| Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 5, 1986 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 57327 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 60 F Humidty: 70% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland Browns | Webster Slaughter 15 pass from Bernie Kosar (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland Browns | Matt Bahr 22 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Mark Malone 1 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Rich Erenberg 5 pass from Mark Malone (Gary Anderson kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Gerald McNeil 100 kickoff return (Matt Bahr kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Louis Lipps 6 pass from Mark Malone (Gary Anderson kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Matt Bahr 39 FG | 20 | 21 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 45 FG | 20 | 24 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Earnest Byner 4 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 27 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Reggie Langhorne |
| 84 | WR | Webster Slaughter |
| 77 | LOT | Rickey Bolden |
| 74 | LOG | Paul Farren |
| 61 | C | Mike Baab |
| 69 | ROG | Dan Fike |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 19 | QB | Bernie Kosar |
| 44 | RB | Earnest Byner |
| 33 | FB | Curtis Dickey |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Reggie Camp |
| 79 | NT | Bob Golic |
| 78 | RDE | Carl Hairston |
| 56 | LOLB | Chip Banks |
| 51 | LILB | Eddie Johnson |
| 53 | RILB | Anthony Griggs |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 31 | LCB | Frank Minnifield |
| 24 | SS | Ray Ellis |
| 37 | FS | Chris Rockins |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Louis Lipps |
| 85 | WR | Calvin Sweeney |
| 65 | LOT | Ray Pinney |
| 79 | LOG | John Rienstra |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 54 | ROG | Terry Long |
| 62 | ROT | Tunch Ilkin |
| 86 | TE | Preston Gothard |
| 16 | QB | Mark Malone |
| 34 | RB | Walter Abercrombie |
| 43 | FB | Earnest Jackson |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Keith Willis |
| 67 | NT | Gary Dunn |
| 64 | RDE | Edmund Nelson |
| 57 | LOLB | Mike Merriweather |
| 50 | LILB | David Little |
| 56 | RILB | Robin Cole |
| 53 | ROLB | Bryan Hinkle |
| 41 | LCB | Chris Sheffield |
| 21 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 21 | FS | Eric Williams |
| 33 | RCB | Harvey Clayton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Earnest Byner | 17 | 79 | 4.6 | 29 | 1 |
| Curtis Dickey | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Bernie Kosar | 5 | -3 | -0.6 | 4 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Earnest Jackson | 14 | 83 | 5.9 | 25 | 0 |
| Rich Erenberg | 17 | 79 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Mark Malone | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 1t | 1 |
| David Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Lipps | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bernie Kosar | 23 | 14 | 60.9 | 0 | 186 | 8.1 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 101.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Mark Malone | 23 | 15 | 65.2 | 1 | 143 | 6.2 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 93.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Earnest Byner | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Reggie Langhorne | 4 | 108 | 27.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Webster Slaughter | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Brian Brennan | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| David Hughes | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Rich Erenberg | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 9 | 1 |
| Preston Gothard | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Calvin Sweeney | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Louis Lipps | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 1 |
| Earnest Jackson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Frank Minnifield | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jeff Gossett | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 43 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Harry Newsome | 5 | 190 | 38.0 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Gerald McNeil | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Rick Woods | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Gerald McNeil | 3 | 145 | 48.3 | 100t | 1 | |
| Herman Fontenot | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Scott Nicolas | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Donnie Elder | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Chuck Sanders | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| David Hughes | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Reggie Camp | 1.0 |
| Carl Hairston | 1.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Keith Gary | 1.5 |
| Gary Dunn | 0.5 |
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