| Buffalo Bills at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1979 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 48002 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 48 F Humidty: % Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lynn Swann 20 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Sidney Thornton 8 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 11 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 28 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Mike Collier | 16 | 49 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| BUF | Roland Hooks | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| BUF | Terry Miller | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| BUF | Joe Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 21 | 100 | 4.8 | 13 | 2 |
| PIT | Sidney Thornton | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 1 | |
| PIT | Mike Kruczek | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| PIT | Rick Moser | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Greg Hawthorne | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| PIT | Anthony Anderson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| BUF | Joe Ferguson | 31 | 11 | 35.5 | 2 | 103 | 3.3 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 18.6 |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 2 | 209 | 7.7 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 59.0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Mike Collier | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| BUF | Jerry Butler | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| BUF | Frank Lewis | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| BUF | Roland Hooks | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| BUF | Lou Piccone | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| BUF | Joe Shipp | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PIT | John Stallworth | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | |
| PIT | Lynn Swann | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 1 | |
| PIT | Bennie Cunningham | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Sidney Thornton | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Mario Clark | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| BUF | Jeff Nixon | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PIT | Larry Anderson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| PIT | Donnie Shell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| BUF | Rusty Jackson | 10 | 402 | 40.2 | 48 | 0 |
| PIT | Craig Colquitt | 4 | 176 | 44.0 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Keith Moody | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PIT | Theo Bell | 10 | 0 | 105 | 10.5 | 18 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Keith Moody | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 35 | 0 |
| BUF | Lenny Willis | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| PIT | Larry Anderson | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| BUF | Ken Johnson | 1.0 |
| PIT | Loren Toews | 1.0 |
| PIT | Dwight White | 1.0 |
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