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NFL: CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CINCINNATI 7 0 3 0 10 PITTSBURGH 0 17 7 0 24 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: CIN - TD, RUDI JOHNSON 1 YD RUN (SHAYNE GRAHAM KICK), 6:37. Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards in 6:37. Key plays: Palmer 10-yard pass to Houshmandzadeh on 3rd-and-3 to Pittsburgh 45; Palmer 18-yard pass to Henry on 3rd-and-6 to Pittsburgh 28; Palmer 11-yard pass to Chatman on 3rd-and-2 to Pittsburgh 9. CINCINNATI 7-0 2ND QUARTER: PIT - TD, BEN ROETHLISBERGER 6 YD RUN (JEFF REED KICK), 6:29. Drive: 11 plays, 67 yards in 6:19. Key plays: Roethlisberger 10-yard pass to Ward on 3rd-and-4 to Pittsburgh 49; Parker 7-yard run to Cincinnati 24; Roethlisberger 8-yard pass to Miller to Cincinnati 8. CINCINNATI 7-7 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 21 YD, 9:15. Drive: 5 plays, 17 yards in 2:39. Key plays: Mason recovery of Holt fumble at Cincinnati 20; Roethlisberger 10-yard pass to Miller to Cincinnati 10. PITTSBURGH 10-7 PIT - TD, HINES WARD 2 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK), 14:50. Drive: 12 plays, 66 yards in 3:18. Key plays: Roethlisberger 14-yard pass to Parker to Pittsburgh 48; Roethlisberger 11-yard pass to Wilson to Cincinnati 41; Roethlisberger 6-yard pass to Ward on 3rd-and-2 to Cincinnati 27; Roethlisberger 11-yard pass to Washington on 3rd-and-10 to Cincinnati 2. PITTSBURGH 17-7 3RD QUARTER: CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 24 YD, 8:02. Drive: 7 plays, 19 yards in 2:38. Key plays: O'Neal recovery of Parker fumble at Pittsburgh 25; Palmer 13-yard pass to Henry on 3rd-and-10 to Pittsburgh 12. PITTSBURGH 17-10 PIT - TD, HINES WARD 8 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK), 13:38. Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards in 5:36. Key plays: Roethlisberger 13-yard pass to Wilson on 3rd-and-2 to Cincinnati 39; Roethlisberger 14-yard pass to Ward on 3rd-and-4 to Cincinnati 19; Roethlisberger 10-yard pass to Ward on 3rd-and-9 to Cincinnati 8. PITTSBURGH 24-10 4TH QUARTER: NONE ATT: 58,842</div>
NFL: CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CINCINNATI 7 0 3 0 10 PITTSBURGH 0 17 7 0 24 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 6:37 CIN - TD, RUDI JOHNSON 1 YD RUN (SHAYNE GRAHAM KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards in 6:37. Key plays: Palmer 10-yard pass to Houshmandzadeh on 3rd-and-3 to Pittsburgh 45; Palmer 18-yard pass to Henry on 3rd-and-6 to Pittsburgh 28; Palmer 11-yard pass to Chatman on 3rd-and-2 to Pittsburgh 9. CINCINNATI 7-0. 2ND QUARTER: 6:29 PIT - TD, BEN ROETHLISBERGER 6 YD RUN (JEFF REED KICK). Drive: 11 plays, 67 yards in 6:19. Key plays: Roethlisberger 10-yard pass to Ward on 3rd-and-4 to Pittsburgh 49; Parker 7-yard run to Cincinnati 24; Roethlisberger 8-yard pass to Miller to Cincinnati 8. CINCINNATI 7-7. 9:15 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 21 YD. Drive: 5 plays, 17 yards in 2:39. Key plays: Mason recovery of Holt fumble at Cincinnati 20; Roethlisberger 10-yard pass to Miller to Cincinnati 10. PITTSBURGH 10-7. 14:50 PIT - TD, HINES WARD 2 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 66 yards in 3:18. Key plays: Roethlisberger 14-yard pass to Parker to Pittsburgh 48; Roethlisberger 11-yard pass to Wilson to Cincinnati 41; Roethlisberger 6-yard pass to Ward on 3rd-and-2 to Cincinnati 27; Roethlisberger 11-yard pass to Washington on 3rd-and-10 to Cincinnati 2. PITTSBURGH 17-7. 3RD QUARTER: 8:02 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 24 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 19 yards in 2:38. Key plays: O'Neal recovery of Parker fumble at Pittsburgh 25; Palmer 13-yard pass to Henry on 3rd-and-10 to Pittsburgh 12. PITTSBURGH 17-10. 13:38 PIT - TD, HINES WARD 8 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards in 5:36. Key plays: Roethlisberger 13-yard pass to Wilson on 3rd-and-2 to Cincinnati 39; Roethlisberger 14-yard pass to Ward on 3rd-and-4 to Cincinnati 19; Roethlisberger 10-yard pass to Ward on 3rd-and-9 to Cincinnati 8. PITTSBURGH 24-10. 4TH QUARTER: NONE CINCINNATI - PITTSBURGH Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS CINCINNATI PITTSBURGH FIRST DOWNS 8 13 Rushing 1 2 Passing 5 11 Penalty 2 0 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-8-50% 4-7-57% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 114 172 Total offensive plays 29 37 Average gain per play 3.9 4.6 NET YARDS RUSHING 39 41 Rushing attempts 12 13 Average gain per rush 3.3 3.2 Tackles for loss-yards 0-0 1-4 NET YARDS PASSING 75 131 Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-8 0-0 Gross passing yards 83 131 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 16-8-0 24-16-1 Avg gain per pass play 4.4 5.5 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 1-0-0 4-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 3-36.7 2-35.5 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 36.7 33.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 5 5 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-0 1-5 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-67 1-16 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-5 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-15 5-26 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 0-0 TOUCHDOWNS 1 3 Rushing 1 1 Passing 0 2 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-1 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 2-3-67% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 2-3-67% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 13:02 16:58 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS CINCINNATI PITTSBURGH RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R JOHNSON 8 23 2.9 4 1 W PARKER 10 29 2.9 8 0 K WATSON 2 13 6.5 8 0 B ROETHLIS 3 12 4.0 6 1 C JOHNSON 1 4 4.0 4 0 C PALMER 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C PALMER 8-16- 83 0 0 18 B ROETHLIS 16-24-131 1 2 19 Sacked-Yards Lost: C PALMER 1-8. Sacked-Yards Lost: None RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T HOUSHMAN 3 24 8.0 10 0 H WARD 7 51 7.3 19 2 C JOHNSON 2 22 11.0 18 0 H MILLER 4 30 7.5 10 0 C HENRY 1 18 18.0 18 0 C WILSON 2 20 10.0 11 0 A CHATMAN 1 11 11.0 11 0 N WASHINGT 2 16 8.0 11 0 R KELLY 1 8 8.0 8 0 W PARKER 1 14 14.0 14 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M WILLIAMS 1 5 5.0 5 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K LARSON 3 110 36.7 0 2 42 D SEPULVED 2 71 35.5 0 0 44 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A CHATMAN 1 0 0.0 0 0 A ROSSUM 1 5 5.0 5 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- G HOLT 3 59 19.7 28 0 A ROSSUM 1 16 16.0 16 0 R KELLY 1 8 8.0 8 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- S GRAHAM 1/1 1/2 J REED 3/3 1/1 Dist.: (43) 24 Dist.: 21 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ G HOLT 1 1 0 0-0 L FOOTE 0 0 1 0-0 C PALMER 1 0 0 1-0 C DAVIS 0 0 0 0-1 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ L HALL 5 4 1 0-0 J FARRIOR 6 4 2 0-0 J JOSEPH 4 4 0 0-0 C HAGGANS 4 3 1 0-0 D JACKSON 4 2 2 0-0 J HARRISON 4 2 2 0-0 D JONES 4 1 3 0-0 D TOWNSEND 4 1 3 0-0 J SMITH 3 2 1 0-0 L FOOTE 3 3 0 1-8 M WILLIAMS 3 1 2 0-0 T CARTER 3 1 2 0-0 D PEKO 3 0 3 0-0 A SMITH 2 2 0 0-0 L JOHNSON 2 1 1 0-0 I TAYLOR 2 1 1 0-0 R JEANTY 2 1 1 0-0 A SMITH 1 1 0 0-0 J FANENE 2 1 1 0-0 M MYERS 1 1 0 0-0 D O'NEAL 1 1 0 0-0 J THORNTON 1 1 0 0-0 R GEATHERS 1 1 0 0-0 B ROBINSON 1 0 1 0-0 Att: 58,842</div>
PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- For Ben Roethlisberger and thePittsburgh Steelers, there's no place like home. Roethlisberger tossed two touchdown passes to Hines Ward andrushed for another as the Steelers won their seventh consecutivehome game, a 24-10 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on arainy Sunday night at Heinz Field. Ward made a season-high 11 receptions for 90 yards and brokeJohn Stallworth's franchise record with his 64th careertouchdown catch. Pittsburgh is 7-0 at home this season while posting just a 2-3record away from Heinz Field. The only other team with aperfect home record this season is the undefeated New EnglandPatriots, who will host the Steelers next weekend. Pittsburgh (9-3), which has won five of its last six contests,has defeated Cincinnati in the last three meetings between theAFC North Division rivals. The Steelers knotted the score at 7-7 with 8:31 remaining in thesecond quarter when Roethlisberger scrambled for a 6-yardrushing score, diving from the 4-yard-line, over a defender, andstretching the ball over the goal line. Glenn Holt fumbled the ensuing kickoff, setting up Jeff Reed's21-yard field goal to give Pittsburgh a 10-7 edge with 5:45 leftbefore the half. Roethlisberger capped a 12-play, 66-yard drive right before thebreak with a 2-yard TD toss to Ward in the back of the end zoneto give the Steelers a 17-7 advantage. Clinging to a 17-10 advantage, Roethlisberger hit Ward on an8-yard strike for his record-setting touchdown with 1:22 left inthe third quarter. Roethlisberger finished 21-of-32 for 184 yards with twointerceptions. Rudi Johnson capped the opening drive with a 1-yard touchdownrun to give the Bengals a 7-0 lead with 8:28 remaining in theopening period. After its impressive first possession, Cincinnati's offense wasnot able to get much going. Its only other scoring drive - a24-yard field goal by Shayne Graham - was set up by Pittsburghrunning back Willie Parker's fumble. Carson Palmer completed 17-of-44 passes for 183 yards for theBengals (4-8), who are 1-5 on the road this season.
NFL: CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CINCINNATI 7 0 3 0 10 PITTSBURGH 0 17 7 0 24 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 6:37 CIN - TD, RUDI JOHNSON 1 YD RUN (SHAYNE GRAHAM KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards in 6:37. Key plays: Palmer 10-yard pass to Houshmandzadeh on 3rd-and-3 to Pittsburgh 45; Palmer 18-yard pass to Henry on 3rd-and-6 to Pittsburgh 28; Palmer 11-yard pass to Chatman on 3rd-and-2 to Pittsburgh 9. CINCINNATI 7-0. 2ND QUARTER: 6:29 PIT - TD, BEN ROETHLISBERGER 6 YD RUN (JEFF REED KICK). Drive: 11 plays, 67 yards in 6:19. Key plays: Roethlisberger 10-yard pass to Ward on 3rd-and-4 to Pittsburgh 49; Parker 7-yard run to Cincinnati 24; Roethlisberger 8-yard pass to Miller to Cincinnati 8. CINCINNATI 7-7. 9:15 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 21 YD. Drive: 5 plays, 17 yards in 2:39. Key plays: Mason recovery of Holt fumble at Cincinnati 20; Roethlisberger 10-yard pass to Miller to Cincinnati 10. PITTSBURGH 10-7. 14:50 PIT - TD, HINES WARD 2 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 66 yards in 3:18. Key plays: Roethlisberger 14-yard pass to Parker to Pittsburgh 48; Roethlisberger 11-yard pass to Wilson to Cincinnati 41; Roethlisberger 6-yard pass to Ward on 3rd-and-2 to Cincinnati 27; Roethlisberger 11-yard pass to Washington on 3rd-and-10 to Cincinnati 2. PITTSBURGH 17-7. 3RD QUARTER: 8:02 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 24 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 19 yards in 2:38. Key plays: O'Neal recovery of Parker fumble at Pittsburgh 25; Palmer 13-yard pass to Henry on 3rd-and-10 to Pittsburgh 12. PITTSBURGH 17-10. 13:38 PIT - TD, HINES WARD 8 YD PASS FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER (JEFF REED KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards in 5:36. Key plays: Roethlisberger 13-yard pass to Wilson on 3rd-and-2 to Cincinnati 39; Roethlisberger 14-yard pass to Ward on 3rd-and-4 to Cincinnati 19; Roethlisberger 10-yard pass to Ward on 3rd-and-9 to Cincinnati 8. PITTSBURGH 24-10. 4TH QUARTER: NONE CINCINNATI - PITTSBURGH Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS CINCINNATI PITTSBURGH FIRST DOWNS 15 20 Rushing 3 3 Passing 10 15 Penalty 2 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 8-18-44% 7-14-50% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 249 285 Total offensive plays 68 67 Average gain per play 3.7 4.3 NET YARDS RUSHING 74 101 Rushing attempts 23 35 Average gain per rush 3.2 2.9 Tackles for loss-yards 2-4 1-4 NET YARDS PASSING 175 184 Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-8 0-0 Gross passing yards 183 184 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 44-17-0 32-21-2 Avg gain per pass play 3.9 5.8 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-0-0 5-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 5-36.8 4-40.5 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 33.0 39.3 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 31 5 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-19 3-5 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-88 2-26 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-12 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 8-45 7-37 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 2-2 TOUCHDOWNS 1 3 Rushing 1 1 Passing 0 2 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-3 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-2 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-3-33% 3-4-75% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 3-4-75% SAFETIES 1 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 25:53 34:07 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS CINCINNATI PITTSBURGH RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R JOHNSON 14 34 2.4 4 1 W PARKER 28 87 3.1 12 0 K WATSON 5 23 4.6 8 0 B ROETHLIS 6 13 2.2 6 1 D DORSEY 1 15 15.0 15 0 G RUSSELL 1 1 1.0 1 0 C JOHNSON 1 4 4.0 4 0 C PALMER 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C PALMER 17-44-183 0 0 24 B ROETHLIS 21-32-184 2 2 19 Sacked-Yards Lost: C PALMER 1-8. Sacked-Yards Lost: None RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C JOHNSON 6 86 14.3 24 0 H WARD 11 90 8.2 19 2 T HOUSHMAN 5 42 8.4 12 0 H MILLER 4 30 7.5 10 0 C HENRY 2 31 15.5 18 0 C WILSON 3 34 11.3 14 0 A CHATMAN 2 23 11.5 12 0 N WASHINGT 2 16 8.0 11 0 R KELLY 1 8 8.0 8 0 W PARKER 1 14 14.0 14 0 D DORSEY 1 -7 -7.0 0 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J JOSEPH 1 7 7.0 7 0 M WILLIAMS 1 5 5.0 5 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K LARSON 5 184 36.8 0 4 42 D SEPULVED 4 162 40.5 0 0 49 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A CHATMAN 3 19 6.3 12 0 A ROSSUM 3 5 1.7 5 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- G HOLT 4 80 20.0 28 0 A ROSSUM 2 26 13.0 16 0 R KELLY 1 8 8.0 8 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- S GRAHAM 1/1 1/2 J REED 3/3 1/1 Dist.: (43) 24 Dist.: 21 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ G HOLT 1 1 0 0-0 W PARKER 2 2 0 0-0 C PALMER 1 0 0 1-0 L FOOTE 0 0 1 0-0 R JEANTY 0 0 1 0-0 C DAVIS 0 0 0 0-1 B ROBINSON 0 0 1 0-0 D JACKSON 0 0 0 0-1 D O'NEAL 0 0 0 0-1 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ L HALL 9 6 3 0-0 J FARRIOR 8 5 3 0-0 J JOSEPH 7 7 0 0-0 A SMITH 7 6 1 0-0 D PEKO 7 2 5 0-0 T CARTER 7 2 5 0-0 D JACKSON 6 4 2 0-0 L FOOTE 6 4 2 1-8 J SMITH 6 4 2 0-0 J HARRISON 6 3 3 0-0 D JONES 6 3 3 0-0 D TOWNSEND 6 2 4 0-0 L JOHNSON 5 4 1 0-0 C HAGGANS 5 4 1 0-0 R JEANTY 5 3 2 0-0 I TAYLOR 4 3 1 0-0 M WILLIAMS 4 2 2 0-0 A SMITH 2 2 0 0-0 M MYERS 2 2 0 0-0 B KEISEL 2 2 0 0-0 R GEATHERS 2 2 0 0-0 N EASON 1 1 0 0-0 B ROBINSON 2 1 1 0-0 J FANENE 2 1 1 0-0 J THORNTON 1 1 0 0-0 D O'NEAL 1 1 0 0-0 Att: 58,842</div>
NFL: CINCINNATI at PITTSBURGH <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED ** NFL CINCINNATI 10 PITTSBURGH 24 FINAL</div>
PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- For Ben Roethlisberger and thePittsburgh Steelers, there's no place like home. Roethlisberger tossed two touchdown passes to Hines Ward andrushed for another as the Steelers won their seventh consecutivehome game, a 24-10 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on arainy Sunday night at Heinz Field. Ward made a season-high 11 receptions for 90 yards and brokeJohn Stallworth's franchise record with his 64th careertouchdown catch. "It's definitely a great feeling to move past Mr. Stallworth andMr. (Lynn) Swann to the touchdown record," Ward said. "It's acredit that hard work can pay off. I've worked my tail off eversince I've been in this league. Being at the top of such aspecial franchise as the touchdown leader is really special." "I told Hines we wanted to get it at home," Roethlisberger saidof the record. "He got the first one to tie it up, and I hadmissed him on one right before, but he got it a couple of playslater. I feel privileged to get him the ball and play with sucha great wide receiver, person, athlete, everything." Pittsburgh is 7-0 at home this season while posting just a 2-3record away from Heinz Field. The only other team with aperfect home record this season is the undefeated New EnglandPatriots, who will host the Steelers next weekend. "It's like coach Tomlin says, 'You win at home and the resttakes care of itself,'" Ward said. Pittsburgh (9-3), which has won five of its last six contests,has defeated Cincinnati in the last three meetings between theAFC North Division rivals. "It is great to get another win," Steelers coach Mike Tomlinsaid. "Particularly in our division and at home. In some badsituations, the defense stiffened and responded." The Steelers knotted the score at 7-7 with 8:31 remaining in thesecond quarter when Roethlisberger scrambled for a 6-yardrushing score, diving from the 4-yard-line, over a defender, andstretching the ball over the goal line. Glenn Holt fumbled the ensuing kickoff, setting up Jeff Reed's21-yard field goal to give Pittsburgh a 10-7 edge with 5:45 leftbefore the half. Roethlisberger capped a 12-play, 66-yard drive right before thebreak with a 2-yard TD toss to Ward in the back of the end zoneto give the Steelers a 17-7 advantage. Clinging to a 17-10 advantage, Roethlisberger hit Ward on an8-yard strike for his record-setting touchdown with 1:22 left inthe third quarter. "Hines Ward was Hines Ward tonight," Tomlin said. "I am excitedand happy for him. It is a tremendoous honor and one he richlydeserves." Roethlisberger finished 21-of-32 for 184 yards with twointerceptions. Rudi Johnson capped the opening drive with a 1-yard touchdownrun to give the Bengals a 7-0 lead with 8:28 remaining in theopening period. After its impressive first possession, Cincinnati's offense wasnot able to get much going. Its only other scoring drive - a24-yard field goal by Shayne Graham - was set up by Pittsburghrunning back Willie Parker's fumble. "Obviously, it is a loss that doesn't sit well with us," Bengalscoach Marvin Lewis said. "The difference wound up being somepoise moments." Carson Palmer completed 17-of-44 passes for 183 yards for theBengals (4-8), who are 1-5 on the road this season. "We should have got more done out there," Palmer said. "Theygave me a couple of different looks. It was more what we didn'tdo than what they were doing. The first drive everythingworked. After that, we just weren't making plays."
