| Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1978 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 49573 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 66 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 19 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 43 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 30 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 41 FG | 9 | 3 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 33 FG | 9 | 6 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 36 FG | 9 | 9 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bennie Cunningham 37 pass from Terry Bradshaw | 9 | 15 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 65 | LOG | Henry Sheppard |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 68 | ROG | Bob Jackson |
| 63 | ROT | Barry Darrow |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 43 | RB | Mike Pruitt |
| 30 | FB | Cleo Miller |
| Defense | ||
| 64 | LDE | Joe Jones |
| 66 | LDT | Earl Edwards |
| 77 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 70 | RDE | Mack Mitchell |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 52 | MLB | Dick Ambrose |
| 86 | RLB | Gerald Irons |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 20 | SS | Tony Peters |
| 27 | FS | Thom Darden |
| 28 | RCB | Ron Bolton |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | John Stallworth |
| 88 | WR | Lynn Swann |
| 55 | LOT | Jon Kolb |
| 57 | LOG | Sam Davis |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 72 | ROG | Gerry Mullins |
| 79 | ROT | Larry Brown |
| 89 | TE | Bennie Cunningham |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 20 | RB | Rocky Bleier |
| 32 | RB | Franco Harris |
| Offense | ||
| 68 | LDE | L.C. Greenwood |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Greene |
| 76 | RDT | John Banaszak |
| 78 | RDE | Dwight White |
| 56 | LLB | Robin Cole |
| 58 | MLB | Jack Lambert |
| 51 | RLB | Loren Toews |
| 29 | LCB | Ron Johnson |
| 31 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 23 | FS | Mike Wagner |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Larry Collins | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 26 | 84 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Rocky Bleier | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 17 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 32 | 14 | 43.8 | 2 | 139 | 4.3 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 30.6 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 32 | 14 | 43.8 | 2 | 208 | 6.5 | 37t | 1 | 1 | 8 | 50.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Logan | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Tom Sullivan | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Collins | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Swann | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bennie Cunningham | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 37 | 1 |
| John Stallworth | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Rocky Bleier | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Thom Darden | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Tony Dungy | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65 | 0 |
| Donnie Shell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Johnny Evans | 6 | 250 | 41.7 | 54 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 6 | 214 | 35.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Keith Wright | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Randy Reutershan | 5 | 0 | 24 | 4.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Nat Terry | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Larry Collins | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 40 | 0 | |
| Tom Sullivan | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Larry Anderson | 5 | 116 | 23.2 | 33 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Charlie Hall | 1.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| L.C. Greenwood | 2.0 |
| Donnie Shell | 1.0 |
| John Banaszak | 1.0 |
| Jack Lambert | 0.5 |
| Loren Toews | 0.5 |
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