| Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 25, 1979 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 48773 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 57 F Humidty: % Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 30 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 3 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ozzie Newsome 21 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 20 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Matt Bahr 45 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 32 FG | 13 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Matt Bahr 34 FG | 13 | 6 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dave Logan 16 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 20 | 6 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Franco Harris 2 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 20 | 13 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Calvin Hill 3 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 27 | 13 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Franco Harris 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 27 | 20 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 40 FG | 30 | 20 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Franco Harris 3 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 30 | 27 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Matt Bahr 21 FG | 30 | 30 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Matt Bahr 37 FG | 30 | 33 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 63 | LOG | Cody Risien |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 68 | ROG | Bob Jackson |
| 65 | ROT | Henry Sheppard |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 35 | RB | Calvin Hill |
| 43 | FB | Mike Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Mike St. Clair |
| 78 | LDT | Mickey Sims |
| 77 | RDT | Lyle Alzado |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 52 | MLB | Dick Ambrose |
| 57 | RLB | Clay Matthews |
| 28 | LCB | Ron Bolton |
| 22 | SS | Clarence Scott |
| 27 | FS | Thom Darden |
| 21 | RCB | Oliver Davis |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | John Stallworth |
| 88 | WR | Lynn Swann |
| 66 | LOT | Ted Petersen |
| 57 | LOG | Sam Davis |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 77 | ROG | Steve Courson |
| 79 | ROT | Larry Brown |
| 89 | TE | Bennie Cunningham |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 20 | RB | Rocky Bleier |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Brian Sipe | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Pruitt | 14 | 27 | 1.9 | 6 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Dino Hall | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 32 | 151 | 4.7 | 11 | 2 |
| Rocky Bleier | 10 | 61 | 6.1 | 0 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 38 | 23 | 60.5 | 1 | 333 | 8.8 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 50 | 104.4 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 44 | 30 | 68.2 | 1 | 364 | 8.3 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 91.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dave Logan | 7 | 135 | 19.3 | 1 | |
| Ozzie Newsome | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 1 | |
| Calvin Hill | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 30 | 1 |
| Mike Pruitt | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Dino Hall | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 9 | 81 | 9.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Rocky Bleier | 7 | 45 | 6.4 | 0 | |
| John Stallworth | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Bennie Cunningham | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Lynn Swann | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Randy Grossman | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ron Bolton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Mel Blount | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Johnny Evans | 4 | 185 | 46.3 | 50 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Theo Bell | 4 | 0 | 39 | 9.8 | 27 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dino Hall | 8 | 162 | 20.3 | 33 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Anthony Anderson | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Larry Anderson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Clay Matthews | 0.5 |
| Mike St. Clair | 0.5 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| L.C. Greenwood | 3.5 |
| Jack Ham | 2.0 |
| Steve Furness | 1.0 |
| Jack Lambert | 0.5 |
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