| New Orleans Saints at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 5, 1978 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 48525 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 67 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 27 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Rich Mauti 5 pass from Archie Manning (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Lynn Swann 6 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 21 FG | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tony Galbreath 5 run (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 14 | 13 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Rocky Bleier 24 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Ike Harris |
| 83 | WR | Tinker Owens |
| 71 | LOT | J.T. Taylor |
| 68 | LOG | Fred Sturt |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 64 | ROG | Dave Lafary |
| 65 | ROT | Robert Woods |
| 85 | TE | Henry Childs |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 42 | HB | Chuck Muncie |
| 34 | FB | Tony Galbreath |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Elois Grooms |
| 75 | LDT | Elex Price |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Campbell |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 54 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 24 | LCB | Clarence Chapman |
| 27 | SS | Ray Brown |
| 37 | FS | Tommy Myers |
| 29 | RCB | Maurice Spencer |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 15 | 39 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 8 | 1 |
| Mike Strachan | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Rocky Bleier | 17 | 84 | 4.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 32 | 22 | 68.8 | 1 | 344 | 10.8 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 101.6 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 23 | 16 | 69.6 | 1 | 200 | 8.7 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 107.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Henry Childs | 6 | 94 | 15.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Ike Harris | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Chuck Muncie | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Tinker Owens | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Rich Mauti | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Rocky Bleier | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 24 | 1 |
| Randy Grossman | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Lynn Swann | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 22 | 1 |
| John Stallworth | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 29 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Clarence Chapman | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jack Lambert | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 2 | 120 | 60.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Theo Bell | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Don Schwartz | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Clarence Chapman | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Larry Anderson | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 54 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Loren Toews | 1.0 |
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