| San Francisco 49ers at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 1, 1981 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 52878 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 62 F Humidty: 41% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Charle Young 5 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 45 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Mel Blount 50 interception return (David Trout kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jim Smith 22 pass from Terry Bradshaw (David Trout kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Walt Easley 1 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 17 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Dwight Clark |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 61 | LOT | Dan Audick |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 51 | ROG | Randy Cross |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 86 | TE | Charle Young |
| 16 | QB | Joe Montana |
| 32 | RB | Ricky Patton |
| 49 | FB | Earl Cooper |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Jim Stuckey |
| 78 | NT | Archie Reese |
| 76 | RDE | Dwaine Board |
| 59 | LOLB | Willie Harper |
| 57 | LILB | Dan Bunz |
| 64 | RILB | Jack Reynolds |
| 58 | ROLB | Keena Turner |
| 42 | LCB | Ronnie Lott |
| 27 | SS | Carlton Williamson |
| 32 | FS | Dwight Hicks |
| 21 | RCB | Eric Wright |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Jim Smith |
| 82 | WR | John Stallworth |
| 74 | LOT | Ray Pinney |
| 73 | LOG | Craig Wolfley |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 77 | ROG | Steve Courson |
| 79 | ROT | Larry Brown |
| 89 | TE | Bennie Cunningham |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 44 | RB | Frank Pollard |
| 32 | FB | Franco Harris |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | John Goodman |
| 65 | LDT | Tom Beasley |
| 67 | RDT | Gary Dunn |
| 90 | RDE | Bob Kohrs |
| 59 | LLB | Jack Ham |
| 58 | MLB | Jack Lambert |
| 56 | RLB | Robin Cole |
| 49 | LCB | Dwayne Woodruff |
| 31 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 24 | FS | J.T. Thomas |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Walt Easley | 14 | 47 | 3.4 | 7 | 1 |
| Ricky Patton | 13 | 35 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Paul Hofer | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Montana | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 17 | 104 | 6.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Frank Pollard | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Russell Davis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Joe Montana | 37 | 22 | 59.5 | 2 | 205 | 5.5 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 61.2 |
| Walt Easley | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.5 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 3 | 125 | 5.4 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dwight Clark | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Charle Young | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 5t | 1 |
| Walt Easley | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Ricky Patton | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Paul Hofer | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Frank Pollard | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 |
| John Stallworth | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Smith | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Bennie Cunningham | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Randy Grossman | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Carlton Williamson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Dwight Hicks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Wright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Mel Blount | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50t | 1 |
| Jack Lambert | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Miller | 5 | 229 | 45.8 | 55 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 2 | 97 | 48.5 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Jim Smith | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 17 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Mike Wilson | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Bill Ring | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Greg Hawthorne | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Sidney Thornton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Bob Kohrs | 1.0 |
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