| Pittsburgh Steelers at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 10, 1979 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 55293 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Burrough 25 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Matt Bahr 37 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 24 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 34 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Lynn Swann 9 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Rob Carpenter 4 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | John Stallworth 34 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 17 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| 56 | RLB | Robin Cole |
| 29 | LCB | Ron Johnson |
| 31 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 24 | FS | J.T. Thomas |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 74 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 70 | LOG | Conway Hayman |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 76 | ROT | Morris Towns |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| 45 | FB | Tim Wilson |
| Offense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Andy Dorris |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 53 | RILB | Art Stringer |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 33 | LCB | J.C. Wilson |
| 32 | SS | Vernon Perry |
| 37 | WS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 27 | RCB | Greg Stemrick |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 34 | 0 |
| Rocky Bleier | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Lynn Swann | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 33 | 109 | 3.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Rob Carpenter | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| Mike Barber | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Boobie Clark | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 2 | 237 | 8.2 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 59.1 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 0 | 170 | 10.6 | 25t | 1 | 1 | 10 | 119.3 |
| Gifford Nielsen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Swann | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| John Stallworth | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 1 | |
| Franco Harris | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Bennie Cunningham | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 0 | |
| Randy Grossman | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Rocky Bleier | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 1 | |
| Earl Campbell | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Mike Barber | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Robert Brazile | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Art Stringer | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 4 | 184 | 46.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 5 | 174 | 34.8 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Theo Bell | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Rich Ellender | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Larry Anderson | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Greg Hawthorne | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Carter Hartwig | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Donnie Shell | 1.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Jesse Baker | 1.0 |
| Mike Stensrud | 1.0 |
| Andy Dorris | 0.5 |
| Vernon Perry | 0.5 |
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