| Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 3, 1978 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 64147 |
| Weather: Rain Temp: 71 F Humidty: 81% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | John Stallworth 28 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Sidney Thornton 2 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Frank Lewis 22 pass from Bill Munson (Tom Dempsey kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Tom Dempsey 32 FG | 21 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Theo Bell 15 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 28 | 10 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Reuben Gant 3 pass from Bill Munson (Tom Dempsey kick) | 28 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 27 | 96 | 3.6 | 14 | 1 |
| PIT | Sidney Thornton | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 12 | 1 |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 5 | 0 |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| BUF | Terry Miller | 20 | 60 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| BUF | Dennis Johnson | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 30 | 0 |
| BUF | Jim Braxton | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 19 | 14 | 73.7 | 1 | 217 | 11.4 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 124.2 |
| BUF | Bill Munson | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 0 | 171 | 10.7 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 138.3 |
| BUF | Joe Ferguson | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 1 | 20 | 2.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | John Stallworth | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 38 | 1 |
| PIT | Bennie Cunningham | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 27 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 12 | 0 |
| PIT | Lynn Swann | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 |
| PIT | Theo Bell | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| BUF | Terry Miller | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 43 | 0 |
| BUF | Reuben Gant | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 17 | 1 |
| BUF | Frank Lewis | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 24 | 1 |
| BUF | Dennis Johnson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| BUF | Jim Braxton | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Tony Dungy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| BUF | Tony Greene | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PIT | Craig Colquitt | 4 | 156 | 39.0 | 45 | 0 |
| BUF | Rusty Jackson | 6 | 258 | 43.0 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Theo Bell | 4 | 1 | 26 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| PIT | Randy Reutershan | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| BUF | Curtis Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| BUF | Keith Moody | 1 | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Larry Anderson | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 19 | 0 |
| PIT | Gerry Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| BUF | Keith Moody | 4 | 109 | 27.3 | 35 | 0 |
| BUF | Lenny Willis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| PIT | Donnie Shell | 1.0 |
| PIT | Dwight White | 1.0 |
| PIT | L.C. Greenwood | 1.0 |
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