| Pittsburgh Steelers at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: September 16, 1979 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 50416 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 75 F Humidty: 33% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 24 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Ottis Anderson 12 run (Steve Little kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Steve Little 22 FG | 0 | 9 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | John Stallworth 18 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Theotis Brown 1 run (Steve Little kick failed) | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Mike Wood 24 FG | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Mike Wood 27 FG | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Rocky Bleier 4 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bennie Cunningham 5 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Matt Bahr 20 FG | 24 | 21 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Rocky Bleier | 13 | 73 | 5.6 | 1 | |
| Greg Hawthorne | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Franco Harris | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Sidney Thornton | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Theotis Brown | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 1 | |
| Ottis Anderson | 16 | 37 | 2.3 | 12t | 1 |
| Jim Hart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 31 | 14 | 45.2 | 2 | 206 | 6.6 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 62.0 |
| Mike Kruczek | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 36 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102.1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 132 | 5.5 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 66.7 |
| Ottis Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Stallworth | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 1 | |
| Bennie Cunningham | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 1 | |
| Rocky Bleier | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Lynn Swann | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| Greg Hawthorne | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Pat Tilley | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | |
| Theotis Brown | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Dave Stief | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ken Stone | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Carl Allen | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 6 | 250 | 41.7 | 54 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Steve Little | 7 | 304 | 43.4 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Jim Smith | 6 | 0 | 75 | 12.5 | 38 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | 2 | 1 | 75 | 37.5 | 68 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Larry Anderson | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roy Green | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 36 | 0 | |
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| John Barefield | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| John Banaszak | 1.0 |
| Gary Dunn | 1.0 |
| Robin Cole | 0.5 |
| Jack Lambert | 0.5 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Lee Nelson | 1.0 |
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