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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers - December 30th, 1978
Denver Broncos 10 at Pittsburgh Steelers 33
Saturday, December 30, 1978
Denver Broncos 10, Pittsburgh Steelers 33| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (10-7-0) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (15-2-0) | 6 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 33 |
Scoring
| DEN | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Jim Turner 37 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 3 | 6 | |
| 2nd | PIT | Franco Harris 18 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 3 | 13 |
| PIT | Roy Gerela 24 yard field goal | 3 | 16 | |
| DEN | Dave Preston 3 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 10 | 16 | |
| PIT | Roy Gerela 27 yard field goal | 10 | 19 | |
| 4th | PIT | John Stallworth 45 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 26 |
| PIT | Lynn Swann 38 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 33 |
Team Stats
| DEN | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-87-1 | 40-153-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-22-168-0-0 | 16-29-272-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-37 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 131 | 272 |
| Total yards | 218 | 425 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 4-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-104 | 11-88 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Norris Weese | DEN | 8 | 16 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Jack Dolbin | DEN | 4 | 77 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 4 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 2 | 33 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Lonnie Perrin | DEN | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Craig Morton | DEN | 3 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||
| Jon Keyworth | DEN | 6 | 12 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Bucky Dilts | DEN | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||
| Rob Lytle | DEN | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||
| Larry Canada | DEN | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Otis Armstrong | DEN | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Stallworth | PIT | 10 | 156 | 1 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 16 | 29 | 272 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 24 | 105 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Randy Grossman | PIT | 4 | 64 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 2 | 52 | 1 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 8 | 26 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Rick Moser | PIT | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Jim Smith | PIT | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Jack Deloplaine | PIT | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Tom Jackson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jon Keyworth | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Chris Pane | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lonnie Perrin | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Bob Swenson | DEN | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 22 | ||||
| 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 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Theo Bell | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Deloplaine | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | |||||||||
| Tony Dungy | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Randy Grossman | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donnie Shell | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| Dirt Winston | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Denver Broncos Starting Lineup
| Craig Morton | QB |
| Rob Lytle | RB |
| Jon Keyworth | FB |
| Jack Dolbin | WR |
| Haven Moses | WR |
| Riley Odoms | TE |
| Claudie Minor | LT |
| Tom Glassic | LG |
| Bill Bryan | C |
| Paul Howard | RG |
| Tom Neville | RT |
| Barney Chavous | LDE |
| Rubin Carter | NT |
| Lyle Alzado | RDE |
| Bob Swenson | LOLB |
| Joe Rizzo | LILB |
| Randy Gradishar | RILB |
| Tom Jackson | ROLB |
| Louis Wright | LCB |
| Steve Foley | RCB |
| Bill Thompson | SS |
| Bernard Jackson | FS |
Pittsburgh Steelers Starting Lineup
| Terry Bradshaw | QB |
| Rocky Bleier | RB |
| Franco Harris | FB |
| John Stallworth | WR |
| Lynn Swann | WR |
| Randy Grossman | TE |
| Jon Kolb | LT |
| Sam Davis | LG |
| Mike Webster | C |
| Larry Brown | RG |
| Ray Pinney | RT |
| L.C. Greenwood | LDE |
| Joe Greene | LDT |
| John Banaszak | RDT |
| Steve Furness | RDE |
| Jack Ham | LLB |
| Jack Lambert | MLB |
| Robin Cole | RLB |
| Ron Johnson | LCB |
| Mel Blount | RCB |
| Donnie Shell | SS |
| Mike Wagner | FS |