| 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 Oilers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Sidney Thornton 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Matt Bahr 45 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Sidney Thornton 16 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Greg Hawthorne 8 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jim Smith 18 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 31 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Dennis Winston 41 interception return (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 38 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Guido Merkens 9 pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 38 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Earl Campbell | 16 | 38 | 2.4 | 12 | 0 |
| HOU | Ronnie Coleman | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| HOU | Tim Wilson | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| HOU | Boobie Clark | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| HOU | Rob Carpenter | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PIT | Sidney Thornton | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Greg Hawthorne | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| HOU | Dan Pastorini | 16 | 4 | 25.0 | 3 | 16 | 1.0 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 0.0 |
| HOU | Gifford Nielsen | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 2 | 41 | 3.7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.6 |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 29 | 12 | 41.4 | 2 | 198 | 6.8 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 59.3 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Billy Johnson | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| HOU | Conrad Rucker | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| HOU | Mike Renfro | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| HOU | Guido Merkens | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| HOU | Earl Campbell | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| HOU | Rob Carpenter | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| HOU | Tim Wilson | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| PIT | Lynn Swann | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | John Stallworth | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| PIT | Jim Smith | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| PIT | Sidney Thornton | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16t | 1 |
| PIT | Randy Grossman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PIT | Greg Hawthorne | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Mike Reinfeldt | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| HOU | Art Stringer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PIT | Mike Wagner | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| PIT | Dennis Winston | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41t | 1 |
| PIT | John Banaszak | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PIT | Jack Lambert | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| HOU | Cliff Parsley | 9 | 415 | 46.1 | 59 | 0 |
| PIT | Craig Colquitt | 7 | 281 | 40.1 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Billy Johnson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| PIT | Jim Smith | 8 | 0 | 65 | 8.1 | 16 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Ronnie Coleman | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 24 | 0 |
| HOU | Tim Wilson | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| HOU | Guido Merkens | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| PIT | Larry Anderson | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| PIT | Robin Cole | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| HOU | Andy Dorris | 2.0 |
| HOU | Curley Culp | 1.0 |
| PIT | John Banaszak | 2.0 |
| PIT | Joe Greene | 1.0 |
| PIT | Steve Furness | 1.0 |
| PIT | Tom Beasley | 1.0 |
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