| Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 4, 1983 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 58233 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 79 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Sammy Winder 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Franco Harris 4 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Anderson 31 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Ron Egloff 2 pass from Steve DeBerg (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Rick Upchurch |
| 81 | WR | Steve Watson |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 63 | LOG | Mark Cooper |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 54 | ROG | Keith Bishop |
| 76 | ROT | Ken Lanier |
| 87 | TE | Jim Wright |
| 7 | QB | John Elway |
| 24 | RB | Rick Parros |
| 23 | RB | Sammy Winder |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 75 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 51 | LOLB | Bob Swenson |
| 58 | LILB | Steve Busick |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 49 | SS | Dennis Smith |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 31 | RCB | Mike Harden |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | John Stallworth |
| 85 | WR | Calvin Sweeney |
| 66 | LOT | Ted Petersen |
| 73 | LOG | Craig Wolfley |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 77 | ROG | Steve Courson |
| 79 | ROT | Larry Brown |
| 89 | TE | Bennie Cunningham |
| 18 | QB | Cliff Stoudt |
| 34 | RB | Walter Abercrombie |
| 32 | RB | Franco Harris |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Keith Willis |
| 67 | NT | Gary Dunn |
| 65 | RDE | Tom Beasley |
| 57 | LOLB | Mike Merriweather |
| 58 | LILB | Jack Lambert |
| 51 | RILB | Loren Toews |
| 56 | ROLB | Robin Cole |
| 49 | LCB | Dwayne Woodruff |
| 31 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 29 | FS | Ron Johnson |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 28:48 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4/15 | 0/0 | 10 | 85 | 3 | 2 |
| PIT | 31:12 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 4/11 | 0/0 | 11 | 121 | 4 | 4 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Sammy Winder | 20 | 96 | 4.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Nathan Poole | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 10 | 10 | 1.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve DeBerg | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 38 | 138 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Frank Pollard | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Cliff Stoudt | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 14 | 27 | 1.9 | 8 | 1 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 123 | 4.2 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 35 | 4.4 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 101.6 |
| John Elway | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 14 | 1.8 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 0.0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 5 | 31.3 | 1 | 49 | 3.1 | 1 | 7 | 48 | 35.7 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Cliff Stoudt | 32 | 18 | 56.3 | 3 | 217 | 6.8 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 38.2 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 18 | 56.3 | 3 | 217 | 6.8 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 38.2 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Ron Egloff | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 1 |
| Jim Wright | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Zach Thomas | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 1 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Greg Hawthorne | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Bennie Cunningham | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Calvin Sweeney | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| John Stallworth | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Frank Pollard | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 217 | 12.1 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tom Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Wright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Donnie Shell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||
| Luke Prestridge | 9 | 367 | 40.8 | 53 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 9 | 367 | 40.8 | ||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||
| Craig Colquitt | 6 | 249 | 41.5 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 6 | 249 | 41.5 | ||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Zach Thomas | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Paul Skansi | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Zach Thomas | 1 | 0 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Steve Wilson | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | 63 | 31.5 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Henry Odom | 2 | 0 | 60 | 30.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Barney Chavous | 2.0 |
| Rulon Jones | 1.0 |
| Karl Mecklenburg | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 4.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Gary Dunn | 2.5 |
| Tom Beasley | 1.5 |
| Keith Gary | 1.0 |
| Jack Lambert | 1.0 |
| Keith Willis | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 7.0 |