| Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: September 3, 1979 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Schaefer Stadium Attendance: 60978 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 79 F Humidty: 77% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| New England Patriots | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England Patriots | Russ Francis 4 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Sidney Thornton 2 run (Matt Bahr kick failed) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | John Smith 31 FG | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | John Smith 32 FG | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Sidney Thornton 21 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Matt Bahr 41 FG | 16 | 13 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 26 | 74 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Sidney Thornton | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 17 | 1 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Sam Cunningham | 17 | 62 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Andy Johnson | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Steve Grogan | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Horace Ivory | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 26 | 15 | 57.7 | 0 | 221 | 8.5 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 98.4 |
| Mike Kruczek | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 33 | 11 | 33.3 | 2 | 123 | 3.7 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 30.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Stallworth | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Sidney Thornton | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 1 | |
| Franco Harris | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Bennie Cunningham | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Lynn Swann | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Randy Grossman | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Russ Francis | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 1 | |
| Andy Johnson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Stanley Morgan | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Harold Jackson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dwayne Woodruff | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Jack Lambert | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ron Johnson | 0 | 20 | 20L | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 7 | 281 | 40.1 | 51 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Eddie Hare | 9 | 357 | 39.7 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Lynn Swann | 1 | 3 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Mike Haynes | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Stanley Morgan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Larry Anderson | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 42 | 0 | |
| Anthony Anderson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Allan Clark | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 37 | 0 | |
| Rick Sanford | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Gary Dunn | 3.0 |
| Donnie Shell | 1.0 |
| Steve Furness | 1.0 |
| New England Patriots | |
| Tony McGee | 2.0 |
| Rod Shoate | 1.0 |
| Mike Hawkins | 1.0 |
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