| 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 Broncos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lynn Swann 11 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Haven Moses 64 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 2 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 4 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Sidney Thornton 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Sidney Thornton 17 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Anthony Anderson 10 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 42 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| DEN | Rob Lytle | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| DEN | Jim Jensen | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| DEN | Zachary Dixon | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 17 | 121 | 7.1 | 56 | 2 |
| PIT | Anthony Anderson | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 1 | |
| PIT | Sidney Thornton | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| PIT | Greg Hawthorne | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| PIT | Jim Smith | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| PIT | Rick Moser | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 31 | 16 | 51.6 | 1 | 261 | 8.4 | 64 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 77.5 |
| DEN | Craig Penrose | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 44 | 8.8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.5 |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 24 | 18 | 75.0 | 1 | 267 | 11.1 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 121.4 |
| PIT | Mike Kruczek | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 27 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104.2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Riley Odoms | 6 | 94 | 15.7 | 32 | 0 |
| DEN | Haven Moses | 5 | 133 | 26.6 | 1 | |
| DEN | Rob Lytle | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PIT | Jim Smith | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Sidney Thornton | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 1 | |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 14 | 0 |
| PIT | John Stallworth | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Lynn Swann | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 1 | |
| PIT | Greg Hawthorne | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| PIT | Randy Grossman | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Bob Swenson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PIT | Jack Lambert | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PIT | Donnie Shell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DEN | Luke Prestridge | 5 | 178 | 35.6 | 0 | |
| PIT | Craig Colquitt | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Theo Bell | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Chris Pane | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 30 | 0 |
| DEN | Larry Canada | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PIT | Larry Anderson | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 17 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| PIT | Joe Greene | 1.0 |
| PIT | Dennis Winston | 1.0 |
| PIT | Donnie Shell | 1.0 |
| PIT | Jack Ham | 0.5 |
| PIT | Zack Valentine | 0.5 |
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