| San Diego Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 6, 1983 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 58191 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 52 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Walter Abercrombie 6 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Anderson 45 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Mel Blount 3 opponents fumble recovery (Gary Anderson kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 39 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Anderson 30 FG | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Anderson 49 FG | 3 | 23 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Anderson 42 FG | 3 | 26 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wes Chandler |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 62 | C | Don Macek |
| 67 | ROG | Ed White |
| 75 | ROT | Andy Gissinger |
| 80 | TE | Kellen Winslow |
| 11 | QB | Ed Luther |
| 46 | RB | Chuck Muncie |
| 47 | RB | Sherman Smith |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Keith Ferguson |
| 91 | NT | Rick Ackerman |
| 79 | RDE | Gary Johnson |
| 57 | LOLB | Linden King |
| 58 | LILB | Mike Green |
| 54 | RILB | Billy Ray Smith |
| 51 | ROLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 22 | LCB | Gill Byrd |
| 49 | SS | Andre Young |
| 28 | FS | Ken Greene |
| 23 | RCB | Danny Walters |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | John Stallworth |
| 85 | WR | Calvin Sweeney |
| 66 | LOT | Ted Petersen |
| 71 | LOG | Emil Boures |
| 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 | ||
| 95 | LDE | John Goodman |
| 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 |
| 22 | FS | Rick Woods |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 15 | 61 | 4.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Ed Luther | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Mathison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Brooks | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sherman Smith | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 22 | 70 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Frank Pollard | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Cliff Stoudt | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 7 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Ed Luther | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 1 | 135 | 4.7 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 47.3 |
| Bruce Mathison | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 41 | 8.2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.7 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Cliff Stoudt | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 1 | 150 | 6.5 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 51.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Kellen Winslow | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Charlie Joiner | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Pete Holohan | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Chuck Muncie | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Duckworth | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| James Brooks | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Earnest Jackson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Calvin Sweeney | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bennie Cunningham | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Gregg Garrity | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
| John Stallworth | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Danny Walters | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Rick Woods | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Merriweather | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Maury Buford | 7 | 286 | 40.9 | 51 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 4 | 189 | 47.3 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hosea Fortune | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Paul Skansi | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Bruce Laird | 6 | 159 | 26.5 | 39 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Tim Harris | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Keith Ferguson | 1.0 |
| Linden King | 1.0 |
| Billy Ray Smith | 1.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Gary Dunn | 1.0 |
| Keith Willis | 1.0 |
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