| Pittsburgh Steelers at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 20, 1981 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 41056 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| Houston Oilers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | David Trout 40 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Dave Casper 15 pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Dave Casper 23 pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | David Trout 37 FG | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Sidney Thornton 17 run (David Trout kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Mark Malone 2 run (David Trout kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Dave Casper 16 pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick) | 20 | 21 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Sidney Thornton | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 17t | 1 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 17 | 36 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 |
| PIT | Frank Pollard | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 13 | 0 |
| PIT | Mark Malone | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 15 | 1 |
| PIT | Russell Davis | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| HOU | Earl Campbell | 13 | 24 | 1.8 | 11 | 0 |
| HOU | Adger Armstrong | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| HOU | Gifford Nielsen | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PIT | Mark Malone | 30 | 13 | 43.3 | 1 | 172 | 5.7 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 48.2 |
| HOU | Gifford Nielsen | 37 | 24 | 64.9 | 2 | 377 | 10.2 | 44 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 103.1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | John Stallworth | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| PIT | Jim Smith | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 23 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PIT | Lynn Swann | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PIT | Frank Pollard | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| HOU | Dave Casper | 6 | 139 | 23.2 | 38 | 3 |
| HOU | Mike Holston | 5 | 128 | 25.6 | 44 | 0 |
| HOU | Adger Armstrong | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| HOU | Earl Campbell | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| HOU | Ken Burrough | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 26 | 0 |
| HOU | Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Robin Cole | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| PIT | J.T. Thomas | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| HOU | Carter Hartwig | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PIT | Craig Colquitt | 6 | 286 | 47.7 | 62 | 0 |
| HOU | Cliff Parsley | 7 | 264 | 37.7 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Larry Anderson | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| HOU | Carl Roaches | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 25 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Rick Moser | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 29 | 0 |
| PIT | Larry Anderson | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 23 | 0 |
| HOU | Carl Roaches | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 49 | 0 |
| HOU | Willie Tullis | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 26 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| PIT | Tom Beasley | 2.0 |
| PIT | Dennis Winston | 1.0 |
| PIT | Robin Cole | 1.0 |
| PIT | John Banaszak | 1.0 |
| PIT | Joe Greene | 1.0 |
| HOU | Jesse Baker | 1.0 |
| HOU | Gregg Bingham | 1.0 |
| HOU | Elvin Bethea | 1.0 |
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