| Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 22, 1979 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 49699 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 71 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Lynn Swann 11 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Haven Moses 64 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Franco Harris 2 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Franco Harris 4 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Sidney Thornton 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Sidney Thornton 17 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Anthony Anderson 10 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 42 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 80 | WR | Rick Upchurch |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 71 | ROT | Claudie Minor |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 7 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 32 | RB | Jon Keyworth |
| 41 | RB | Rob Lytle |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 66 | RDE | Brison Manor |
| 51 | LOLB | Bob Swenson |
| 59 | LILB | Joe Rizzo |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 56 | ROLB | Larry Evans |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 29 | WS | Bernie Jackson |
| 43 | RCB | Steve Foley |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Jim Smith |
| 82 | WR | John Stallworth |
| 55 | LOT | Jon Kolb |
| 57 | LOG | Sam Davis |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 72 | ROG | Gerry Mullins |
| 79 | ROT | Larry Brown |
| 84 | TE | Randy Grossman |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 38 | RB | Sidney Thornton |
| 32 | FB | Franco Harris |
| Offense | ||
| 68 | LDE | L.C. Greenwood |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Greene |
| 67 | RDT | Gary Dunn |
| 76 | RDE | John Banaszak |
| 59 | LLB | Jack Ham |
| 58 | MLB | Jack Lambert |
| 53 | RLB | Dennis Winston |
| 29 | LCB | Ron Johnson |
| 31 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 24 | FS | J.T. Thomas |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jon Keyworth | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Otis Armstrong | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Rob Lytle | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Zachary Dixon | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 17 | 121 | 7.1 | 56 | 2 |
| Anthony Anderson | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 1 | |
| Sidney Thornton | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Rocky Bleier | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Greg Hawthorne | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Smith | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Rick Moser | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 31 | 16 | 51.6 | 1 | 261 | 8.4 | 64 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 77.5 |
| Craig Penrose | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 44 | 8.8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.5 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 24 | 18 | 75.0 | 1 | 267 | 11.1 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 121.4 |
| Mike Kruczek | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 27 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Riley Odoms | 6 | 94 | 15.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 5 | 133 | 26.6 | 1 | |
| Rob Lytle | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Otis Armstrong | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jim Smith | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Sidney Thornton | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 1 | |
| Franco Harris | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 14 | 0 |
| John Stallworth | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Lynn Swann | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 1 | |
| Greg Hawthorne | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Randy Grossman | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bob Swenson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jack Lambert | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Donnie Shell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 5 | 178 | 35.6 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Theo Bell | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Chris Pane | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 30 | 0 | |
| Larry Canada | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Larry Anderson | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Joe Greene | 1.0 |
| Dennis Winston | 1.0 |
| Donnie Shell | 1.0 |
| Jack Ham | 0.5 |
| Zack Valentine | 0.5 |
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