| Houston Oilers at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 9, 1979 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 49792 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 63 F Humidty: 46% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Sidney Thornton 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Matt Bahr 45 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Sidney Thornton 16 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Greg Hawthorne 8 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jim Smith 18 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 31 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Dennis Winston 41 interception return (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 38 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Guido Merkens 9 pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 84 | WR | Billy Johnson |
| 74 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 70 | LOG | Conway Hayman |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 76 | ROT | Morris Towns |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| 45 | FB | Tim Wilson |
| Defense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Andy Dorris |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 53 | RILB | Art Stringer |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 33 | LCB | J.C. Wilson |
| 32 | SS | Vernon Perry |
| 37 | WS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 27 | RCB | Greg Stemrick |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | John Stallworth |
| 88 | WR | Lynn Swann |
| 55 | LOT | Jon Kolb |
| 77 | LOG | Steve Courson |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 72 | ROG | Gerry Mullins |
| 66 | ROT | Ted Petersen |
| 84 | TE | Randy Grossman |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 38 | RB | Sidney Thornton |
| 32 | FB | Franco Harris |
| Offense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Tom Beasley |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Greene |
| 64 | RDT | Steve Furness |
| 76 | RDE | John Banaszak |
| 59 | LLB | Jack Ham |
| 58 | MLB | Jack Lambert |
| 56 | RLB | Robin Cole |
| 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 | 16 | 38 | 2.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Tim Wilson | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Boobie Clark | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Rob Carpenter | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Sidney Thornton | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| Rocky Bleier | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Greg Hawthorne | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 16 | 4 | 25.0 | 3 | 16 | 1.0 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 0.0 |
| Gifford Nielsen | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 2 | 41 | 3.7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.6 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 29 | 12 | 41.4 | 2 | 198 | 6.8 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 59.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Conrad Rucker | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Guido Merkens | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| Earl Campbell | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Swann | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| John Stallworth | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Smith | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Franco Harris | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Sidney Thornton | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16t | 1 |
| Randy Grossman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Rocky Bleier | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Mike Reinfeldt | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Art Stringer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Mike Wagner | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Dennis Winston | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41t | 1 |
| John Banaszak | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Lambert | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 9 | 415 | 46.1 | 59 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 7 | 281 | 40.1 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Jim Smith | 8 | 0 | 65 | 8.1 | 16 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Tim Wilson | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Guido Merkens | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Larry Anderson | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Robin Cole | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Andy Dorris | 2.0 |
| Curley Culp | 1.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| John Banaszak | 2.0 |
| Joe Greene | 1.0 |
| Steve Furness | 1.0 |
| Tom Beasley | 1.0 |
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