CINCINNATI BENGALS (1-0) AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (1-0)
REGULAR SEASON SERIES
BENGALS | STEELERS | |
SERIES LEADER | 56-35 | |
STREAKS | 4 of past 5 | |
COACHES VS. OPP. | Marvin Lewis: 8-18 | Mike Tomlin: 13-5 |
LAST WEEK | W 23-22 at Jets | W 38-16 at Washington |
LAST GAME | 12/13/15: Steelers 33 at Bengals 20. Pittsburgh RB DeAngelo Williams rushes for 76 yards & 2 TDs. Steelers CB William Gay has 23-yard INT-TD. | |
LAST GAME AT SITE | 11/01/15: Bengals 16, Steelers 10. Pittsburgh QB Ben Roethlisberger passes for 262 yards & TD. Steelers TE Heath Miller records 10 catches for 105 yards. | |
REFEREE | Pete Morelli | |
BROADCAST | CBS (1:00 PM ET): Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts, Evan Washburn (field reporter). Westwood One: John Sadak, Mike Mayock. SIRIUS: 121 (CIN), 82 (PIT). XM: 386 (CIN), 82 (PIT). |
STATS
PASSING | Andy Dalton: 23-30-366 (3L)-76.7-1-1-114.0 | Ben Roethlisberger: 27-37-300-3-1-112.4 |
RUSHING | Jeremy Hill: 9-31-3.4-1 | DeAngelo Williams: 26-143 (1L)-5.5-2 (T1L) |
RECEIVING | A.J. Green: 12 (1L)-180 (1L)-15.0-1 | Antonio Brown: 8-126-15.8-2 (T1L) |
OFFENSE | 381.0 | 435.0 |
TAKE/GIVE | 0 | +1 |
DEFENSE | 340.0 | 384.0 |
SACKS | Geno Atkins: 1 | — |
INTs | Josh Shaw: 1 (T1L) | James Harrison, Ryan Shazier: 1 (T1L) |
PUNTING | Kevin Huber: 48.0 | Jordan Berry: 53.5 |
KICKING | Mike Nugent: 11 (T3L) (2/2 PAT; 3/4 FG) | Chris Boswell: 8 (5/5 PAT; 1/1 FG) |
NOTES
TEAMS MET in last year’s WC Playoffs with Pit. winning 18-16…BENGALS: QB ANDY DALTON has won past 4 division starts with 10+ att. & has 111.6 rating (9 TDs, 3 INTs). Has 29 games with 100+ rating (incl. 114 rating last week) & Bengals are 26-3 (.897). Has 51-26-1 (.660) record, best by Cin. QB (min. 20 starts)…RB JEREMY HILL had rush TD in WC vs. Pit. Has 8 rush TDs in past 9 (incl. playoffs), incl. TD last week. RB GIOVANI BERNARD has 4 career TDs (2 rush, 2 rec.) vs. Pit…WR A.J. GREEN aims for 4th in row vs. Pit. with TD (incl. WC). In past 6 meetings (incl. playoffs), has 50 catches for 720 yards (120 per game) & 4 TDs. Incl. playoffs, has 74 catches for 1,008 yards & 7 TDs vs. Pit., his most vs. opp. Had 12 catches for 180 yards & TD (54 yards) last week…DE CARLOS DUNLAP has 4 sacks in past 4 vs. division. DT GENO ATKINS has 41 sacks since 2011, most by NFL DT. Has 6 sacks in past 8 meetings (incl. WC). CB ADAM JONES is only active player with 2+ INT-TDs (2) & 5+ PR-TDs (5) in career…STEELERS: QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER is 19-7 (.731) vs. Cin. (incl. playoffs). Has 6,032 pass yards vs. Cin., his most vs. opp. Passed for 300 yards, 3 TDs & 112.4 rating in Week 1…RB DE ANGELO WILLIAMS rushed for 2 TDs in his last game vs. Cin. Last week, rushed for 143 yards & 2 TDs…WR ANTONIO BROWN has 36 catches for 498 yards (99.6 per game) & 2 TDs in past 5 vs. Cin. (incl. WC). Also has 71-yard PR-TD. Had 8 catches for 126 yards & 2 TDs in Week 1. Since 2013, leads NFL with 383 catches & 5,157 rec. yards. WR ELI ROGERS had 1st career TD last week…LB RYAN SHAZIER had 13 tackles, 2 FFs & FR in WC. Had INT & FF in Week 1. CB WILLIAM GAY had 23-yard INT-TD in Week 14 meeting. Has 5 INT-TDs since 2013, most in NFL. DE CAMERON HEYWARD has sack in 4 of past 5 meetings (incl. WC).
DaveB.
September 14, 2016 at 6:30 am
The Steelers can downplay this game all they want . They can treat it as any other game on the schedule . The fact is , it isnt any other game and they wont treat it as such . There is alot of bad blood between these two teams and you will see it on Sunday . From the season ending hits on LeVeon Bell and Antonio Brown , the Steelers had this game circled on their calendar since the schedule was released . The fact that Vontaze Burrfict wont be on the field wont matter to the Steelers . This one has the makings of a knock down , drag out bar fight .