| Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: October 7, 1979 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 81260 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 51 F Humidty: 74% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 21 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 51 |
| Cleveland Browns | 0 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bennie Cunningham 7 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Sidney Thornton 10 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 71 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jim Smith 14 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick failed) | 27 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Reggie Rucker 32 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 27 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Ozzie Newsome 18 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 27 | 14 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Matt Bahr 42 FG | 30 | 14 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 25 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 37 | 14 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Calvin Hill 14 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 37 | 21 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Rocky Bleier 70 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 44 | 21 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Dave Logan 30 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 44 | 28 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Dave Logan 13 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 44 | 35 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Sidney Thornton 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 51 | 35 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 19 | 153 | 8.1 | 71t | 2 |
| PIT | Sidney Thornton | 18 | 98 | 5.4 | 1 | |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 1 | |
| PIT | Greg Hawthorne | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| CLE | Mike Pruitt | 15 | 73 | 4.9 | 9 | 0 |
| CLE | Calvin Hill | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 |
| CLE | Dino Hall | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| CLE | Brian Sipe | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| CLE | Cleo Miller | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 0 | 161 | 7.7 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 121.2 |
| CLE | Brian Sipe | 41 | 22 | 53.7 | 3 | 351 | 8.6 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 91.6 |
| CLE | Johnny Evans | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | John Stallworth | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Bennie Cunningham | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 1 | |
| PIT | Jim Smith | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 1 | |
| PIT | Sidney Thornton | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| CLE | Ozzie Newsome | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 1 | |
| CLE | Dave Logan | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 2 | |
| CLE | Calvin Hill | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 31 | 1 |
| CLE | Mike Pruitt | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 17 | 0 |
| CLE | Reggie Rucker | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 1 | |
| CLE | Ricky Feacher | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| CLE | Willis Adams | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Mike Wagner | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PIT | Donnie Shell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PIT | Craig Colquitt | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 48 | 0 |
| CLE | Johnny Evans | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 37 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Larry Anderson | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 44 | 0 |
| PIT | Greg Hawthorne | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| CLE | Dino Hall | 9 | 172 | 19.1 | 31 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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