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Preseason Week 1: Minnesota at Pittsburgh

August 12, 2000
65°
Pittsburgh Stadium (Pittsburgh, PA) Attendance: 53,976 (83%)
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 - 0
Pittsburgh 0 12 3 12 - 27

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 2) Pittsburgh: 2-2-MIN 2 (8:45) 32-Sam Wilson ran to MIN 0 for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Pittsburgh: 1-8-MIN 8 (2:11) 1-Tim Friedman pass complete to 81-Trent Roberts to MIN 0 for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 3) Pittsburgh: 4-4-MIN 13 (11:19) 63-Luther Douglas 31 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 15 MIN 0
(Qtr 4) Pittsburgh: 4-6-MIN 8 (13:36) 63-Luther Douglas 26 yard field goal is GOOD. PIT 18 MIN 0
(Qtr 4) Pittsburgh: 1-3-MIN 3 (6:06) 31-Willard Calvin ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 63-Luther Douglas. MIN 79-Scott Durant was injured on the play. PIT 25 MIN 0
(Qtr 4) Pittsburgh: 3-17-MIN 4 (3:01) 18-Alfred Stephens sacked at MIN -1 for -5 yards (61-Robert Daugherty). Sack allowed by 79-Scott Durant. SAFETY! (61-Robert Daugherty) PIT 27 MIN 0

Team Statistics

Pittsburgh Minnesota
First Downs 15 10
- Rushing 9 5
- Passing 5 3
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 283 175
- Offensive Plays 69 50
- Yards Per Play 4.10 3.50
Net Rushing Yards 196 101
- Rushing Attempts 49 19
- Yards Per Rush 4.00 5.32
Net Passing Yards 87 74
- Att/Comp/Int 19 / 12 / 0 25 / 9 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 96 111
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 9 6 / 37
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.35 2.39
- Yards Per Completion 8.00 12.33
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 15 0 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.2 9.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 27 5 / 22
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 3 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 27 6 / 110
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 2 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 48 OWN 29
Time of Possession 39:18 20:42

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:02 3:35 OWN 38 5 23 Punt
1 5:44 2:21 OWN 20 3 10 Punt
1 1:56 8:14 OWN 16 14 84 Touchdown
2 7:05 3:27 OWN 40 6 7 Punt
2 3:34 1:28 OPP 27 3 27 Touchdown
2 1:12 1:12 OWN 20 3 17 Half
3 15:00 1:03 OWN 34 3 4 Punt
3 12:40 1:24 OPP 19 3 6 Field Goal
3 8:58 4:54 OWN 26 7 34 Punt
3 3:02 1:37 OPP 36 3 0 Punt
4 14:56 1:24 OPP 11 3 3 Field Goal
4 10:39 4:36 OPP 42 8 42 Touchdown
4 5:22 1:53 OPP 38 3 2 Punt
4 2:58 1:04 OWN 31 3 7 Fumble
4 1:06 1:06 OPP 34 2 8 Game

Minnesota

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:58 OWN 32 3 3 Punt
1 10:27 4:43 OWN 20 7 76 Missed FG
1 3:23 1:27 OPP 50 3 4 Punt
2 8:42 1:37 OWN 27 3 8 Punt
2 3:38 0:04 OWN 18 1 0 Interception
2 2:06 0:54 OWN 30 6 39 Punt
3 13:57 1:17 OWN 29 3 8 Fumble
3 11:15 2:18 OWN 34 4 39 Fumble
3 4:04 1:02 OWN 14 3 -5 Punt
3 1:25 1:28 OWN 7 3 8 Downs
4 13:33 2:54 OWN 27 5 20 Fumble
4 6:03 0:41 OWN 46 3 2 Fumble
4 3:29 0:31 OWN 11 3 -12 Safety
4 1:54 0:48 OPP 44 3 -15 Fumble

Rushing Stats

Pittsburgh

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Ramon Brown 17 62 3.65 7 0 0
Willard Calvin 14 52 3.71 7 0 1
Sam Wilson 11 50 4.55 12 1 1
Elwood Beck 7 32 4.57 11 1 0

Minnesota

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Floyd Gottlieb 6 52 8.67 18 3 0
Kenneth Wesley 12 42 3.50 10 2 0
Richard Thompson 1 7 7.00 7 0 0

Passing Stats

Pittsburgh

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Tim Friedman 13 11 89 1 / 9 1 18 0 120.83
Garry Reyes 6 1 7 0 / 0 0 7 0 39.58

Minnesota

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Carl Harding 15 8 106 0 / 0 0 45 1 48.19
Alfred Stephens 10 1 5 6 / 37 0 5 0 39.58

Receiving Stats

Pittsburgh

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Trent Roberts 2 26 13.00 18 1
Sam Wilson 3 18 6.00 11 0
Christopher Wayne 2 15 7.50 13 0
Ramon Brown 1 12 12.00 12 0
Edward Andres 1 9 9.00 9 0
Elwood Beck 1 7 7.00 7 0
Joseph McDonald 1 5 5.00 5 0
Willard Calvin 1 4 4.00 4 0

Minnesota

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joseph Smith 2 53 26.50 45 0
Robert Cruz 2 22 11.00 17 0
John Page 2 18 9.00 10 0
Richard Thompson 2 13 6.50 8 0
Nathan Boyer 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

Pittsburgh

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
David Zeigler 16 21 1 1
Trent Roberts 1 21 0 1
Paul Callahan 8 2 0 0
Michael Weathers 2 0 0 0
David Hall 0 4 0 0
Myron Brown 0 1 0 0
Russell Leblanc 0 2 0 0
David Sullivan 0 2 0 0
Ricky Seward 0 6 0 1
Joseph McDonald 0 12 0 1
James Boyle 9 20 0 0
Tyrone Romero 0 1 0 0
Kyle Haug 2 0 0 0
Robert Daugherty 0 1 0 0
Bill Hua 0 3 0 0
Raymond Wood 0 1 0 0
Edward Andres 0 13 0 0
Sam Wilson 1 0 0 0
James Sacks 4 13 0 1
Victor Bates 13 42 0 4
Albert Derrickson 15 22 0 0
Doug Stinson 10 19 0 0
Frederick Sellers 19 21 0 1
Calvin Schroeder 18 22 0 1
Willard Calvin 6 15 0 3
Ramon Brown 6 15 0 0
David Langford 0 12 0 0
Jon Sauls 17 29 0 1
Christopher Wayne 0 3 0 1
Elwood Beck 8 26 0 4
Joseph Wygant 4 3 0 1
Samuel Goodwill 18 28 0 2
Luther Douglas 18 37 0 2
Leslie Almeida 14 34 0 0
William Buske 0 1 0 0

Minnesota

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Scott Durant 18 13 3 3
Steven Ledford 21 16 2 2
Dennis Bernstein 25 11 1 1
Frank Gunter 5 5 0 2
Floyd Gottlieb 3 1 0 0
Carl McNeill 23 15 0 1
Randy Shook 0 5 0 0
Joe Williams 18 5 0 0
Dennis Hahn 6 0 0 0
James Harris 0 1 0 0
Kenneth Wesley 3 3 0 1
Francis Hunter 6 0 0 0
Wesley Rogers 3 2 0 0
Edward Howard 11 1 0 0
Robert Reagle 0 3 0 0
Ryan Ridgway 0 4 0 0
Joe Williamson 0 2 0 0
Edwin Lockwood 0 1 0 1
Robert Rosser 0 1 0 0
Nathan Boyer 4 8 0 1
John Page 2 5 0 0
Robert Cruz 0 7 0 0
Michael Brunette 8 18 0 0
Jack Moller 0 2 0 1
Robert Cook 0 1 0 0
David Blankenship 0 3 0 0
Daniel Carney 0 1 0 0
Todd Driskell 3 3 0 0
George James 11 7 0 0
Joseph Smith 0 4 0 0
Frank Skelton 15 11 0 1
Ryan Hopper 0 2 0 0
Gus Garcia 20 12 0 0
Curtis Temple 15 9 0 0
Richard Thompson 7 1 0 0
John Buffum 15 7 0 1
Enoch Minnick 4 13 0 0
Jason Turner 9 14 0 1
Johnny Roberson 5 1 0 0
Peter Board 0 1 0 1

Interception Stats

Pittsburgh

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Michael Weathers 1 0 0.00 0

Minnesota

Fumble Stats

Pittsburgh

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Elwood Beck 1 0 0 0
Joseph McDonald 0 1 0 0
Duane Lott 0 1 1 0
James Sacks 0 2 0 0
Raymond Wood 0 1 0 0
Edward Andres 0 1 0 0

Minnesota

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Kenneth Wesley 1 0 0 0
Joe Williams 0 1 0 0
Edwin Lockwood 0 1 1 0

Punting

Pittsburgh

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Edward Andres 7 188 26.86 26.71 40 4

Minnesota

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Howard Huang 4 118 29.50 23.00 37 1
Edwin Lockwood 1 30 30.00 27.00 30 0

Kicking

Pittsburgh

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Luther Douglas 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 31 1 / 3

Minnesota

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jason Turner 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 0 / 0

Punt Return

Pittsburgh

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Edward Andres 1 3 3.0 3 0

Minnesota

Kick Return

Pittsburgh

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Edward Andres 2 27 13.5 0

Minnesota

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Robert Cruz 3 65 21.7 0
Richard Thompson 3 45 15.0 0

Defensive Stats

Pittsburgh

Name Tackles Sacks
Joseph Wygant 9 0
Robert Daugherty 6 4
Dennis Ritz 5 0
Kyle Haug 4 0
Joseph McDonald 3 0
Roy Engel 2 0
Joseph Alexander 2 0
William Leonard 2 0
Paul Callahan 2 2
Leslie Almeida 1 0
Jeffrey Rolfes 1 0
Myron Brown 1 0
Raymond Wood 1 0
Luther Douglas 1 0
Duane Lott 1 0

Minnesota

Name Tackles Sacks
Frank Gunter 9 0
Edwin Lockwood 8 0
Robert Reagle 6 0
David Blankenship 5 0
Jason Turner 4 0
Howard Huang 4 0
Robert Cook 4 0
Peter Board 3 0
Michael Lafond 3 0
Jack Moller 3 0
Daniel Carney 2 1
Wendell Hubbard 2 0
Roy Weikel 2 0
Ryan Ridgway 2 0
Robert Rosser 2 0
James Harris 1 0
Joe Williamson 1 0
Kenneth Wesley 1 0
Bryan Craig 1 0
Robert Cruz 1 0
Ryan Hopper 1 0
Scott Durant 1 0
John Page 1 0