| AFC Divisional Playoff - Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: January 7, 1990 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 75868 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 55 F Humidty: 15% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| Denver Broncos | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 32 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Merril Hoge 7 run (Gary Anderson kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Mel Bratton 1 run (David Treadwell kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Louis Lipps 9 pass from Bubby Brister (Gary Anderson kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | David Treadwell 43 FG | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Vance Johnson 37 pass from John Elway (David Treadwell kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 35 FG | 20 | 17 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Anderson 32 FG | 23 | 17 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Mel Bratton 1 run (David Treadwell kick) | 23 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Merril Hoge | 16 | 120 | 7.5 | 45 | 1 |
| PIT | Tim Worley | 13 | 50 | 3.8 | 19 | 0 |
| PIT | Bubby Brister | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PIT | Louis Lipps | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| DEN | Bobby Humphrey | 18 | 85 | 4.7 | 17 | 0 |
| DEN | John Elway | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 32 | 0 |
| DEN | Steve Sewell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DEN | Mel Bratton | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 1 | 2 |
| DEN | Sammy Winder | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PIT | Bubby Brister | 29 | 19 | 65.5 | 0 | 229 | 7.9 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 101.1 |
| DEN | John Elway | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 1 | 239 | 12.0 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 97.7 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Merril Hoge | 8 | 60 | 7.5 | 19 | 0 |
| PIT | Louis Lipps | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 11 | 1 |
| PIT | Dwight Stone | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PIT | Mike Mularkey | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 |
| PIT | Tim Worley | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| PIT | Mark Stock | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| PIT | Weegie Thompson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| DEN | Mark Jackson | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 51 | 0 |
| DEN | Vance Johnson | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 37t | 1 |
| DEN | Mike Young | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| DEN | Ricky Nattiel | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| DEN | Bobby Humphrey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Thomas Everett | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PIT | Harry Newsome | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 50 | 0 |
| DEN | Mike Horan | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 55 | 0 |
| DEN | John Elway | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Rod Woodson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DEN | Vance Johnson | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Rod Woodson | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 19 | 0 |
| DEN | Ken Bell | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| DEN | Darren Carrington | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 27 | 0 |
| DEN | Mel Bratton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PIT | Rod Woodson | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 19 | 0 |
| DEN | Ken Bell | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| DEN | Darren Carrington | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 27 | 0 |
| DEN | Mel Bratton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| PIT | Aaron Jones | 1.0 |
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