| Houston Oilers at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 2, 1983 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 56901 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 70 F Humidty: 71% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Frank Pollard 1 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Florian Kempf 34 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | Earl Campbell 1 run (Florian Kempf kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Walter Abercrombie 51 pass from Cliff Stoudt (Gary Anderson kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 18 FG | 10 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 26 | 69 | 2.7 | 13 | 1 |
| Larry Moriarty | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Gifford Nielsen | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Herkie Walls | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Chris Dressel | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| John James | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donnie Craft | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 16 | 51 | 3.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 10 | 49 | 4.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Pollard | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 13 | 1 |
| Cliff Stoudt | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Gifford Nielsen | 28 | 13 | 46.4 | 3 | 155 | 5.5 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 24.3 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Cliff Stoudt | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 0 | 108 | 9.0 | 51t | 1 | 3 | 20 | 102.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Tim Smith | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Chris Dressel | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Walt Arnold | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Moriarty | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Mike McCloskey | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Stan Edwards | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Stallworth | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51t | 1 |
| Calvin Sweeney | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Rick Woods | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Mel Blount | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donnie Shell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| John James | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 44 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 6 | 255 | 42.5 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Paul Skansi | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Steve Brown | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Herkie Walls | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Avon Riley | 0 | 26 | 26L | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Henry Odom | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Robert Brazile | 1.0 |
| Carter Hartwig | 1.0 |
| Mike Stensrud | 1.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Jack Lambert | 1.0 |
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