| Buffalo Bills at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1979 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 48002 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 48 F Humidty: % Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lynn Swann 20 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Sidney Thornton 8 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 11 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 28 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Mike Collier | 16 | 49 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Roland Hooks | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Terry Miller | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Joe Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 21 | 100 | 4.8 | 13 | 2 |
| Sidney Thornton | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 1 | |
| Mike Kruczek | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Rick Moser | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Greg Hawthorne | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Anthony Anderson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Rocky Bleier | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 31 | 11 | 35.5 | 2 | 103 | 3.3 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 18.6 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 2 | 209 | 7.7 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 59.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Mike Collier | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Jerry Butler | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Frank Lewis | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Lou Piccone | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Shipp | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Stallworth | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | |
| Lynn Swann | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 1 | |
| Bennie Cunningham | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Sidney Thornton | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | |
| Franco Harris | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Mario Clark | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jeff Nixon | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Larry Anderson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Donnie Shell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Rusty Jackson | 10 | 402 | 40.2 | 48 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 4 | 176 | 44.0 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Keith Moody | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Theo Bell | 10 | 0 | 105 | 10.5 | 18 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Keith Moody | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 35 | 0 | |
| Lenny Willis | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Larry Anderson | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Ken Johnson | 1.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Loren Toews | 1.0 |
| Dwight White | 1.0 |
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