| Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 21, 1985 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 66785 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 32 F Humidty: 53% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Morris 9 run (Eric Schubert kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Anderson 26 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Morris 65 run (Eric Schubert kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Morris 1 run (Eric Schubert kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Bobby Johnson 23 pass from Phil Simms (Eric Schubert kick) | 3 | 28 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | John Stallworth 34 pass from Scott Campbell (Gary Anderson kick) | 10 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 10 | QB | Scott Campbell |
| 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 |
| 33 | RCB | Harvey Clayton |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Bobby Johnson |
| 87 | WR | Byron Williams |
| 60 | LOT | Brad Benson |
| 67 | LOG | Billy Ard |
| 65 | C | Bart Oates |
| 61 | ROG | Chris Godfrey |
| 63 | ROT | Karl Nelson |
| 89 | TE | Mark Bavaro |
| 11 | QB | Phil Simms |
| 26 | RB | Rob Carpenter |
| 20 | RB | Joe Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Curtis McGriff |
| 64 | NT | Jim Burt |
| 70 | RDE | Leonard Marshall |
| 57 | LOLB | Byron Hunt |
| 55 | LILB | Gary Reasons |
| 53 | RILB | Harry Carson |
| 56 | ROLB | Lawrence Taylor |
| 34 | LCB | Elvis Patterson |
| 48 | SS | Kenny Hill |
| 43 | FS | Terry Kinard |
| 23 | RCB | Perry Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Frank Pollard | 16 | 90 | 5.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Mark Malone | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Todd Spencer | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Joe Morris | 36 | 202 | 5.6 | 65t | 3 |
| Rob Carpenter | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 46 | 0 |
| George Adams | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Lee Rouson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Maurice Carthon | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Simms | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Scott Campbell | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 1 | 113 | 4.9 | 34t | 1 | 3 | 10 | 55.2 |
| Mark Malone | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | -4 | -0.7 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 1 | 106 | 6.6 | 23t | 1 | 3 | 24 | 76.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Stallworth | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Frank Pollard | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Bennie Cunningham | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Louis Lipps | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Todd Spencer | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rich Erenberg | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Calvin Sweeney | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bobby Johnson | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 23t | 1 |
| Rob Carpenter | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Morris | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Byron Williams | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| David Little | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Andy Headen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Harry Newsome | 7 | 244 | 34.9 | 44 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Sean Landeta | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Louis Lipps | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Phil McConkey | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Louis Lipps | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Todd Spencer | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Lee Rouson | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Don Hasselbeck | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Gregg Carr | 1.0 |
| Mark Catano | 1.0 |
| Robin Cole | 1.0 |
| New York Giants | |
| Casey Merrill | 2.0 |
| Leonard Marshall | 1.0 |
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