League Championship: Carolina vs. Pittsburgh

November 30, -0001
70°
Atlanta Stadium (Atlanta, GA) Attendance: 71,228 (100%)
Carolina 7 7 0 6 - 20
Pittsburgh 0 7 6 3 - 16

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Carolina: 2-11-PIT 15 (3:24) 48-Richard Gibbons ran for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Bruce Hoffmann. PIT 0 CAR 7
(Qtr 2) Carolina: 1-10-CAR 37 (15:00) 7-Andrew Beatty pass complete to 45-Vernon Cowles for 63 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Bruce Hoffmann. PIT 0 CAR 14
(Qtr 2) Pittsburgh: 1-10-CAR 11 (1:40) 7-Richard Roberts pass complete to 14-Paul Robinson for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Christopher Passmore. PIT 7 CAR 14
(Qtr 3) Pittsburgh: 4-2-CAR 38 (11:12) 19-Christopher Passmore 56 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 10 CAR 14
(Qtr 3) Pittsburgh: 4-3-CAR 3 (0:18) 19-Christopher Passmore 21 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 13 CAR 14
(Qtr 4) Pittsburgh: 4-8-CAR 31 (7:59) 19-Christopher Passmore 50 yard field goal is GOOD. CAR 27-Jonathon McFadden was injured on the play. PIT 16 CAR 14
(Qtr 4) Carolina: 4-8-PIT 14 (3:53) 12-Bruce Hoffmann 32 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 16 CAR 17
(Qtr 4) Carolina: 4-4-PIT 34 (1:41) 12-Bruce Hoffmann 52 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 16 CAR 20

Team Statistics

Pittsburgh Carolina
First Downs 16 8
- Rushing 7 2
- Passing 7 6
- Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 278 255
- Offensive Plays 76 49
- Yards Per Play 3.66 5.20
Net Rushing Yards 141 59
- Rushing Attempts 39 18
- Yards Per Rush 3.62 3.28
Net Passing Yards 137 196
- Att/Comp/Int 34 / 22 / 1 28 / 15 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 156 222
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 19 3 / 26
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.70 6.32
- Yards Per Completion 7.09 14.80
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 8 / 19 0 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.8 11.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 10 4 / 39
Punt Returns/Yards 6 / 24 2 / 22
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 40 2 / 52
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 3 1 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 33
Time of Possession 38:22 21:38

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:24 3:34 OWN 16 8 27 Fumble
1 8:11 1:57 OWN 4 3 3 Punt
1 4:05 0:03 OWN 8 1 0 Interception
1 3:19 2:14 OWN 30 3 7 Punt
2 14:51 2:08 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
2 9:45 3:53 OWN 18 6 27 Punt
2 5:36 1:26 OWN 41 3 10 Punt
2 1:57 0:20 OPP 50 5 50 Touchdown
3 15:00 3:52 OWN 25 6 37 Field Goal
3 10:12 4:05 OWN 37 6 20 Punt
3 5:13 4:58 OPP 34 8 31 Field Goal
4 14:12 6:18 OWN 37 10 31 Field Goal
4 3:50 1:57 OWN 25 7 15 Downs
4 1:37 1:37 OWN 25 7 22 Game

Carolina

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:36 OWN 25 4 10 Punt
1 9:50 1:39 OPP 46 3 3 Punt
1 6:14 2:09 OPP 41 3 -2 Punt
1 4:02 0:43 OPP 15 2 15 Touchdown
1 1:06 1:14 OWN 21 3 79 Touchdown
2 12:43 2:58 OWN 22 5 15 Punt
2 5:52 0:16 OWN 9 3 2 Punt
2 4:10 2:13 OWN 10 3 0 Punt
2 1:37 1:37 OWN 25 3 3 Half
3 11:08 0:56 OWN 25 4 45 Missed FG
3 6:06 0:53 OWN 20 3 11 Interception
3 0:15 1:03 OWN 28 3 -5 Punt
4 7:55 4:05 OWN 24 7 62 Field Goal
4 1:53 0:16 OPP 40 3 6 Field Goal

Rushing Stats

Pittsburgh

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Kevin Colon 16 71 4.44 12 3 0
William Benton 13 40 3.08 12 2 0
Donald Clark 10 30 3.00 10 1 0

Carolina

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Richard Gibbons 5 35 7.00 15 2 1
Vernon Cowles 1 16 16.00 16 1 0
Walter Gant 12 8 0.67 4 0 0

Passing Stats

Pittsburgh

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Richard Roberts 30 21 150 3 / 19 1 14 1 78.47
Eldon Curry 4 1 6 0 / 0 0 6 0 39.58

Carolina

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Andrew Beatty 28 15 222 3 / 26 1 63 1 76.79

Receiving Stats

Pittsburgh

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Juan Downey 4 33 8.25 10 0
Patrick Turner 3 28 9.33 14 0
Paul Robinson 3 28 9.33 11 1
Jeffrey Warren 2 20 10.00 13 0
William Benton 4 15 3.75 7 0
David Atkinson 2 14 7.00 7 0
Steven Salazar 1 11 11.00 11 0
Donald Clark 2 4 2.00 3 0
Kevin Colon 1 3 3.00 3 0

Carolina

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Vernon Cowles 1 63 63.00 63 1
David Guerra 3 63 21.00 45 0
Charles Johnson 4 58 14.50 32 0
Walter Gant 3 11 3.67 8 0
Joshua Wong 1 10 10.00 10 0
Lynn Cao 1 10 10.00 10 0
Robert Burton 1 9 9.00 9 0
Richard Gibbons 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0

Blocking Stats

Pittsburgh

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Steven Salazar 5 14 1 2
Ryan Lyman 0 2 0 0
Wallace McGill 0 1 0 0
Brian Davis 14 2 0 1
David Bailey 11 1 0 0
Joshua Salazar 2 3 0 0
Michael Ruggeri 0 2 0 0
David Lorusso 0 1 0 0
Eddie Isaac 0 1 0 0
Mitchell Paulsen 12 4 0 0
Lenard Townsend 1 3 0 0
Aaron Mena 0 1 0 0
Robert Duvall 0 1 0 1
Roy Williams 0 2 0 0
Alan Cummings 0 1 0 0
James Buske 0 1 0 1
Paul Goodner 3 1 0 0
Thomas Barnes 7 4 0 0
David Atkinson 0 5 0 0
William Benton 14 13 0 1
Michael Hahn 42 43 0 2
Clinton Dejohn 40 39 0 4
Donald Clark 25 18 0 2
Kevin Colon 9 2 0 0
Thomas Bush 31 39 0 3
Randall Guy 37 46 0 0
Douglas Wallace 9 10 0 0
Edward Strickland 31 44 0 4
Paul Robinson 0 17 0 0
James Hannah 20 5 0 0
Jeffrey Warren 0 16 0 0
Juan Downey 0 8 0 0
Patrick Turner 8 18 0 0
Johnathan Jackson 0 12 0 1
Michael Kelly 0 1 0 0

Carolina

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Richard Mackie 33 27 1 2
Kenneth Freeman 31 24 1 4
Hugh Hart 37 27 1 3
Russell Diener 41 20 0 1
Jonathon McFadden 0 3 0 1
Joseph Leonard 0 2 0 0
Louis Hudson 0 2 0 0
Vernon Cowles 4 5 0 0
Heriberto Wells 0 6 0 0
Joshua Wong 4 13 0 0
Ryan Regina 0 4 0 0
Raymond Mendez 0 3 0 1
Timothy Abbott 0 5 0 0
Gustavo Tolliver 3 5 0 1
Nelson Knight 0 3 0 0
Lynn Cao 0 8 0 0
Terrance Roberts 8 1 0 0
David Guerra 0 11 0 0
Mathew Luu 1 5 0 1
Walter Darnell 0 2 0 1
Preston Navarro 13 0 0 0
Brian Blackwell 11 0 0 0
Richard Gibbons 10 3 0 0
Charles Johnson 21 24 0 1
Robert Marshall 43 26 0 1
Frank Estrada 14 18 0 0
Walter Gant 17 4 0 0
Robert Leija 0 2 0 0

Interception Stats

Pittsburgh

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Floyd Glass 1 3 3.00 0

Carolina

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Nelson Knight 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Pittsburgh

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Donald Clark 1 0 0 0

Carolina

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John Smith 0 1 0 0
Walter Darnell 0 0 1 0

Punting

Pittsburgh

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jim Dillard 6 271 45.17 38.00 50 2

Carolina

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
John Escamilla 7 318 45.43 42.57 50 4

Kicking

Pittsburgh

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Christopher Passmore 3 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 1 56 1 / 1

Carolina

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bruce Hoffmann 2 / 3 1 / 2 1 / 1 52 2 / 2

Punt Return

Pittsburgh

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Juan Downey 6 24 4.0 9 0

Carolina

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Guerra 2 22 11.0 16 0

Kick Return

Pittsburgh

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Juan Downey 1 40 40.0 0

Carolina

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Walter Gant 2 52 26.0 0

Defensive Stats