| Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: November 22, 1981 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 77958 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 33 F Humidty: 78% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 12 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 32 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Matt Bahr 33 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Greg Hawthorne 1 run (David Trout kick failed) | 6 | 3 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Sidney Thornton 3 run (David Trout kick failed) | 12 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dave Logan 13 pass from Brian Sipe (Matt Bahr kick) | 12 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Franco Harris 2 run (David Trout kick blocked) | 18 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Ray Pinney 1 pass from Terry Bradshaw (David Trout kick) | 25 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Rick Moser 5 pass from Terry Bradshaw (David Trout kick) | 32 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | John Stallworth |
| 88 | WR | Lynn Swann |
| 74 | LOT | Ray Pinney |
| 73 | LOG | Craig Wolfley |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 77 | ROG | Steve Courson |
| 79 | ROT | Larry Brown |
| 84 | TE | Randy Grossman |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 38 | RB | Sidney Thornton |
| 32 | FB | Franco Harris |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | John Goodman |
| 65 | LDT | Tom Beasley |
| 67 | RDT | Gary Dunn |
| 76 | RDE | John Banaszak |
| 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 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 68 | LOG | Bob Jackson |
| 79 | C | Gerry Sullivan |
| 64 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 34 | RB | Greg Pruitt |
| 43 | FB | Mike Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Marshall Harris |
| 91 | NT | Henry Bradley |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 50 | LOLB | Don Goode |
| 56 | LILB | Robert Jackson |
| 52 | RILB | Dick Ambrose |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 28 | LCB | Ron Bolton |
| 22 | SS | Clarence Scott |
| 23 | FS | Autry Beamon |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 20 | 75 | 3.8 | 13 | 1 |
| Sidney Thornton | 15 | 52 | 3.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Mark Malone | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 2 | 1 |
| Russell Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 16 | 96 | 6.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Greg Pruitt | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Charles White | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 32 | 17 | 53.1 | 2 | 223 | 7.0 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70.2 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 39 | 18 | 46.2 | 6 | 227 | 5.8 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 33.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Sidney Thornton | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Smith | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 26 | 0 |
| John Stallworth | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Lynn Swann | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Randy Grossman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Rick Moser | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Ray Pinney | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ozzie Newsome | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 34 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Greg Pruitt | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Dave Logan | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| McDonald Oden | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Donnie Shell | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Anthony Washington | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Ron Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Clarence Scott | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ron Bolton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Steve Cox | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dino Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Larry Anderson | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dino Hall | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Tom Beasley | 1.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |
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