NFL: PITTSBURGH at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL FG PIT JEFF REED 34 YD PITTSBURGH 6 CAROLINA 3 5:37 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL PITTSBURGH 6 CAROLINA 3 5:29 LEFT, 3RD QTR CAR BALL ON CAR 10 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL PITTSBURGH 6 CAROLINA 3 4:07 LEFT, 3RD QTR PIT BALL ON CAR 20 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL FG PIT JEFF REED 31 YD PITTSBURGH 9 CAROLINA 3 2:00 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL PITTSBURGH 9 CAROLINA 3 1:55 LEFT, 3RD QTR CAR BALL ON CAR 17 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL END, 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- PITTSBURGH 0 3 6 9 CAROLINA 0 3 0 3 END, 3RD QTR SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NONE 2ND QUARTER: CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 31 YD, 1:49. CAROLINA 3-0 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 32 YD, 7:48. PITTSBURGH 3-3 3RD QUARTER: PIT - FG, JEFF REED 34 YD, 9:23. PITTSBURGH 6-3 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 31 YD, 13:00. PITTSBURGH 9-3</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL PITTSBURGH 9 CAROLINA 3 14:41 LEFT, 4TH QTR PIT BALL ON PIT 17 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL FG PIT JEFF REED 37 YD PITTSBURGH 12 CAROLINA 3 8:37 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL PITTSBURGH 12 CAROLINA 3 8:31 LEFT, 4TH QTR CAR BALL ON CAR 21 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL PITTSBURGH 12 CAROLINA 3 6:45 LEFT, 4TH QTR PIT BALL ON PIT 4 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL PITTSBURGH 12 CAROLINA 3 4:27 LEFT, 4TH QTR CAR BALL ON CAR 49 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL PITTSBURGH 12 CAROLINA 3 3:49 LEFT, 4TH QTR PIT BALL ON PIT 42 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL PITTSBURGH 12 CAROLINA 3 2:28 LEFT, 4TH QTR CAR BALL ON CAR 3 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF PITTSBURGH 12 CAROLINA 3 CAR BALL ON CAR 5 YD LINE 2ND AND 8</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL TD PIT TYRONE CARTER 32 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (JEFF REED KICK) PITTSBURGH 19 CAROLINA 3 1:04 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL PITTSBURGH 19 CAROLINA 3 0:09 LEFT, 4TH QTR CAR BALL ON CAR 24 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: PITTSBURGH at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- PITTSBURGH 0 3 6 10 19 CAROLINA 0 3 0 0 3 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NONE 2ND QUARTER: CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 31 YD, 1:49. CAROLINA 3-0 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 32 YD, 7:48. PITTSBURGH 3-3 3RD QUARTER: PIT - FG, JEFF REED 34 YD, 9:23. PITTSBURGH 6-3 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 31 YD, 13:00. PITTSBURGH 9-3 4TH QUARTER: PIT - FG, JEFF REED 37 YD, 6:23. PITTSBURGH 12-3 PIT - TD, TYRONE CARTER 32 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (JEFF REED KICK), 13:56. PITTSBURGH 19-3 ATT:</div>
By Frank Ray PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker) - It a battle of running outthe clock, the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the CarolinaPanthers, 19-3, in Thursday's preseason finale. Starters for both teams played sparingly, if at all, and thegame featured 45 total passes thrown, compared to 205 rushingattempts. The 8 p.m. scheduled kickoff was delayed 20 minutes due tolightning in the area. There was a steady light rain during thewarm-up period, but it subsided once the game started. Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger played the first series of thegame, completing 2-of-2 passes for 16 yards. Backup Brian St.Pierre played the majority of the game, going 3-of-10 for 16yards before leaving with a toe injury in the fourth quarter. Jeff Reed connected on field goals from 32, 34, 31 and 37 yardsto help the Steelers create a 12-3 advantage. Safety TyroneCarter intercepted Carolina's Dalton Bell and returned it 32yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter to make it 19-3. On the ground, Gary Russell rushed 21 times for 62 yards andVerron Haynes carried 13 times for 47 yards as Pittsburgh gearedup for the Cleveland Browns in the regular season opener onSeptember 9. The Panthers (3-1) started the game with backup signal-callerDavid Carr, who stumbled in his final dress rehearsal, going8-for-12 for 85 yards and an interception. Carolina coach John Fox rested the majority of his starters,including quarterback Jake Delhomme and wide receiver SteveSmith. Delhomme was listed with a sore arm, and Smith wasreported with a sore leg. The Panthers' lone score came in the second, when kicker JohnKasay hit a 31-yard field goal with 13:55 remaining. But hemissed one from 51 yards wide left in the first quarter.
By Frank Kay PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker) - It a battle of running outthe clock, the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the CarolinaPanthers, 19-3, in Thursday's preseason finale. Starters for both teams played sparingly, if at all, and thegame featured 45 total passes thrown, compared to 205 rushingattempts. The 8 p.m. scheduled kickoff was delayed 20 minutes due tolightning in the area. There was a steady light rain during thewarm-up period, but it subsided once the game started. Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger played the first series of thegame, completing 2-of-2 passes for 16 yards. Backup Brian St.Pierre played the majority of the game, going 3-of-10 for 16yards before leaving with a toe injury in the fourth quarter. Jeff Reed connected on field goals from 32, 34, 31 and 37 yardsto help the Steelers create a 12-3 advantage. Safety TyroneCarter intercepted Carolina's Dalton Bell and returned it 32yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter to make it 19-3. On the ground, Gary Russell rushed 21 times for 62 yards andVerron Haynes carried 13 times for 47 yards as Pittsburgh (4-1)geared up for the Cleveland Browns in the regular season openeron September 9. The Panthers (1-3) started the game with backup signal-callerDavid Carr, who stumbled in his final dress rehearsal, going8-for-12 for 85 yards and an interception. Carolina coach John Fox rested the majority of his starters,including quarterback Jake Delhomme and wide receiver SteveSmith. Delhomme was listed with a sore arm, and Smith wasreported with a sore leg. The Panthers' lone score came in the second, when kicker JohnKasay hit a 31-yard field goal with 13:55 remaining. But hemissed one from 51 yards wide left in the first quarter.
NFL: PITTSBURGH at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- PITTSBURGH 0 3 6 10 19 CAROLINA 0 3 0 0 3 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NONE 2ND QUARTER: 1:49 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 31 YD. CAROLINA 3-0. 7:48 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 32 YD. PITTSBURGH 3-3. 3RD QUARTER: 9:23 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 34 YD. PITTSBURGH 6-3. 13:00 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 31 YD. PITTSBURGH 9-3. 4TH QUARTER: 6:23 PIT - FG, JEFF REED 37 YD. PITTSBURGH 12-3. 13:56 PIT - TD, TYRONE CARTER 32 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (JEFF REED KICK). PITTSBURGH 19-3. PITTSBURGH - CAROLINA Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS PITTSBURGH CAROLINA FIRST DOWNS 10 16 Rushing 5 7 Passing 3 8 Penalty 2 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-15-13% 2-10-20% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 141 289 Total offensive plays 58 57 Average gain per play 2.4 5.1 NET YARDS RUSHING 118 87 Rushing attempts 39 27 Average gain per rush 3.0 3.2 Tackles for loss-yards 8-15 2-2 NET YARDS PASSING 23 202 Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-21 1-0 Gross passing yards 44 202 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 16-7-0 29-17-2 Avg gain per pass play 1.2 6.7 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-4-2 2-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 9-48.0 5-49.4 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 43.7 45.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 73 22 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-39 4-22 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 2-46 4-81 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-34 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 5-39 7-45 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 5-4 TOUCHDOWNS 1 0 Rushing 0 0 Passing 0 0 Interceptions 1 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 4-4 1-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-4-0% 0-1-0% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 34:31 25:29 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PITTSBURGH CAROLINA RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- G RUSSELL 21 62 3.0 14 0 N GOINGS 8 32 4.0 9 0 V HAYNES 13 47 3.6 10 0 A HAYNES 8 29 3.6 11 0 B ST. PIER 1 7 7.0 7 0 D WILLIAMS 4 17 4.3 8 0 D KREIDER 1 2 2.0 2 0 D FOSTER 3 6 2.0 2 0 J KUHN 1 2 2.0 2 0 E SHELTON 2 2 1.0 2 0 D BAKER 1 0 0.0 0 0 D BELL 2 1 0.5 1 0 G WALKER 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- B ST. PIER 3-10- 16 0 0 8 D BELL 9-17-117 1 0 22 B ROETHLIS 2- 2- 16 0 0 17 D CARR 8-12- 85 1 0 46 C BATCH 2- 3- 12 0 0 7 B RANDALL 0- 1- 0 0 0 0 Sacked-Yards Lost: B ST. PIER 2-11, Sacked-Yards Lost: D CARR 1-0. B ROETHLIS 1-10. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C DAVIS 2 10 5.0 7 0 C HORN 5 43 8.6 17 0 N WASHINGT 1 17 17.0 17 0 K YOUNGBLO 2 32 16.0 21 0 W REID 1 8 8.0 8 0 K COLBERT 2 24 12.0 15 0 V HAYNES 1 5 5.0 5 0 C UPSHAW 2 23 11.5 22 0 G RUSSELL 1 5 5.0 5 0 D JARRETT 1 46 46.0 46 0 N DAVENPOR 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 T BIDDLE 1 21 21.0 21 0 E SHELTON 1 7 7.0 7 0 D CARTER 1 5 5.0 5 0 M GAINES 1 4 4.0 4 0 D FOSTER 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T CARTER 1 32 32.0 32 1 C KRIEWALDT 1 2 2.0 2 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D SEPULVED 9 432 48.0 3 2 57 J BAKER 5 247 49.4 0 2 59 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- W REID 4 39 9.8 30 0 C HORN 2 38 19.0 19 0 T BIDDLE 1 18 18.0 18 0 R ROBINSON 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- W REID 2 46 23.0 28 0 T BIDDLE 2 38 19.0 19 0 C HORN 1 24 24.0 24 0 R ROBINSON 1 19 19.0 19 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J REED 1/1 4/4 J KASAY 0/0 1/2 Dist.: 32 34 31 37 Dist.: (51) 31 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ M LORELLO 0 0 1 0-0 T BIDDLE 1 1 0 0-0 G MASON 0 0 1 0-0 M GAINES 1 1 0 0-0 L TIMMONS 0 0 1 0-0 A HAYNES 1 1 0 0-0 T CARTER 0 0 0 0-1 W MONTGOMERY 1 1 0 0-0 D SEPULVEDA 0 0 0 0-1 C HORN 1 0 0 0-0 S PAXSON 0 0 0 0-1 W GAY 0 0 0 0-1 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ T CARTER 5 5 0 0-0 D BALL 5 4 1 .5-1 L WOODLEY 5 4 1 0-0 C NEWTON 4 4 0 0-0 R WALLACE 4 4 0 0-0 D STRAIT 4 3 1 .5-1 G MASON 4 4 0 0-0 T SHAW 4 3 1 0-0 R STANLEY 4 4 0 0-0 A SEWARD 4 2 2 0-0 R COLCLOUGH 3 3 0 0-0 C DELOATCH 3 3 0 0-0 L TIMMONS 3 3 0 0-0 M PIMENTEL 3 3 0 0-0 M LORELLO 3 2 1 0-0 C MORTON 3 3 0 0-0 C HOKE 2 2 0 0-0 G GIBSON 3 1 2 0-0 R CLARK 2 2 0 0-0 P GARDENT 3 1 2 0-0 C HAGGANS 1 1 0 1-0 J ANDERSON 3 1 2 0-0 A SMITH 1 1 0 0-0 S WILLIAMS 2 2 0 1-9 R MCBEAN 1 1 0 0-0 D LEWIS 2 2 0 0-0 W GAY 1 1 0 0-0 Q TEAL 2 2 0 0-0 S PAXSON 1 1 0 0-0 J BEASON 2 2 0 0-0 I TAYLOR 1 1 0 0-0 B JAMISON 2 2 0 0-0 A HARRISON 1 1 0 0-0 R MARSHALL 2 2 0 0-0 M SPAETH 1 1 0 0-0 K JENKINS 2 1 1 1-10 T POLAMALU 1 1 0 0-0 K LUCAS 1 1 0 0-0 B KEISEL 1 1 0 0-0 K MOOREHEAD 1 1 0 0-0 N EASON 1 1 0 0-0 C JOHNSON 1 1 0 0-0 S NUA 1 0 1 0-0 N DIGGS 1 0 1 0-0 O GRIGSBY 1 0 1 0-0 T DAVIS 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Walt Coleman, Umpire-Jeff Rice, Head Linesman-Wayne Mackie, Line Judge-Ron Phares, Field Judge-Steve Zimmer, Side Judge-Dave Wyant, Back Judge-Richard Reels. Time of Game: 2:53</div>
