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Monday, November 18, 2002

Steelers 23 / Titans 31
at Nashville, Nov. 17, 2002

FIRST QUARTER

Steelers: Ward 72 pass from Maddox (Peterson kick), 14:45. Drive: 1 play, 72 yards, :15. Steelers 7, Tennessee 0.

Oilers: K.Dyson 1 pass from McNair (Nedney kick), 12:12. Drive: 1 play, 1 yard, :04. Key play: Sirmon 25 interception return to Steelers 1. Tennessee 7, Pittsburgh 7.

SECOND QUARTER

Oilers: George 4 run (Nedney kick), 2:55. Drive: 12 plays, 92 yards, 5:17. Key plays: George 11 run on 3rd-and-9; McNair 23 pass to K.Dyson; McNair 12 run on 3rd-and-11; McNair 14 pass to George; McNair 23 pass to Mason. Tennessee 14, Steelers 7.

THIRD QUARTER

Oilers: K.Dyson 9 pass from McNair (Nedney kick), 3:48. Drive: 6 plays, 42 yards, 4:06. Key plays: Mitchell interception return to Steelers 42; McNair 20 pass to K.Dyson; McNair 11 pass to Bennett on 3rd-and-9. Tennessee 21, Pittsburgh 7.

Oilers: George 5 run (Nedney kick), :28. Drive: 4 plays, 61 yards, 1:44. Key play: McNair 55 pass to McCareins on 3rd-and-9. Tennessee 28, Steelers 7.

FOURTH QUARTER

Oilers: FG Nedney 43, 8:06. Drive: 10 plays, 34 yards, 6:41. Key plays: George 10 run on 3rd-and-2; Holcombe 7 run on 3rd-and-3. Tennessee 31, Steelers 7.

Steelers: Mathis 4 pass from Stewart (Kreider pass from Stewart), 3:25. Drive: 12 plays, 72 yards, 4:41. Key plays: Stewart 10 pass to Ward on 3rd-and-3; Zereoue 12 run; Stewart 12 pass to Mathis. Tennessee 31, Steelers 15.

Steelers: Ward 4 pass from Stewart (Burress pass from Randle El), 1:28. Drive: 8 plays, 76 yards, 1:29. Key plays: Stewart 14 pass to Ward; Stewart 11 pass to Zereoue; Stewart 27 pass to Ward. Tennessee 31, Steelers 23.

STEELERS		TENNESSEE
20	FIRST DOWNS	22
3	Rushing	8
16	Passing	13
1	Penalty	1
5-13	THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY	12-19
1-1	FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY	0-1
357	TOTAL NET YARDS	378
61	Total Plays	73
5.9	Average Gain	5.2
45	NET YARDS RUSHING	121
15	Rushes	40
3.0	Average Per Rush	3.0
312	NET YARDS PASSING	257
1-6	Sacked-Yards Lost	0-0
318	Gross Yards Passing	257
27-45	Completions-Attempts	18-33
3	Had Intercepted	0
6.8	Yards Per Pass Play	7.8
4-0-0	KICKOFFS-END ZONE-TB	6-0-0
4-38.8	PUNTS-AVERAGE	3-26.3
0	Punts Blocked	0
0-0	FGs-PATs BLOCKED	0-0
120	TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE	102
1-13	Punt Returns-Yards	1-21
6-107	Kickoff Returns-Yards	2-58
0-0	Interceptions-Return Yards	3-23
4-20	PENALTIES-YARDS	5-36
0-0	FUMBLES-LOST	1-1
23:27	TIME OF POSSESSION	36:33

RUSHING STATISTICS
STEELERS
Zereoue	9-16
Maddox	1-12
Stewart	1-11
Bettis	4-6
TENNESSEE
George	28-79
McNair	9-24
Holcombe	3-18
PASSING STATISTICS
STEELERS
Maddox	14-28-3-194
Stewart	13-17-0-124
TENNESSEE
McNair	18-33-0-257
RECEIVING STATISTICS
STEELERS
Ward	10-168
Randle El	5-26
Burress	4-41
Zereoue	4-37
Mathis	3-38
Bruener	1-8
TENNESSEE
K.Dyson	8-87
Mason	6-85
McCareins	1-55
George	1-14
Bennett	1-11
Kinney	1-5
PUNT RETURNS -- YARDS
STEELERS
Randle El	1-13
TENNESSEE	x
Mason	1-21
KICKOFF RETURNS -- YARDS
STEELERS
Mays	3-57
Randle El	2-32
Kreider	1-18
TENNESSEE
McCareins	1-48
Green	1-10
TACKLES -- ASSISTS -- SACKS
STEELERS
Gildon	5-3-0
Porter	4-4-0
A.Smith	5-2-0
Alexander	4-3-0
Farrior	4-2-0
Bell	4-1-0
Scott	3-1-0
Washington	2-1-0
Fiala	3-1-0
Von Oelhoffen	1-2-0
Hope	3-0-0
Haggans	2-0-0
Hampton	1-1-0
Flowers	1-1-0
Logan	1-0-0
Bailey	1-0-0
Townsend	1-0-0
Peterson	1-0-0
Miller	1-0-0
TENNESSEE
Bulluck	9-2-0
Sirmon	4-3-0
A.Dyson	5-0-0
Williams	3-2- 1/2
Mitchell	3-1-0
Calmus	2-2-0
Schulters	2-1-0
Haynesworth	1-2- 1/2
Thornton	2-0-0
Rolle	2-0-0
Coady	2-1-0
Hall	1-1-0
Smith	1-0-0
Ford	1-0-0
Morris	3-1-0
Chamberlin	2-0-0
Boiman	0-1-0
INTERCEPTIONS -- RETURN YARDS
STEELERS
None
TENNESSEE
Sirmon	1-25
Schulters	1-0
Mitchell	1-(minus 2)
MISSED FIELD GOALS
STEELERS
Peterson	31 (WR), 37 (WR)
TENNESSEE
Nedney	39 (WR)

OFFICIALS
Referee	Tony Corrente
Ump	Darrell Jenkins
HL	Aaron Pointer
LJ	Mark Steinkerchner
FJ	Pete Morelli
SJ	John Parry
BJ	Don Carey
Replay	Mark Burns