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STEELERS
3 RelinStorlçP9 Norm Johnson, K
10 Kordell Stewart, OB/WR14 Neil O'Donnell, GB
16 Jim Miller, 0818 Mike Toniczak, GB
20 Erric Pegrom, RB
21 Dean Figures, (B/PR22 John L. Willarns, FB24 Girls Oldharn, (B25 trod McAfee, RB26 Rod Weodson, (B/KR27 WillIe Williams, (B28 Alvoid Mays, (B29 Randy Fuller, DB
33 Byron "Barn" Morris, RB34 ThnLester,FB37 Cornell Lake, 55
39 Darren Porry, FS
40 Myron Bell, S41 Lothon Flowers, DB
43 Steve Avery, FB
54 Donta Jones, LB
55 Jerry Olsovsky, LB
57 Eric Ravotti, LB
60 Kendall Gammon, C
63 Dernianitl DawsolL C65 John OT
66 Thomas Nowborry, 668 Brenulen Sloi, G
69 Ariel Solomon, (/672 Leon Searcy,OT
13 Justln Strzolczyk, 6/OT76 Kevin Henry, DE
78 Tease Faumul, DL
79 James Parrish, OL
82 Yoncey Thigpon, WR
83 (orey Holiday, WR84 Tracy Greene, TE
85 Jonathan Hayes, TI87 Mark Bruenez TE
88 Andre Hastings, WR
89 Ernie Mills, WR90 Bill Johnson, DL
91 KevIn Greene, LB
92 Jason Gildon, LB
93 Joel Steed, NT
94 Chad Brown, LB
95 Greg Lloyd, LB
96 Brentsan Budiner, DE
97 Roy Seals, 0!98 Oliver Gibson, DT99 Levee KIrkland, LB
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10 Wendell D.vis,WRii P.ulJustl.,OB14 Cay Blmidtard,K16 BebbyOlIve,WR
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25 Ronald Humphrey, RB
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28 Marshall Faulli, RB
29 Jason RaIser, LIB
30 DorwinGraflB32 lads Crockett, RB
33 Ashley Ambrose, DB
34 RoyBacha.rDB35 Coaredciarks,DI36 DamonWatts,DB38 E.go.e Dauiel, DB
40 RoyMcESy,DB49 Dovidlate,DB51 Tievhterts,LB54 Jeffflerrod,LB55 Qientin Coryott, LB
56 Tony Bennett, LB
57 Devon McDonald, LB
59 StepbaGnmt,LB61 To.y McCoy,DT
62 Ills DE/T
63 KIlI towdermils, C65 Eric Malduin, OG
67 WllWoHorkOT69 Racily Dixm 0671 K'gip Victors. OL72 Beret West, OT
73 SethDlttmunOT74 jose. Mathews, OT75 Shown Harper, OT
79 Joe Staysnlalç 0680 Aaron Bailey,WR81 Marcis PeUord, U
83 Bradford Banta, Ti85 Ken Dilger, TE
86 Brian WR
87 SemiDowkbis,WR8892 Stove MorrIson, LB
93 FreddieJoeNuum,DE95 Bernard Whittinglon, DI96 Trever WIlmot, LB
97 Scott Reuledç LB
98 Tony Skogusa, DT
99 Mike Pelton, DT
PIUSOOHON STEELEHS VS. INDIRNAPOLIS COLTS
SONOOY, JQNUDHY 14, 1996 — 12:30 P.M. — IHD[E HIYEPS STOOIUM
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COLTS
STEELERS OFFENSEWIL.82
LT...65
LG...66
C...63
Ycmcey Tliigpen 88John jackson 73Tom Newberry 73DOrIIIOIIttI Dawson 69
Andre Hastings 10 Kordell StewartJustin Strzelczyk 79 James Parrish
Justin Strzelczyk 68 Brenden SkiMel Solomon 60 Kendall Gammon
RO...68 Broaden Stnl 73 Justl. StrzelczykIT...??TL.87
WR...89QL..14
Leon Seircy 73Mark Bruener 85Ernie MIlls 83NeilO'Donnell 18
lus tin StrzelczykJonatlnu Hayes 84 Tracy Greene
Corey Halhday
Mike Tomczck 16 Jim Miller
JO Kordell Stewart
RB..20 (tnt Pegram 33 Bern Morris 25 Fred McAfee
FB...22 John L. Williams 43 Steve Avery 34 ren Lester
COLTS DEFENSELE..S5 Ber.ord Wbittington 93 Freddie Joe Nunn 99 Mike Pelten
LT...61
RT..,98
bay McCoy 62
bony Sirogusa 62
Ellis Johnson
Ellis Johnson
RE...56 bony Bennett 51 Trev Alherts
LLB...59 Stephen Grant 57 Devon McDonald 96 Trevor Wilmet
MLB...54 Jeff Horred 97 Scott Radedc 92 Steve Morrison
RLL,.55 Quentin Ceryott 96 Trever Wilmot
LCB...34 Ray Buchanan 36 Dtnon Watts 40 Ray McElroy
RCB...38 Eugene Dendel 33 Ashley Ambrose
SS...49 David late 35 Com'ad Claris
FS..29 Jason Baker 30 Darwin Gray
STEELERS SPECIALISTSP... 3 Rohn Stork
PK... 9 Norm Johnson
H... 3 RaIn Stork 18 MIke boniciak
PR...88 Andre Hastings 82 Taicey Thigpen 26 Rod Woodson
KOR...89 Ernie Mills 20 Erric Pegrari 88 Andre llasti.gs
PC...60 Ke.doll Gamma. 63 Derrnentti Dawson
KC,,.60 KonilnE Gamma. 63 Deniontti Dawson
STEELERS DEFENSELE...96HT...93
Brentson Buckner 76 Kevin Henry 78
Joel Steed 96 Brentson Budcner 90Toase EnSDli Johnson
RE.S7 Ray Seals 76 Kevin Henry 98 OlIver Gibson
LOtL..91 Kevin Greene 92 Jason GIldon
ULR...99 Lnvan Kicldand 57 irk Rovotti• RILB...55
ROtL.95LCB...27
RCB...37
SS...40
Jerry Olsavsky 57 Eric Rovotti 94Greg Lloyd 57 ErIc Rovottl 54
Willie WillIams 21 Dean Figires 26Carnell Lake 28 Alvoid Mays 21
24 Chris Qldham 29
Myron Bell 37 Cornell Lake 41
Chad Brown
Dense Jo.as
Rod Woods.'Dean Figures
Randy FuhrLetban Flawers
VS...39 Done. Perry 24 Chris Oldhaun
COLTS OFFENSEWR...87 Seal Dewklns 86 BrIan Stablein 16 Bobby Olive
LT...67 Will Walford 71 Klpp Vickers 72 Derek West
LG...69 Randy Dixon 79 Joe Stoysnlak
C..63 Kirk Lowdeomilk 79 Joe Staysniok
RIL.79 Joe Staysniak 65 Eric Malilim
RT...74
IE...85Jason Mathews 75 Shawi Harper 73
Ken DIlger 83 Bradford Banta 81
Seth Dittman
Macus Pollard
WR...8805... 4
Floyd Timer 80 Aaron Balky 10
JIm Harbaugh 7 Craig Erickson 11
Wendell DavIs
Paul Just'm
RB...28 Marshall Fail 21 Lament Warren 25 Ronald Humphrey
RB...32 Zack Crockett 27 ClIf Grace
COLTS SPECIALISTSR..1 7 Chris Gardodci 14 Cary Blanchard
K...1 4 Cay Bla.chard 17 Oils Gardodci
H...1 7 Chris Gardodci 4 Jim Harbaugh
PR...34 Roy Buchanan 86 Brian Stebleln 80 Aaron Bailey
KR...25 Ronald Humphrey 21 Lament Warren 80 Aaron Bailey
PC...83 Bradfard Bonte 72 Derek West 85 Ken Dilger
KC...83 Bradford Banta 72 Derek West 85 Ken Dilger
Inactive Players:
STEELERS PRONUNCIATIONS
Mark Breener (BREW-ner); Ta'ase Faumw' (ta-ak-SAY feh-oo-M0O-eo);
Letlion Flowers (LEE-tho.); Kevin Henry (Ku-yin);Doata Jones (DON-say); Levon Kirkland (luh-VON);
Chris Ofiliam (OLD-urn); Jerry Olsavslcy (ol-SAV-skee);
Erric Pegram (PEE-grum); Leon Searcy (SEER-see);
Brende. Stal (STYb Justla Slrzelczyk (STREL-zilc)
TODAY'S Of RCIALSReferee—Bernie Kukar (86); Umpire—Headi Anckli (115);
Head Linesman—Eaniie Franti (111); Line Judge—Ron Baynes (56);
Back Judge—Tim MiNis (80); Side Judge—Dong Took (4);
Field Judge—John Robison (46); Akeniates—Tom WhIte (123);
Bob Boylston (101); Observer—Ron DeSouza Supervisor—Jack Reader
COLTS
Coryatt (CORE-yacht); Kea Dllger (DILL-pr);
W Grace (GROSS); Eric MahIam (MAL-wn)
Devon McDonald (dub-VON); Scott Rodecic (RADiI-sick);
kay Siraguso (SEAR-ub-goo-suli); Brie. Slablein (STAY-lIme);
Joe Staysmiak (STAYS-knee-ak)
l.active Players:
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43 Avery, Steve, F840 Bell, Myron, S94 Brown, Chad, tB87 Bruener, Mark, If96 Buckner, Brentson, DE63 Dawson, Deruuontti, C78 Faumsi, Taase, DL21 FIgures, Dean, CB/PR41 Flowers, Lethon, DB29 Fuller, Randy, DB
60 Gammon, Kendall, C98 Gibson, Oliver, DI92 GIldan,Jason,LB91 Greene, kevin, LB84 Greene, Tracy, TE88 Hastings, Anile, WR85 Hayes, Jonathan, TE76 Henry, kevIn, DE83 Halliday, Corey, WR65 Jackson, John, OT
9 Johnson, Norm, k90 Johnson,William,DL54 Jones, Donta, LB99 KIrkland, Levon, LB37 Ludce, Cornell, SS
34 Lester, 11., FR95 Lloyd, Greg, LB28 Mays, Alvoid, CB25 McAfee, Fred, RB16 MIfler, Jim, GB89 Mills, Ernie, WR33 Morris, Byron "Born", RB66 Newberry, Thomas, 614 O'DonnelL Neil, GB24 Oldham, Chris, (B55 Olsavsky, Jerry, LB79 Parrish, James, OL20 Pegram, Erric, RB39 Petty, Darren, FS57 Ravotti, Eric, LB91 Seals, Ray, DE
12 Searcy, Lean, OT
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3 Stark, Rohn, P93 Steed, Joel, NT10 Stewart, Kordell, OB/WR73 Strielcayk, Justin, G/OT82 Thlgpen, Yancey, WR18 Tomcxdc Mice, GB22 Willams, John L, FB27 Williams, Willie, (B26 Woodson, Rod, CB/KR
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4 JIm Harbaugh GB 6-3 215 32 9 Mldiigam7 CraIg Erickson GB 6-2 205 26 4 MIami
10 WendalDavis WR 6-0 18$ 30 7 Loufsla.oStateIi PwjlJu,stln GB 6-4 215 27 1 Arizona State14 Cary Blandiard k 6-1 225 27 3 Oklahoma Stalà16 Bobbyollve WR 5-11 170 26 1 OWotate17 ChrisGardocki P 6-1 199 25 5 Clemson21 taumoitWarrep RB S-li 211 23 2 Colorado25 Ronald Humphrey RB 5-10 211 26 2 Mississippi Valley State27 CflfGroce RB 5-11 242 23 R ThxasA&M28 Macshall Fauli RB 5-10 205 22 2 San Diego State29 JasonBelser DB 5-9 185 25 4 Oklahoma30 Derwhi Gray DB 5-11 203 24 3 Brigham Young32 Zack Crockett RB 6-2 241 23 R FlorIda State33 Ashley Ambrose DB 5-10 192 25 4 MississIppi Valley State34 Ray Bichama DB 5-9 189 24 3 l.oulsville35 Corned (larks DB 5-10 200 26 R Northeast Louisiana36 Damon Watts DB 5-10 173 23 2 Indiana38 E.geneDmilel DB 5-11 180 34 12 LoulsianaState40 Ray McEhoy DB 5-11 195 23 R Eastern Illiols49 DavId Tate DB 6-1 212 31 8 Colorado51 TrevAlierts LB 6-4 245 25 2 Nebraska54 Jeff Herrod LB 6-0 245 29 8 Mississippi55 Quentius Coryatt LB 6-3 246 25 4 Texas AIM56 Tony Bemiett LB 6-2 242 28 6 Mississippi57 DevonMcDonald LB 6-4 228 26 3 NotreDame59 Stephen Grant LB 6-0 240 26 4 West Virginia61 Tony Mccoy DT 6-0 282 26 4 Florida62 Ems Johnson DE/T 6-2 298 fl R Florida63 KirkLowd.rmik C 6-4 284 32 11 OhioState65 Eric MahIum 00 6-4 290 25 2 CaRt orila67 WIll Walford 01 6-5 295 31 10 Vanderbilt69 Randy Dixon 06 6-3 290 30 9 Pittsburgh71 kipp Vidiers OL 6-2 296 26 I Miami72 DerekWest 01 6-8 303 23 R Colorado73 Seth Dlltnian 01 6-7 290 23 R Stamford74 Jason Mathews 01 6-5 288 24 2 Texas AIM75 Shown Harper 01 6-3 290 27 I Indiana79 Joe Staysnlak 06 6-5 292 29 5 Ohio State80 Aaron Bailey WR 5-10 184 24 2 Loulsvlfle$1 Marcus Pollard II 6-4 245 23 1 Bradley83 Bradford Banta TI 6-6 257 25 2 Southern California85 Ken Dilger If 6-5 256 24 R Illinois86 Brian Stablein WR 6-) 190 25 1 Ohio State87 Seen Dawkins WR 6-4 211 24 3 California88 Floyd Turner WR 5-I I 199 29 6 Northwest Louisiana92 Steve Morrison LB 6-3 246 24 R Michigan93 Freddie Joe Nwrn Dl 6-5 258 33 ii Mississippi95 Bernard Whittington DI 6-6 278 24 2 Indiana96 Trevor Wilmat LB 6-2 215 23 R Indiana97 Scott Radedc LB 6-3 243 33 12 Penn State98 Tony Siragusa DT 6-3 315 28 6 PIttsburgh99 MIke Pelton DT 6-2 284 24 R Auburn
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51 Alberts, Treç LB33 Ambrose, Ashley, DB80 Aaron, WR83 RoSa, Bradford, TI29 BelseØasais,DB56 Bennett, Tony, LB
14 Bhmdiard,(ary,K34 Buchanan, Ray, DB
35 (larks, Conrad, DB55 (aryan, Guentin, LB32 Crockett, Zadç RB38 Chalet, Eugene, DB
JO Davis, Wendell, WR87 Dawkins, Sian, WR85 Dllger,ken,TE73 Dittman, Seth, Of69 DIxon, Randw 06
7 on,Craig,OB28 FaiHc, Marshal RB17 Gardodct,Giris, P59 Grail, Stephen, LB30 Gray, Darwin, DB27 Grace, Gil, RB
4 Harbaugk Jin, GB75 Harper, Shawn, OT54 Herrod,JeILLB25 Humphrey, Ronald, RB
62 Johnson, Ellis, DEfT11 Jostle, Paul, GB63 Lowderinllic, kirk. C65 Mahluun, ErIc 0674 Mathews, Jason, 01hi JkCoy,Iony.DT57 McDonald, Devon, LB40 McElroy, Ray, DR92 Morrison, Steve, LB93 llunn, Freddie Joe, DE16 Olive, Bobby, WR99 Pelton, Mike, Dl81 Pollard, Marcus, If97 Radecic, Scott, LB
98 Siragusa, Tony, DI86 Stablein, Brian, WR79 Staysniali, Joe, 0049 Tate, David, DB88 Turner, Floyd, WR71 Vickers, kipp, OL21 Warren, Lamant, RB36 Watts, Damon, DB72 West, Derek, OT95 Whittlnyton, Beniarut, DC96 WIlmol, Trevor, LB67 WoIfar4WIll,OT
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VISITOR: Indianapolis Colts VS HOME: Pittsburgh SteelersAT Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh PA
Played outdoors on turf: AstroturfGame Weather: Sunny with trace of light clouds
Temp: 44 Humidity: 85 Wind: S 14 mph
OFFICIALS Referee:Line Judge:
Head Linesman:Field Judge:
Bernie Kukar (86)Ron Baynes (56)Earnie Frantz (111)John Robison (46)
Umpire:Side Judge:Back Judge:
Hendi Ancich (115)Doug Toole (4)Tim Millie (80)
LINEUPS
OFFENSE DEFENSEWR 87 S.Dawkinc LE 95 B.WhittingtonLT 67 W.Wolford LT 61 T.MccoyLa 69 R.Dixon ItT 98 T.SiraqusaC 63 K.Lowdersil.k RE 56 T.BsnnettRG 79 J.Staysniak LLB 59 S.GrantaT 74 J.Hathewe 54 J.HerrodTI 85 X.Dilger aLE 55 Q.CoryattWa 88 FTurner LCB 34 R.BuchananQa 4 J.Harbaugh RCB 33 A.Ainbrose
Ba 21 L.Warren 58 49 D.TateRB 32 Z.Crockett FS 29 J.Belser
SUBSTITUTIONSic 14 c.aIancbard,p 17 C.Gardocki,RB 25R.Humphrey,R8 27 C.Groce,DB 30 D.Gray,DB 35C.Clarks,D8 36 D.Watts,DB 38 E.Daniel,DB 40R.HcElroy,LB 51 T.Alberts,LB 57 D.XcDonald,DT62 E.Johnuon,00 65 E.Nahtutn,OL 71 K.Vlckers,OT72 D.West,WR 80 A.Bailey,fl 81 M.Poltard,fl 83B.Banta,WR 86 B.Stablein,DE 93 FJ.Nunn,LB 96T.Wilanot,LB 97 S.Radecic
DID NOT PLAY ————QB 7 C.Erickson
NOT ACTIVEWE 10 W.Davie,QB 11 P.Juetin,WR 16 B.Otive,RB28 M.FaulkOT 73 S.Dittman,OT 7S S.Natper,LB92 S.Morrison,DT 99 M.Pelton
Pittsburgh Steslsrs
LI 96NT 93RE 97
LOLa 91LILa 99RILS 55ROTS 95LCB 27RCa 3755 40FS 39
——— SUBSTITUTIONS —————
P 3 R.Stark,K 9 N.Johneon,Qs/WR 10 K.Stewart,CS 21 D.Figures,C8 24 C.Otdbam,RB 25 F.I4cAtee,
Cs 29 R.Fuller,RB 33 B.Norris,RB 34 T.Leater,DB41 L.Flowere,LB 54 D.Jones,C 60 K.Ganaon,LT73 J.Strzelczyk,DE 76 K.Henry,OL 79 .J.Parrish,NB 83 C.Holliday,TE 84 T.Greene,TE 85 J.Hayee,WR 8$ A.Haetings,DL 90 B.Jobneon,LB 92.7.GLL8on1RILB 94 C.Brown
DIDNOTPLAY —QB 18 M.Tc.uczak
NOT ACTIVEQU 16 a.Nitler,CB 26 R.Woodson,CB 28 A.Mays,FB43 S.Avery,LB 57 E.Ravotti,c/G 69 A.Solomon,Dt.78 T.Faumui,DT 98 O.Gibson
FIELD GOALS (made(_) & missed)C.Blanchard (34) (36) (37) 47WL N.Johnson (31) (36) 4OWR
4 OTTOTALVISITOR Indianapolis colts 3 7 16HOME Pittsburgh Steelers 3 7 3 7 20
C.Blanchard 34 yd. Field Goal (4—7,1:58)N.Johnson 31 yd. Field Goal (11—40,5:53)C..Blanchard 36 yd. Field Goal (10—61,4:42)K.Stswart 5 yd. pan from N.o'Donnsll (N.Johneon,kick)(17—80,7a21)C.Blanchard 37 yd. Field Goal (10—61,5:03)N.Johnson 36 yd. Field Goal (7—44,3:17)F.Turner 47 yd. pass train J.Harbaugh (C.Blsnchard,kick)(4—70,2:11)B.Morris 1 yd. run (N.Johnson,kick)(8—67,1:29)
Attendance: 61,062!upn8tat (Is). Version 1.24, StspnStst1 mc, 412443$400
Time: 2:59
DATE: 01/14/96 Starting Time: 12:35 PM EST
Indianapolis Colts
Wa 82Lt 65
IS 66C 63
RO 68RT 72U 87Wa 89
WIt 14
RB 20FB 22
OFFENSEY.Thigpen.LjacksonT.NewberryD.DawsonB.StaiI.. SearCy
M. BruanerE.MillsN.O'DonnellE.PegramJL.Willianis
DEFENSEB.Buckn.r.1. SteedR. SealsKOreeneL.KirktandJ.Olsaveky0.LloydW.WilliamsC • LakeN • SellD.Perry
Team Qtr ClockTime
SCORING PLAY
1 2 3
3 3
COLTS 1STEELE 1cOLTS 2STEELE 2COLTS 3
STEELE 3cOLTS 4STEELE 4
12.171:50
12:080:13
9:57
0:43
8:461:34
—— SCORE ——
Visitor Home3 0
3 3
6 3
6 10
9 10
9 1316 13
16 20
Indianapolis Colts vs Pittsburgh Steelers01/14/96 at Three Rivers Stadium
FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Indianapolis Colts
AT? 105 AVG 1.0 TD15 53 3.5 10 06 29 4.8 9 01 2 2.0 2 0
1 —1—1.0 —1 0
RUSHINGL.WarrenJ. HarbaughZ.CrockettR.Humphrey
Pittsburgh Steelers
RUSHING iTT TOO AVG LO TOE.Pegram 10 46 4.6 9 0
K.Stewart 4 12 3.0 5 0B.Morris 7 9 1.3 4 1
JL.Williaxns 1 6 6.0 6 0
E.Mills 1 5 5.0 5 0
N.O'Donnell 1 2 2.0 2 0
PASS RECEIVINGS. DawkinsL. WarrenF.TurnerZ.CrockettK. DilgerA.Bailey
Total 24 80 3.3 9 1—PASSING AT? ClIP 108 nD/ID TD LG INN.O'Donnell 41 25 205 1/0 1 37 1
Total 41 25205 1/0 137 1
PASS RECEIVING NO YARDS LONGEST TOY.Thigpen 6 65 14 0
JL.Williams 4 21 7 0
47 1 8.Morris 4 11 6 012 0 E.Mills 3 52 37 030 0 A.Hastings 3 21 9 0
9 0 K.Stewart 2 18 13 1
c.Holliday 1 8 8 0M.Bruener 1 6 6 0
E.Pegram 1 3 3 0
total 25 205 37 1
INTERCEPTIONS NO YARDS LONGEST TD
PUNTING 110 1DB AVG TE 1N20 LGR.Stark 4 155 38.8 1 1 50
Total 4 155 38.8 1 3. 50
PUNT RETURNS NO PC YARDS 14 TOA.Hastings 3 0 53 33 0(TOUCHBACK) 1 0 0 0 0
Returns 3 53 33 0
KICKOFF RETURNS NO PC YARDS 1.0 TOE.Nills 4 0 96 26 0(OUTOFBOUNDS] 1 0 0 0 0
4
Indianapolis ColtsFUMBLESL.Warren.7. Staysniak
FUN OWN-REC1 00 1
105 TO FORCED OPP-REC00 0 000 0 0
1080
0
TO OUT-DOSo 00 0
Pittsburgh SteelersFUMBLESL. Kirkland
PUN OWN-REC0 0
108 TD FORCED OPP—REC IDE PD OUT-DOS00 1 .0 00 0
Total 0 0 00 1 0 00 0
Total 23 83 3.6 10 0
PASSING AT? ClIP 1DB TAD/ID TO LO INJ.Harbaugh 33 21 267 3/22 1 47 0
L.Warren 1 0 0 0/0 0 0 0
Total 34 21 267 3/22 1 47 0
NO YARDS LONGEST TO7 96 30 07 37 7 03 732 221 301 9
Total
Total 21 267 47 1
INTERCEPTIONS NO YARDS LONGEST TOJ.Herrod 1 17 17 0
Total 1 17 17 0
PUNTING NO 1DB AVG TB INZO IsOC.Gardocki 4 200 50.0 1 0 53
Total 420050.0 1 O53
PUNT RETURNS NO PC YARDS IsO TDR.Buchanan 1 1 5 5 0(DOWNED) 1 0 0 0 0[TOUCHBACK) 1 0 0 0 0
Returns 1 5 5 0
KICKOFF RETURNS NO PC YARDS 14 TOA.Bailey 4 0 70 22 0
(OUTOFBOUNDS] 1 0 0 0 0
Returns 4 70 22 0
0 0 00
Returns 96 26 0
Total 1 1 00 0 0 00 0
Indianapolis Colts vs Pittsburgh Steelers01/14/96 at Three Rivers Stadium
FINAL TEAM STATISTICS
VISITOR HOMECOUPS STEELE
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 16 21By Rushing 4 6By Passing 12 12By Penalty 0 3
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5—15—33% 6—14—43%FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1—1—100% 1—1—100%
TOTAL NET YARDS 328 285Total Of fensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing) 60 66Average gain per offensive play 5.5 4.3
NET YARDS RUSHING 83 80Total Rushing Plays 23 24Average gain per rushing play 3.6 3.3
NET YARDS PASSING 245 205Times thrown — yards lost attempting to pass 3—22 1-0Gross yards passing 267 205
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 34-21-0 41-25-1Average gain per pass play (inc. I thrown passing) 6.6 4.9
KICKOFFS Number—In End Zone—Touchbacks 5—0-0 5-2—0
PUNTS Number and Average 4-50 4—38.8Had Blocked 0 0
FGs — PATs Had Blocked 0-0 0—0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) 22 53
No. and Yards Punt Returns 1—5 3—53No. and Yards Kickoff Returns 4—70 4—96No. and Yards Interception Returns 1—17 0—0
PENALTIES Number and Yards 5—57 4—25FUMBLES Number and Lost 1—0 0—0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 2Rushing 0 1Passing 1 1
EXTRA POINTS Made—Attempts 1—1 2—2Kicking Made—Attempts 1—1 2—2
FIELD GOALS Made—Attempts 3—4 2—3SAFETIES 0 0FINAL SCORE 16 20TIME OF POSSESSION 30:36 29:24
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PS wins toss elects to receive, sad IC elects to defend the North goal.Stcckrs in black Coitsin white jerseys.COardocki kicks 65 yards from 100 to PSS. E.MW ret, to P531 for 26 yards (tAlberts).PS-DJoner PENALIZED 10 wdr for Qffensln.Holdhi&Pittsburgh Siestas at l&0O
1-10-PS2I E.Pegrasn right cad to ff26 Ibr5yards (S.Grant).IC-Rjuchanan PENALIZED Syardr for Face Mask (IncdwI-S yards). XI
1-l0-PS3I N.O'DonneU pass Intended for M$rucncr is INTERCBFI'ED byJ.HCITOd at P84!. (F.Siragusa).(flit pass was tipped by Siragusa.)LHcrrod to P524 for 17 return — (EMills).
ladlanapofis Coils at 14d51-iO-PS24 LCrockett left guard to P822 (or 2 yards (J.Stce424-PS2Z LWarrcs right tackle to P515 for? yards (M.Bc11 D.Pcrry).3-1.PS1S LWanen left tackle to P517 for -2 yards ((LLloy4 R.Seais). (#79 Staysnlak is eligible.)4-3-PSI? C.Blanctsard 34 field goal I. GOOD. Center-tBanta. Helder.C.Gardockt. (Deflected off the tight
uptight.)
=========t= IC 3 PS 0, 4 plays, 7 yards, 1:58 drive, 2143 •laps.dC.Gardocki kicks 60 yards from 1C30 to P510, E.Mills ret. to P836 (cr26 yards (C.Clarks).Pittsburgh Stcelen at 12:17
1- l0-PS36 E.Pegram ught to P840 for 4 yards (r.Bennett, J.Uerro42-64540 N.O'Doandli pass' to MSruenet to P546 (or 6 yards (tWbitdagton). P2i-l0-P546 EPegram right tackle to 1C45 for 9 (D.Tatç O.Coryatt). (Official mcaswemeat.)2-1.1C45 E.Pegram up middle to 1C45 for no gain.
PS-L. Starry PENALIZED S jueds for False Stair. No Ploy2-6-1C50 N.O'Donneli pass incomplete to M.Bruencr (T.Slragusa).3-6400 N.O'Donaell (shotgun) pass incomplete to A.Uastings. (Coverage by #55 Coryat)4-64C50 R.Stark punts 50 yards to ICC. Ccnter-KGainmoa, TOUCHBACK
IndianapolIs Colts at 9;451-1O-1C20 LWarren right tackle to 100 for no — (R.Seals).2-104C20 L.Warren left tackle to 100 for no — (J.Olsavsky, J.Stced).3-10400 J.Harbaugh (shotgun) sacked at 105 for-S (C.Brown). (Harbaugh caught on right sideline
scrambling.)4-15-IC1S COardocki punts 46 to P539, Center-B.Bantt A.Hastiiigs ret. to P847 fosS (tWilmot).
Pittsburgh Sliders at 7431-104547 B.MorrIs right tackle to P546 for-i yard (T.McCoy).
2-114546 N.O'Donncll pass to B.Morris, P008 at 1C49 furS yards (Q.Cosyatt, J.Hcrrod).3-6-1C49 N.ODonaeU (shotgun) pass to JL.Williams to 1042 for? yards (EDanici, R.Buchanan). P3
(Williams dives for first down yardage.)1-1O.1C42 MCDonnell pass to B.Morris to 106 for 6 yards (Q.Coryatt).
24-106 B.Morris right cad to 102 (cr4 yards (S.Grant). 1W
1-10-102 tMonis up middle to tOO for 2 yards (T.Slragusa).2-8-100 N.ODoanclI pass to Y.Thlgpen. pushed out of bounds at 100 for 10 yards (A.Ambrcsc). PS
1-10-1C20 tMorris right cad to 1C19 for 1 yard (Itliuchanan, LHcrrod).2-9-1C19 N.O'Donnell pass incomplete to Kstewart (J.Bclser). (Broken-up at the — lire.)
Pittsburgh Steelers time out at 2:35. rust time out.3-9-tCI9 N.ODOIInCII (shotgun) pass to A.Hastings to ICU for 6 yards (R.McElroy).4-3-ICU Njebnson 31 yard field goal Is GOOD. Center-K.Gaminou. tlelder4tStsrk
— IC 3 PS 3, 11 plays, 40 yards, 5:53 drive, 13t10 •lapsedt4iohnson kicks 62 from £530 to 1C8, A.Bailcy ret. to 100 for 22 (tLcstcr, J.Oildon).IC-D.Gray PENALIZED 10 yards for OffensiveIndianapolis Cults at bSO1-10-100 J.Harbaugh pass to L.Warren to 1C27 kr7 yards (KHcnry, J.Olsavsky).2-3-1C27 LHarbaugli right end, pushed out of bounds at 1CM for 4 yards (J.Olsanky). Ri1-104CM J.Harbaugh pass to LCrockett to 1C43 for 12 yards (Ct-ak; LOlsanky). £2
END OF QUARTER Score Time First Downs Efficiencies==== Quarter Summary Pose R P Z T 3Down 4DOwnIndianapolis colts 3 5:50 1 1 0 2 0/2 0/0Pittsburgh Steelers 3 9:10 1 3 1 5 1/3 0/0
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Indianapolis Colts continued.1-10-1C43 LWarrcn kft cad to P550 for 7 yards (J.Steed).
2-3-FS5O LWarrcn right guard to P548 for 2 yards (LIcirkiand).3-1-1548 LHarbaugh pass to S.Dawkins to P518 tot 30 yards (WaWllflam4. P31-104518 R.Flwnpbrcy right cad, pushed out of bounds at P519 For-I yard QCGreene M.BclI).2-114519 3.Rarbaugh pass incomplete to ICDiIger. (Coverage by #40 Bell.)
Pena4y declined on IC-F.Tumer, Illegal Motion.3-i 1-fl19 Lflarbaugh (shotgun) pass incomplete to F.Turaer (C.Oldbam). (In the end zone, pressure on
liarbaugh by #91 Greene.)441-PSI9 C.Blaacbard 36 yard field goal Is GOOD. Ceuter.tBauta. Holder-C.Oardocki.
Ic 6 p0 3, 10 plays, 63. yards, 4:42 drive, 2:52 slapsed ———————-C.Gardocki kit 69 yards tram 100 to PSI, E.MiIls ret, to P520 for 19 yards (R.McElroy).Pittsburgh Staten at 12:08
1404520 N.O'Donncll pass incomplete to E.Mills (D.Tate).2-10-PSV) K.Stcwart right cad to P524 For 4 yards S.Orant). (On the end around.)3-6-PS24 N.O'DOUnCU (shotgun) pus to JLWWiams to P527 for 3 yards (S.Grant).4.34527 R.Stark punts 45 to 1C28, Ceater-K.Ganimon. R.Bucbaaan ret. to 103 For S (MiIrucner).
IndIanapolIs Colts at 11h231-10-103 J.Hnbaugh pass to S.Dawkins to ICC for 15 yards (D.Pcrry). P41-i0-1C48 LHarbaugh pass to SDawkins to 1547 for 5 yards (C.Lake).2-54547 J.flarbaugh right end to P544 for 3 yards (ICilensy).3-2-P544 Lflarbaugh sacked at 1C47 for -9 (G.Uoyd; K.Grcene).4-114C47 C.Gardocki punts 53 yards to PSO. Center-B.Banta, TOUCUBACL
Pittsburgh Stain-s at 7:40i-1O-PS2O Epegram right tackle to P526 for 6 yards (S.Grant; Q.Coiyatt).2-4-PS26 EPegram left guard to P529 for 3 yards (tSiragusa, TBeonett).3-14529 K.Stcwart up middle to P531 For 2 yards (T.McCoy, S.Grant). (#10 Stewart at QB.) R6l-iO-PS3I N.O'Donncll pass to Y.Tbigpen to P545 for 14 (J.Bctscr). (#14 O'Donnell return at QB.) P7I.)CLPS4S PS -B -Stal PENALIZED S yards for False Stast No Flq1-13-PS4O N.O'Donncll pass to EMMa, pushed out of bounds at 100 for 10 yards (R.Buchanaa).2.5-1C50 E.Pcgram right end to 1C46 for 4 yards (S.Grant).3-1-1C46 K.Stewart left end to 1C45 For 1 yard (AAnsbrose, J.Herrod). (#10 Stewart at OB.) Its140-IC45 N.O'Donnetl pass to EMMa to 1C40 for 5 yards (R.Buchanan). (#14 O'Donnell at (lB.)2-5-1C40 N.O'Donnell pass to E.Pcgrasn to 107 for 3 yards (T.Albcrt4.
Official time out at 2.00. Two-minute warning.3-2-107 (200) LStewart Lend to 102 for 5 (T.Benactt). (On the pitch out...O'Doanell out of
the shotgun.)Indianapolis Colts lime out at 1:27. FIrst time out.
1-10-102 (1:27) N.O'Donndfl (shotgun) pass to JL.Wilhiams, P.0GB at 1C28 for 4 yards (TAlbert4.2-6-IC28 (1:20) N.O'Donncll (shotgun) pass to A.Haslings to 1C22 For 6 yards (R.Buchanan).1-10-1C22 (1:12) N.O'Doanell (shotgun) pass to tmigpen, F-GOB at 1C13 for 9 yards (E.DanleO.2-1-Id) (1:05) JL.Williams (shotgun) up middle to IC? for 6 yards (Q.Coryatt).
Pittsburgh Steclers time out at 038. Second time out.1-7-10 (:58) N.O'Doanell left end to ICS for 2 yards Q.Coryatt).2-5.1C5 (:26) N.O'Doaneil pass Incomplete to .JLWlIliasns. (Coverage by #34 Buchanan in the end
zone on the overthrown pass.)Indianapolis Colts time out at 0:21. Second time out.
3-5-ICS (at) NAYDonnell pass to K.Stenrt for S and TOUCHDOWN. ..TOIJCHDOWN...TOUCIIDOWNI P12
Niohnson extra point is GOOD. Ceater-K.Gasnmon. Holder-R.Stark.IC 6 PS 10, 17 plays, 80 yards, 7*27 drive, 14*47 elapsed =
Niobason kicks 60 yards from P530 to ICIO and out of bounds.Indianapolis Colts at 0:13
1.10-1C40 IHarbaugh (shotgun) pass incomplete to L.Wasren. (Pressure by #97 Seals and #96 Duckner.)2-10-1C40 (:08) Jilarbaugh (shotgun) pass incomplete to F.Turner (W.Wflhlams).
END OP QUARTER Score Time Pint Downs EfficienciesQuarter Summary Foss ft P K 2! 300am 4D0wn
Indianapolis colts 6 5:48 0 2 0 2 1/3 0/0Pittsburgh Steelers 10 9:12 4 3 0 7 4/5 0/0
Indianapolis Colts vs Pittsburgh Steelers01/14/96 at Three Rivers Stadium
FIRST HALF SUMMARY
PERIOD SCORES TIME OF POSSESSIONvisitor 3 3 — 6 visitor 11:38Home 3 7 — 10 Home 18:22
Team Qtr Clock SCORING PLAY — —- SCORE --Tim. visitor home
12a17 C.Blancbard 34 yd. Field Goal (4—7,1,58)IrSO N.Johnson 31 yd. Field Goal (11—40,5:53)
12:08 C.Elanchard 36 yd. Field Goal (10—61,4:42)0:13 Lstewart S yd. pass froc N.O'Donnell (ZI.Johnaon,kick)(17—B0,7s27)
vxsrroa HOMECOLTS STEELE
TOTAL FIRST DOWNSFirst Downs Rushing—Passing-by Penalty
Third Down Efficiency
Total Net Yards 77Total Offensive Plays 21.
Net Yards Rushing 22
2—14 0—09—5—0 21—15—1
Punts-Number and AveragePenalties-Number and YardsFumbles-Number and Lost o—o
—a
Indianapolis Colts Pittsburgh SteelersRUSHING ZTT 1DB AVG LG TD RUBBING Afl 1DB AVG LU TDL.Warren 6 14 2.3 7 0 E.Pegram 6 31 5.2 9 0J.Harbaugh 2 7 3.5 4 0 K.Stewart 4 12 3.0 5 0Z.Crockett 1 2 2.0 2 0 3.Morris 4 6 1.5 4 0R.Humphrey 1 —1 —1.0 —1 0 JL.Williams 1 6 6.0 6 0
N.O'Donnell 1 2 2.0 2 0
Total io 22 2.2 7 0 Total 16 57 3.6 9 0
PASSING Afl CXP 1DB TXD/YD TD LU IN PASSING Afl CX? 1DB TED/ID TD LU INJ.Harbaugh 9 5 69 2/14 0 30 0 N.O'Donnell 21 15 99 0/0 1 14 1
Total 21 15 99 0/0 114 1
PASS RECEIVING NO YARDS LONGEST TDY.Thigpen 3 33 14 0JL.Williams 3 14 7 0E.Mills 2 15 10 0
A.Hastings 2 12 6 0
5.Morris 2 11 6 0M.Bruener 1 6 6 0
K.Stewart 1 5 5 1
E.Pegram 1 3 3 0
5 69 30 0 TotalIndianapolis Colts====REcUraIt DEFENSIVE PLAYS— —— =SPECIAL TRANS CMXSC
TXL-Afl—COMB SACK/YRDS IN—PD PP—FR TX-AS PT-PR BL fl-AS FT-PR
S.Grant 4 3 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Q.Coryatt 3 3 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0R.Buchanan 4 1 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0T.Mccoy 2 2 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pittsburgh Steeler—.......REGULU DEFENSIVE PLAYS=====t= =SPECIAL TEAMS ===MISC==TEL-MT-COMB SACK/YRDS IN-PD PP—FR TX-AS PP-PR DL TX-AS fl-PR
J.Olsavsky 2 2 4 0.0 0.0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0J.Steed 2 1 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0K.Henry 2 0 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0C.Lake 2 C) 4.fl (LA C) fl C) C) C) C) C) C) C)
COLTS 1
STEELE 1COLTS 2
STEELE 2
3 03 3
6 3
6 10
41—3—0
1—5—20%
Net yards passingGross yards passingTimes thrown — yards lost attempting to pass
Pass Attempts—Completions-Had Intercepted
125—6—1
5—8—63%
15637
57
9999
5569
2—4 9.52—15
2—47.53—20
0—0
Total 9 5 69 2/14 030 0
PASS RECEIVING NO YARDS LONGEST TDS.Dawkins 3 50 30 0Z.Crockett 1 12 12 0L.Warren 1 7 7 0
Total 15 99 14 1
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NJQIUISOS kicks 70 yards from P830 to lCD, A.Bailcy ret, to 1C19 for 19 yards (Lflowcrs).IndIanapolis Colts at 15100
l-10-1C19 J.Harbaugh pass to ICDilgcr to 1C49 for 30 yards (LKkkland). PS1-l0.1C49 Lflatbaugh pass to SDawkias to P837 for 14 yards (aPcny). P61-104837 LWarren pass incomplete to P.Tutner. (Coverage by #27 Williams on option pass.)2-10-flu iilarbaugh pass to LWarrcn to P532 for 5 yards (W.Williams, M.BeII).3-5-PS32 J.Harbaugh (shotgun) pass to A.BaiIcy to P873 for 9 yards (C.Brown). P71-10.F823 L.Warrcn right tackle to P513 (or 10 yards (W.Willianu CBrown). 1(8
Indianapolis Colts time out at 11:15. First time out.1-104813 3.Harbaugh pass to LWarrea to P512 for 1 yard2-9-PS12 J.Harbaugh sacked at P520 (or 4 (GiJoyd).3-17-F820 J.Harbaugh (shotgun) pass incomplete to FJuraer. (Coverage by #40 Bell in the endzone.)4474'820 C.Blanchard 31 yard field goat Is GOOD. Center-tRaits. lioIder.C.Gardockl.
IC 9 PB 10, 10 plays, 61 yards, 5:03 drive, 5t03 elapsed —
C.Gardocki kicks 65 yards from ICC to P55 and out of bounds.Pittsburgh Stnkn at 9157
1.10-PS4O E.Pcgram left end to 9846 for 6 yards (Djate, S.Orant).2-44846 N.O'Donaeil pass incomplete to 'tTblgpen (l'flagus4 (Tipped by Siragwa.)3-4-PS46 N.O'Donnell (shotgun) pass Incomplete to Ailastings. (Coverage by #34 Buchanan on the
overthrown pass.)4-44846 R.Stark punts l9to 105. Center-K.Gammon. Downed by R.Stark. (Ball took bounce from the
ICZ)IndIanapolIs Colts at L551.10-105 J.HarbaugJs pass incomplete to Pjurner. (Pressure by #94 Brown and #91 Greene, coverage by #40
Bell.)2-10-105 J.Harbaugh pass to LWarren, pushed out of bounds at 109 for 4 yards (W.WllIlams, K.Greene).
Official time out at 8:3% lnjury...Colts...#74 Mathews3-6-109 J.Harbaugh (shotgun) pass to P-OOB at P848 (or 13 yards (W.Willuams). P9I-I0-PS4S J.Hatbaugh right tackle to9845 for 3 yards (M.BcIl).
2-7-P845 Lflarbaufl pass to S.Dawklns to 9839 for 6 yards (L.Kirklaod). (Official measurement.)34.P839 LHarbaugh up middle to £837 for 2 yards (LStccd, B.Buckner). (#79 Staysniak is eligible.) Riol-1O-PS37 L.Warren left end to £530 for 7 yards (G.Uoyd).
2-3-P830 L.Warrcn right end to 2528 for 2 yards (IC.Grccnc).3-1-PS28 LWanen right end to 9830 for -2 yards (C.Lakc). (#79 Staysniak is eligible.)4-3-P830 C.Blancliard 47 yard held goal Is No good, wide left. Center-Bjanta. Rolder-C.Gardockl.
Pittsburgh Stains at 4M01-104838 E.Pegrans tight end to P842 For 4 yards (S.Grant, B.Wbittington).
Official time out at 3$& Injuiy...Colts...#98 Siragusa242842 N.O'Donncll pass to Y.Thigpen to 1C44 for 14 (DJate). (Thigpen came across defender P13
for catch.)1-1O-1C44 E.Mills R end to 109 fogS (R.Buchanan, D.Tatc). (#10 Stewart at QB, Mills follows
Bruener block.)2-5-109 N.O'Donncfl pass incomplete to E.Mills (#14 O'Donnell at Ot.xoverage by #34 Buchanan.)
lOt Buchanan PENALIZED Defensive Pass In(e,fcrence. No Plq X141-10-1C23 E.Pegram up middle to 1C17 for 6 yards (T.Siragusa; T.Bennctt).2-4-ICI7 E.Pcgrain right cad to 1C18 (or-i yard (T.McCoy).3-54C18 N.O'Donncll (shotgun) pass incomplete to Y.Thgpen. (Coverage by #33 Ambrose.)
4-5-1C18 Njobnson 36 yard field goal Is GOOD. Center-LGammoa. Holder.R.Stark.IC 9 PS 13, 7 plays, 44 yards, 1 penalty, 3:17 drive, 14:17 elapsed nz
NJohnson kicks 66 yards from P830 to 1C4, A.Bailey ret. to 1C16 for 12 yards (LFlowcrs).Indianapolis Colts at 0:43
1-l0.1C16 LWancn right guard to 1C22 for 6 yards (M.Bell).END 01 QUARTER score Time Pint Downs Etfici•nciss
Quarter summary Pass R P X T 3Down 4D0wnIndianapolis Colts 9 10:41 2 4 0 6 3/5 0/0Pittsburgh Steelers 13 4:19 0 1 1 2 0/2 0/0
Indianapolis Colts vs Pittsburgh Stealers at Three Rivers Stadium-NFL Play By Play 4TH QUARTER
01/14/96 Page 1
Indianapolis Colts continued.244C22 LWarrcn up middle to 1C22 for no — (LStced).3-4-1C22 Lflarbaugh (shotgun) pass incomplete to LWarrcn. (Pressure by #91 Greene, coverage by #95
Lloyd.)
4-4-1(22 CAardockl punts 53 yards to FS25, Ccntcr-tBanta. A.Hastings ret, pushed out of bounds at 1C42for 33 yards fLWilmot). (Follows sideline block by #92 Gildon.)
Pittsburgh Steelers at 13:541-10-1C42 N.OVoandll pass to Y.Thigpen, F-COB at 1(29 for 13 yards (F.Aibcrts, J.Herrod).1-10-1(29 B.Morrls up middle to IC27 for 2 yards (T.Siragusa,1.llerrod)2-8-1C21 N.O'Donncll pass to B.Morris, pushed out of bounds at 1(25 for 2 yards
3-6-1C25 N.O'Donncll (shotgun) pass to C.}loliiday to id? for 8 (S.Grant). (lit NFL reception.)1-10-1C17 N.O'Donnell pass incomplete to Y.Thlgpen. (Prcssurc by #95 Whittington and #49
Tate...coverage by #34 Buchanan in thc cad zone.)2-l0-IC1J N.O'Donndll pass Incomplete to M.Bruencr.3-10-Id? (#10 Stewart at WI, #14 O'Donnell at WR.)
PENALIZED S>wdrfr' False Si wt. No Play3-15.1C22 N.O'Donnell (shotgun) pass incomplctc to tMifls. (#14 O'Donnell at by #55
Coryatt and #56 Bennett.)4-15-1C22 NJobnson 40 yard field goal is No good, right. Centcr-K.Gammon. Holder-R.Stark.
Indianapolis Colt, at 10t571-10.100 LI-larbaugh pass to L.Warrcn to 106 (cr6 yards (M.Bell, W.Wiiliams).2.4-106 J.Harbaugjs pass to LWarrcn to 1C43 for? yards (C.Lake, M.Bell).1-10-1C43 L}Iarbaugh pass to LCrockett to P547 for 10 yards (LOkanky K.Grcene).1•10-PS47 Ellarbaugh pass to E.Turner for 47 and TOUChDOWN.
C.Blaachard extra point is GOOD. Ccnter-B.Baata. Hoidcr-C.Gardocki.======== XC 16 PS 13, 4 plays, 70 yards, 2:11 drive, 6:14 elapsedC.Gardocki kicks 69 yards from 100 to PSI, EMlils ret, to P526 for 25 yards (T.Wilmot).Pittsburgh Steelers at 8:46
l-l0-PS26 N.O'Doancll pass to B.Morris to P524 for-i yards (LHcrrod).2-12-FS24 kO'Doanefl pass Incomplete to Y.Thigpen. (Coverage by #33 AmbrOse.)3-12-PS24 IC-AAmbrose PENALIZED 21 yards for Defensive Pass No Flay X17
1.104545 N.C)'Donncll sacked at PS4S for 0 (T.McCoy).
2-10-PS45 N.O'Donneli pass to Y.Thigpeo to 1C50 for 5 yards (J.Bclser).
3-5-1C50 N.O'Donaell (shotgun) pass incomplete to E.MIIIs. (Coverage #33 Ambrose.)4-54C50 R.Slark punts 41 yards to 1C9, Cenler-KGanimon. Fair catch R.Buchanan.
Indianapolis Colts at1-1O-1C9 LWarrcn left tackle to 1C19 for 10 yards (L.Klrkland). L.Wurcn FUMBLES, fiwced by It 14
LlUrkiand, recovered by IC-iStaysniak at ICfl.
1-10-102 IC-W.Wolford PENALIZED S yards foe False Start No Play1-13-Id? LWuien left tackle to 1C23 (cr6 yards (J.Steed, 3.Olsavsky).2.94C23 J.Harbaugk pass to RTurner to 10158 yards (W.Williazn4.
Pittsburgh Steelers time out at 3:3?. First time out.3-1-101 LWarren left tackle to 1011cr no gain (WWiIliams).4-1-1C31 C.Oardocki puuts 48 to P521, Ccnter-tBanta. A.Hastlngs ret, to P533 for 12 (BSanta,
S.Radccic).Pittsburgh Steclers it 3Q3
1-104533 N.O'DonocIl (shotgun) pass to K,Stewart to P546 for 13 yards (Lflciser). PIE
1.10-P846 N.O'Donnell (shotgun) paulo JLWilliams, P.OOB at 1C47 for? yards (TAlbcrts).
2-3-1C47 N.O'Donneil (shotgun) pass incomplete to E.MiIls (Q.Coryatt).3-3-1C41 N.O'Donneil (shotgun) pass incomplete to A.Hastings. (Coverage #33 Ambrose.)4-3-1C47 N.O'Donneil (shotgun) pass to A.Hastings to 108 for 9 yards (J.Belscr). P19
Official time out at 2:00. Two-minute warning.1-10.108 (2:00) N.O'Donncll (shotgun) pass to E.Miils, P.OOB at IC1 for 37 yards (A.Ambrose). P20
Pittsburgh Steclers time out at .1:51. Second Iliac out.1-1-ICI (1:51) B.Morris up middle to for no gain (S.Grant)
Indianapolis Colts time out at l38. Second time out.2-14C1 (1:31) tMerrls up middle for 1 and TOUChDOWN. _TOtJCIIDOWN_TOUCIIDOWN! RU
Niobason extra point is GOOD. Ccnter-K.Gammon. Holder'R.StarLIc 16 P8 20, 8 plays, 67 yards, 1:29 drive, 13:26 elapsed =
Niohnson kicks 71 yards from P530 to IC-I, A.Bailey ret. to 1C16 For 17 yards (F.McAfee)
Indianapolis Colts at h34 (1st play from scrimmage h30)1-10-lC16 (l'.3O) Ll-Iarbaugh (shotgun) pass incomplete to P.Turncr. (Pressure by #94 Brown.)2-10-1C16 (1:22) J.Harbaugh (shotgun) pass to LWarrcn, P.008 at 103 (cr7 yards (ItFuHer).3-3-1C23 (1:14) LHarbaugh (shotgun) pass to F.Turner to 1C41 for 18 yards ((3.Lloyd). P15
1-lO-1C41 (:51) J.tlarbaugh (shotgun) up middle to 1C49 forE yards (J.Gildon).
Indianapolis Colts time out at 0:39. Third time out.
2-2-1019 (:39) J.Harbaugh (shotgun) pass incomplete to F.Turner (C.Oldham). (Pressure by #96 Buckncr.)
3.2-1C49 (:33) LHarbaugh (shotgun) pass incomplete to LWancn. (Coverage by #37 lake.)
4-2-1C49 (:28) 3.Harbaugh (shotgun) pass to S.Dawklns, P.008 at P538 for 13 yards (C.Oldham). £16
I-10-PS38 (:21) Lflarbaugh (shotgun) up middle to P529 For 9 yards (G.Lloyd). (Pressure by #91 Greene.)
2.14529 (:06) J.Harbaugh pass incomplete. (Downs it to stop the clock.)3-l-PS29 (05) J.Harbaugh (shotgun) pass incomplete to A.Bailcy (R.Pullcr).
END OF GMIE Score Tune First Downs EffioiencissQuarter Summary === Poss It P I T 3Down 4Down
Indianapolis Colts 16 8:17 1 5 0 6 1/5 1/1Pittsburgh Steelers 20 6:43 1 5 1 7 1/4 1/1
Indianapolis Colts vs Pittsburgh Steelers01/14/96 at Three Rivers Stadium
BALL POSSESSION AND DRIVE CHART
Indianapolis ColtsI TINE TIME TIME HOW BALL
RECD LOST P085 OBTAINEDDRIVE I YDS YDS NET 15?BGN PLAY GAIN PEN YDS DOWN
LAST MOW GIVEN UPSCRM
5
—500
—50
16—5
10 1 P831 Intercept14 1 ICSO Punt40 3 *1C13 Field Goal7 0 P527 Punt
80 7 *1C51 0 P546 Punt44 2 *IC18 Field Goal20 — 2*IC22Nissea FG
1 ICSO Punt4 It
TD
* inside opponent's 20
Time of Possession by Quarter 1ST
VISITOR Indianapolis Colts
ROME Pittsburgh Steelers
8:17
0? TOTAL
9:10 9:12 4:19 6:43 29:24
Kickoff Drive IIo.—Start Average COLTS: 5—1C22 STEELE: 5—PS29
1
2
3
4
56
78
9
1011
14:159:451:50
10:230:13
15:008:550:4310:576:291:34
12:177:4312:087:400:009:574:00
13:548:463:03.0:00
1:58 Intercept P524 4 7 0
2:02 Punt 1C20 3 —5 0
4741 RiEkf? — — 1o 61 —2:43 Punt 1C33 4 14 0
0:13 Kickoff 1C40 2 0 0
5:03 Kickoff 104:55 Punt 1C35 101:49 Riaf? ICl6 —2:11 Missed FG IC3O3:26 Punt IC91:34 Kickoff 1C16
61 0 6135 0 356 0 6
4 70 0 704 27 —5 2210 55 0 55
(314) Average 1C29
7 0 *P517 Field Goal—5 0 1015 Punt61 3 Field coat14 1 IC47 Punt0 0 1C40 Half
4 Field Goal2 P530 Missed FG0 1C22 Punt3 P847 TD1 1C31 Punt2 P529 Game
Pittsburgh. SteelersI TIME TIME TIME HOW BALL
RECD LOST P055 OBTAINEDDRIVE I YDS YDS NET iS? LAST HOW GIVEN UPSON PLAY GAIN PEN YDS DOWN SCRM
1 15:00 14:15 0:45 Kickoff P521 2 5
2 12:17 9:45 2:32 Kickoff P836 5 193 7:43 1:50 5:53 Punt P547 11 404 75 7:40 0:13 7:27 Punt P520 17 856 9:57 1113 1:02 Kickore P5407 4:00 0:43 3:17 Missed PG P838 7 288 13:54 10:57 2:57 hnt 1C42 8 259 8:46 6:29 2:17 Kickoff P82610 3:03 .1:34 1:29 Punt P833
5 3 21 248 67 0 67
(339) Average P834
2ND 3RD
5:50 5:48 10:41
4TH
30:36
Indianapolis Colts vs Pittsburgh Steelers01/14/96 at Three Rivers Stadium
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
Tn/TX—Tackle MT/AS—Assist COMB—Combined IN—InterceptionPD—Pass Defense fl—Forced Fumble FR—Fumble Recovery BL—Block
010
W.WilliamsM • BellG.Lloyd3. Steed
6 2 83 4 75 1 65 1 6
0.0 0.0 0 1 0 0
0.0 0.0 0 0 0 01.5 12.5 0 0 0 0
0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
SPECThL TW(S =M18CTX-AS PP—PR U. TX-AS PP-PR
0000000
S.GrantJ.HerrodR. BuchanantMcCov
Indianapolis Colts=REGDLfl DEFENSIVE PaYSrn— - flPECflL TEAMS ===flSC———TXL—AST-cOMB SACK/YRDS IN-PD PP—PR TX—AS PP-PR DL fl-U PP-PR
7 4 11 0.0 0.0, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 6 7 0.0 0.0 1 3. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05 1 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04 2 6 1.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Q.Coryatt 3 3 60.00.001000T.Sennett 3 2 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
T.Alberts 4 0 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
J.Belser 4 0 40.00.001000 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 00000000000000
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 00000T.Siragusa 3 3. 4 0.0 0.0 0 3 0 0
D.Tate 2 2 40.00.00100A.Ambrose 3 0 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
E.Daniel 2 0 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0000000 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 000000 0 0 0
0 0 0 0B.Whittington 1 1 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
R.McElroy 1 0 10.00.00000B.Banta 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
C.Clarks 0 0 00.00.00000
0 0 0 0 0100001 0 0 0 010000
0 0 0 000000 0 0 00000
S.RadeciçJ'.StaysniakT.Wilmot
TOTAL
0 0 00 0 00 0 0
0.0 0.0 0
0.0 0.0 0
0.0 0.0 0
43 22 65 1.0 0.0 1
000000000700
0 0 000
000
000
000
00 001
Pittsburgh Steeler-rREGULZZ DEFENSIVE PLAYS——TIL—AST-COMB SACX/flfl IN-PD PP-PR
00
0
0
0
0
00
000000000
000000000J.Olsavsky 2 4 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
LGreene 1 4 50.54.50000L.Kirkland 4 0C,Lake 4 0 4
0 0 0 0 00000040.00.000100000000000.00.000000000000000 0 0 00000
D.Perry 3 1 40.0C.Brown 2 1 31.05.0000K.Henry 2 0 20.00.0000000R.Seals 1 1 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
0.0000000000000000000000000 0 0 0 0
00000000 0 0 0
R.Fuller 1 0 10.00.00100J.Gildon 1 0 10.00.00000C.Oldham 1 0 1 0.0 0.0, 0 2 0 0B.Buckner 0 1 1 0.0 00 0 0 0 0
00000000000 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0
100000000 0 0 00.0 0 0
M.Bruener 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
L.Flowers 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0T.Lester 0 0 00.00.00000F.McAfee 0 0 00.00.00000
1 0 0 0 02 0 0 0 00100010000
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 000000000E.Mills 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 41 20 61 3.0 22.0 0 4 1 0
0 0 0 0 0
4 2 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
I. {MONSNII
STEELERS vs • INDI.A2mPOLIS COLTS - JANUARY 14, 1996 - THREE RIVERS STADIUM
STEELERS QUOTES
HEAD COACH BILL COWBER:
H "I don't need to say a word. I think the game speaks for itself.
Talk about the last offensive drive: "We hadn't been moving the ball that well.Our four wides did a good job of mixing things up, dropping in coverage, comingwith pressure. We.knew going in it was kind of a guessing game that we gotinvolved with. Obviously the big fourth down pass to Andre (Hastings), Neil(O'Donnell) did a good job. He was patient, let the thing develop. They cameback with the blitz. We were able to pick it up with our protection. We had alittle double move called at that time. Neil made a great throw and ErnieMills, again, who just keeps making plays, made another big one.
You were expecting a blitz or man coveraae? "We were because they had droppedback before and it was kind of them mixing it up and us guessing right. That'swhat it was, a guessing game. I think they probably were guessing a lot betterthan we were today. We just happened to hit the big play.
How much did you See of the final play and did you know how close you came tolosina it? "I didn't see it at all. The minute the ball got in the endzone Iknew there was a chance of losing it. Maybe it was poetic justice, having beenthere again with the ball in the air, and an opportunity to win a championship.Now I'm one and one. It was a great feeling.
Had you thought of not going for it on fourth down in that situation? "No.That was the game. We only had one or two time outs. That was it. I thinkit's kind of ironic that the things that's gotten us here was our four wides andno hurry, no huddle offense all year long and it's kind of the thing that got usback in the game. Maybe this game is indicative of how our season's been. It'sa great group of guys. We're not going to be satisfied with going. We want togo and win the whole thing.
Were you surprised in the beginning of the third auarter they seemed to gp witha lot of action fakes? "We had some breakdowns on defense. We kind oflost our poise a little bit. We did a pretty good job of keeping them to fieldgoals. They hit the one big play against us. I have to give them credit.They've been hitting that play a lot. It was a nice call on their part to hitthe blitz. We had to stop them on third down and 2. Willie Williams made agreat play. It's been that kind of year. Nothing's come easy. We've been ableto get some breaks. I think a lot of those we created ourselves.
Do you have a areference of who want to in the Suner Bowl? "I'm not evengoing to watch (the NFC game). I'm going to enjoy this. To come from where wewere a year ago and to have the opportunity to come back and to have it end theway it did. It gives credence to perseverance. It gives credence to belief andtrust. When we were 3—4, I don't think there's many people in this room, afterthat Thursday night game, that would have thought that we'd be sitting heretoday talking about our football team. You've got to give credit to theplayers, the assistant coaches and really to the whole organization for theirpatience and persistence and just kind of the way we stuck together.
Kordell Stewart has been a wrinkle but today he kent the drive going for thefirst touchdown then he caught the first ball on your final drive. Is hestarting to become more than lust a wrinkle? "He hasn't been a wrinkle forabout the last four or five weeks. He's a bonafide pretty good receiver. He'snot a bad quarterback, he can run with the football and at times punt. He's avery good athlete, a playmaker. . . The great thing about it is we have some playsleft. We have one more game and you haven't seen the last of it... The onething that you see is he's not the only one. You've got Ernie Mills and AndreHastings and I haven't mentioned Yancey Thigpen. It's a pretty good group ofreceivers. Give credit to Indianapolis. They did a pretty good job. But whenyou're dropping eight guys back, you should have time. I think Neil (O'Donnell)did a pretty good job recognizing that. Now you bide some time. You don't justthrow it fast. I think that's what happened on the Kordell play... I thoughtour offense did a pretty good job. We had the one turnover which they got thethree points off of. It's been the typical game for us.
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Do you often send a corner fire (Willie like that on a short yardagethird and one? "That defense got kind of screwed up. We had half the peopleplaying one thing. Sometimes those are the best defenses. We do bring him attimes. He's a pretty fast guy and he got there because there was a pretty goodhole on the other side.
Is that what he was supposed to be doing on that play? "Absolutely.
What did you say to the offense when you were down by three? "Those guys haveso much confidence. They were trying to go four wides earlier in the game.That's the thing about it. The success that we've had previously which has beenalmost like 75 or 80 percent, they wanted to go to it. They felt verycomfortable in it. That's what's happened. The confidence that you have in it.You get to a fourth down play. We just hit the right play and he made a goodread. Neil feels very comfortable with the surrounding corps of receivers hehas. John L. Williams made a couple big plays in there.
Ernie Mills seems to step un in even olavoff game: "I don't know but I'm gladhe's with us. He's done it all year. It hasn't been just the playoffs. Youlook in Chicago, the big seam pass that was caught. Ernie Mills has been avaluable member. Those are four pretty good receivers and they've all got theirown little niche.
You're hugging your on the field. Do you feel like you're one of theauvs? "We came in this room. The way this season had gone, we were 3—4. Wehad a commitment. We knew what we could do. We weren't going to look too fardown the road. We weren't allowed in our own house to talk about next week.There was a conviction and committment made in this room that we weren't goingto be deterred. You bond when you go through adversity. You grow together. I
think our football team did that. That's what makes it so special. A year agowe were always up and we were the favorite and had the home field throughout.The way this whole thing has unfolded... They (the media) all wanted to talkabout last year. Let's talk about this year. It's a different football team.We're not done with this thing yet. Just because we won a game, and I know wewere fortunate to win it, that's been the nature of this football team. We're•not going to be satisfied until we finish this thing of f the right way. Thenyou won't have to talk about the 1994 Steelers. You'll be able to talk aboutthe 1995 Steelers.
Can your ticker take another one like this? "Absolutely. I hope it does.That's why you're in this business. The locker room. Those people out there inthose stands. The way this city has responded. The people of Pittsburghdeserve this. This city is special. It's unique. They appreciate hard work.They appreciate the way people put their minds to something and get it done.We're just going to do our job and let our deeds speak for themselves. We'vegot one more game to go and we're not going to be satisfied until we finish thisthing off.
It looked like you were about to bawl at the end of the game. "I'm an emotionalguy... I was feeling a sense of achievement. Not accomplishment. Achievement.We were able to get over a hurdle. One that would have sat with this footballteam. I don't know how we would have responded for two years in a row to havefailed on one last play. I was happy for our football team to get over that.It's important. That's the thing I felt at that time. A sense of achievement,not accomplishment. We haven't accomplished what we set out to do. That willcome in two weeks.
Did the players earn a counle days off? "I gave them of f. I told them to enjoythemselves. Instead of coming in at 10 o'clock tomorrow they come in at 12.
Do you think you'll be aiven little chance of winning the Super Bowl? "We'vebeen given little chance most of the year. Do you think it will serve as extramotivation? "What we need to do is finish this thing of f then we'll be able tosit back and have a sense of having earned something. We haven't been handedanything. We're not going to talk about it. We're going to let our deeds speakfor ourselves.
Did dela vu enter your mind? "Deja vu entered my mind when that ball was in theair on the last play of the game. With the last play of a championship andeverything riding on it, I'm 1—1. It's better than being 0—2. We're going toseize this moment. 1995 Steelers. Don't want to hear about 1994 Steelers.The thing we've got to do is take this thing the next step and not just besatisfied with getting there. But we want to finish this new season off 3—0.We've got two right now and we've got one more to go."
*STEELER8 VS COLTS — JANUARY 24, 1996 - THREE RZVERS STADIUM
STEELERS QUOTES
OUARTERBACX NEIL 0 'DONNELL:
What did you tell the team when you went out for the last drive? We knew we hadto score some points. It was one of those game where you have to give the Coltsdefense a lot of credit. These guys came ready to play. They mixed it up wellwith their coverages. They pressured me a lot especially in the 3rd quarter.It was one of those things where I looked up and I guess at one time there was 5minutes left in the 4th quarter, and I said "Where did the 4th quarter go?".The 4th quarter went by so quickly, and all of a sudden when we got the ball itwas 3 minutes and something left. They said okay let's go 2:00 minute (drill),and we made some big plays. That 4th down play was unbelievable. I fired thatas hard as I could and said, "If he wasn't going to catch it, it would gothrough him or to another guy". So it was a big play.
(On the 4th and 3 game winning drive): We tried to run some crossing patternshoping that they would give us man coverage, but they didn't. They gave us thezone. I just fired it into that window to Andre (Hastings). He almost madeanother person miss to go a little further for us. So it was a big, big 4thdown.
(Comments on wide receivers): You guys see them every day, and we've been doinga lot here. Last year and even this year when we were 3—4 and people were sayget rid of this one and get rid of that one. Then when we got on a roIl and weall stuck together. That wide receiver group is a very close group. They gettogether every Thursday night amongst themselves and spend some time together.And they're all playing extremely well. If they can give me a little time upfront, I have so much confidence in them that they will get open. Ernie (Mills)has made some big plays. Yancey (Thigpen) has had a spectacular year. Butthere are a lot of other guys making big plays out there.
(On Ernie Mills 37 yard reception): It was a go pattern. When we broke fromthe sideline, people on the sidelines go with Yancey and go that side. You knowthere are 8 million coaches when you're out there. I took a quick peek left,and then went back over to Ernie's side. Ernie made a great move on the guy,and I gave him a chance to go get it. I told him that in the huddle that I wasgoing to give one of those guys a chance to get it. Now you have to go get it.
(Did you have a feeling that you've been here before?) All week I just tried tostay away from all the talk about last year, last year, last year! But lastyear was last year, it was always in front of my face. So I said, just staycalm because there were some people who were really fired up in the huddle. I
just stayed focused and we came down and made some big plays when we had to.Now we'll be going to Arizona, and that's what it's all about.
(What did you think about their (Colts) last play?) You know how "Hell Mary's"go, they can go either way. I was just praying to the good Lord. We came sofar, and we had a chance, and I guess it just rolled out of his hands at thelast moment. I tip my hat to them, but it really hasn't settled in right now.I think maybe next week it will settle in that we're going to the Super Bowl,and we're representing the AFC. That's a great honor. They should all writeabout that we're going to the Super Bowl and not how our offense struggled.
(How many times have you seen that sign. "just three more yards"? I saw thatall year. It's there every home game. I have to talk to the guy about takingthat down now. I look at it and I never forget. It's all we heard about.Okay, we're three yards short. You had a great game in the playoffs. But thatdoesn't mean anything unless you win. When we came back this year and Bill(Coi4her) said up in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and talked about winning achampionship, you looked at your watch and he said he's getting a little longhere. Sure enough, it's a reality and now we're going to a Super Bowl. Somaybe we did learn something from that last year.
(On Colts) Those guys played extremely well out there. They have a very goodfootball team. I don't think they'll sneak up on anyone anymore. TheCinderella Colts, they played extremely well offensively, defensively. They
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gave us some problems. They played that certain type of coverage when theydropped so many people. They were able to take away many of my options. Unlessyou really know the defensive scheme that they try to run, they do a pretty goodjob dropping people off. They ask their linemen to put pressure on thequarterback, and they do a pretty good job doing that. Tony siragusa did a goodjob bull rushing and getting his hands up. He knocked own three balls thatwere key plays. That one interception in the first drive, that was a deflectedpass by Tony. Pony's from New Jersey, so I'll hear a lot from him this season.
(What about the city of Pittsburahfl This is a great place to play. It reallyis. You see out there, these people live and die by the steelers. They reallydo. This city really pulled around us. They never really died, they were inthe game all day. I give a lot of credit to the city because they kept us goingalso.
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PS DARREN PERRY: What did you have on defensively at the end, lust honina tosit back and keep evervthinc, in front of voul "We have guys that are thejumpers and guys that are the tippers. We just try and sit back. We have oneguy jumping up and hopefully he's the guy that will bat it down. Everybody wasjust being aggressive and not letting one of those guys come down with it. I'venever been in a game where the emotion level has been up that high. You justtry to maintain your poise throughout the whole thing... It seemed like itstayed up there forever."
Re: PD pass to Floyd Turner: "We were in a blitz zone and (Jim) Harbaugh tookadvantage of the defense. Give him credit. He gets paid just like us and hemade a great throw.
What does it mean to go to the Super Bowl? "It's tremendous to haveaccomplished what we have, especially with all the adversity we faced. Justabout the only guys who believed we could get to the Super Bowl when we were 3-4were the people in this room. Not too many other people did. It doesn't matterif we win by four or one. We're going."
LB KEVIN GREENE: Was the last Dlav a sigh of relief? "It was unbelievable.Any given play can get you. They almost made the play but they didn't. . .1 cansee how this team beat the San Diego Chargers and Kansas City chiefs in theirbackyard because they almost did it to us today. This team deserves a lot ofcredit. I don't know if that Cinderella story is right because I know theseguys came out of the blue. These guys are a good team and they've arriyed.
"I've been in the league 11 years and I've come up short every year but thisone. It's tremendous. It's all about going to the Super Bowl and winning.I've said before, athletes are well paid and they're blessed to be playing thegame and have six months of vacation and they work hard. But it all boils downto winning. Just to win the game. All the other stuff you collect along theway, you want to have the Super Bowl championship. You want to go to that gameand play in it."
RB BAN MORRIS: How does it feel to score the winning PD? "Oh man, it's big.It's big! It feels great. It was a second and one and John L. Williams lookedat me and said 'Whatever it takes to get in.' We met in the hole.. There was acollision and I just kept pumping my feet like I was running in water and I gotitin.
Was this game a little closer than you wanted it to be? "We knew the Colts weregoing to come to play and they did. We didn't think we were going to blow themout. We knew it was going to be a fight. Last year was running through a lotof people's minds, but we weren't going to let that happen.
Was there a real determination not to lose at home for a second straight year?"When they went down and scored, the offensive unit got together and talkedabout it.
The play wasn't very comDlicated, was it? "They knew what was coming, justright up the middle. The line and John L. did their jobs with the blocking, andit was my job to get it in."
CB WILLIE WILLIAMS; How do you defend a nlav like the last one of the game?"You want to tip the ball away from them and stop them from catching it.
Were you in on that olay? "I was right there in the mix. The ball hit the turfand bounced into his arms. At first I thought he caught it and had sbrt ofsickening feeling. Then I saw the referee call it incomplete."
CB thfRIS OLDHN(: How do you feel about the win? "It was a big win. No letdowns today. Now we wait and see who we play in the Super Bowl and scout themand keep up the intensity."Were you in on the last play of the game? "No. I was on the tight end side.That was Willie Williams and Carnell (Lake) and everybody else. I was the onlydefensive back that wasn't there. So I really didn't know what happened."
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14, 1996 —
STEELERS QUOTES
•EE RIVERS STADIUM
DB PULLER: Talk about th'ç Colts: "The Colts have an excellent team.They 'fought to the very end. We fought to th'e very end 'too and came away withthe win."o P044 NEWBERBY: ' 1 week I've tried to keep my mind off of what feelings I'llhave if we qan wi is game. And that it's here, it just feels fantastic.Ten years I've be it in the league been to one championship game before anddidn't get there This one, we made it I'm just looking forward to the trip.
Is there more of a.féelina of relief dr by nthe locker "A sense ofjoy. We're happy we've accomplished what we set out at the start df the seasonto do. That's get a• shot at a Super Bowl And now it's up to' us toprepare and take our best shot in two weeks "
DT BBENTSON BUCflIER: Comment on the gime's final play: "I was just prayingthat• we'd knock it down.' It went up and the 'db.'s made a good play, but the dude.almost came up with it. I'm glad he dropped it. That's what you want, to havea game that comes down to the wire. You dontt want a blowout here, a blowoutthere. ' You want it to be a 60 minute battle. That tests yàur team. Our team,we've been down all year. To come through theway we did.já unbelievable.For only. your second, year in the leacue. it must feel orettv good to ao to theSuner Bowl: "It's great.
, That's what we get paid to do. Some guys play inthis. .their. whole careers and don't go. been here just two seasonsand had two chances and we made up for last year.
It anneared that Harbaugh really made you 'auv work:. "He made us work hard,
yes. But we knew he was going to make some, But we also knew we would
make some plays on him if we were persistent."1.
OP LEON SEM1CY: Re: Colts 'defense: "They knew what they had to do. they camein and they to stop the 'run. And they did that. They kept themselves inthe game with big plays.
' They had some big plays that got to our defense, butour 'defense stuck in there. They hung in there and: they played tough.
Was it like the Steelers of old? "Kind of. The trademark around here is'The defense sets the tempo and they did' that today. ' We struggled alittle on offense. ' But the 'defense came around. They knew what they to do.
They.stopped them on some clutch situations.
"But my hat goes off to the Indianapolis Colts. A lot of really didn'thave them going this far, and really even competing in a game of this magnitude.They came in with nothing tolose 'and they played a hell of & game. We werejust fortunate enough, to come out with a win. I have a great, deal of respectfor their defense and the way they disrupte4 usoffensively. But we still wonand I'm happy forit."LB DEAD BROWN: Did you make any defensive adiustments at halftime? "No. Westayed with the same base defense we ran in the first half. It wasn't adefensive problem. It wasn't a scheme problem why they were moving the ball.It's just they were play-actioning us to death.: We weren't getting back andcovering our guys. We were being so aggressive toward the run and forgetting thereceivers behind us.
What were you thinking on the last blay? "I was trying to sack (Jim) Harbaugh,trying to get some 'pressure. I thought there was no way they were going tocatch it. I had no doubts. But once I saw their guys signalling touchdown, Icertainly had doubts. It went our way and, we're going to the Super Bowl.Re: similarities to San Diego? "There were a lot of similarities and it wasvery eerie. The week leading up to the San Diego game was very cold and thensuddenly the game day was warm. Just like today. It seemed like everyone wasagainst us, even Mother Nature. But there were times out, there today, like thelong touchdown, that seemed too similar. The guys just went 'Wow, this can'thappen again. There's no way this is going to happen.' We weren't saying itcouldn't happen again, we were saying we couldn't let it happen again."CB ROD WOODSON: We all know you wanted to be out there, but you still have tofeel aood for your teammates: "This group of guys have great character andthey're great athletes too. It's easy to play hard for your friends. The guyshere trust each other and like each other. When you're playing beside yourfriend, it's easy to say 'let's do this thing together.'
Can you be ready fOr the Suner Bowl? "I have two more weeks to get ready.Coach Cowher had an open mind this week and he 1told me he'll have an open mindfor two more weeks. That gives me three total tweeks of practice and then we'llfind out. I expect to be there.
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STEELERS QUOTES
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR RON EREARDT:
It seems that your offense has been able to score when it had to this year?That's been very gratifying for us. Our 1 and 2 minute offenses have reallydone a good job for us this year. The way we played before the half and at theend of the game really had me pleased, whether we have gone to the 4 wides orthe 5 wides has really productive this yeaer.
Could you talk about the big pass to Ernie Mills and what kind of play was it?
We knew that we had to come up with some kind of play that could get some prettygood yardage downfield. We knew that we had to get downfield so that if wedidn't get the TD we could set up for the PG to tie the game. We just ran alittle go and he's the go-to-guy, with Yancey (Thigpen). He's made clutch playsall year for us. He did it again today.
Could you talk about you feelings getting back to the Super Bowl?
The 1st one, you say 'wow, it happened.' The 2nd one is tougher, that 3rd oneeven tougher. It's just a great feeling, but you know, at my age I'm in the 4thquarter going into overtime, so you feel good about that.
KORDELL STEWART
on his TD play:
I just tried to get open. I felt that he kind of shoved me out of bounds. Itjust so happened that I got to the back of the endzone with Belser chasing meand caught it. I just did what a WR is should do when the QB scrambles. . .Neildid a great job of finding me and getting the ball to me.
If you see a quarterback scrambling, you just have to try and get open. There'snot a certain person that he needs to get the ball to. It's whoever's open andwhoever Neil can get the ball to.
On the drive in which he gained 3 1st downs:
That was pretty much OUR drive, not my drive. I had some plays where I was atquarterback and got some balls here and there, but there were alot of greatthings going on there. I wouldn't say it was my drive, I would say it was ourdrive. I was just happy to be out there when I was called upon.
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Steelers CB Randy Puller
on the Colts' final pass play:
The ball was in flight for what seemed like forever and I came over from theflright hash all the way to the left side before the ball landed. It was tipped acouple of times and when I got there I was able to get my hands on it. On theway down, the ball hit the turf and the receiver grabbed it right away but I sawthe official waving it off so I was of f and running. The ball hit the turf andI really couldn't tell you how he ended up with it.
I was thinking normally that the ball would be tipped and that I would be ableto get over there and possibly knock it down.
I didn't see him (the receiver) until I was on my way down. I was trying tograb the ball. He had it but I saw it hit the turf. Once I saw the officialwave it of f, I jumped up and I was running. I didn't want to look back. I sawpeople running onto the field so I assumed it was incomplete.
On being part of an historic play;
That really hasn't crossed my mind. The most important thing is that we wonand we're going to get to play again in two weeks.
On coming to play I or the Steelers:
Pittsburgh has always been my favorite team. It goes all the way back to whenthe steelers played the Cowboys in the Super Bowl. That's when I first startedwatching football and I fell in love with it. Mel Blount was my favorite playerof all time and Lynn Swann and Pranco Harris. Those were my favorite threeplayers. I've been liking the Steelers ever since. To be honest, this is achildhood dream to be part of this team and also go to the Super Bowl
Post—Game QuotesJan. 14, 1996
S Darren Perry (on whether the Colts caught the last pass of the game): Xthink I saw the ball hit the ground. I was pretty sure they didn't come downwith it. I just turned to the official and see if there was a flag beingthrown. ON a play like that, anything can happen. You've got a group of guysdown there, you have to look at the officials.
I saw the ball. It looked so huge and like it was traveling in slow motion.Like 'is it going to get here, is it going to get here?' In a situation likethat, you just have to not let one of their guys come down with it."
The Colts have a great defense, And Earbaugh makes plays and wins ballgames.We knew it would come down to the end and it would be a dogfight."
(On going to the Super Bowl): This is what you play the game for...tbeexcitment afterwards. It's almost as if it's not really happening."
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S Carnell Lake (on his emotions at the last play): "Harbaugh threw a high balland it came straight down. I just jumped for it and missed it. When I turnedaround, I saw Baily (Wa Aaron) cradle it. I thought, 'we lost another one.' Ilooked at the ref and he waved it off. I just started running and celebratingbefore be could change his mind, we looked at the ref to see if he was sure.That's when it clicked in. I"a happy we're in the Super Bowl. It's going tofeel good with that sun beaming down on us in Arizona."
(On 'one for the thumb'): "I'm looking for one for any finger right now."
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Stealers Runninc Back Erric Pearaa
On his wife going into labor:I asked her if I should play and she said, Of course you should play. I
wanted to play, but I wanted to do what was right at the same time. She told meto go play the damn game and win it f or her.
On the birth if daughter Taylor:
I found out at halftime (that the baby was born). A little trainer kid cameup and told me. It was a message that came down. Somebody must have told him.I was happy and I was thinking all we have to do now is win.
(Coach Cowher) asked me if I wanted to miss the game and I said no. I justthink it was good of him to give me that option because it shows that he hassome concern for my family and my well—being as well.
(I had) a Super Bowl berth and a little girl's as well.
On the last play of the gene:
When it was quiet, my heart probably jumped out of my body. Then there wasthis big roar and I knew he had missed the ball and the ref made the signal andI think I went berserk.
on Ernie Mills' big catch in the fourth quarter:
That's the reason we call him 'Thrills Mills.' He's always coming up with thebig catch at the big moment that we need it. He always comes up with it.That's just Ernie being Ernie.
On the final TD drive:
One thing I kept saying was "We've got to believe." We were moving the ballon these guys, we just weren't getting in the endzone. So we got in there andthe rest is history.
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Steelers lB Andre Rastinas
on the steelers slow start at beginning of season:
All along we haven't gotten much credit. Coming into this game and when wewere 3—4 people were down on us, but we felt we could break it up into threedifferent seasons. After we were 3—4, we got together as a team and said O.K.that season's over with and we'll start a new season. We won eight games inthat season. Now we're in our third season and we're 2—0 and we've got one moreto go.
on his fourth down catch (Eave you ever made a bigger one?):
No I don't think so. Last year I wasn't in there to have the opportunity totry to make a play. But this year, my number was called and I got out there andtried to make the most of it.
I tried to use the same approach that brought us to the dance. I go out thereand do my job and try to put our team in the best position to get a victory.won't get too excited just yet. If we win the Super Bowl, I'll be the mostexcited person in the world. Right now I'm trying to keep it all in perspectiveand strive for what we need to do.
Neil (O'Donnell) put it right on the money. He hit me right in the numbers.If I didn't catch it, it probably would have broken my shoulder pads.
Everybody made a play. Every receiver had a big catch. Corey Holliday cameup with a big catch early on. Ernie Mills had one of the biggest catches of hiscareer. I had one of the biggest catches of my career. That's what this gameis about. It's the ultimate team sport. It's a team game.
on Kills' catch;
Ernie had a go route and Yancey had a go route. In the huddle, Ernie waslike, 'Give me a chance,' and Yancey was like, 'Give me a chance,' and I waslike 'If they're not open, give me a shot.' Ernie came up with a big catch.Neil made a great throw. The ball was put where only Ernie could make theplay.
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STEELERS QUOTES
LB LEVON Now did you feel after the last ylav? "When the refereesignalled no touchdown, it was the happiest feeling in the
Did you exPect how the fans heloed you out today? "We knew they were going tobe well into the game. I think they felt like we felt last year, that we had todefinitely get this monkey of f our backs. We did that. It is tremendouslywonderful. I don't know how to express it. The fans really did a great job.They were with us all year long. It was great being able to Share this withthem instead of flying back to Pittsburgh. It's not the same feeling when youcan go into this stadium, see the expressions and see how happy everybody is."
K NORM JOHNSON: "It takes me a while to get my emotions going and they'restarting to go. I'm getting more and more excited. It's a good feeling.
Talk about the missed field goal: "Actually I missed it by quite a bit, Ithought. Sometimes you just miss them. I'll just erase that one and move on..Winds came up all of a sudden on that one. I think I lost my concentration.
Did you see that last play? "1 was pretty much on the field. I started lookingat the ref s, they said incomplete and I started celebrating. It's a goodfeeling."
WR ThNCEY THIOPEN: Re: Steelers big plays: "We've been doing it all year as agroup. When the chips are on the line, same results. We thrive on that as agroup. Me, Ernie (Mills), Kordell (Stewart) when he's in there, and CoreyHolliday. We take it upon ourselves to make it happen. We know our numbers willbe called. We've been doing that all year. Now we have to do it just one moregame."
Wit Z�IDRE HASTINGS: Re: fourth and three catch: "Well my number was called.They had been playing me with two linebackers, deviling me underneath. Mynumber was called and I tried to come up with the play and Neil (O'Donnell) madea great throw. He threaded it between three defenders and it hit me right inthe numbers.
Is that the biggest catch of your career? "Every catch from here on out is thebiggest of my career until we win the Super Bowl."
RB ERRIC PEGRAX: Re: birth of his dauahter durina the game: "They called meat the hotel at 4 a.m. to tell me she (my wife) was going into labor. When Igot to the hospital, I called Coach Cowher and we talked about it. He said itwas up to me. Then I talked to my wife about it, and t asked her what shewanted me to do. She said you better go play. I want to go to the Super Bowl.
When did you find out about the birth? "At halftime one of the assistanttrainers told me that we had a girl. What did you name her? "Taylor."
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COLTS QUOTES
I 1(1kb COACH TED XflCHIBRODAL
OP JIM flEBAUGE
STEELERS VS COLTS —JANUARY 14, 1996 - THREE RIVERS SThDZW(
I think you saw an excellent football game by two good football teams. I toldmy football team at the end that I was very proud of them that they should walkout of here with their heads high, not only f or this ball game but for theentire season, and I think that they should thank one another for the seasonthat they had this year. They came so far yet they came so close, 1:34 secondsaway from it all. I think it's a tribute to them that they played the entireyear that way, and I hope they set a standard as the way that the IndianapolisColts are going to play football from here on end. The best team won. If wewere the better team, we would have had the better score. This ball club hasnever given up all year. We fought right down to the very last play. That lastplay was as close as you could have gotten. It could have gone either way, butunfortunately, it fell in their hands.
(On Kordell Stewart's touchdown): Well, I can't see from where I was, but youpeople who had the television, you know that he came out of bounds. It's atouchdown that should have never been a touchdown. I didn't get an explanationfrom the officials. They didn't know. We had to tell them.
(On Jim Harbauph's cantain comeback): He almost really did pull it out today.Jim gave us everything that he had. It was another Jim Harbaugh game. He had acareer year, and we are very happy for him.
(Indiananolis resnect): Even in defeat, we proved that we could play witheverybody in the National Football League. We were only 1:34 away from the bigone.
(Comments on auestionable calls) I don't know. I really couldn't see it frommy viewpoint.
(Comments on the final play): The last play, I just tried to throw it up andkeep it in the end zone. I was trying to get it about 5 yards into the endzone and give him a chance. You have to give Aaron Bailey credit. He went upand made a play for it. I give all the craze and glory to the Lord our God andour Savory Jesus Christ. our guys played with tremendous courage. They believein their hearts that we would win today. They followed that with courage. I'mso proud of them.
1 Comments on the 4th guarter): We had opportunities to win it down the stretch.I can think of two or three plays when we could have pulled it out. I give themcredit. I don't know who it was that came of f the corner and stopped Lamont(Warren), but Lamont had a lot of room to run, and the guy made a good play. Itwas a fight. It was a 60 minute fight and all we ever ask is everybody fightsfor 60 minutes and play every play as hard as they can, and then we'll look atthe scoreboard at the end of the game.
(Comments on the 3rd down plait to Lamont warren): He came real close (tobreaking through the line). It was just one of those shoestring tackles. Hewas gone if he would have gotten through.
(Comments on neonle gaining respect for the Colts): I don't worry about whatpeople think of us. I know we had a lot of people pulling for us. Weappreciate all the encouragement that everybody gave us this week. I hope thatwe gave them something to be proud of.
(Comments on beina un 16—131: I believed that the whole time (that we weregoing to win the game). I believed that before the game. I believed it in myheart. All we had to do was play with courage and the guys did that.
(Comments on Steelers pressure): They did a good job with the pressure. We hadguys injured and banged up. We've got some starters missing, but guys came inand hung tough. They fought. I give them all the credit in the world for that.
You can't come any closer to the Super Bowl than that right there.
(Comments on failure to conolete on 3rd and 1): I don't know about that. I
can't even tell you. I was just fighting every play. I guess after the gameyou check the statistics and I'm sure everyone will do that. All I know is weplayed our hearts out, and we did everything we could to win.
(Comments on his injuries today): I dislocated my middle finger and cut myindex finger. I got it on my helmet or his helmet (Brentson Buckner). I threwit and my finger came back into my face and it dislocated on my face mask. Ithappened on the final drive when the pass was nearly intercepted (Oldham's nearinterception).
(Comments on halftime talk): (On throwing more in the second half) no, nothingwas said at halftime about that, but, we felt that we could get (Ken) Dilgerdown the middle of the field and we wanted to try that a couple of times and wedid. I'm glad we started throwing, and the PD pass, I really got some goodprotection on that. That was the first time in the day when I really felt thatI could sit back there and wait for something to develop. Give the guys upfront credit, and all the guys. Their hearts are as big as this stadium, and Ilove them for that.
(Comments on building on this loss for next season): Yes, of course, we comeback next season and I think all the guys really believed in what we were tryingto accomplish this year——what the coaches were doing. They believed in theirhearts we were going to win today. we came close——as close as you canpossibly come. You know next year seems like a long way away. It's sad that welost the game, but I congratulate the Pittsburgh Steelers and theirorganization. They have a fine team——a fine ball club. They have a lot of greatplayers, and I'll be pulling for them in the super Bowl.
(Comments when leavina the field): I thought he caught it, but after I saw thereplay a couple more time, the ball looked like it hit the ground. The onereplay when I looked up and saw, and it looked like he caught it.
Pittsburgh Steelers vs Indianapolis ColtsAFC Championship GameJanuary 14, 1996Colts Postgame Quotes
Tony Siragusa
We're one of the most underated teams to ever go into an AFC Championship and Ihave nothing but high respect for everyone in this lockerroom. We might not bechampions but in my heart everyone in this locker room is a champion.
How does this motivate you for next year?
I think this team knows what they have to do and how to prepare for the biggame. I think this team prepared for this year and Ted Marchbroda will prepareus for next year the same way. When something is woring I don't think there aremany things you should change.
On getting so many tipped balls at the line of scrimmage...
lie was throwing the short slants on a three step drop and I just startedgetting my hands up and tipping some stuff. You know things started going ourway in the beginning.
On coming out of the gate fast after missing last week. -.
There were opportunities to make plays and I made some plays today, didn't makeenough plays or we'd be on the other side of the coin. Big games, you have togive everything you've got and I think everyone in this locker room gaveeverything they've got. Anybody in this locker room, from the equipment managerto Jim Irsay, everybody gave 100%. We've got nothing to hang our heads about. Ithink Colts fans should be nothing but proud of this team, because I am.
Did the best team win today?The best team won today. It could of gone either way. You've got two greatteams out there, I have alot of respect fothe Steelers and I know they've gotalot of respect for us.
on the emotion of the game...
I'll tell you what, people got their moneys worth out of the game today. We'regoing to fight you for 60 minutes and I'm sure that it's a great example ofhow this team has worked all year. One second one the clock and we're going togo and we're going to try to win the game. Things just didn't work out.
I have no regrets about any thing I did. I wish I would have played last weekwith these guys against Kansas City. I'm sure the guys in this locker room willbe in my heart for the rest of my life. This will probably be the biggest gameof my life. I fought with a lot of great warriors and these guys are right upthere with the rest of them.
On the prospects for next year...
I think next year our goal like every year is to get to the Super Bowl. I don'tthink this team is going to look by anybody. We're going to prepare for thefirst team on our schedule and go after them first. Teams that look ahead findthemselves at home at the start of the year.
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Pittsburgh Steelers vs Indianapolis ColtsAFC Championship GameJanuary 14, 1996Colts Postgame Quotes
It was a total team effort but we came up short. You havealot of credit but guys put there heart into it.
On questionable calls by the officials:I'm not really sure I have to go back and watch the film.fought our hearts out but caine up a little short.
Can the Colts carry this momentum into next year...Definitely. Because to come so close and not get there isthis is something to build on for next year. I think guysget here and we're going to try our best to get back.
on talking to ex—teamate Zordell Stewart after the game.He just said 'great game.' He was proud of us and me andguys.
to give Pittsburgh
I just know that we
disappointing butknow what it takes to
the other Colorado
On coming up short on the third and one play at the end
That was a great play by their defense. They had a corner blitz and he wasn'taccounted for and he caught us in the backfield.
on the third—and—one just before the missed field goal...
They just had a great defensive play on that particular play. They slanted inand I bounced it out and he made a great play.
What was said in the huddle on the final drive...
We've been there before. We've been down with our backs against the wall and westill had time and we believed we could get down there and score.
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Pittsburgh Steelers vs Indianapolis ColtsAFC Championship GameJanuary 14, 1996Colts Postgame Quotes
Aaron Bailey
Was the final play a million to one shot?
Not really. Everyone thinks that we're a million to on shot to why not...Howthe play is designed is for Brian Stbablein, who has the highest vertical onthe team to pop the ball up in the air and I was going to come from behind andcatch the ball. Just like Kordel]. Stewart and Michael Westbrook did. Someonepop the ball in the air and I'd be there to catch it.. .Somehow it got loose.I'll have to look at the film. It is frustrating.
Describing the final play...
I had it for a split second. Between the time I was in the air I guess I bumpedinto someone else or the ground caused it but at one time I did have the balland it came out...The ball was tipped and then I had it for a split second. Itried to grab it with one hand because one of the Steelers' defensive playershad me straddeled in that big pile. I tried to grab it with one hand, like Isaid I had it for a split second and when I hit the ground it either came outthen or when I was in the air I tried to bring it back to my body. . . On my waydown I had it cradled in my body.
On his feeling after the game...
It really hurts because we had a wonderful season. They want to call us theCinderella team but I didn't feel we were the Cinderella team. I felt wedeserved to be there. We'll be back next year.
You can try to focus on the positive but it really hurts to lose a game likethat coming out so wired. I just feel really bad.
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STEELERS vs. INDThflPOLIS COLTS — JANUARY U, 1996 - THREE RIVERS STADIUM
STEELERS QUOTES
EflD COACH BXLL COWBER:
"I don't need to say a word. I think the game speaks for itself.Talk about the last offensive drive: "We hadn't been moving the ball that well.Our four wides did a good job of mixing things up, dropping in coverage, comingwith pressure. knew going in it was kind of a guessing game that we gotinvolved with. Obviously the big fourth down pass to Andre (Hastings), Neil(O'Donnell) did a good. job. He was patient, let the thing develop. They cameback with the blitz. We were able to pick it up with our protection. We had alittle double move called at that time. Neil made a great throw and ErnieMills, again, who just keeps making plays, made another big one.
You were expecting a blitz or man coveraae? "We were because they had droppedback before and it was kind of them mixing it up and us guessing right. That'swhat it was, a guessing game. I think they probably were guessing a lot betterthan we were today. We just happened to hit the big play.
How much did you see of the final olav and did you know how close you came tolosing it? "I didn't see it at all. The minute the ball got in the endzone Iknew there was a chance of losing it. Maybe it was poetic justice, having beenthere again with the ball in the air, and an opportunity to win a championship.Now I'm one and one. It was a great feeling.
Had you thouaht of not going for it on fourth down in that situation? "No.That was the game. We only had one or two time outs. That was it. I thinkit's kind of ironic that the things that's gotten us here was our four wides andno hurry, no huddle offense all year long and it's kind of the thing that got usback in the game. Maybe this game is indicative of how our season's been. It'sa great group of guys. We're not going to be satisfied with going. We want togo and win the whole thing.
Were you surprised in the beginning of the third quarter they seemed to go witha lot of play action fakes? "We had some breakdowns on defense. We kind oflost our poise a little bit. We did a pretty good job of keeping them to fieldgoals. They hit the one big play against us. I have to give them credit.They've been hitting that play a lot. It was a nice call on their part to hitthe blitz. We had to stop them on third down and 2. willie Williams made agreat play. It's been that kind of year. Nothing's come easy. We've been ableto get some breaks. I think a lot of those we created ourselves.
Do you have a oreference of who want to in the Super Bowl? not evengoing to watch (the NFC game). I'm going to enjoy this. To come from where wewere a year ago and to have the opportunity to come back and to have it end theway it did. It gives credence to perseverance. It gives credence to belief andtrust. When we were 3—4, I don't think there's many people in this room, afterthat Thursday night game, that would have thought that we'd be sitting heretoday talking about our football team. You've got to give credit to theplayers, the assistant coaches and really to the whole organization for theirpatience and persistence and just kind of the way we stuck together.
Kordell Stewart has been a wrinkle but today he kept the drive going for thefirst touchdown then he cauaht the first ball on your final drive. Is hestarting to become more than just a wrinkle? "He hasn't been a wrinkle forabout the last four or five weeks. He's a bonafide pretty good receiver. He'snot a bad quarterback, he can run with the football and at times punt. He's avery good athlete, a playmaker. . . The great thing about it is we have some playsleft. We have one more game and you haven't seen the last of it... The onething that you see is he's not the only one. You've got Ernie Mills and AndreHastings and I haven't mentioned Yancey Thigpen. It's a pretty good group ofreceivers. Give credit to Indianapolis. They did a pretty good job. But whenyou're dropping eight guys back, you should have time. I think Neil (O'Donnell)did a pretty good job recognizing that. Now you bide some time. You don't justthrow it fast. I think that's what happened on the Kordell play... I thoughtour offense did a pretty good job. We had the one turnover which they got thethree points off of. It's been the typical game for us.
flo you often send a corner fire (Willie Williams) like that on a short yardagethird and one? "That defense got kind of screwed up. we had half the peopleplaying one thing. Sometimes those are the best defenses. We do bring him attimes. He's a pretty fast guy and he got there because there was a pretty goodhole on the other side.
Is that what he was to be doing on that Dlay? "Absolutely.
What did von say to the offense when you were down by three? "Those guys haveso much confidence. They were trying to go four wides earlier in the game.That's the thing about it. The success that we've had previously which has beenalmost like 75 or 80 percent, they wanted to go to it. They felt verycomfortable in it. That's what's happened. The confidence that you have in it.You get to a fourth down play. We just hit the right play and he made a goodread. Neil feels very comfortable with the surrounding corps of receivers hehas. John L. Williams made a couple big plays in there.Ernie Mills seems to sten uc in every playoff name: "I don't know but I'm gladhe's with us. He's done it all year. It hasn't been just the playoffs. Youlook in Chicago, the big seam pass that was caught. Ernie Mills has been avaluable member. Those are four pretty good receivers and they've all got theirown little niche.
You're huaaina your players on the field. Do you feel like you're one of theauys? "We came in this room. The way this season had gone, we were 3-4. Wehad a commitment. We knew what we could do. We weren't going to look too fardown the road. We weren't allowed in our own house to talk about next week.There was a conviction and committment made in this room that we weren't goingto be deterred. You bond when you go through adversity. You grow together. Ithink our football team did that. That's what makes it so special. A year agowe were always up and we were the favorite and had the home field throughout.The way this whole thing has unfolded... They (the media) all wanted to talkabout last year. Let's talk about this year. It's a different football team.We're not done with this thing yet. Just because we won a game, and I know wewere fortunate to win it, that's been the nature of this football team. We'renot going to be satisfied until we finish this thing of f the right way. Thenyou won't have to talk about the 1994 Steelers. You'll be able to talk aboutthe 1995 Steelers.
Can your ticker take another one like this? "Absolutely. I hope it does.That's why you're in this business. The locker room. Those people out there inthose stands. The way this city has responded. The people of Pittsburghdeserve this. This city is special. It's unique. They appreciate hard work.They appreciate the way people put their minds to something and get it done.We're just going to do our job and let our deeds speak for themselves. We'vegot one more game to go and we're not going to be satisfied until we finish thisthing of f.
It looked like you were about to bawl at the end of the game. "I'm an emotionalguy... I was feeling a sense of achievement. Not accomplishment. Achievement.We were able to get over a hurdle. One that would have sat with this footballteam. I don't know how we would have responded for two years in a row to havefailed on one last play. I was happy for our football team to get over that.It's important. That's the thing I felt at that time. A sense of achievement,not accomplishment. We haven't accomplished what we set out to do. That willcome in two weeks.
Did the earn a couole days of f? "I gave them off. I told them to enjoythemselves. Instead of coming in at 10 o'clock tomorrow they come in at 12.
Do you think you'll be given little chance of winning the Suner Bowl? "We'vebeen given little chance most of the year. Do you think it will serve as extramotivation? "what we need to do is finish this thing off then we'll be able tosit back and have a sense of having earned something. We haven't been handedanything. We're not going to talk about it. We're going to let our deeds speakfor ourselves.
Did deja vu enter your mind? "Deja vu entered my mind when that ball was in theair on the last play of the game. With the last play of a championship andeverything riding on it, I'm 1—1. It's better than being 0-2. we're going toseize this moment. 1995 Steelers. Don't want to hear about 1994 Steelers.The thing we've got to do is take this thing the next step and not just besatisfied with getting there. But we want to finish this new season off 3—0.We've got two right now and we've got one more to go."
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STEELERS QUOTES
LB LEVON flflLflD: How did you feel after the last play? "When the refereesignalled no touchdown, it was the happiest feeling in the world.
Did you exoect how the fans heloed you out today? "We knew they were going tobe well into the game. I think they felt like we felt last year, that we had todefinitely get this monkey of f our backs. We did that. It is tremendouslywonderful. I don't know how to express it. The fans really did a great job.They were with us all year long. It was great being able to èhare this withthem instead of flying back to Pittsburgh. It's not the same feeling when youcan go into this stadium, see the expressions and see how happy everybody is."
K NORM UOHNSONI "It takes me a while to get my emotions going and they'restarting to go. I'm getting more and more excited. It's a good feeling.
Talk about the pissed field goal: "Actually I missed it by quite a bit, Ithought. Sometimes you just miss them. I'll just erase that one and move on..winds came up all of a sudden on that one. I think I lost my concentration.
Did you see that last nlav? "I was pretty much on the field. I started lookingat the ref s, they said incomplete and I started celebrating. It's a goodfeeling."
WR VANCE! TEIGPEX: Re: Steelers bia plays: "We've been doing it all year as agroup. When the chips are on the line, same results. We thrive on that as agroup. Me, Ernie (Mills), Kordell (Stewart) when he's in there, and CoreyHolliday. We take it upon ourselves to make it happen. We know our numbers willbe called. We've been doing that all year. Now we have to do it just one moregame."
WR ANDRE HASTINGS: Re: fourth and three catch: "Well my number was called.They had been playing me with two linebackers, deviling me Mynumber was called and I tried to come up with the play and Neil (O'Donnell) madea great throw. He threaded it between three defenders and it hit me right in
the numbers.
Is that the biggest catch of your career? "Every catch from here on out is thebiggest of my career until we win the Super Bowl."
RB ERRIC PEGRAM: Re: birth of his daughter durincf the game; "They called meat the hotel at 4 a.m. to tell me she (my wife) was going into labor. When Igot to the hospital, I called Coach Cowher and we talked about it. Be said itwas up to me. Then I talked to my wife about it, and I asked her what shewanted me to do. She said you better go play. I want to go to the Super Bowl.
when did you find out about the birth? "At halftime one of the assistanttrainers told me that we had a girl. What did you name her? "Taylor."
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FS DARREN PERRY: What did von have on defensively at the end, lust honina tosit back and keen everything in front of vouj "We have guys that are thejumpers and guys that are the tippers. we just try and sit back. We have oneguy jumping up and hopefully he's the guy that will bat it down. Everybody wasjust being aggressive and not letting one of those guys come down with it. I'venever been in a game where the emotion level has been up that high. You justtry to maintain your poise throughout the whole thing... It seemed like itstayed up there forever."
Re: TD pass to Floyd Turner: "We were in a blitz zone and (Jim) Harbaugh tookadvantage of the defense. Give him credit. He gets paid just like us and hemade a great throw.
What does it mean to go to the Suner Bowl? "It's tremendous to haveaccomplished what we have, especially with all the adversity we faced. Justabout the only guys who believed we could get to the Super Bowl when we were 34were the people in this room. Not too many other people did. It doesn't matterif we win by four or one. We're going."
LB KEVIN GREENE: Was the last nlav a siah of relief? "It was unbelievable.Any given play can get you. They almost made the play but they didn't...I cansee how this team beat the San Diego Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs in theirbackyard because they almost did it to us today. This team deserves a lot ofcredit. I don't know if that Cinderella story is right because I know theseguys came out of the blue. These guys are a good team and they've arriyed.
"I've been in the league 11 years and I've come up short every year but thisone. It's tremendous. It's all about going to the Super Bowl and winning.I've said before, athletes are well paid and they're blessed to be playing thegame and have six months of vacatiàn and they work hard. But it all boils downto winning. Just to win the game. All the other stuff you collect along theway, you want to have the Super Bowl championship. You want to go to that gameand play in it."
RB BAN MORRIS: How does it feel to score the winning TD? "Oh man, it's big.It's big! It feels great. It was a second and one and John L. Williams lookedat me and said 'Whatever it takes to get in.' We met in the hole. There was acollision and I just kept pumping my feet like I was running in water and I gotit in.
Was this aame a little closer than von wanted it to be? "We knew the Colts weregoing to come to play and they did. We didn't think we were going to blow themout. We knew it was going to be a fight. Last year was running through a lotof people's minds, but we weren't going to let that happen.
Was there a real determination not to lose at home for a second straiaht year?"When they went down and scored, the offensive unit got together and talkedabout it.
The nlav wasn't very complicated, was it? "They knew what was coming, justright up the middle. The line and John L. did their jobs with the blocking, andit was my job to get it in."
CB WILLIE WILLIAMS: How do von defend a olav like the last one of the game?"You want to tip the ball away from them and stop them from catching it.
Were you in on that play? "I was right there in the mix. The ball hit the turfand bounced into his arms. At first I thought he caught it and bad sort ofsickening feeling. Then I saw the referee call it incomplete."
CB SRIS OLDEAM: How do you feel about the win? "It was a big win. No letdowns today. Now we wait and see who we play in the super Bowl and scout themand keep up the intensity."
Were you in on the last of the game? "No. I was on the tight end side.That was Willie Williams and Carnell (Lake) and everybody else. I was the onlydefensive back that wasn't there. So I really didn't know what happened."
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STEELERS QUOTES
RIVERS STADIUM
DB Talk about Colts: "The Colts have an excellent teamThey 'fougbt to the very end. We fought to the very end and came away withthe win."
G TO$ kznZRRt: A 1 week I've tried to keep my mind off of what feelings I'llhave if we c'an wi is game. And that it's here, it just feels fantastic.Ten years I've be n in the league been to one championship game before anddidn't get there. This one, we made it. I'm just looking forward to the trip.
Is there tore of a.féelinaof.relief or joy in the "A sense ofjoy. We're happy we've accomplished what we set out at the start df the seasonto do. That's get a shot at a Super Bowl ring And now it's up to us toprepare and take our best shot in two weeks "if? BRKNTSON BUcanx: Comment on the game's final play: "I was just prayingthatwe'd knock it down. It wentup and the db's made a.'good play, but the dudealmost came up with it. 'I'm glad he dropped it. That's what you want, to havea game that comes down to the wire. You don't want a blowout here, a blowoutthere. You want it to be a 60 minute battle. That tests your team. Our team,we've been down all year. To come through the way we dtd j.s unbelievable.
For only. your second. year in the leaaue, it must feel pretty good to go to theSurer Bowl: what we get paid to do. Some guys play inthis lea4ue their whole careers and don't go. I've been here just two seasonsand had two chances and we made up for last year.
It anneared that Ijarbaugh really made you auvs work: . "Re made us work hard,yes. But we knew he was going to make some . But we also knew we wouldmake some plays on him if we were persistent."I
0? LEON SEflCY: . Re: Colts defense: "They knew what they had to do. They camein and they wanted to stop the run. And they aid that. They kept themselves inthe game with big plays. They had sole big plays that got to. our defense, butour defense stuck in there. They hung in there and .they played tough.
Was it like the Steelers of old? "Kind of. The trademark around here isdefense. The defense sets the tempo and they did that today. We struggled alittle on offense. But the defense came around. They knew what they had to do.They, stopped them on some clutch situations. .
"But my hat goes off to the Indianapolis Colts. A lot of really didn'thave them going th.is far, and really even competing in a of this magnitude.They came in with nothing to lose and they played a hell of We werejust fortunate enough, to come out with a win. 'I have a great, deal of respectfor their defense and the way they disrupted us offensively. But we still wonand I'm happy' fór'it."
LB CHAD BROWN:. Did you make any defensive adlustments at halftime? "No. Westayed with the same base defense we ran in the first.half. It wasn't adefensive problem. fl wasn't a scheme problem why they were moving the ball.It's just they were play-actioning us to death.: We weren't getting back andcovering our guys. We were being so aggressive toward the run and forgetting thereceivers behind us.
What were you thinking on the last play? "I was trying to sack (Jim) Rarbaugh,trying to get some 'pressure. I thought there was no way they were going tocatch, it. I had no doubts. But once I saw their guys signalling touchdown, Icertainly had doubts. It went our way and we're going to the Super Bowl.
Re: to San Diego? "There were a, lot of similarities and it wasvery eerie. The week leading up to the San Diego game was very cold and thensuddenly the game day was warm. Just like today. It seemed like everyone wasagainst us, even Mother Nature.: But there were times out there today, like thelong touchdown, ithat seemed too similar. The guys just went 'Wow, this can'thappen again. There's no way this is going to happen.' We weren't saying itcouldn't happen again, we were saying we couldn't let it happen again."
OB ROD WOODSON: We all know you wanted to be out there, but you still have tofeel aood for your teammates: "This group of guys have great character andthey're great athletes 'too. It's ,easy to play hard for your friends. The guyshere trust each other and like each other. when you're playing beside yourfriend, it's easy to say 'let's do this thing together.'
Can you be ready fOr the Super Bowl? "I have two more weeks to get ready.Coach Cowher had an open mind this week and he 1told me he'll have an open mindfor two more weeks. That gives me three total 'weeks of practice and then we'llfind out. I expect to be there."
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STEELERS QUOTES
GUARTEREACX fliL 0' DONkaL:
What did you tell the team when you went put for the last drive? We knew we hadto score some points. It was one of those game where you have to give the Coltsdefense a lot of credit. These guys came ready to play. They mixed it up wellwith their coverages. They pressured me a lot especially in the 3rd quarter.It was one of those things where I looked up and I guess at one time there was 5minutes left in the 4th quarter, and I said "Where did the 4th quarter go?".The 4th quarter went by so quickly, and all of a sudden when we got the ball itwas 3 minutes and something left. They said okay let's go 2:00 minute (drill),and we made some big plays. That 4th down play was unbelievable. I fired thatas hard as I could and said, "If he wasn't going to catch it, it would go.through him or to another guy". So it was a big play.
(On the 4th and 3 game winning drive): We tried to run some crossing patternshoping that they would give us man coverage, but they didn't. They gave us thezone. I just fired it into that window to Andre (Hastings). He almost madeanother person miss to go a little further for us. So it was a big, big 4thdown.
(Comments on wide receivers): You guys see them every day, and we've been doinga lot here. Last year and even this year when we were 3—4 and people were sayget rid of this one and get rid of that one. Then when we got on a roIl and weall stuck together. That wide receiver group is a very close group. They gettogether every Thursday night amongst themselves and spend some time together.And they're all playing extremely well. If they can give me a little time upfront, I have so much confidence in them that they will get open. Ernie (Mills)has made some big plays. Yancey (Thigpen) has had a spectacular year. Butthere are a lot of other guys making big plays out there.
(On Ernie Mills 37 yard reception): It was a go pattern. When we broke fromthe sideline, people on the sidelines go with Yancey and go that side. You knowthere are 8 million coaches when you're out there. I took a quick peek left,and then went back over to Ernie's side. Ernie made a great move on the guy,and I gave him a chance to go get it. I told him that in the huddle that I wasgoing to give one of those guys a chance to get it. Now you have to go get it.
(Did you have a feelina that ypu've been here bet ore?) All week I just tried tostay away from all the talk about last year, last year, last year! But lastyear was last year, it was always in front of my face. So I said, just staycalm because there were some people who were really fired up in the huddle. I
just stayed focused and we came down and made some big plays when we had to.Now we'll be going to Arizona, and that's what it's all about.
(What did you think about their (Colts) last play?) You know hOw "Hell Mary's"go, they can go either way. I was just praying to the good Lord. We came sofar, and we had a chance, and I guess it just rolled out of his hands at thelast moment. I tip my hat to them, but it really hasn't settled in right now.I think maybe next week it will settle in that we're going to the Super Bowl,and we're representing the AFC. That's a great honor. They should all writeabout that we're going to the Super Bowl and not how our offense struggled.
(How many times have you seen that sicin. "lust three more yards"? I saw thatall year. It's there every home game. I have to talk to the guy about takingthat down now. I look at it and I never forget. It's all we heard about.Okay, we're three yards short. You had a great game in the playoffs. But thatdoesn't mean anything unless you win. When we came back this year and Bill
said up in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and talked about winning aChampionship, you looked at your watch and he said he's getting a little longhere. Sure enough, it's a reality and now we're going to a Super Bowl. Somaybe we did learn something from that last year.
(On Colts) Those guys played extremely well out there. They have a very goodfootball team. I don't think they'll sneak up on anyone anymore. TheCinderella Colts, they played extremely well offensively, defensively. They
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gave us some problems. They played that certain type of coverage when theydropped so many people. They were able to take away many of my options. Unlessyou really know the defensive scheme that they try to run, they do a pretty goodjob dropping people of f. They ask their linemen to put pressure on thequarterback, and they do a pretty good job doing that. Tony Siragusa did a goodjob bull rushing and getting his hands up. He knocked down three balls thatwere key plays. That one interception in the first drive, that was a deflectedpass by Tony. Tony's from New Jersey, so I'll hear a lot from him this season.
(What about the city of Pittsburczh?) This is a great place to play. It reallyis. You see out there, these people live and die by the Steelers. They reallydo. This city really pulled around us. They never really died, they were inthe game all day. I give a lot of credit to the city because they kept us goingalso.
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Steelers PR Andre Hastinas
on the Steelers slow start at beginning of seasonx
All along we haven't gotten much credit. Coming into this game and when wewere 3—4 people were down on us, but we felt we could break it up into threedifferent seasons. After we were 3—4, we got together as a team and said O.K.that season's over with and we'll start a new season. We won eight games inthat season. Now we're in our third season and we're 2—0 and we've got one moreto go.
On his fourth down catch (Have you ever made a bigger one?):
No I don't think so. Last year I wasn't in there to have the opportunity totry to make a play. But this year, my number was called and I got out there andtried to make the most of it.
I tried to use the same approach that brought us to the dance. I go out thereand do my job and try to put our team in the best position to get a victory.won't get too excited just yet. If we win the Super Bowl, I'll be the mostexcited person in the world. Right now I'm trying to keep it all in perspectiveand strive for what we need to do.
Neil (O'Donnell) put it right on the money. He hit me right in the numbers.If I didn't catch it, it probably would have broken my shoulder pads.
Everybody made a play. Every receiver had a big catch. Corey Holliday cameup with a big catch early on. Ernie Mills had one of the biggest catches of hiscareer. I had one of the biggest catches of my career. That's what this gameis about. It's the ultimate team sport. It's a team game.
On Mills' catch:
Ernie had a go route and Yancey had a go route. In the huddle, Ernie waslike, 'Give me a chance,' and Yancey was like, 'Give me a chance,' and I waslike 'If they're not openj give me a shot.' came up with a big catch.Neil made a great throw. The ball was put where only Ernie could make theplay.
Post—Game QuotesJan. 14, 1996
B Barren Perry (on whether the Colts caught the last pass of the game):I I was pretty sure they didn't come downwith it. just turned to the official and see if there was a flag being
thrown. ON a play like that, anything can happen. You've got a group of guysdown there, you have to look at the officials.
I saw the ball. It looked so huge and like it was traveling in slow motion.Like 'is it going to get here, is it going to get here?' In a situation likethat, you just have to not let one of their guys come down with it."
The colts have a great defense. And Rarbaugh makes plays and wins bailgames.We knew it would come down to the end and it would be a dogfight."
(On going to the 8uper Bowl): This is what you play the game for.. • theexcitment afterwards. It's almost as if it's not really happening."
S Carnell Lake (on his a high balland it came straight down. I just jumped for it and missed it. When I turnedaround, I saw Daily (WR Aaron) cradle it. I thought, 'we lost another one.'looked at the ref and he waved it of f. I just started running and celebratingbefore be could change his mind, We looked at the ref to see if he was sure.That's when it clicked in. I"m happy we're in the Super Bowl. It's going tofeel good with that sun beaming down on us in Arizona."
(On 'on. for the thumb'): "I'm looking for one for any finger right now."
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Steelers CB Randy Full.rOn the Colts' final pass play:
The ball was in flight for what seemed like forever and I came over from theright hash all the way to the left side before the ball landed. It was tipped acouple of times and when I got there I was able to get my hands on it. On theway down, the ball hit the turf and the receiver grabbed it right away but I sawthe official waving it off so I was off and running. The ball hit the turf andI really couldn't tell you how he ended up with it.
I was thinking normally that the ball would be tipped and that I would be ableto get over there and possibly knock it.down.
I didn't see him (the receiver) until I was on my way down. I was trying tograb the ball. He had it but I saw it hit the turf. Once I saw the officialwave it of f, I jumped up and I was running. I didn't want to look back. I sawpeople running onto the field so I assumed it was incomplete.
On being part of an historic play:
That really hasn't crossed my mind. The most important thing is that we wonand we're going to get to play again in two weeks.
On coming to play for the Steelers:
Pittsburgh has always been my favorite team. It goes all the way back to whenthe Steelers played the Cowboys in the Super Bowl. That's when I first startedwatching football and I fell in love with it. Mel Blount was my favorite playerof all time and Lynn Swann and Franco Harris. Those were my favorite threeplayers. I've been liking the Steelers ever since. To be honest, this is achildhood dream to be part of this team and also go to the Super Bowl
ESTESLERS VS COLTS — JMIUARY 14, 1996 - THREE RIVERS SflDIUM
STEELER8 QUOTES
OflENSIVE COORDINATOR RON PRflSD?:
It seems that your offense has been able to score when it had to this year?That's been very gratifying for us. Our 1 and 2 minute offenses have reallydone a good job for us this year. The way we before the half and at theend of the game really had me pleased, whether we have gone to the 4 wides orthe 5 wides has really productive this yeaer.
Could you talk about the big pass to Ernie Mills and what kind of play was it?
We knew that we had to come up with some kind of play that could get some prettygood yardage downfield. We knew that we had to get downfield so that if wedidn't get the PD we could set up for the FG to tie the game. We just ran alittle go and he's the go—to—guy, with Yancey (Thigpen). He's made clutch playsall year for us. He did it again today.
Could you talk about you feelings getting back to the Super Bowl?
The 1st one, you say 'wow, it happened.' The 2nd one is tougher, that 3rd oneeven tougher. It's just a great feeling, but you know, at my age I'm in the 4thquarter going into overtime, so you feel good about that.
KORDELL STEWART
On his PD play:
I just tried to get open. I felt that he kind of shoved me out of bounds. Itjust so happened that I got to the back of the endzone with Belser chasing meand caught it. I just did what a WR is should do when the QB scrambles. . . Neildid a great job of finding me and getting the ball to me.
If you see a quarterback scrambling, you just have to try and get open. There'snot a certain person that he needs to get the ball to. It's whoever's open andwhoever Neil can get the ball to.
On the drive in which he gained 3 1st downs:
That was pretty much OUR drive, not my drive. I had some plays where I was atquarterback and got some balls here and there, but there were alot of greatthings going on there. I wouldn't say it was my drive, I would say it was ourdrive. I was just happy to be out there when I was called upon.
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Steelers Runnina Back Erric Pearam
On his wife going into labor:
I asked her if I should play and she said, Of course you should play. I
wanted to play, but I wanted to do what was right at the same time. She told meto go play the damn game and win it for her.
On the birth if daughter Taylor:
I found out at halftime (that the baby was born). A little trainer kid cameup and told me. It was a message that came down. Somebody must have told him.I was happy and I was thinking all we have to do now is win.
(Coach Cowher) asked me if I wanted to miss the game and I said no. I justthink it was good of him to give me that option because it shows that he hassome concern for my family and my well—being as well.
(I had) a Super Bowl berth and a little girl's as well.
on the last play of the game:
When it was quiet, my heart probably jumped out of my body. Then there wasthis big roar and I knew he had missed the ball and the ref made the signal andI think I went berserk.
on Ernie Mills' big catch in the fourth quarter:
That's the reason we call him 'Thrills Mills.' He's always coming up with thebig catch at the big moment that we need it. He always comes up with it.That's just Ernie being Ernie.
On the final TD drive:
One thing I kept saying was "We've got to believe.". We were moving the ballon these guys, we just weren't getting in the endzone. So we got in there andthe rest is history.
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COLTS QUOTES
READ coacx TEt MARCH DRODA:
I think you saw an excellent football game by two good football teams. I toldmy football team at the end that I was very proud of them that they should walkout of here with their heads high, not only f or this ball game but for theentire season, and I think that they should thank one another for the seasonthat they had this year. They came so far yet they came so close, 1:34 secondsaway from it all. I think it's a tribute to them that they played the entireyear that way, and I hope they set a standard as the way that the IndianapolisColts are going to play football from here on end. The best team won. If wewere the better team, we would have had the better score. This ball club hasnever given up all year. We fought right down to the very last play. That lastplay was as close as you could have gotten. It could have gone either way, butunfortunately, it fell in their hands.
(On Kordell Stewart's touchdown): Well, I can't see from where I was, but youpeople who had the television, you know that he came out of bounds. It's atouchdown that should have never been a touchdown. I didn't get an explanationfrom the officials. They didn't know. We had to tell them.
(On Jim Harbauph' s captain comeback): He almost really did pull it out today.Jim gave us everything that he had. It was another Jim Harbaugh game. He had acareer year, and we are very happy for him.
(Indianapolis respect): Even in defeat, we proved that we could play witheverybody in the National Football League. We were only 1:34 away from the bigone.
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(Comments on auestionable calls): I don't know. I really couldn't see it frommy viewpoint.
(Comments on the final play): The last play, I just tried to throw it up andkeep it in the end zone. I was trying to get it about 5 yards into the endzone and give him a chance. You have to give Aaron Bailey credit. He went upand made a play for it. I give all the craze and glory to the Lord our God andour Savory Jesus Christ. Our guys played with tremendous courage. They believein their hearts that we would win today. They followed that with courage. I'mso proud of them.
(Comments on the 4th auarter): We had opportunities to win it down the stretch.I can think of two or three plays when we could have pulled it out. I give themcredit. I don't know who it was that came off the corner and stopped Lamont(Warren), but Lamont had a lot of room to run, and the guy made a good play. Itwas a fight. It was a 60 minute fight and all we ever ask is everybody fightsfor 60 minutes and play every play as hard as they can, and then we'll look atthe scoreboard at the end of the game.
(Comments on the 3rd down olav to Lamont Warren): He came real close (tobreaking through the line). It was just one of those shoestring tackles. Hewas gone if he would have gotten through.
(Comments on Deonle gaining respect for the Colts): I don't worry about whatpeople think of us. I know we had a lot of people pulling for us. Weappreciate all the encouragement that everybody gave us this week. I hope thatwe gave them something to be proud of.
(Comments on being un 16-13): I believed that the whole time (that we weregoing to win the game). I believed that before the game. I believed it in myheart. All we had to do was play with courage and the guys did that.
(Comments on Steelers Pressure): They did a good job with the pressure. We hadguys injured and banged up. We've got some starters missing, but guys came inand hung tough. They fought. I give them all the credit in the world for that.
PO$?COG?ES
You can't come any closer to the Super Bowl than that right there.
(Comments on failure to comolete on 3rd and 1): I don't know about that. Ican't even tell you. I was just fighting every play. I guess after the gameyou check the statistics and I'm sure everyone will do that. All I know is weplayed our hearts out, and we did everything we could to win.
(Comments on his inluries today): I dislocated my middle finger and cut myindex finger. I got it on my helmet or his helmet (Brentson Buckner). I threwit and my finger came back into my face and it dislocated on my face mask. Ithappened on the final drive when the pass was nearly intercepted (Oldham's nearinterception).
(Comments on halftime talk): (On throwing more in the second half) no, nothingwas said at halftime about that, but, we felt that we could get (Ken) Dilgerdown the middle of the field and we wanted to try that a couple of times and wedid. I'm glad we started throwing, and the TD pass, I really got some goodprotection on that. That was the first time in the day when I really felt thatI could sit back there and wait for something to develop. Give the guys upfront credit, and all the guys. Their hearts are as big as this stadium, and Ilove them for that.
(Comments on building on this loss for next season'i: Yes, of course, we comeback next season and I think all the guys really believed in what we were tryingto accomplish this year——what the coaches were doing. They believed in theirhearts we were going to win today. We came close-—as close as you canpossibly come. You know next year seems like a long way away. It's sad that welost the game, but I congratulate the Pittsburgh Steelers and theirorganization. They have a fine team--a fine ball club. They have a lot of greatplayers, and I'll be pulling for them in the Super Bowl.
(Comments when leaving the field): I thought he caught it, but after I saw thereplay a couple more time, the ball looked like it hit the ground. The onereplay when I looked up and saw, and it looked like he caught it.
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Lamont Warren
It was a total team effort but we came up short. You have to give Pittsburghalot of credit but guys put there heart into it.
on questionable calls by the officials:I'm not really sure I have to go back and watch the film. I just know that wefought our hearts out but came up a little short.
Can the Colts carry this momentum into next year...Definitely. Because to come so close and not get there is disappointing, butthis is something to build on for next year. I think guys know what it takes toget here and we're going to try our best to get back.
On talking to ex-teamate Kordell Stewart after the game.He just said 'great game.' He was proud of us and me and the other Coloradoguys.
On coming up short on the third and one play at the endThat was a great play by their defense. They had a corner blitz and he wasn'taccounted for and he caught us in the backfield.On the third—and—one just before the missed field goal...They just had a great defensive play on that particular play. They slanted inand I bounced it out and he made a great play.
What was said in the huddle on the final drive...
We've been there before. We've been down with our backs against the wall and westill had time and we believed we could get down there and score'.
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Pittsburgh Steelers vs Indianapolis ColtsAlt Championship GameJanuary 14, 1996Colts Postgame Quotes
Aaron Bailey
Was the final play a million to one shot?
Not really. Everyone thinks that we're a million to on shot to why not. + .110wthe play is designed is for Brian Stbablein, who has the highest vertical onthe team to pop the ball up in the air and I was going to come from behind andcatch the ball. Just like Kordell Stewart and Michael Westbrook did. Someonepop the ball in the air and I'd be there to catch it...Somehow it got loose.I'll have to look at the film. It is frustrating.
Describing the final play...
I had it for a split second. Between the time I was in the air I guess I bumpedinto someone else or the ground caused it but at one time I did have the balland it came out. . .me ball was tipped and then I had it for a split second. Itried to grab it with one hand because one of the Steelers' defensive playershad me straddeled in that big pile. I tried to grab it with one hand, like Isaid I had it for a split second and when I hit the ground it either caine outthen or when I was in the air I tried to bring it back to my body. . .On my waydown I had it cradled in my body.
On his feeling after the game...
It really hurts because we had a wonderful season. They want to call us theCinderella team but I didn't feel we were the Cinderella team. I felt wedeserved to be there. We'll be back next year.
You can try to focus on the positive but it really hurts to lose a game likethat coming out so wired. I just feel really bad.
WCCHAMPIONSHIP
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Pittsburgh Steelers vs Indianapolis ColtsAFC Championship GameJanuary 14, 1996Colts Postgame Quotes
Tony Siragusa
We're one of the most underated teams to ever go into an APt Championship and Ihave nothing but high respect for everyone in this lockerroom. We might not bechampions but in my heart everyone in this locker room is a champion.
Bow does this motivate you for nat year?
I think this team knows what they have to do and how to prepare for the biggame. I think this team prepared for this year and Ted Marchbroda will prepareus for next year the same way. When something is woring I don't think there aremany things you should change.
On getting so many tipped balls at the line of scrimmage...
Re was throwing the short slants on a three step drop and I just startedgetting my hands up and tipping some stuff. You know things started going ourway in the beginning.
On coming out of the gate fast after missing last week...
There were opportunities to make plays and I made some plays today, didn't makeenough plays or we'd be on the other side of the coin. Big games, you have togive everything you've got and I think everyone in this locker room gaveeverything they've got. Anybody in this locker room, from the equipment managerto Jim Irsay, everybody gave 100%. We've got nothing to hang our heads about. Ithink Colts fans should be nothing but proud of this team, because I am.
Did the best team win today?
The best team won today. It could of gone either way. You've got two greatteams out there, I have alot of respect fothe Steelers and I know they've gotalot of respect for us.On the emotion of the game...
I'll tell you what, people got their moneys worth out of the game today. We'regoing to fight you for 60 minutes and I'm sure that it's a great example ofhow this team has worked all year. One second one the clock and we're going togo and we're going to try to win the game. Things just didn't work out.
I have no regrets about any thing I did. I wish I would have played last weekwith these guys against Kansas City. I'm sure the guys in this locker room willbe in my heart for the rest of my life. This will probably be the biggest gameof my life. I fought with a lot of great warriors and these guys are right upthere with the rest of them.
On the prospects for next year...
I think next year our goal like every year is to get to the Super Bowl. I don'tthink this team is going to look by anybody. We're going to prepare for thefirst team on our schedule and go after them first. Teams that look ahead findthemselves at home at the start of the year.