| Pittsburgh Steelers at Phoenix Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 9, 1988 Location: Tempe, AZ |
| Venue: Sun Devil Stadium Attendance: 53278 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 95 F Humidty: 13% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Phoenix CardinalsPHX | 7 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | PHX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phoenix CardinalsPHX | Rob Awalt 32 pass from Neil Lomax (Al Del Greco kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Rod Woodson 92 kickoff return (Gary Anderson kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Phoenix CardinalsPHX | Al Del Greco 19 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Phoenix CardinalsPHX | Tony Jordan 1 run (Al Del Greco kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Phoenix CardinalsPHX | J.T. Smith 3 pass from Neil Lomax (Al Del Greco kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Phoenix CardinalsPHX | J.T. Smith 13 pass from Neil Lomax (Al Del Greco kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Merril Hoge 12 pass from Steve Bono (Gary Anderson kick) | 14 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Louis Lipps |
| 87 | WR | Weegie Thompson |
| 73 | LOT | Craig Wolfley |
| 60 | LOG | Brian Blankenship |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 74 | ROG | Terry Long |
| 62 | ROT | Tunch Ilkin |
| 86 | TE | Preston Gothard |
| 14 | QB | Todd Blackledge |
| 30 | RB | Frank Pollard |
| 20 | RB | Dwight Stone |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Tim Johnson |
| 98 | NT | Gerald Williams |
| 92 | RDE | Keith Gary |
| 53 | LOLB | Bryan Hinkle |
| 50 | LILB | David Little |
| 91 | RILB | Gregg Carr |
| 90 | ROLB | Tyronne Stowe |
| 49 | LCB | Dwayne Woodruff |
| 35 | SS | Delton Hall |
| 27 | FS | Thomas Everett |
| 26 | RCB | Rod Woodson |
| Phoenix Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Roy Green |
| 84 | WR | J.T. Smith |
| 67 | LOT | Luis Sharpe |
| 64 | LOG | Todd Peat |
| 70 | C | Derek Kennard |
| 61 | ROG | Lance Smith |
| 63 | ROT | Tootie Robbins |
| 80 | TE | Rob Awalt |
| 15 | QB | Neil Lomax |
| 30 | RB | Stump Mitchell |
| 31 | FB | Earl Ferrell |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Freddie Joe Nunn |
| 79 | LDT | Bob Clasby |
| 60 | RDT | Steve Alvord |
| 72 | RDE | Rod Saddler |
| 55 | LLB | Anthony Bell |
| 57 | MLB | Niko Noga |
| 54 | RLB | E.J. Junior |
| 41 | LCB | Carl Carter |
| 45 | SS | Tim McDonald |
| 43 | FS | Lonnie Young |
| 47 | RCB | Cedric Mack |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Merril Hoge | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Dwight Stone | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Frank Pollard | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||
| Earl Ferrell | 17 | 39 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Ron Wolfley | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tony Jordan | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 4 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Todd Blackledge | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 0 | 114 | 5.7 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 59.2 |
| Steve Bono | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 0 | 27 | 2.5 | 12t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69.9 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Neil Lomax | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 1 | 291 | 11.2 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 125.6 |
| Cliff Stoudt | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Merril Hoge | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 12t | 1 |
| Louis Lipps | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Troy Johnson | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Charles Lockett | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Dwight Stone | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||
| J.T. Smith | 8 | 80 | 10.0 | 17 | 2 |
| Roy Green | 4 | 119 | 29.8 | 40 | 0 |
| Jay Novacek | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Rob Awalt | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 32t | 1 |
| Stump Mitchell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Earl Ferrell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Gregg Carr | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Harry Newsome | 8 | 404 | 50.5 | 62 | 0 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||
| Greg Horne | 6 | 254 | 42.3 | 60 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Rod Woodson | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Phoenix Cardinals | ||||||
| Vai Sikahema | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 14 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Dwight Stone | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Rod Woodson | 2 | 95 | 47.5 | 92 | 1 | |
| Phoenix Cardinals | ||||||
| Stump Mitchell | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Vai Sikahema | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Gregg Carr | 2.0 |
| Tim Johnson | 1.0 |
| Jerry Reese | 1.0 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | |
| Freddie Joe Nunn | 2.0 |
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