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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Jets - October 1st, 1978
Pittsburgh Steelers 28 at New York Jets 17
Sunday, October 1, 1978
Pittsburgh Steelers 28, New York Jets 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (5-0-0) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| New York Jets (2-3-0) | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
Scoring
| PIT | NYJ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Lynn Swann 10 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | NYJ | Bruce Harper 11 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 7 |
| PIT | John Stallworth 14 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| NYJ | Pat Leahy 47 yard field goal | 14 | 10 | |
| 3rd | PIT | Lynn Swann 26 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 21 | 10 |
| PIT | Sidney Thornton 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 28 | 10 | |
| NYJ | Kevin Long 2 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick) | 28 | 17 |
Team Stats
| PIT | NYJ | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-138-1 | 36-155-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-26-189-3-1 | 9-23-192-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 5-50 |
| Net pass yards | 189 | 142 |
| Total yards | 327 | 297 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-7 | 4-17 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 7 | 100 | 2 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 17 | 25 | 189 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 67 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| John Stallworth | PIT | 4 | 43 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 6 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 8 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Rick Moser | PIT | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Jim Smith | PIT | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Alvin Maxson | PIT | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Bennie Cunningham | PIT | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Matt Robinson | NYJ | 9 | 22 | 192 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Wesley Walker | NYJ | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 93 | 0 | 49 | ||||||
| Scott Dierking | NYJ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 17 |
| Kevin Long | NYJ | 10 | 41 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Derrick Gaffney | NYJ | 2 | 49 | 0 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Harper | NYJ | 5 | 26 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Clark Gaines | NYJ | 7 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
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 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Randy Reutershan | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Donnie Shell | PIT | 1 | 20 | 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 | |||
| Bruce Harper | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Taylor | NYJ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||