| New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 26, 1982 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 51515 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 46 F Humidty: 71% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 21 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Frank Pollard 1 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | John Stallworth 9 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Gary Anderson kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 25 FG | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Lin Dawson 23 pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 44 FG | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Stanley Morgan 75 pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick) | 14 | 23 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Greg Hawthorne 46 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Gary Anderson kick) | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Walter Abercrombie 1 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 14 | 37 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Tony Collins | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
| NE | Steve Grogan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| NE | Mosi Tatupu | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 23 | 101 | 4.4 | 10 | 0 |
| PIT | Frank Pollard | 11 | 52 | 4.7 | 18 | 1 |
| PIT | Russell Davis | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 6 | 0 |
| PIT | Walter Abercrombie | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 5 | 1 |
| PIT | Greg Hawthorne | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | John Stallworth | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NE | Steve Grogan | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 0 | 74 | 3.9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 |
| NE | Matt Cavanaugh | 16 | 11 | 68.8 | 1 | 227 | 14.2 | 75t | 2 | 1 | 18 | 125.0 |
| NE | Tom Flick | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 27 | 17 | 63.0 | 0 | 282 | 10.4 | 46t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 122.8 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Don Hasselbeck | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 24 | 0 |
| NE | Stanley Morgan | 4 | 127 | 31.8 | 75t | 1 |
| NE | Tony Collins | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 21 | 0 |
| NE | Lin Dawson | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 23t | 1 |
| NE | Preston Brown | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20 | 0 |
| PIT | Bennie Cunningham | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 26 | 0 |
| PIT | Lynn Swann | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 14 | 0 |
| PIT | John Stallworth | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 11 | 1 |
| PIT | Greg Hawthorne | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 46t | 1 |
| PIT | Jim Smith | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
| PIT | Walter Abercrombie | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PIT | Frank Pollard | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Loren Toews | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| NE | Rich Camarillo | 9 | 414 | 46.0 | 54 | 0 |
| PIT | John Goodson | 3 | 123 | 41.0 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Ricky Smith | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| PIT | Willie Sydnor | 8 | 86 | 10.8 | 21 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Ricky Smith | 6 | 138 | 23.0 | 28 | 0 |
| PIT | Walter Abercrombie | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 46 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| PIT | John Goodman | 1.0 |
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