| Pittsburgh Steelers at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 18, 1983 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 44150 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 40 |
| Houston Oilers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 49 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Carl Roaches 97 kickoff return (Florian Kempf kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 35 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 20 FG | 9 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 22 FG | 12 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 6 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 19 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Walter Abercrombie 30 pass from Cliff Stoudt (Gary Anderson kick) | 26 | 7 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bryan Hinkle 14 interception return (Gary Anderson kick) | 33 | 7 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Larry Moriarty 1 run (Florian Kempf kick) | 33 | 14 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Earl Campbell 1 run (Florian Kempf kick) | 33 | 21 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Walter Abercrombie 50 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 40 | 21 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Herkie Walls 28 pass from Archie Manning (Florian Kempf kick) | 40 | 28 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 26 | 115 | 4.4 | 11 | 1 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 50t | 1 |
| Cliff Stoudt | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 23 | 0 |
| Frank Pollard | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Tim Harris | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Henry Odom | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 13 | 40 | 3.1 | 12 | 1 |
| Larry Moriarty | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 8 | 1 |
| Archie Manning | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Cliff Stoudt | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 1 | 197 | 7.3 | 30t | 1 | 2 | 21 | 78.8 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 35 | 16 | 45.7 | 4 | 300 | 8.6 | 46 | 1 | 6 | 46 | 45.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bennie Cunningham | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 27 | 0 |
| John Stallworth | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Calvin Sweeney | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Frank Pollard | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30t | 1 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Tim Smith | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Dave Casper | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Herkie Walls | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 46 | 1 |
| Mike Holston | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Stan Edwards | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Steve Bryant | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Sam Washington | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ron Johnson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bryan Hinkle | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Donnie Shell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bill Kay | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| John James | 5 | 218 | 43.6 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Tim Harris | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Henry Odom | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Tim Harris | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Bob Kohrs | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 3 | 151 | 50.3 | 97t | 1 | |
| Steve Brown | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Larry Moriarty | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Keith Gary | 2.0 |
| Keith Willis | 2.0 |
| John Goodman | 1.0 |
| Gabriel Rivera | 1.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Keith Bostic | 1.0 |
| Robert Brazile | 1.0 |
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