| Houston Oilers at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 23, 1978 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 48021 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 42 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Earl Campbell 1 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lynn Swann 25 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 30 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Toni Fritsch 39 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | Earl Campbell 3 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Earl Campbell 1 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lynn Swann 6 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 24 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Earl Campbell | 21 | 89 | 4.2 | 23 | 3 |
| HOU | Rob Carpenter | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 |
| HOU | Rich Caster | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| HOU | Ronnie Coleman | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| HOU | Tim Wilson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| HOU | Dan Pastorini | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | -1 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 16 | 56 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier | 12 | 31 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PIT | Sidney Thornton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| HOU | Dan Pastorini | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 0 | 160 | 8.4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94.2 |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 33 | 17 | 51.5 | 1 | 226 | 6.8 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 81.1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Rob Carpenter | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 20 | 0 |
| HOU | Mike Barber | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 25 | 0 |
| HOU | Rich Caster | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 |
| HOU | Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| HOU | Mike Renfro | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| HOU | Ken Burrough | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| HOU | Tim Wilson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PIT | Randy Grossman | 9 | 116 | 12.9 | 23 | 0 |
| PIT | Lynn Swann | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 25t | 2 |
| PIT | John Stallworth | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 42 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Kurt Knoff | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| HOU | Cliff Parsley | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 49 | 0 |
| PIT | Craig Colquitt | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Billy Johnson | 2 | 0 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| PIT | Theo Bell | 3 | 0 | 39 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Johnnie Dirden | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| HOU | Billy Johnson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PIT | Larry Anderson | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 45 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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