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Pittsburgh Steelers 21 at Denver Broncos 17

Saturday, December 16, 1978

Pittsburgh Steelers 21, Denver Broncos 17

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Pittsburgh Steelers (14-2-0)7140021
Denver Broncos (10-6-0)0071017

Scoring

PITDEN
1stPITFranco Harris 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)70
2ndPITJohn Stallworth 25 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)140
PITJim Smith 10 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)210
3rdDENHaven Moses 25 yard pass from Norris Weese (Jim Turner kick)217
4thDENJim Turner 45 yard field goal2110
DENRiley Odoms 30 yard pass from Norris Weese (Jim Turner kick)2117

Team Stats

PITDEN
First downs1419
Rush-yards-TDs38-116-126-74-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT13-19-160-2-215-26-274-2-1
Sacked-yards2-166-48
Net pass yards144226
Total yards260300
Fumbles-lost2-02-1
Turnovers22
Penalties-yards6-8210-72

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
John Stallworth PIT 4 79 1 25
Terry Bradshaw PIT 10 14 131 2 0 25
Sidney Thornton PIT 5 32 0 27 1 9 0 9
Rick Moser PIT 10 34 0 9 1 -1 0 -1
Jim Smith PIT 2 31 1 21
Franco Harris PIT 12 21 1 6 1 7 0 7
Mike Kruczek PIT 3 5 29 0 2 21 3 12 0 8
Randy Grossman PIT 1 21 0 21
Rocky Bleier PIT 6 11 0 4 2 9 0 6
Jack Deloplaine PIT 2 6 0 3
Lynn Swann PIT 1 5 0 5
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Norris Weese DEN 12 17 228 2 0 30 2 7 0 5
Haven Moses DEN 5 116 1 30
Riley Odoms DEN 4 83 1 30
Dave Preston DEN 5 36 0 10 3 40 0 21
Jon Keyworth DEN 7 14 0 4 1 10 0 10
Craig Morton DEN 3 9 46 0 1 10
Jack Dolbin DEN 1 16 0 16
Lonnie Perrin DEN 3 9 0 5
Larry Canada DEN 2 0 0 2 1 9 0 9
Otis Armstrong DEN 2 6 0 6
Rob Lytle DEN 5 2 0 4

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Larry Anderson PIT 0 0 0 0 2 48 24.0 0 0
Theo Bell PIT 0 0 0 0 5 21 4.2 0 0
Tony Dungy PIT 1 0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Tom Jackson DEN 1 0 0 0
Jon Keyworth DEN 0 0 0 0 1 11 11.0 0 0
Chris Pane DEN 0 0 0 0 1 29 29.0 0 0
Lonnie Perrin DEN 0 0 0 0 1 26 26.0 0 0
Dave Preston DEN 0 0 0 0 1 32 32.0 0 0 2 -11 -5.5 0 0
Charlie West DEN 0 0 0 0 1 3 3.0 0 0
Louis Wright DEN 1 2 0 0