| Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 30, 1988 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 64862 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 50 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| New York Jets | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 25 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Rodney Carter 24 pass from Bubby Brister (Gary Anderson kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Pat Leahy 41 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Mickey Shuler 2 pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | New York Jets | Johnny Hector 2 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 21 FG | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | New York Jets | Freeman McNeil 5 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 13 | 24 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Earnest Jackson 17 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 20 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Merril Hoge | 14 | 47 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Earnest Jackson | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 20 | 1 |
| Bubby Brister | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Warren Williams | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Rodney Carter | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Frank Pollard | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Freeman McNeil | 16 | 47 | 2.9 | 9 | 1 |
| Roger Vick | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Nuu Faaola | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Johnny Hector | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 6 | 1 |
| Ken O'Brien | 4 | -6 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bubby Brister | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 2 | 238 | 9.5 | 60 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 58.4 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Ken O'Brien | 33 | 14 | 42.4 | 0 | 132 | 4.0 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 64.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Troy Johnson | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Louis Lipps | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Merril Hoge | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Charles Lockett | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Weegie Thompson | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Rodney Carter | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24t | 1 |
| Earnest Jackson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Frank Pollard | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Al Toon | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Billy Griggs | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Freeman McNeil | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mickey Shuler | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Johnny Hector | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| JoJo Townsell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| Erik McMillan | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| John Booty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Harry Newsome | 4 | 186 | 46.5 | 52 | 1 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Joe Prokop | 7 | 309 | 44.1 | 63 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Rod Woodson | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| JoJo Townsell | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 13 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Rod Woodson | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 30 | 0 | |
| Dwight Stone | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| JoJo Townsell | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Bobby Humphery | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Nuu Faaola | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Tim Johnson | 2.0 |
| Gerald Williams | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Robin Cole | 2.0 |
| Kevin McArthur | 1.0 |
| Scott Mersereau | 1.0 |
| George Radachowsky | 1.0 |
| Mark Garalczyk | 0.5 |
| Gerald Nichols | 0.5 |
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