| First Round Playoff - San Diego Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: January 9, 1983 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 53546 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 45 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 3 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Guy Ruff EZ opponents fumble recovery (Gary Anderson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Diego Chargers | Rolf Benirschke 25 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Terry Bradshaw 1 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | James Brooks 18 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Eric Sievers 10 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bennie Cunningham 2 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Gary Anderson kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | John Stallworth 14 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Gary Anderson kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | Kellen Winslow 8 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 24 | 28 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | Kellen Winslow 12 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 31 | 28 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 25 | 126 | 5.0 | 17 | 0 |
| James Brooks | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 18t | 1 |
| John Cappelletti | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Frank Pollard | 9 | 47 | 5.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 10 | 35 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 42 | 27 | 64.3 | 0 | 333 | 7.9 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 112.5 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 39 | 28 | 71.8 | 2 | 325 | 8.3 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 92.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Wes Chandler | 9 | 124 | 13.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Kellen Winslow | 7 | 102 | 14.6 | 30 | 2 |
| Charlie Joiner | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Eric Sievers | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10t | 1 |
| Chuck Muncie | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Scott Fitzkee | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| James Brooks | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| John Cappelletti | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 11 | 71 | 6.5 | 17 | 0 |
| John Stallworth | 8 | 116 | 14.5 | 22 | 1 |
| Bennie Cunningham | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Frank Pollard | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Smith | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Lynn Swann | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Bruce Laird | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Jeff Allen | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Maury Buford | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Goodson | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| James Brooks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Rick Woods | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| James Brooks | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Walter Abercrombie | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Frank Pollard | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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