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Pittsburgh Steelers 16 at New England Patriots 13

Monday, September 3, 1979

Pittsburgh Steelers 16, New England Patriots 13 (OT)

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Pittsburgh Steelers (1-0-0)0607316
New England Patriots (0-1-0)7600013

Scoring

PITNWE
1stNWERuss Francis 4 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick)07
2ndPITSidney Thornton 2 yard rush (kick failed)67
NWEJohn Smith 31 yard field goal610
NWEJohn Smith 32 yard field goal613
4thPITSidney Thornton 21 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick)1313
OTPITMatt Bahr 41 yard field goal1613

Team Stats

PITNWE
First downs2016
Rush-yards-TDs38-118-137-162-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT15-29-221-1-011-33-123-1-2
Sacked-yards4-305-41
Net pass yards19182
Total yards309244
Fumbles-lost2-21-0
Turnovers22
Penalties-yards6-507-58

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Terry Bradshaw PIT 15 26 221 1 0 33
John Stallworth PIT 5 95 0 33
Franco Harris PIT 26 74 0 11 3 14 0 8
Sidney Thornton PIT 12 44 1 17 3 41 1 21
Bennie Cunningham PIT 2 40 0 24
Lynn Swann PIT 1 19 0 19
Randy Grossman PIT 1 12 0 12
Mike Kruczek PIT 0 3 0 0 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Steve Grogan NWE 11 33 123 1 2 33 4 38 0 13
Sam Cunningham NWE 17 62 0 12 2 9 0 6
Andy Johnson NWE 12 42 0 15 2 19 0 11
Russ Francis NWE 5 53 1 22
Stanley Morgan NWE 1 33 0 33
Horace Ivory NWE 4 20 0 9
Harold Jackson NWE 1 9 0 9

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
Anthony Anderson PIT 0 0 0 0 1 13 13.0 0 0
Larry Anderson PIT 0 0 0 0 3 85 28.3 0 0
Jack Lambert PIT 1 4 0 0
Lynn Swann PIT 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
Dwayne Woodruff PIT 1 31 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
Allan Clark NWE 0 0 0 0 3 64 21.3 0 0
Mike Haynes NWE 0 0 0 0 1 4 4.0 0 0
Stanley Morgan NWE 0 0 0 0 1 3 3.0 0 0
Rick Sanford NWE 0 0 0 0 1 17 17.0 0 0