| Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: November 23, 1986 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 76452 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 46 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Walter Abercrombie 1 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Curtis Dickey 2 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Kevin Mack 1 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Walter Abercrombie 38 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ozzie Newsome 20 pass from Bernie Kosar (Matt Bahr kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Mark Malone 1 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Curtis Dickey 4 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 21 | 28 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Mark Malone 1 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 28 | 28 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Matt Bahr 25 FG | 28 | 31 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Anderson 40 FG | 31 | 31 |
| 5 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Webster Slaughter 36 pass from Bernie Kosar | 31 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Louis Lipps |
| 82 | WR | John Stallworth |
| 65 | LOT | Ray Pinney |
| 73 | LOG | Craig Wolfley |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 54 | ROG | Terry Long |
| 62 | ROT | Tunch Ilkin |
| 86 | TE | Preston Gothard |
| 16 | QB | Mark Malone |
| 34 | RB | Walter Abercrombie |
| 43 | FB | Earnest Jackson |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Keith Willis |
| 67 | NT | Gary Dunn |
| 64 | RDE | Edmund Nelson |
| 57 | LOLB | Mike Merriweather |
| 50 | LILB | David Little |
| 56 | RILB | Robin Cole |
| 53 | ROLB | Bryan Hinkle |
| 26 | LCB | John Swain |
| 21 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 21 | FS | Eric Williams |
| 33 | RCB | Harvey Clayton |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Reggie Langhorne |
| 84 | WR | Webster Slaughter |
| 74 | LOT | Paul Farren |
| 70 | LOG | Larry Williams |
| 61 | C | Mike Baab |
| 69 | ROG | Dan Fike |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 19 | QB | Bernie Kosar |
| 28 | RB | Herman Fontenot |
| 34 | FB | Kevin Mack |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Reggie Camp |
| 79 | NT | Bob Golic |
| 78 | RDE | Carl Hairston |
| 56 | LOLB | Chip Banks |
| 51 | LILB | Eddie Johnson |
| 53 | RILB | Anthony Griggs |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 23 | LCB | Mark Harper |
| 24 | SS | Ray Ellis |
| 37 | FS | Chris Rockins |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Walter Abercrombie | 15 | 86 | 5.7 | 38t | 2 |
| Earnest Jackson | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Rich Erenberg | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mark Malone | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1t | 2 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Kevin Mack | 24 | 106 | 4.4 | 17 | 1 |
| Curtis Dickey | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 4t | 2 |
| Bernie Kosar | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Mark Malone | 28 | 17 | 60.7 | 1 | 197 | 7.0 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67.1 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bernie Kosar | 46 | 28 | 60.9 | 1 | 414 | 9.0 | 36t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 95.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Louis Lipps | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 44 | 0 |
| John Stallworth | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Preston Gothard | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Rich Erenberg | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Earnest Jackson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Webster Slaughter | 6 | 134 | 22.3 | 36t | 1 |
| Brian Brennan | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 28 | 0 |
| Herman Fontenot | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Reggie Langhorne | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Harry Holt | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Kevin Mack | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Clarence Weathers | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Curtis Dickey | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bryan Hinkle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mark Harper | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Harry Newsome | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jeff Gossett | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Rick Woods | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Gerald McNeil | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Lupe Sanchez | 5 | 151 | 30.2 | 58 | 0 | |
| Dan Reeder | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Gerald McNeil | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 23 | 0 | |
| Scott Nicolas | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Ray Ellis | 1.0 |
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