| AFC Divisional Playoff - Miami Dolphins at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 30, 1979 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 50214 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 30 F Humidty: 81% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 20 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Sidney Thornton 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | John Stallworth 17 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick blocked) | 0 | 13 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lynn Swann 20 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | Miami Dolphins | Duriel Harris 7 pass from Bob Griese (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Rocky Bleier 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 5 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins | Larry Csonka 1 run (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 14 | 34 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Larry Csonka | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Gary Davis | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Delvin Williams | 8 | 1 | 0.1 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Griese | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Roberts | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 21 | 83 | 4.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Sidney Thornton | 12 | 52 | 4.3 | 10 | 1 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Rocky Bleier | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 8 | 1 |
| Anthony Anderson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Bob Griese | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 1 | 118 | 4.5 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 62.7 |
| Don Strock | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 1 | 125 | 8.9 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 31 | 21 | 67.7 | 0 | 230 | 7.4 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 111.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Delvin Williams | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Nat Moore | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 40 | 0 |
| Duriel Harris | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 33 | 1 |
| Tony Nathan | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Gary Davis | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bruce Hardy | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Torrey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Stallworth | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 18 | 1 |
| Franco Harris | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Smith | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Lynn Swann | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 20t | 1 |
| Sidney Thornton | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dennis Winston | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dwayne Woodruff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| George Roberts | 4 | 145 | 36.3 | 42 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 35 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Theo Bell | 3 | 0 | 31 | 10.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Dwayne Woodruff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Tony Nathan | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| Gary Davis | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Larry Anderson | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Greg Hawthorne | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |
| Carl Barisich | 0.5 |
| Vern Den Herder | 0.5 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Gary Dunn | 1.0 |
| Joe Greene | 1.0 |
| L.C. Greenwood | 0.5 |
| Jack Lambert | 0.5 |
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