1988 Kansas City 31, 1988 Pittsburgh 21

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total

1988 Kansas City

14

14

0

3

0

31

1988 Pittsburgh

0

0

0

21

0

21

Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Team Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 10:24 1988 Kansas City J.Saxon 12 yd. pass from S.DeBerg (N.Lowery kick) 7-0 KCA
1 3:16 1988 Kansas City P.Palmer 7 yd. pass from S.DeBerg (N.Lowery kick) 14-0 KCA
2 13:52 1988 Kansas City A.Roberts 11 yd. pass from S.DeBerg (N.Lowery kick) 21-0 KCA
2 0:08 1988 Kansas City J.Hayes 5 yd. pass from S.DeBerg (N.Lowery kick) 28-0 KCA
4 11:48 1988 Pittsburgh B.Brister 1 yd. run (G.Anderson kick) 28-7 KCA
4 6:53 1988 Pittsburgh L.Lipps 42 yd. pass from B.Brister (G.Anderson kick) 28-14 KCA
4 2:18 1988 Kansas City N.Lowery 28 yd. field goal 31-14 KCA
4 0:45 1988 Pittsburgh W.Williams 15 yd. run (G.Anderson kick) 31-21 KCA

Team Statistics

1988 Kansas City 1988 Pittsburgh
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 8-13-1-22 12-11-1-24
Third Down Efficiency 8-12-67% 5-13-38%
Fourth Down Efficiency 0-0-0% 4-5-80%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 31-35-89% 14-14-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 397-65-6.1 403-70-5.8
Total Net Yards Rushing 205 196
Total Rushes 37 37
Average Per Rush 5.5 5.3
Passes Completed/Attempted 16/27 (59.3%) 14/33 (42.4%)
Net Yards Passing 192 207
Avg Yards Per Pass 7.1 6.3
Sacked/Yards Lost 1/1 0/0
Punts/Average 3/46.3 3/53.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage 2/23 0/0
Kickoffs/Returns 1/16 6/115
Interceptions/Returns 3/15 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/15 9/82
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 2/2 1/1
Time of Possession 31 mins 26 secs 28 mins 34 secs
Average Drive Start KCA 30 PIA 27

Passing Stats

Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1988 Kansas City
Steve DeBerg 27 16 193 59.3 7.1 4 14.8 0 0 30 1/1 120.8
1988 Pittsburgh
Bubby Brister 31 14 207 45.2 6.7 1 3.2 3 9.7 42 0/0 38.7
Todd Blackledge 2 0 0 0.0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 39.6

Rushing Stats

No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1988 Kansas City
Herman Heard 12 66 5.5 20 0 0 1/1
Christian Okoye 12 103 8.6 48 0 0 1/1
Paul Palmer 11 37 3.4 8 0 0 0/0
James Saxon 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0/0
Steve DeBerg 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 0 0/0
1988 Pittsburgh
Merril Hoge 11 61 5.5 15 0 0 0/0
Warren Williams 8 51 6.4 15 1 0 0/0
Rodney Carter 8 32 4.0 9 0 0 0/0
Bubby Brister 5 22 4.4 7 1 0 1/1
Earnest Jackson 3 24 8.0 22 0 0 0/0
Todd Blackledge 1 7 7.0 7 0 0 0/0
Frank Pollard 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats

No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1988 Kansas City
Paul Palmer 5 60 12.0 23 1 0
Herman Heard 4 68 17.0 30 0 0
Alfredo Roberts 2 16 8.0 11 1 0
Jonathan Hayes 2 19 9.5 14 1 0
James Saxon 1 12 12.0 12 1 0
Christian Okoye 1 5 5.0 5 0 0
Carlos Carson 1 13 13.0 13 0 0
1988 Pittsburgh
Louis Lipps 3 62 20.7 42 1 0
Preston Gothard 2 25 12.5 15 0 0
Rodney Carter 2 19 9.5 10 0 0
Troy D. Johnson 2 37 18.5 23 0 0
Merril Hoge 2 25 12.5 13 0 0
Warren Williams 1 10 10.0 10 0 0
Mike Hinnant 1 15 15.0 15 0 0
Weegie Thompson 1 14 14.0 14 0 0

Field Goals

1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1988 Kansas City
Nick Lowery 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/1 100
1988 Pittsburgh

Punting

No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1988 Kansas City
Kelly Goodburn 3 46.3 33.0 2 1 50 0
1988 Pittsburgh
Harry Newsome 3 53.0 38.7 1 0 57 0

Kickoff Returns

No Yds Avg Long TD
1988 Kansas City
Paul Palmer 1 16 16.0 16 0
1988 Pittsburgh
Rod Woodson 5 96 19.2 21 0
Dwight Stone 1 19 19.0 19 0

Punt Returns

Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1988 Kansas City
Kitrick Taylor 2 0 23 11.5 16 0
1988 Pittsburgh

Individual Defense

Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1988 Kansas City
Albert Lewis 7 0 0
Angelo Snipes 7 0 1
Dino Hackett 7 0 0
Jack Del Rio 6 0 0
Leonard Griffin 5 0 0
Deron Cherry 5 0 0
Tim Cofield 3 0 0
Kevin Ross 3 0 0
Lloyd Burruss 2 0 0
Jerome Sally 2 0 0
Kevin Porter 1 0 0
1988 Pittsburgh
Bryan Hinkle 14 0 0
Gerald Williams 7 0 0
David Little 6 0 0
Greg Lloyd 4 0 1
Hardy Nickerson 4 0 0
Rod Woodson 3 0 0
Cornell Gowdy 3 0 0
Thomas Everett 2 0 0
Larry Griffin 2 0 0
Tim A. Johnson 2 1 0
Dwayne Woodruff 1 0 0
Aaron Jones 1 0 1

Interceptions

No Yds Avg Long TD
1988 Kansas City
Albert Lewis 2 5 2.5 5 0
Deron Cherry 1 10 10.0 10 0
1988 Pittsburgh

Game Story

In a high scoring affair the visitors from Kansas City topped Pittsburgh by the score of 31 to 21. Christian Okoye carried the ball 12 times for 103 yards. Kansas City was clutch on third down, converting on 8 of 12 opportunities. Kansas City had a good start outscoring Pittsburgh 14 to 0 in the first quarter.