Bengals Trail Steelers 27-7 at Half; First-Half Box Score
By Jason Marcum
Dec 15, 2013; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Pittsburgh Steelers safety Will Allen (20) tackles Cincinnati Bengals punter Kevin Huber (10) in the end zone the first quarter at Heinz Field. Mandatory Credit: Jason Bridge-USA TODAY Sports
When you combine a series of unfortunate events with a team clearly not ready to play, you have the Cincinnati Bengals trailing a 5-8 Pittsburgh steelers team at halftime,
After how the game started, the Bengals are probably lucky to not be down by a bigger margin after the Steelers jumped-out to a 21-0 lead.
Surprisingly, it was the normally reliable special teams that hurt the Bengals most. IT started when punter Kevin dropped a snap back at his own 1-yard line on a punt, and the Steelers scored two plays later after Le’Veon Bell ran it in for the score.
Two drives later, Huber found himself punting again, and disaster struck again as Steelers receiver Antonio Brown took it to the house for the score to put the Bengals in a 21-0 hole. Huber was also injured on the play after getting blocked and fracturing his jaw, and is out for the rest of the night.
The Bengals finally got on the board after a Brandon Tate 50-yard kickoff return set them up, and Andy Dalton hit A.J. Green on two big plays and Giovani Bernard finished the drive off with a 1-yard score, but the Steelers still lead 27-7 at the half.
Pittsburgh Passing
C/ATT
YDS
AVG
TD
INT
RAT.
B. Roethlisberger
14/17
119
7.0
1
0
115.4
Team
14/17
119
7.0
1
0
Cincinnati Rushing
CAR
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
G. Bernard
6
17
2.8
1
7
A. Dalton
3
15
5.0
0
9
B. Green-Ellis
3
2
0.7
0
1
K. Huber
1
0
0.0
0
0
Team
13
34
2.6
1
9
Pittsburgh Rushing
CAR
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
L. Bell
11
26
2.4
1
8
F. Jones
5
22
4.4
0
12
J. Dwyer
2
15
7.5
0
10
Team
18
63
3.5
1
12
Cincinnati Receiving
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
TGTS
A. Green
4
43
10.8
0
19
8
G. Bernard
2
13
6.5
0
8
4
M. Sanu
1
9
9.0
0
9
2
A. Hawkins
0
0
0.0
0
0
1
M. Jones
0
0
0.0
0
0
2
Team
7
65
9.3
0
19
17
Pittsburgh Receiving
REC
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
TGTS
A. Brown
3
35
11.7
1
12
4
E. Sanders
4
30
7.5
0
21
4
L. Bell
3
30
10.0
0
16
3
H. Miller
3
22
7.3
0
9
3
J. Cotchery
1
2
2.0
0
2
2
M. Spaeth
0
0
0.0
0
0
1
Team
14
119
8.5
1
21
17
Cincinnati Fumbles
FUM
LOST
REC
K. Huber
1
0
0
K. Huber
0
0
1
Team
1
0
1
Pittsburgh Fumbles
FUM
LOST
REC
Team
0
0
0
Cincinnati Tackles
TACKLES
MISC
TOT
SOLO
SACKS
TFL
PD
QB HTS
TD
R. Nelson
5
3
0
0
0
1
0
V. Burfict
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
A. Jones
4
3
0
2
0
0
0
M. Johnson
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
J. Harrison
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
R. Maualuga
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
C. Crocker
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
D. Peko
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
W. Gilberry
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
V. Rey
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
D. Kirkpatrick
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
B. Thompson
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
G. Iloka
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
Team
38
23
0
2
1
1
0
Pittsburgh Tackles
TACKLES
MISC
TOT
SOLO
SACKS
TFL
PD
QB HTS
TD
L. Timmons
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
C. Heyward
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
R. Clark
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
I. Taylor
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
Z. Hood
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
J. Worilds
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
A. Woods
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
C. Allen
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
V. Williams
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
T. Polamalu
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
W. Allen
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
W. Gay
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
H. Fangupo
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
J. Jones
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
T. Garvin
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Team
26
18
1
2
4
2
0
Cincinnati Kick Returns
NO
YDS
AVG
TD
B. Tate
2
69
34.5
0
C. Peerman
1
19
19.0
0
Team
3
88
29.3
0
Pittsburgh Kick Returns
NO
YDS
AVG
TD
F. Jones
1
20
20.0
0
Team
1
20
20.0
0
Cincinnati Punt Returns
NO
YDS
AVG
TD
Team
0
0
0.0
0
Pittsburgh Punt Returns
NO
YDS
AVG
TD
A. Brown
2
78
39.0
1
Team
2
78
39.0
1
Cincinnati Kicking
FG
PCT
XP
PTS
M. Nugent
0/0
0.0
1/1
1
Team
0/0
0.0
1/1
1
Pittsburgh Kicking
FG
PCT
XP
PTS
S. Suisham
2/2
100.0
3/3
9
Team
2/2
100.0
3/3
9
Cincinnati Punting
NO
YDS
AVG
K. Huber
2
86
43.0
M. Nugent
1
37
37.0
Team
3
123
41.0
Pittsburgh Punting
NO
YDS
AVG
M. McBriar
1
30
30.0
Team
1
30
30.0
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