| Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 16, 1983 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 59263 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 67 F Humidty: 43% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 20 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 44 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Anderson 18 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Walter Abercrombie 1 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Mike Merriweather 31 interception return (Gary Anderson kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Matt Bahr 27 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Anderson 29 FG | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Boyce Green 23 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Franco Harris 1 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Calvin Sweeney 40 pass from Cliff Stoudt (Gary Anderson kick) | 10 | 34 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Boyce Green 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Anderson 26 FG | 17 | 37 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Greg Best 94 opponents fumble recovery (Gary Anderson kick) | 17 | 44 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Bobby Jones |
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 68 | LOG | Bob Jackson |
| 61 | C | Mike Baab |
| 64 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 81 | TE | Harry Holt |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 30 | FB | Boyce Green |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Reggie Camp |
| 79 | NT | Bob Golic |
| 99 | RDE | Keith Baldwin |
| 56 | LOLB | Chip Banks |
| 58 | LILB | Scott Nicolas |
| 50 | RILB | Tom Cousineau |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 47 | LCB | Larry Braziel |
| 49 | SS | Clinton Burrell |
| 21 | FS | Mike Whitwell |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Wayne Capers |
| 85 | WR | Calvin Sweeney |
| 66 | LOT | Ted Petersen |
| 73 | LOG | Craig Wolfley |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 55 | ROG | Rick Donnalley |
| 62 | ROT | Tunch Ilkin |
| 89 | TE | Bennie Cunningham |
| 18 | QB | Cliff Stoudt |
| 34 | RB | Walter Abercrombie |
| 32 | RB | Franco Harris |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Keith Willis |
| 67 | NT | Gary Dunn |
| 65 | RDE | Tom Beasley |
| 57 | LOLB | Mike Merriweather |
| 58 | LILB | Jack Lambert |
| 51 | RILB | Loren Toews |
| 56 | ROLB | Robin Cole |
| 49 | LCB | Dwayne Woodruff |
| 31 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 29 | FS | Ron Johnson |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyce Green | 28 | 137 | 4.9 | 29 | 2 |
| Dwight Walker | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Walter Abercrombie | 15 | 65 | 4.3 | 17 | 1 |
| Franco Harris | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Cliff Stoudt | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Frank Pollard | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 49 | 27 | 55.1 | 6 | 310 | 6.3 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 34.8 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Cliff Stoudt | 18 | 14 | 77.8 | 0 | 194 | 10.8 | 40t | 1 | 1 | 8 | 130.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ozzie Newsome | 9 | 103 | 11.4 | 26 | 0 |
| Bobby Jones | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Boyce Green | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Dino Hall | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Logan | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Dwight Walker | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Tim Stracka | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Calvin Sweeney | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 40t | 1 |
| Franco Harris | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bennie Cunningham | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Wayne Capers | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Gregg Garrity | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dwayne Woodruff | 0 | ||||
| Mike Merriweather | 1 | ||||
| Rick Woods | 0 | ||||
| Jack Lambert | 0 | ||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jeff Gossett | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 48 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 4 | 177 | 44.3 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dino Hall | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Paul Skansi | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dwight Walker | 2 | 0 | 45 | 22.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Vagas Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 36 | 18.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Henry Odom | 4 | 0 | 80 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Tom Cousineau | 1.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Edmund Nelson | 1.0 |
| Keith Willis | 1.0 |
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