The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 16-10 Sunday. Devlin Hodges replaced Mason Rudolph in the third quarter and the Steelers trailing 7-3 as the team looked for an offensive spark. Hodges completed a 79-yard touchdown play to James Washington in relief. Kicker Chris Boswell added three field goals as the Steelers escaped a visit against the winless divisional opponents.
Rudolph was 8-of-16 for 85 yards and an interception. Hodges went 5-of-11 for 118 yards and the one score. Running back Benny Snell returned from an injury and carried the ball 21 times for 98 yards.
The Steelers sacked Bengals quarterback Ryan Finley four times.
With the victory, the Steelers improved to 6-5 and have moved back into the final Wild Card position. They host the Cleveland Browns Sunday at 1pm. The Bengals fell to 0-11.
Other NFL games Sunday:
–Cleveland defeated Miami 41-24.
–Buffalo defeated Denver 20-3.
–The New York Jets pounded the Oakland Raiders out of the second Wild Card spot 34-3.
–Tennessee improved to 6-5 with a 42-20 win over Jacksonville.
—Tampa Bay-35 Atlanta-22.
–Chicago over the New York Giants 19-14.
–Seattle defeated Philadelphia 17-9.
–New Orleans-34 Carolina-31.
–Washington defeated Detroit 19-16.
–New England improved to 10-1 with a 13-9 victory over Dallas.
–San Francisco also improved to 10-1 with a 37-8 pounding of Green Bay.
Tonight in Monday Night Football:
–The Los Angeles Rams host the Baltimore Ravens at 8:15pm.
Frank Gore of the Buffalo Bills passed Barry Sanders to move into third place on the NFL list for career rushing yards Sunday.
The NFL fined 19 Steelers players for their roles in the altercation with the Cleveland Browns. Mason Rudolph was hit with a $50,000 fine for his role that led to the suspensions of center Maurkice Pouncey and Cleveland’s Myles Garrett. Pouncey was fined $35,000. The other Steelers were fined $3,500 for “entering the fighting area”. When you total what the teams were fined, the incident resulted in more than $730,000 in fines.
Canadian Football:
–The Winnipeg Blue Bombers won their first Grey Cup title since 1990 with a 33-12 win over the Hamilton Tiger Cats in Calgary, Alberta.
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