| Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1978 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74104 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 34 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Denver Broncos | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | John Stallworth 25 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jim Smith 10 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Haven Moses 25 pass from Norris Weese (Jim Turner kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Jim Turner 45 FG | 21 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Riley Odoms 30 pass from Norris Weese (Jim Turner kick) | 21 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Rick Moser | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| PIT | Sidney Thornton | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 27 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 12 | 21 | 1.8 | 6 | 1 |
| PIT | Mike Kruczek | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| PIT | Jack Deloplaine | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 | |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| DEN | Lonnie Perrin | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DEN | Norris Weese | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DEN | Rob Lytle | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 4 | 0 |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 14 | 10 | 71.4 | 0 | 131 | 9.4 | 25t | 2 | 1 | 9 | 140.2 |
| PIT | Mike Kruczek | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 29 | 5.8 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 36.7 |
| DEN | Norris Weese | 17 | 12 | 70.6 | 0 | 228 | 13.4 | 30t | 2 | 3 | 28 | 152.2 |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 46 | 5.1 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 11.6 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | John Stallworth | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 25t | 1 |
| PIT | Jim Smith | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 21 | 1 |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| PIT | Randy Grossman | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| PIT | Sidney Thornton | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Lynn Swann | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PIT | Rick Moser | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| DEN | Haven Moses | 5 | 116 | 23.2 | 30 | 1 |
| DEN | Riley Odoms | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 30t | 1 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 21 | 0 |
| DEN | Jack Dolbin | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Tony Dungy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DEN | Louis Wright | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| DEN | Tom Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PIT | Craig Colquitt | 6 | 278 | 46.3 | 58 | 0 |
| DEN | Bucky Dilts | 6 | 254 | 42.3 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Theo Bell | 5 | 0 | 21 | 4.2 | 12 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 2 | 0 | -11 | -5.5 | 0 | 0 |
| DEN | Charlie West | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Larry Anderson | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 28 | 0 |
| DEN | Dave Preston | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| DEN | Chris Pane | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| DEN | Lonnie Perrin | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| PIT | Jack Ham | 2.0 |
| PIT | Robin Cole | 1.0 |
| PIT | Tom Beasley | 1.0 |
| PIT | Ray Oldham | 1.0 |
| PIT | L.C. Greenwood | 1.0 |
| DEN | Rubin Carter | 1.0 |
| DEN | John Grant | 1.0 |
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