The Associated Press
CINCINNATI —
Ben Roethlisberger threw one touchdown pass, and the Pittsburgh Steelers overcame their injury-depleted running game to beat the Cincinnati Bengals 24-17 on Sunday night.
Shaun Suisham kicked field goals of 42, 47 and 42 yards, and the Steelers clamped down on Cincinnati’s Dalton-to-Green connection, holding it to one completion.
The Steelers (3-3) won on the road for the first time this season and improved to 12-2 at Paul Brown Stadium. The Bengals (3-4) fell to 0-6 the last two seasons against Baltimore and Pittsburgh.
Andy Dalton’s interception set up Roethlisberger’s 9-yard touchdown pass to Heath Miller and a tying 2-point conversion to the tight end with 24 seconds left in the half.
Roethlisberger was 27 of 37 for 278 yards, leading an offense missing its top two running backs and two offensive linemen to injury. Jonathan Dwyer ran 17 times for 122 yards.
Steelers-Bengals Stats
Pittsburgh 3 11 3 7 — 24
Cincinnati 7 7 3 0 — 17
First Quarter
Pit—FG Suisham 42, 10:26.
Cin—Peerman 5 run (Nugent kick), 2:17.
Second Quarter
Cin—Green 8 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 8:29.
Pit—FG Suisham 47, 3:07.
Pit—Miller 9 pass from Roethlisberger (Miller pass from Roethlisberger), :24.
Third Quarter
Cin—FG Nugent 48, 11:09.
Pit—FG Suisham 42, 8:17.
Fourth Quarter
Pit—Rainey 11 run (Suisham kick), 14:16.
A—63,411.
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Pit Cin
First downs 22 11
Total Net Yards 431 185
Rushes-yards 29-167 21-80
Passing 264 105
Punt Returns 3-10 1-5
Kickoff Returns 4-122 5-134
Interceptions Ret. 1-11 1-0
Comp-Att-Int 27-38-1 14-28-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-14 0-0
Punts 3-40.0 6-51.8
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 5-50 2-20
Time of Possession 37:30 22:30
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Pittsburgh, Dwyer 17-122, Rainey 4-17, A.Brown 2-13, Wallace 2-7, W.Johnson 1-5, B.Batch 2-4, Roethlisberger 1-(minus 1). Cincinnati, Green-Ellis 18-69, Sanu 1-7, Peerman 1-5, Dalton 1-(minus 1).
PASSING—Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 27-37-1-278, A.Brown 0-1-0-0. Cincinnati, Dalton 14-28-1-105.
RECEIVING—Pittsburgh, Wallace 8-52, A.Brown 7-96, Miller 6-53, Sanders 2-40, Cotchery 1-20, Rainey 1-8, Paulson 1-7, W.Johnson 1-2. Cincinnati, Whalen 4-31, Sanu 3-27, Gresham 3-19, Hawkins 2-17, Green 1-8, Tate 1-3.
MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.
