| Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 1, 1978 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 52058 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 70 F Humidty: 76% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| New York Jets | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lynn Swann 10 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Bruce Harper 11 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | John Stallworth 14 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Pat Leahy 47 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lynn Swann 26 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Sidney Thornton 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 28 | 10 |
| 3 | New York Jets | Kevin Long 2 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 28 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 20 | 67 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| PIT | Sidney Thornton | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 7 | 1 |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Rick Moser | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Alvin Maxson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NYJ | Scott Dierking | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 26 | 0 |
| NYJ | Kevin Long | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 13 | 1 |
| NYJ | Matt Robinson | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 15 | 0 |
| NYJ | Bruce Harper | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 11 | 1 |
| NYJ | Clark Gaines | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| NYJ | Wesley Walker | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 25 | 17 | 68.0 | 1 | 189 | 7.6 | 26t | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113.2 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| NYJ | Matt Robinson | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 1 | 192 | 8.7 | 49 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 53.6 |
| NYJ | Scott Dierking | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Lynn Swann | 7 | 100 | 14.3 | 26t | 2 |
| PIT | John Stallworth | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 16 | 1 |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PIT | Jim Smith | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Sidney Thornton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PIT | Bennie Cunningham | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| NYJ | Scott Dierking | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| NYJ | Wesley Walker | 2 | 93 | 46.5 | 49 | 0 |
| NYJ | Derrick Gaffney | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 27 | 0 |
| NYJ | Kevin Long | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| NYJ | Clark Gaines | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Donnie Shell | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| NYJ | Ed Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PIT | Craig Colquitt | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 47 | 0 |
| NYJ | Chuck Ramsey | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Randy Reutershan | 4 | 0 | 48 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
| NYJ | Bruce Harper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Larry Anderson | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 30 | 0 |
| NYJ | Bruce Harper | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 26 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| PIT | Loren Toews | 2.0 |
| PIT | Joe Greene | 1.5 |
| PIT | Donnie Shell | 1.0 |
| PIT | John Banaszak | 0.5 |
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