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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Houston Oilers at Pittsburgh Steelers - January 7th, 1979
Houston Oilers 5 at Pittsburgh Steelers 34
Sunday, January 7, 1979
Houston Oilers 5, Pittsburgh Steelers 34| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (12-7-0) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (16-2-0) | 14 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 34 |
Scoring
| HOU | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Franco Harris 7 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 7 |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier 15 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd | HOU | Toni Fritsch 19 yard field goal | 3 | 14 |
| PIT | Lynn Swann 29 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 3 | 21 | |
| PIT | John Stallworth 17 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 3 | 28 | |
| PIT | Roy Gerela 37 yard field goal | 3 | 31 | |
| 3rd | PIT | Roy Gerela 22 yard field goal | 3 | 34 |
| HOU | Safety, Washington tackled Bleier in end zone | 5 | 34 |
Team Stats
| HOU | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 10 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-72-0 | 47-179-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-26-96-0-5 | 11-19-200-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-26 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 70 | 200 |
| Total yards | 142 | 379 |
| Fumbles-lost | 6-4 | 6-3 |
| Turnovers | 9 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-48 | 4-32 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 22 | 62 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 12 | 26 | 96 | 0 | 5 | 21 | ||||||||
| Rich Caster | HOU | 5 | 44 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Robert Woods | HOU | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 11 | 19 | 200 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 4 | 98 | 1 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 10 | 45 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 20 | 51 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Randy Grossman | PIT | 2 | 43 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Jack Deloplaine | PIT | 3 | 28 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 3 | 22 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 1 | 17 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Rick Moser | PIT | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Mike Kruczek | PIT | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Willie Alexander | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Brazile | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Johnnie Dirden | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | 33 | |||||||||
| Brian Duncan | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | |||||||||
| Ken Kennard | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Guido Merkens | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 35 | |||||||||
| Mike Reinfeldt | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Greg Stemrick | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Woods | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 20 | |||||||||
| 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 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| Theo Bell | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Mel Blount | PIT | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Deloplaine | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | |||||||||
| Steve Furness | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Ham | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Johnson | PIT | 1 | 34 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||||||
| Rick Moser | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerry Mullins | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donnie Shell | PIT | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Loren Toews | PIT | 1 | 35 | 0 | 35 | ||||||||||||||
Houston Oilers Starting Lineup
| Dan Pastorini | QB |
| Earl Campbell | RB |
| Tim Wilson | FB |
| Ken Burrough | WR |
| Rich Caster | WR |
| Mike Barber | TE |
| Greg Sampson | LT |
| George Reihner | LG |
| Carl Mauck | C |
| Ed Fisher | RG |
| Conway Hayman | RT |
| Jim Young | LDE |
| Curley Culp | NT |
| Elvin Bethea | RDE |
| Ted Washington | LOLB |
| Steve Kiner | LILB |
| Gregg Bingham | RILB |
| Robert Brazile | ROLB |
| Willie Alexander | LCB |
| Greg Stemrick | RCB |
| Bill Currier | SS |
| Mike Reinfeldt | 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 |
| Ray Pinney | RG |
| Larry Brown | RT |
| L.C. Greenwood | LDE |
| Joe Greene | LDT |
| Steve Furness | RDT |
| John Banaszak | RDE |
| Jack Ham | LLB |
| Jack Lambert | MLB |
| Robin Cole | RLB |
| Ron Johnson | LCB |
| Mel Blount | RCB |
| Donnie Shell | SS |
| Mike Wagner | FS |