| Pittsburgh Steelers at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 5, 1980 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 47583 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 53 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Calvin Sweeney 21 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Rick Danmeier 35 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Franco Harris 4 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 13 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Matt Bahr 28 FG | 16 | 3 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Terry Bradshaw 2 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 23 | 3 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Sammy White 21 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 23 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Tommy Kramer 4 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 23 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Jim Smith |
| 88 | WR | Lynn Swann |
| 66 | LOT | Ted Petersen |
| 74 | LOG | Ray Pinney |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 77 | ROG | Steve Courson |
| 79 | ROT | Larry Brown |
| 84 | TE | Randy Grossman |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 27 | RB | Greg Hawthorne |
| 32 | FB | Franco Harris |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | L.C. Greenwood |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Greene |
| 64 | RDT | Steve Furness |
| 78 | 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 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 85 | WR | Sammy White |
| 78 | LOT | Steve Riley |
| 62 | LOG | Brent Boyd |
| 67 | C | Dennis Swilley |
| 61 | ROG | Wes Hamilton |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 9 | QB | Tommy Kramer |
| 34 | HB | Rickey Young |
| 23 | FB | Ted Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Mark Mullaney |
| 72 | LDT | James White |
| 69 | RDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 75 | RDE | Randy Holloway |
| 59 | LLB | Matt Blair |
| 55 | MLB | Scott Studwell |
| 54 | RLB | Fred McNeill |
| 27 | LCB | John Turner |
| 45 | LS | Tom Hannon |
| 25 | RS | Kurt Knoff |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 22 | 102 | 4.6 | 17 | 1 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Rocky Bleier | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ted Brown | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Tommy Kramer | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 13 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 28 | 16 | 57.1 | 1 | 236 | 8.4 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 81.8 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 36 | 18 | 50.0 | 1 | 214 | 5.9 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 38.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Swann | 6 | 107 | 17.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Randy Grossman | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Smith | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Calvin Sweeney | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21t | 1 |
| Rocky Bleier | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Rickey Young | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 26 | 1 |
| Joe Senser | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Ted Brown | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Donnie Shell | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Wagner | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jack Ham | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Lambert | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Kurt Knoff | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 3 | 103 | 34.3 | 43 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 3 | 116 | 38.7 | 42 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Theo Bell | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Mel Blount | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Calvin Sweeney | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| L.C. Greenwood | 1.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| James White | 1.0 |
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