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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Houston Oilers at Pittsburgh Steelers - October 23rd, 1978
Houston Oilers 24 at Pittsburgh Steelers 17
Monday, October 23, 1978
Houston Oilers 24, Pittsburgh Steelers 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (5-3-0) | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (7-1-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
Scoring
| HOU | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | HOU | Earl Campbell 1 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Lynn Swann 25 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| PIT | Roy Gerela 30 yard field goal | 7 | 10 | |
| HOU | Toni Fritsch 39 yard field goal | 10 | 10 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Earl Campbell 3 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 4th | HOU | Earl Campbell 1 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 24 | 10 |
| PIT | Lynn Swann 6 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 24 | 17 |
Team Stats
| HOU | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 43-169-3 | 31-113-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-19-160-0-0 | 17-33-226-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 1-11 |
| Net pass yards | 160 | 215 |
| Total yards | 329 | 328 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-51 | 7-53 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 21 | 89 | 3 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 13 | 19 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rob Carpenter | HOU | 12 | 42 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Rich Caster | HOU | 2 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| Mike Barber | HOU | 3 | 47 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 4 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 17 | 33 | 226 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Randy Grossman | PIT | 9 | 116 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 16 | 56 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 2 | 55 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 12 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 3 | 32 | 2 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 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 | |||
| Johnnie Dirden | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Billy Johnson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kurt Knoff | HOU | 1 | 6 | 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 | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Theo Bell | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||