 16, 2013
PITTSBURGH STEELERS (0-1) AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (0-1)
SERIES
STEELERS | BENGALS | |
SERIES LEADER | 52-33 | |
STREAKS | 5 of past 6 | |
COACHES VS. OPP. | Tomlin: 9-3 | Lewis: 6-15 |
LAST WEEK | L 16-9 vs. Titans | L 24-21 at Bears |
LAST GAME | 12/23/12: Bengals 13 at Steelers 10. Cincinnati CB Leon Hall returns INT 17 yards for TD.
Bengals QB Andy Dalton completes 24 of 41 passes for 278 yards. |
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LAST GAME AT SITE | 10/21/12: Steelers 24, Bengals 17. Pittsburgh RB Jonathan Dwyer carries 17 times for 122 yards. Steelers rookie RB Chris Rainey adds rushing TD in Week 7 win. | |
BROADCAST | ESPN (8:40 PM ET): Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden, Lisa Salters (Field reporter). Westwood One Radio: Kevin Harlan, Boomer Esiason, Steve Tasker (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 88 (WW1), 92 (Pit.), 86 (Cin.). XM: 88 (WW1), 225 (Pit.), 86 (Cin.). |
STATS
PASSING | Roethlisberger: 21-33-191-1-1-76.7 | Dalton: 26-33-282-2-2-97.2 |
RUSHING | Redman: 8-9-1.1-0 | Green-Ellis: 14-25-1.8-1 (T1C) |
RECEIVING | Sanders: 7-57-8.1-0 | Green: 9 (T3C)-162 (1C)-18.0-2 |
OFFENSE | 195.0 | 340.0 |
TAKE/GIVE | -2 | -2 |
DEFENSE | 229.0 (3L) | 323.0 |
SACKS | Woodley: 1 | — |
INTs | — | Burfict: 1 (T3L) |
PUNTING | Mesko: 44.1 | Huber: 48.3 |
KICKING | Suisham: 1 (1/1 PAT; 0/0 FG) | Nugent: 3 (3/3 PAT; 0/0 FG) |
NOTES
STEELERS: Have won 10 of past 11 at Cin…Seek 3rd straight win vs. Cin. on MNF…MIKE TOMLIN is 7-1 as head coach on MNF…QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER has 30,035 pass yards, most in club history. For career, Roethlisberger is 13-5 (.722) as starter vs. Bengals. Has 9-3 record on MNF…RB FELIX JONES averages 9.4 yards per carry vs. Cin. (11 att., 103 yards)…WR ANTONIO BROWN has 12 catches for 193 yards (16.1 avg.) with TD in past 2 vs. Bengals. WR EMMANUEL SANDERS tied career-high with 7 rec. last week. WR JERRICHO COTCHERY (395 catches, 4,990 rec. yards) needs 5 rec. to reach 400 career & 10 rec. yards for 5,000 career…LB LA MARR WOODLEY (53) needs 1 sack to surpass GREG LLOYD (53.5) for 5th-most sacks by Steeler since ’82. LB LAWRENCE TIMMONS posted 2 sacks in last game against Bengals…S TROY POLAMALU has 4 career INTs vs. Cin. S RYAN CLARK led team with 13 tackles last week…CB CORTEZ ALLEN had career-high 2 INTs & FF in last game vs. Cin…BENGALS: Have won 3 of past 4 at home dating back to 2012. Aim for 3rd straight win vs. AFC North…In past 4 at home, QB ANDY DALTON has 9 TDs vs. 1 INT & 104.4 rating…Since ’10, RB BEN JARVUS GREEN-ELLIS has 31 rush TDs, 4th-best in NFL…WR A.J. GREEN ranked 2nd in NFL & 1st in AFC with 162 rec. yards last week. Had 10 catches for 116 yards in last mtg…LB VONTAZE BURFICT recorded 1st INT of career last week & had team-high 8 tackles…DT GENO ATKINS had 3 sacks & FF in last 2 vs. Pit…DE MICHAEL JOHNSON has 4.5 sacks in past 5 games vs. Pit…LB JAMES HARRISON spent 10 seasons (2002-03, 2005-12) w/ Pit. & was named AP Defensive POY in ’08. Harrison ranks 2nd in club annals w/ 64 career sacks (JASON GILDON, 77). Has 9.5 sacks in past 7 on MNF…CB LEON HALL had 17-yard INT-return TD in last meeting.
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