| Buffalo Bills at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 15, 1985 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 35953 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 24 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Greg Bell 77 run (Scott Norwood kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Jerry Butler 33 pass from Bruce Mathison (Scott Norwood kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Don Wilson 61 opponents fumble recovery (Scott Norwood kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Louis Lipps 13 pass from Scott Campbell (Gary Anderson kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Frank Pollard 4 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Anderson 26 FG | 21 | 17 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Anderson 31 FG | 21 | 20 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Scott Norwood 24 FG | 24 | 20 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Anderson 45 FG | 24 | 23 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Walter Abercrombie 2 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 24 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Jerry Butler |
| 83 | WR | Andre Reed |
| 72 | LOT | Ken Jones |
| 51 | LOG | Jim Ritcher |
| 53 | C | Will Grant |
| 65 | ROG | Tim Vogler |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 87 | TE | Eason Ramson |
| 7 | QB | Bruce Mathison |
| 28 | RB | Greg Bell |
| 34 | FB | Booker Moore |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ben Williams |
| 76 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 78 | RDE | Bruce Smith |
| 52 | LOLB | Guy Frazier |
| 54 | LILB | Eugene Marve |
| 55 | RILB | Jim Haslett |
| 57 | ROLB | Lucius Sanford |
| 48 | LCB | Lawrence Johnson |
| 22 | SS | Steve Freeman |
| 21 | FS | Don Wilson |
| 26 | RCB | Charles Romes |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Louis Lipps |
| 82 | WR | John Stallworth |
| 65 | LOT | Ray Pinney |
| 71 | LOG | Emil Boures |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 74 | ROG | Terry Long |
| 62 | ROT | Tunch Ilkin |
| 89 | TE | Bennie Cunningham |
| 19 | QB | David Woodley |
| 34 | RB | Walter Abercrombie |
| 30 | FB | Frank Pollard |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Keith Willis |
| 67 | NT | Gary Dunn |
| 92 | RDE | Keith Gary |
| 57 | LOLB | Mike Merriweather |
| 50 | LILB | David Little |
| 56 | RILB | Robin Cole |
| 91 | ROLB | Gregg Carr |
| 49 | LCB | Dwayne Woodruff |
| 31 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 22 | FS | Rick Woods |
| 26 | RCB | John Swain |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Greg Bell | 19 | 123 | 6.5 | 77t | 1 |
| Bruce Mathison | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Anthony Steels | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Joe Cribbs | 9 | 13 | 1.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Frank Pollard | 16 | 82 | 5.1 | 22 | 1 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 15 | 71 | 4.7 | 15 | 1 |
| David Woodley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Scott Campbell | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Todd Spencer | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Louis Lipps | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Bruce Mathison | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 2 | 162 | 8.1 | 33t | 1 | 2 | 28 | 54.6 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Scott Campbell | 38 | 18 | 47.4 | 2 | 275 | 7.2 | 51 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 58.6 |
| Mark Malone | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 21 | 3.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Eric Richardson | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Jerry Butler | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Greg Bell | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Andre Reed | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Chris Burkett | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Louis Lipps | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 51 | 1 |
| Frank Pollard | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 |
| John Stallworth | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Preston Gothard | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Calvin Sweeney | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Weegie Thompson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Charles Romes | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dwayne Woodruff | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Donnie Shell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| John Kidd | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 43 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Harry Newsome | 4 | 140 | 35.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Rod Hill | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Louis Lipps | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Anthony Steels | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 35 | 0 | |
| Don Wilson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Teal | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Todd Spencer | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Louis Lipps | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Anthony Tuggle | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Jim Haslett | 1.0 |
| Sean McNanie | 1.0 |
| Bruce Smith | 1.0 |
| Fred Smerlas | 0.5 |
| Ben Williams | 0.5 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Keith Gary | 1.0 |
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