| Pittsburgh Steelers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 1, 1989 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 43804 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Eddie Murray 37 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Louis Lipps 48 pass from Bubby Brister (Gary Anderson kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 20 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Rodney Carter 1 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ray Wallace 2 run (Harry Newsome pass failed) | 23 | 3 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Warren Williams | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| PIT | Bubby Brister | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 10 | 0 |
| PIT | Merril Hoge | 12 | 15 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Louis Lipps | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 20 | 0 |
| PIT | Ray Wallace | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| PIT | Rodney Carter | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| PIT | Tim Worley | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DET | Richard Johnson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Tony Paige | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| DET | Lomas Brown | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DET | Barry Sanders | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 4 | 0 |
| DET | Bob Gagliano | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PIT | Bubby Brister | 27 | 21 | 77.8 | 0 | 267 | 9.9 | 48t | 1 | 6 | 53 | 120.2 |
| PIT | Rodney Carter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| DET | Rodney Peete | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 1 | 160 | 5.3 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 52.1 |
| DET | Bob Gagliano | 16 | 4 | 25.0 | 1 | 75 | 4.7 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20.6 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Louis Lipps | 7 | 126 | 18.0 | 48t | 1 |
| PIT | Rodney Carter | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 16 | 0 |
| PIT | Derek Hill | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 31 | 0 |
| PIT | Merril Hoge | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Weegie Thompson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PIT | Mike Mularkey | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Robert Clark | 6 | 124 | 20.7 | 46 | 0 |
| DET | Stacey Mobley | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 21 | 0 |
| DET | Walter Stanley | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Richard Johnson | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Barry Sanders | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| DET | Tony Paige | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| DET | Jason Phillips | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Larry Griffin | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PIT | Dwayne Woodruff | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PIT | Harry Newsome | 9 | 406 | 45.1 | 55 | 0 |
| DET | Jim Arnold | 6 | 299 | 49.8 | 62 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Louis Lipps | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 9 | 0 | |
| DET | Mel Gray | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| DET | Walter Stanley | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Dwight Stone | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 |
| DET | Mel Gray | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 38 | 0 |
| DET | Ken Dallafior | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| PIT | Gerald Williams | 1.0 |
| PIT | Jerrol Williams | 1.0 |
| PIT | Keith Willis | 1.0 |
| DET | Eric Williams | 3.0 |
| DET | Mike Cofer | 2.0 |
| DET | Bruce McNorton | 1.0 |
| DET | Chris Spielman | 1.0 |
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