| Houston Oilers at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 7, 1980 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 54386 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 77 F Humidty: 42% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Sidney Thornton 29 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Matt Bahr 27 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | Toni Fritsch 31 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | Billy Johnson 57 pass from Earl Campbell (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | Earl Campbell 1 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Terry Bradshaw 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 17 | 24 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | John Stallworth 50 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 17 | 31 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 13 | 57 | 4.4 | 11 | 1 |
| Tim Wilson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ken Stabler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Sidney Thornton | 12 | 48 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 20 | 46 | 2.3 | 8 | 1 |
| Russell Davis | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Ken Stabler | 43 | 24 | 55.8 | 5 | 196 | 4.6 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 28.0 |
| Earl Campbell | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 57 | 57.0 | 57t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 2 | 254 | 10.6 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 80.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Mike Barber | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 57t | 1 |
| Mike Renfro | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Stallworth | 5 | 125 | 25.0 | 50 | 1 |
| Lynn Swann | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Sidney Thornton | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Jim Smith | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Randy Grossman | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jack Tatum | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Vernon Perry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Donnie Shell | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 67 | 0 |
| Mel Blount | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Wagner | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 7 | 311 | 44.4 | 50 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 4 | 171 | 42.8 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Theo Bell | 5 | 1 | 68 | 13.6 | 27 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Jeff Groth | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Rob Carpenter | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Larry Anderson | 2 | 93 | 46.5 | 63 | 0 | |
| Theo Bell | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Frank Pollard | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Ted Washington | 1.0 |
| Jesse Baker | 0.5 |
| Andy Dorris | 0.5 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Steve Furness | 1.0 |
| L.C. Greenwood | 1.0 |
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