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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals - September 17th, 1978
Pittsburgh Steelers 28 at Cincinnati Bengals 3
Sunday, September 17, 1978
Pittsburgh Steelers 28, Cincinnati Bengals 3| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (3-0-0) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Cincinnati Bengals (0-3-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Scoring
| PIT | CIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Rocky Bleier 5 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris 15 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| 2nd | CIN | Chris Bahr 33 yard field goal | 14 | 3 |
| PIT | Bennie Cunningham 26 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 21 | 3 | |
| 3rd | PIT | Lynn Swann 12 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 28 | 3 |
Team Stats
| PIT | CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 26 | 9 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 49-212-2 | 19-56-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-20-242-2-1 | 17-36-123-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-7 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 235 | 123 |
| Total yards | 447 | 179 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-3 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-56 | 7-99 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 14 | 19 | 242 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Bennie Cunningham | PIT | 4 | 107 | 1 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 12 | 75 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 5 | 78 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 16 | 73 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 15 | 45 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 2 | 27 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Randy Grossman | PIT | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Rick Moser | PIT | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Alvin Maxson | PIT | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Mike Kruczek | PIT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | ||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Reaves | CIN | 16 | 32 | 114 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Pete Johnson | CIN | 9 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Archie Griffin | CIN | 6 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Dennis Law | CIN | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Billy Brooks | CIN | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Isaac Curtis | CIN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Jim Corbett | CIN | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Deacon Turner | CIN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Rob Hertel | CIN | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tony Dungy | PIT | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Johnson | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Randy Reutershan | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Nat Terry | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 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 | |||
| Don Bass | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ray Griffin | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Reggie Williams | CIN | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||