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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Atlanta Falcons at Pittsburgh Steelers - October 8th, 1978
Atlanta Falcons 7 at Pittsburgh Steelers 31
Sunday, October 8, 1978
Atlanta Falcons 7, Pittsburgh Steelers 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (2-4-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (6-0-0) | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
Scoring
| ATL | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Roy Gerela 21 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | PIT | Rocky Bleier 8 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 10 |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw 6 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 17 | |
| 3rd | PIT | Rocky Bleier 2 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 4th | PIT | John Stallworth 11 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 31 |
| ATL | Wallace Francis 11 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 31 |
Team Stats
| ATL | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 28 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-113-0 | 44-181-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-33-188-1-2 | 13-18-231-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-44 | 2-25 |
| Net pass yards | 144 | 206 |
| Total yards | 257 | 387 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 4-3 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-38 | 8-74 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 17 | 33 | 188 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Ryckman | ATL | 5 | 88 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Bubba Bean | ATL | 17 | 48 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 4 | 58 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Haskel Stanback | ATL | 12 | 38 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Patton | ATL | 3 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Dennis Pearson | ATL | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Mike Esposito | ATL | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | ATL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 13 | 18 | 231 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 6 | 114 | 1 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 20 | 104 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 3 | 64 | 0 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 13 | 46 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 8 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Bennie Cunningham | PIT | 2 | 28 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Randy Grossman | PIT | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Alvin Maxson | PIT | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| George Franklin | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dennis Pearson | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Billy Ryckman | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 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 | |||
| Larry Anderson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mel Blount | PIT | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Randy Reutershan | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Loren Toews | PIT | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||