| Pittsburgh Steelers at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 21, 1982 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 42338 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Anderson 48 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Greg Hawthorne 17 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Gary Anderson kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Florian Kempf 31 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Dave Casper 9 pass from Gifford Nielsen (Florian Kempf kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bennie Cunningham 17 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Gary Anderson kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jim Smith 27 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Gary Anderson kick) | 24 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | John Stallworth |
| 88 | WR | Lynn Swann |
| 74 | LOT | Ray Pinney |
| 73 | LOG | Craig Wolfley |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 77 | ROG | Steve Courson |
| 79 | ROT | Larry Brown |
| 89 | TE | Bennie Cunningham |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 32 | RB | Franco Harris |
| 44 | RB | Frank Pollard |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | John Goodman |
| 67 | NT | Gary Dunn |
| 65 | RDE | Tom Beasley |
| 59 | LOLB | Jack Ham |
| 51 | LILB | Loren Toews |
| 58 | RILB | Jack Lambert |
| 56 | ROLB | Robin Cole |
| 49 | LCB | Dwayne Woodruff |
| 31 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 29 | FS | Ron Johnson |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Harold Bailey |
| 84 | WR | Mike Holston |
| 62 | LOT | John Schuhmacher |
| 63 | LOG | Mike Munchak |
| 58 | C | David Carter |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 76 | ROT | Morris Towns |
| 87 | TE | Dave Casper |
| 14 | QB | Gifford Nielsen |
| 39 | RB | Adger Armstrong |
| 34 | FB | Earl Campbell |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Ken Kennard |
| 67 | MG | Mike Stensrud |
| 75 | RDE | Jesse Baker |
| 52 | LOLB | Robert Brazile |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 50 | RILB | Daryl Hunt |
| 53 | ROLB | Avon Riley |
| 33 | LCB | J.C. Wilson |
| 36 | SS | Carter Hartwig |
| 37 | WS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 27 | RCB | Greg Stemrick |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 13 | 59 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Frank Pollard | 10 | 48 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Sidney Thornton | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Russell Davis | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 15 | 66 | 4.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Adger Armstrong | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Gifford Nielsen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Stan Edwards | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 40 | 16 | 40.0 | 2 | 228 | 5.7 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 63.3 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Gifford Nielsen | 39 | 17 | 43.6 | 3 | 209 | 5.4 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 37.2 |
| Archie Manning | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 23 | 4.6 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 46.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bennie Cunningham | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 28 | 1 |
| Jim Smith | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 36 | 1 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 17t | 1 |
| Lynn Swann | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Russell Davis | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| John Stallworth | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Sidney Thornton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dave Casper | 8 | 98 | 12.3 | 31 | 1 |
| Harold Bailey | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Adger Armstrong | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Donnie Shell | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dwayne Woodruff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Gregg Bingham | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Vernon Perry | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Goodson | 8 | 331 | 41.4 | 55 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 9 | 372 | 41.3 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Rick Woods | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 17 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ernest French | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Willie Tullis | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Tom Beasley | 1.0 |
| Gary Dunn | 1.0 |
| Jack Ham | 1.0 |
| Bryan Hinkle | 1.0 |
| Bob Kohrs | 1.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Robert Brazile | 1.0 |
| John Corker | 1.0 |
| Ken Kennard | 1.0 |
| Avon Riley | 0.5 |
| Mike Stensrud | 0.5 |
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