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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills - September 3rd, 1978
Pittsburgh Steelers 28 at Buffalo Bills 17
Sunday, September 3, 1978
Pittsburgh Steelers 28, Buffalo Bills 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (1-0-0) | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Buffalo Bills (0-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
Scoring
| PIT | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | PIT | John Stallworth 28 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| 4th | PIT | Sidney Thornton 2 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 21 | 0 |
| BUF | Frank Lewis 22 yard pass from Bill Munson (Tom Dempsey kick) | 21 | 7 | |
| BUF | Tom Dempsey 32 yard field goal | 21 | 10 | |
| PIT | Theo Bell 15 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 28 | 10 | |
| BUF | Reuben Gant 3 yard pass from Bill Munson (Tom Dempsey kick) | 28 | 17 |
Team Stats
| PIT | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 43-142-2 | 29-100-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-19-217-2-1 | 13-26-191-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 3-27 |
| Net pass yards | 217 | 164 |
| Total yards | 359 | 264 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-54 | 9-62 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Franco Harris | PIT | 27 | 96 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 14 | 19 | 217 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 3 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 3 | 86 | 1 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Bennie Cunningham | PIT | 3 | 70 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 7 | 33 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 6 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Theo Bell | PIT | 1 | 15 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 3 | 11 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Terry Miller | BUF | 20 | 60 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 97 | 0 | 43 | ||||||
| Bill Munson | BUF | 10 | 16 | 171 | 2 | 0 | 43 | ||||||||
| Frank Lewis | BUF | 2 | 46 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Dennis D. Johnson | BUF | 2 | 31 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Reuben Gant | BUF | 3 | 31 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Joe Ferguson | BUF | 3 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Larry Anderson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Theo Bell | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tony Dungy | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerry Mullins | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Randy Reutershan | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Curtis Brown | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tony Greene | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Keith Moody | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 109 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Leonard Willis | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||