| Houston Oilers at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 23, 1978 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 48021 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 42 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 1 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Lynn Swann 25 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 30 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 39 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 3 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 1 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Lynn Swann 6 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 24 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 60 | LOG | Ed Fisher |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 76 | ROG | Morris Towns |
| 70 | ROT | Conway Hayman |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| 26 | RB | Rob Carpenter |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | James Young |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 52 | LOLB | Robert Brazile |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 57 | RILB | Steve Kiner |
| 59 | ROLB | Ted Washington |
| 27 | LCB | Greg Stemrick |
| 25 | SS | Kurt Knoff |
| 37 | WS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 19 | RCB | Willie Alexander |
| 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 |
| 74 | ROT | Ray Pinney |
| 84 | TE | Randy Grossman |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 20 | RB | Rocky Bleier |
| 32 | RB | Franco Harris |
| Offense | ||
| 68 | LDE | L.C. Greenwood |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Greene |
| 76 | RDT | John Banaszak |
| 78 | RDE | Dwight White |
| 59 | LLB | Jack Ham |
| 58 | MLB | Jack Lambert |
| 51 | RLB | Loren Toews |
| 29 | LCB | Ron Johnson |
| 31 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 23 | FS | Mike Wagner |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 21 | 89 | 4.2 | 23 | 3 |
| Rob Carpenter | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | -1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 16 | 56 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Rocky Bleier | 12 | 31 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Sidney Thornton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 0 | 160 | 8.4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94.2 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 33 | 17 | 51.5 | 1 | 226 | 6.8 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 81.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Rob Carpenter | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Mike Barber | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Randy Grossman | 9 | 116 | 12.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Lynn Swann | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 25t | 2 |
| John Stallworth | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 42 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Rocky Bleier | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Kurt Knoff | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 49 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 0 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Theo Bell | 3 | 0 | 39 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Johnnie Dirden | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Larry Anderson | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 45 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
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