Sunday, December 6, 1998
| NWE | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 21 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 29 yard field goal | 6 | 0 |
| Steelers | Norm Johnson 49 yard field goal | 6 | 3 | |
| Patriots | Terry Glenn 86 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 13 | 3 | |
| Steelers | Norm Johnson 26 yard field goal | 13 | 6 | |
| 3rd | Steelers | Norm Johnson 43 yard field goal | 13 | 9 |
| 4th | Patriots | Adam Vinatieri 35 yard field goal | 16 | 9 |
| Patriots | Robert Edwards 4 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 23 | 9 |
| NWE | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-73-1 | 13-54-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-34-327-1-3 | 21-45-206-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-23 | 3-11 |
| Net pass yards | 304 | 195 |
| Total yards | 377 | 249 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 12-77 | 6-56 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Terry Glenn | NWE | 9 | 193 | 1 | 86 | ||||||||||
| Drew Bledsoe | NWE | 21 | 34 | 327 | 1 | 3 | 86 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Ben Coates | NWE | 6 | 78 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Robert Edwards | NWE | 28 | 66 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Shawn Jefferson | NWE | 2 | 29 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Tony Simmons | NWE | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Chris Floyd | NWE | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Tony Carter | NWE | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Kordell Stewart | PIT | 21 | 45 | 206 | 0 | 2 | 22 | ||||||||
| Charles Johnson | PIT | 5 | 61 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Jerome Bettis | PIT | 12 | 48 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Will Blackwell | PIT | 3 | 47 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Courtney Hawkins | PIT | 4 | 30 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Mark Bruener | PIT | 3 | 29 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Hines Ward | PIT | 2 | 19 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| David Dunn | PIT | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Fred McAfee | PIT | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jon Witman | PIT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Chris Canty | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Derrick Cullors | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Chad Eaton | NWE | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Israel | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ty Law | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Sullivan | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Will Blackwell | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| David Dunn | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Courtney Hawkins | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Kevin Henry | PIT | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Earl Holmes | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Levon Kirkland | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Oldham | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Orpheus Roye | PIT | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Tom Tupa | NWE | 3 | 163 | 54.3 | 0 | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | NWE | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Johnson | PIT | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Josh Miller | PIT | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 0 | ||||