BTSC Welcomes Its New 2009 Season Sponsor
Behind The Steel Curtain will have Comcast as its new sponsor for the rest of the football season. Rest easy, you won't be bombarded with an inordinate number of marketing messages from Comcast in...
| Final - 9.27.2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
Stories
BTSC Weekly NFL Musings: Week 3 Edition
BTSC musings about Week 3 in the NFL.
Bengals long snapper Brad St. Louis gets "C'mon man" from Cincy Jungle
Yep. I'm ripping off ESPN. Hey, they do it to us bloggers all of the time. A growing concern -- well, it's so big we're not sure it's growing anymore -- is why the team's long snapper isn't, you...
Marvin Lewis on injuries after game: "We have the usual football soreness"
We saw several players leave the game due to injury Sunday. Leon Hall left for some time, but returned. Rey Maualuga was actually carted off. He had a sniff of Old Spice in the lockerroom and...
Steelers Rookies Seeing Significant Playing Time
Are the Steelers subtly suffering from all the playing time that their rookies are seeing early on in the 2009 season?
Thanks to T.J. Houshmandzadeh's departure, Andre Caldwell can flourish. And flourishing, he is.
Remember before the 2008 season how much uncertainty surrounded the team's wide receiver position? Chad Ochocinco demanded a trade. He sat out voluntary workouts and generally became just as...
Under further review: When the defense stepped up, the Bengals took advantage
If you took every thing you knew about the Cincinnati Bengals, while applying every bit of team history that you've observed during the Mike Brown era, then the Bengals win over the Pittsburgh...
Bengals could go 5-2 before the bye week; why Cleveland could be a trap game?
Now that we've calmed down after a perfectly scripted allow the Steelers to dominate the first half so we can come from behind game plan, it's time we take a quick look at where we're at and what...
Pittsburgh Steelers Struggle Defensively Late In Game For Second Consecutive Week
Breaking down the play of the Steelers defense, series by series, during Sunday's 23-20 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals
Steelers Drop Another Tight Game Late In 4th Quarter, Drop To 1-2
Early reactions about the Steelers close loss to the Bengals in Cincinnati this Sunday.
Post-game Open Thread: Bengals beat Steelers 23-20. Who Dey! Who Dey! Who dey think gonna beat dem Bengals?
What could one possible say right now? How did they pull this off? The Bengals, left for dead in the first quarter, nearly having lost the game in the first three possessions, score 14 points in...
Open Thread II: Pittsburgh Steelers (1-1) at Cincinnati Bengals (1-1)
The Bengals offense started the game going three-and-out three times (losing 20 yards with penalties and sacks) before Carson Palmer completed his first pass of the game with 12:30 left in the...
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| Scoring Drives |
|---|
| Quarter 1 |
| 6:55 left: Pittsburgh Field Goal - 19-yarder by Jeff Reed. 11 plays, 79 yds, 6:25 min. |
| 1:02 left: Pittsburgh Touchdown - 27-yard pass from Ben Roethlisberger to Willie Parker. (Jeff Reed extra point is good). 8 plays, 64 yds, 4:26 min. |
| 1:02 left: 8 plays, 64 yds, 4:26 min. |
| Quarter 2 |
| 12:44 left: Pittsburgh Field Goal - 24-yarder by Jeff Reed. 5 plays, 55 yds, 2:03 min. |
| 0:00 left: Cincinnati Field Goal - 34-yarder by Shayne Graham. 7 plays, 49 yds, 1:06 min. |
| Quarter 3 |
| 13:35 left: Cincinnati Touchdown - 30-yard interception return by Johnathan Joseph. (Shayne Graham rushed right, two-point conversion failed). |
| 3:00 left: Pittsburgh Touchdown - 1-yard run by Ben Roethlisberger. (Jeff Reed extra point is good). 11 plays, 75 yds, 6:43 min. |
| 3:00 left: 11 plays, 75 yds, 6:43 min. |
| Quarter 4 |
| 9:14 left: Cincinnati Touchdown - 23-yard run by Cedric Benson. (Carson Palmer pass incomplete to Andre Caldwell, two-point conversion failed). 6 plays, 85 yds, 3:31 min. |
| 0:14 left: Cincinnati Touchdown - 4-yard pass Carson Palmer to Andre Caldwell. (Carson Palmer pass to Brian Leonard for the two-point conversion). 16 plays, 71 yds, 5:00 min. |
| 0:14 left: 16 plays, 71 yds, 5:00 min. |
| Team statistics | Pittsburgh | Cincinnati |
|---|---|---|
| Total Yards Average Plays | 373 6.2 60 | 273 4.7 58 |
| Time of Possession | 34:42 | 25:18 |
| First Downs Run Pass Penalty | 17 7 10 0 | 19 5 12 2 |
| Third Down Conversions | 6-12-50% | 3-12-25% |
| Fourth Down Conversions | 0-1-0% | 3-3-100% |
| Passing Yards Completions-Attempts Average Interceptions-Yards Sacks-Yards Lost | 271 22-31 8.5 1-30 1-5 | 173 20-37 4.4 0-0 2-10 |
| Rushing Yards Attempts Average | 102 28 3.6 | 100 19 5.3 |
| Return Yards Punt returns-Yards Kickoff returns-Yards | 110 0-0 4-110 | 121 1-17 5-104 |
| Turnovers Fumbles-Lost Interceptions-Yards | 1 0-0 1-30 | 0 0-0 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 5-51 | 4-30 |
| Punts-Average (Net Avg.) | 2-42.5 (34.0) | 5-40.8 (36.8) |
| Tackles Solo Assists | 46 33 13 | 62 36 26 |
Officials: Gene Steratore (Referee), Tony Michalek (Umpire), Jerry Bergman (Head Linesman), Jeff Seeman (Line Judge), Mike Weatherford (Side Judge), Bob Waggoner (Back Judge), Greg Gautreaux (Field Judge)
