| Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 1, 1978 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 52058 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 70 F Humidty: 76% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Lynn Swann 10 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Bruce Harper 11 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | John Stallworth 14 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 47 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Lynn Swann 26 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Sidney Thornton 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 28 | 10 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Kevin Long 2 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 28 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | John Stallworth |
| 88 | WR | Lynn Swann |
| 55 | LOT | Jon Kolb |
| 57 | LOG | Sam Davis |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 72 | ROG | Gerry Mullins |
| 79 | ROT | Larry Brown |
| 89 | TE | Bennie Cunningham |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 20 | RB | Rocky Bleier |
| 32 | FB | Franco Harris |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | L.C. Greenwood |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Greene |
| 76 | RDT | John Banaszak |
| 78 | RDE | Dwight White |
| 56 | LLB | Robin Cole |
| 58 | MLB | Jack Lambert |
| 51 | RLB | Loren Toews |
| 29 | LCB | Ron Johnson |
| 31 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 23 | FS | Mike Wagner |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Derrick Gaffney |
| 89 | WR | Wesley Walker |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Ward |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 79 | ROT | Marvin Powell |
| 83 | TE | Jerome Barkum |
| 17 | QB | Matt Robinson |
| 25 | RB | Scott Dierking |
| 33 | FB | Kevin Long |
| Offense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 74 | NT | Abdul Salaam |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Klecko |
| 56 | LOLB | Larry Keller |
| 63 | LILB | John Hennessy |
| 52 | RILB | Mike Hennigan |
| 59 | ROLB | Bob Martin |
| 40 | LCB | Bobby Jackson |
| 23 | SS | Shafer Suggs |
| 48 | FS | Ken Schroy |
| 38 | RCB | Ed Taylor |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 20 | 67 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Sidney Thornton | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 7 | 1 |
| Rocky Bleier | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Rick Moser | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Alvin Maxson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Scott Dierking | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 13 | 1 |
| Matt Robinson | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 11 | 1 |
| Clark Gaines | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Wesley Walker | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 25 | 17 | 68.0 | 1 | 189 | 7.6 | 26t | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113.2 |
| Franco Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Matt Robinson | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 1 | 192 | 8.7 | 49 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 53.6 |
| Scott Dierking | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Swann | 7 | 100 | 14.3 | 26t | 2 |
| John Stallworth | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 16 | 1 |
| Rocky Bleier | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Smith | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Sidney Thornton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bennie Cunningham | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Scott Dierking | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Wesley Walker | 2 | 93 | 46.5 | 49 | 0 |
| Derrick Gaffney | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Clark Gaines | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Donnie Shell | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Ed Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 47 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Randy Reutershan | 4 | 0 | 48 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Larry Anderson | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 30 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 26 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Loren Toews | 2.0 |
| Joe Greene | 1.5 |
| Donnie Shell | 1.0 |
| John Banaszak | 0.5 |
| New York Jets | |
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