| Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1978 Location: Cincinnati, OH |
| Venue: Riverfront Stadium Attendance: 50260 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 86 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Rocky Bleier 5 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 15 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Cincinnati Bengals | Chris Bahr 33 FG | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bennie Cunningham 26 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lynn Swann 12 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 28 | 3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Rocky Bleier | 12 | 75 | 6.3 | 12 | 1 |
| Franco Harris | 16 | 73 | 4.6 | 37 | 1 |
| Sidney Thornton | 15 | 45 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Rick Moser | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Alvin Maxson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Kruczek | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Pete Johnson | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Archie Griffin | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| John Reaves | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Isaac Curtis | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Deacon Turner | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Hertel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 19 | 14 | 73.7 | 1 | 242 | 12.7 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 128.7 |
| Mike Kruczek | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 39.6 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| John Reaves | 32 | 16 | 50.0 | 2 | 114 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.6 |
| Rob Hertel | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 9 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Swann | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 30 | 1 |
| Bennie Cunningham | 4 | 107 | 26.8 | 48 | 1 |
| John Stallworth | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Randy Grossman | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Rocky Bleier | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Archie Griffin | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Pete Johnson | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Deacon Turner | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Dennis Law | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Billy Brooks | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Isaac Curtis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Corbett | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Tony Dungy | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ron Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Reggie Williams | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 4 | 175 | 43.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Pat McInally | 10 | 424 | 42.4 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Nat Terry | 5 | 0 | 62 | 12.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Randy Reutershan | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Don Bass | 1 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Larry Anderson | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Ray Griffin | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 34 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Eddie Edwards | 1.0 |
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