| New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 25, 1983 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 58282 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 66 F Humidty: 42% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Calvin Sweeney 3 pass from Cliff Stoudt (Gary Anderson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New England Patriots | Clayton Weishuhn 27 interception return (John Smith kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 20 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Derrick Ramsey 4 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 34 FG | 14 | 13 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Tony Collins 4 run (John Smith kick) | 21 | 13 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 28 FG | 21 | 16 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Walter Abercrombie 26 pass from Cliff Stoudt (Gary Anderson kick) | 21 | 23 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Stephen Starring 76 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 28 | 23 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Mosi Tatupu | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 |
| NE | Tony Collins | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 4t | 1 |
| NE | Mark van Eeghen | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 4 | 0 |
| NE | Robert Weathers | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| NE | Steve Grogan | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 25 | 106 | 4.2 | 14 | 0 |
| PIT | Cliff Stoudt | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 22 | 0 |
| PIT | Walter Abercrombie | 12 | 46 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
| PIT | Frank Pollard | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NE | Steve Grogan | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 1 | 222 | 14.8 | 76t | 2 | 2 | 14 | 116.0 |
| PIT | Cliff Stoudt | 35 | 21 | 60.0 | 3 | 265 | 7.6 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 67.0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Stephen Starring | 2 | 108 | 54.0 | 76t | 1 |
| NE | Derrick Ramsey | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 31 | 1 |
| NE | Stanley Morgan | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20 | 0 |
| NE | Clarence Weathers | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| NE | Lin Dawson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| NE | Robert Weathers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 25 | 0 |
| PIT | Calvin Sweeney | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 30 | 1 |
| PIT | Gregg Garrity | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 17 | 0 |
| PIT | Walter Abercrombie | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 26t | 1 |
| PIT | Bennie Cunningham | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PIT | Paul Skansi | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PIT | Frank Pollard | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Rick Sanford | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| NE | Steve Nelson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| NE | Clayton Weishuhn | 0 | 27 | 27Lt | 1 | |
| PIT | Mel Blount | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| NE | Rich Camarillo | 5 | 243 | 48.6 | 61 | 0 |
| PIT | Craig Colquitt | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Paul Skansi | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Ricky Smith | 5 | 127 | 25.4 | 34 | 0 |
| NE | Keith Lee | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PIT | Henry Odom | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 17 | 0 |
| PIT | Tim Harris | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| NE | Don Blackmon | 1.5 |
| NE | Andre Tippett | 1.0 |
| NE | Lester Williams | 1.0 |
| NE | Julius Adams | 0.5 |
| NE | Marshall Harris | 0.5 |
| NE | Doug Rogers | 0.5 |
| PIT | Robin Cole | 2.0 |
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