League Championship: New Orleans vs. Pittsburgh
January 22, 2040 50° San Francisco Stadium
Attendance: 69,732 (100%)
New Orleans 14 13 0 0 - 27
Pittsburgh 14 3 0 0 - 17
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Pittsburgh: 1-5-NOS 5 (14:18) 27-Louie Pero ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Terry Atkins. PIT 7 NOS 0
(Qtr 1) New Orleans: 3-11-NOS 24 (13:27) 9-Edward Reed pass complete to 10-Ellis Carter for 76 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Gordon Olsen. PIT 7 NOS 7
(Qtr 1) Pittsburgh: 2-4-NOS 4 (8:43) 27-Louie Pero ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Terry Atkins. PIT 14 NOS 7
(Qtr 1) New Orleans: 3-9-PIT 20 (4:22) 9-Edward Reed pass complete to 11-William Bain for 20 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Gordon Olsen. PIT 14 NOS 14
(Qtr 2) New Orleans: 2-4-PIT 4 (4:20) 9-Edward Reed pass complete to 12-William Langer for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) New Orleans: 2-10-PIT 46 (0:54) 9-Edward Reed pass complete to 11-William Bain for 46 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Gordon Olsen. PIT 14 NOS 27
(Qtr 2) Pittsburgh: 1-10-NOS 41 (0:02) 1-Terry Atkins 58 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 17 NOS 27
Team Statistics
Pittsburgh New Orleans
First Downs 13 15
- Rushing 3 2
- Passing 9 13
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 315 435
- Offensive Plays 57 72
- Yards Per Play 5.53 6.04
Net Rushing Yards 86 105
- Rushing Attempts 21 37
- Yards Per Rush 4.10 2.84
Net Passing Yards 229 330
- Att/Comp/Int 36 / 24 / 1 34 / 21 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 229 340
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 10
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.36 9.43
- Yards Per Completion 9.54 16.19
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 12 14 / 20
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.3 5.3
4th Down Conversions 1 / 3 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 28 3 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 22
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 8 1 / 1
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 35
Time of Possession 24:31 35:30
Drive Charts
Pittsburgh
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:17 0:03 OPP 5 1 5 Touchdown
1 13:15 4:35 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown
1 4:17 5:06 OWN 25 8 32 Punt
2 4:15 2:29 OWN 25 6 29 Punt
2 0:45 0:45 OWN 25 2 34 Field Goal
3 15:00 2:33 OWN 25 5 18 Punt
3 9:45 1:26 OWN 18 3 10 Punt
3 6:02 0:01 OWN 26 1 0 Fumble
3 4:13 4:27 OWN 5 8 44 Punt
4 6:57 0:50 OWN 48 4 8 Downs
4 4:44 1:40 OWN 6 8 51 Interception
4 1:46 0:36 OWN 6 4 9 Downs
New Orleans
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:43 OWN 25 2 0 Fumble
1 14:15 1:00 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
1 8:40 4:24 OWN 25 9 75 Touchdown
2 14:11 9:56 OWN 9 18 91 Touchdown
2 1:46 1:01 OWN 20 5 80 Touchdown
3 12:27 2:42 OWN 18 6 16 Punt
3 8:19 2:17 50 5 23 Interception
3 6:01 1:47 OPP 26 4 17 Interception
4 14:46 7:49 OWN 2 12 56 Missed FG
4 6:07 1:23 OWN 43 3 5 Punt
4 3:03 1:18 OWN 38 3 5 Punt
4 1:10 1:10 OPP 11 2 0 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Pittsburgh
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#27 Louie Pero 14 48 3.43 8 0 2
#20 James McKinnon 6 30 5.00 11 1 0
#32 Thomas Cochran 1 8 8.00 8 0 0
New Orleans
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#84 Michael Sammons 14 58 4.14 16 2 0
#82 William Bain 6 21 3.50 10 1 0
#42 Benjamin Miller 12 20 1.67 4 0 0
#29 Donald Hutton 3 6 2.00 4 0 0
#9 Edward Reed 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Pittsburgh
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#17 Brian Lowe 36 24 229 0 / 0 0 41 1 72.57
New Orleans
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#9 Edward Reed 34 21 340 1 / 10 4 76 2 109.93
Receiving Stats
Pittsburgh
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#27 Louie Pero 3 57 19.00 41 0
#33 Richard Mosby 2 42 21.00 35 0
#86 Denver Marquez 4 38 9.50 17 0
#88 Robert Meeker 4 37 9.25 15 0
#20 James McKinnon 3 18 6.00 13 0
#39 William Atkinson 3 15 5.00 6 0
#14 Scottie Cannon 4 13 3.25 7 0
#47 James Dillard 1 9 9.00 9 0
New Orleans
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 William Bain 5 110 22.00 46 2
#15 Ellis Carter 2 80 40.00 76 1
#81 Donald Ruelas 2 39 19.50 33 0
#84 William Langer 4 35 8.75 13 1
#82 Billy Haywood 2 34 17.00 28 0
#84 Michael Sammons 2 16 8.00 8 0
#42 Benjamin Miller 2 16 8.00 11 0
#15 Mark Hayes 2 10 5.00 6 0
Blocking Stats
Pittsburgh
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#29 Dale Stewart 0 2 0 0
#73 Leon Perdue 0 3 0 0
#94 George Motley 0 2 0 0
#57 Lloyd Deleon 0 1 0 0
#96 Christopher Nixon 0 2 0 0
#92 Joseph Stoltzfus 0 3 0 0
#63 Anthony Patrick 0 3 0 0
#60 Calvin Read 44 29 0 2
#63 James Golden 25 26 0 0
#68 Terry Conn 39 27 0 1
#39 William Atkinson 22 19 0 0
#66 Israel Aube 33 26 0 2
#72 Kenneth Carothers 36 26 0 3
#33 Matthew Williams 8 3 0 0
#77 John Griffin 15 4 0 0
#87 Jason Warren 7 7 0 0
#47 James Dillard 4 0 0 0
#88 Robert Meeker 5 18 0 0
#86 Denver Marquez 0 16 0 1
#89 David Herrera 0 8 0 0
#20 James McKinnon 0 1 0 0
#14 Scottie Cannon 0 17 0 4
#32 Thomas Cochran 2 0 0 0
#27 Louie Pero 5 1 0 0
#44 Matthew Hackney 4 3 0 0
#72 Benjamin Holmes 10 3 0 0
#76 Preston Burton 2 0 0 0
#61 Darryl Lynn 0 1 0 0
#30 David McGowan 0 1 0 1
#33 Richard Mosby 1 0 0 0
New Orleans
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#69 Herman Widmer 33 42 0 2
#77 Jeremy Giron 33 40 0 5
#81 Donald Ruelas 0 10 0 0
#68 Eugene Weeks 34 39 0 1
#68 Gregory Morris 35 41 0 2
#29 Donald Hutton 18 27 0 2
#66 Joshua Booker 35 48 0 5
#82 Billy Haywood 17 36 0 0
#15 Mark Hayes 0 19 0 1
#82 William Bain 0 5 0 1
#67 Dennis Madden 7 1 0 0
#65 Eric Wedgeworth 8 1 0 0
#69 Pedro Ashley 7 2 0 0
#42 Benjamin Miller 5 2 0 0
#40 William Lineberry 9 7 0 0
#66 John Tollefson 10 1 0 0
#28 Kenneth Kovach 4 10 0 0
#15 Ellis Carter 0 8 0 0
#84 William Langer 0 19 0 0
#84 Michael Sammons 3 0 0 0
#61 Frank Cisneros 7 1 0 0
#90 David Brown 3 1 0 0
#94 William Colson 0 2 0 0
#96 Gustavo Aguilar 0 1 0 0
#58 James Zamora 0 1 0 0
#38 David Phillips 0 1 0 0
#57 Alvin Gaither 0 1 0 0
#95 Jordan Akins 0 1 0 0
#24 Matthew Colley 0 1 0 0
#99 John Sollars 0 1 0 0
#96 Francisco Howell 0 1 0 1
#55 Ernesto Scott 0 1 0 0
#33 Chance Borrego 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Pittsburgh
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#91 James Dozier 2 8 4.00 0
New Orleans
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#34 Michael Jobe 1 1 1.00 0
Fumble Stats
Pittsburgh
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#61 Darryl Lynn 1 1 0 0
#20 James McKinnon 1 0 0 0
#17 Brian Lowe 1 0 0 0
#94 George Motley 0 0 1 0
#63 Anthony Patrick 0 1 0 0
#14 Scottie Cannon 0 1 0 0
New Orleans
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#9 Edward Reed 1 0 1 0
#47 Steven Mock 0 0 1 0
#98 Michael McCombs 0 1 0 0
Punting
Pittsburgh
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#6 William Nichols 5 218 43.60 34.20 52 3
New Orleans
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#6 Reginald Campbell 3 146 48.67 48.67 52 3
Kicking
Pittsburgh
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Terry Atkins 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 58 2 / 2
New Orleans
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#3 Gordon Olsen 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 3 / 4
Punt Return
Pittsburgh
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
New Orleans
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#15 Ellis Carter 1 22 22.0 22 0
Kick Return
Pittsburgh
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
New Orleans
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Pittsburgh
Name Tackles Sacks
#91 James Dozier 10 0
#94 George Motley 8 1
#28 Nelson Rakestraw 7 0
#63 Anthony Patrick 5 0
#29 Dale Stewart 5 0
#44 Matthew Hackney 4 0
#61 Darryl Lynn 4 0
#38 Timothy Sutton 3 0
#92 Joseph Stoltzfus 2 0
#30 David McGowan 2 0
#66 Israel Aube 1 0
#56 Jude Garza 1 0
#86 Denver Marquez 1 0
New Orleans
Name Tackles Sacks
#33 Chance Borrego 11 0
#34 Michael Jobe 6 0
#32 Marvin Henry 5 0
#24 Matthew Colley 3 0
#47 Steven Mock 3 0
#38 David Phillips 3 0
#99 John Sollars 2 0
#95 Jordan Akins 2 0
#57 Alvin Gaither 2 0
#52 Thomas Lewis 2 0
#68 Gregory Morris 1 0
#28 Kenneth Kovach 1 0
#82 Billy Haywood 1 0
#98 Michael McCombs 1 0
#94 William Colson 1 0