| Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: September 16, 1985 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 79042 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 62 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Fred Banks 17 pass from Gary Danielson (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Matt Bahr 18 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | John Stallworth 6 pass from Mark Malone (Gary Anderson kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Earnest Byner 21 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Louis Lipps |
| 82 | WR | John Stallworth |
| 63 | LOT | Pete Rostosky |
| 73 | LOG | Craig Wolfley |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 74 | ROG | Terry Long |
| 62 | ROT | Tunch Ilkin |
| 81 | TE | Darrell Nelson |
| 16 | QB | Mark Malone |
| 34 | RB | Walter Abercrombie |
| 30 | FB | Frank Pollard |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Keith Willis |
| 84 | NT | Edmund Nelson |
| 92 | RDE | Keith Gary |
| 57 | LOLB | Mike Merriweather |
| 50 | LILB | David Little |
| 56 | RILB | Robin Cole |
| 53 | ROLB | Bryan Hinkle |
| 49 | LCB | Dwayne Woodruff |
| 31 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 21 | FS | Eric Williams |
| 33 | RCB | Harvey Clayton |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Willis Adams |
| 83 | WR | Fred Banks |
| 74 | LOT | Paul Farren |
| 62 | LOG | George Lilja |
| 61 | C | Mike Baab |
| 69 | ROG | Dan Fike |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 18 | QB | Gary Danielson |
| 44 | RB | Earnest Byner |
| 34 | FB | Kevin Mack |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Reggie Camp |
| 79 | NT | Bob Golic |
| 78 | RDE | Carl Hairston |
| 56 | LOLB | Chip Banks |
| 51 | LILB | Eddie Johnson |
| 50 | RILB | Tom Cousineau |
| 55 | ROLB | Curtis Weathers |
| 31 | LCB | Frank Minnifield |
| 27 | SS | Al Gross |
| 20 | FS | Don Rogers |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Frank Pollard | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Morse | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Earnest Byner | 18 | 82 | 4.6 | 21t | 1 |
| Kevin Mack | 12 | 40 | 3.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Mark Malone | 45 | 18 | 40.0 | 2 | 178 | 4.0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 40.8 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 1 | 206 | 6.9 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 58 | 77.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Stallworth | 8 | 93 | 11.6 | 15 | 1 |
| Rich Erenberg | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Louis Lipps | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Frank Pollard | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Weegie Thompson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Earnest Byner | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Kevin Mack | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Harry Holt | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Willis Adams | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Fred Banks | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dwayne Woodruff | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Al Gross | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Curtis Weathers | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Harry Newsome | 10 | 444 | 44.4 | 58 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jeff Gossett | 9 | 302 | 33.6 | 42 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Louis Lipps | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 38 | 0 | |
| Rick Woods | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Clarence Weathers | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Rich Erenberg | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Glen Young | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Bryan Hinkle | 2.0 |
| Mark Catano | 1.0 |
| Keith Gary | 1.0 |
| Mike Merriweather | 1.0 |
| Edmund Nelson | 1.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Chip Banks | 1.0 |
| Curtis Weathers | 1.0 |
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