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Houston Oilers 7 at Pittsburgh Steelers 38
Sunday, September 9, 1979
Houston Oilers 7, Pittsburgh Steelers 38| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (1-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (2-0-0) | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
Scoring
| HOU | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Sidney Thornton 1 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | PIT | Matt Bahr 45 yard field goal | 0 | 10 |
| 3rd | PIT | Sidney Thornton 16 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 17 |
| PIT | Greg Hawthorne 8 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 24 | |
| 4th | PIT | Jim Smith 18 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 31 |
| PIT | Dirt Winston 41 yard interception return (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 38 | |
| HOU | Guido Merkens 9 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 38 |
Team Stats
| HOU | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 12 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-102-0 | 29-82-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-27-57-1-5 | 12-29-198-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-35 | 3-24 |
| Net pass yards | 22 | 174 |
| Total yards | 124 | 256 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-1 | 5-0 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-64 | 8-74 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 16 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | HOU | 2 | 32 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 7 | 22 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Gifford Nielsen | HOU | 4 | 11 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||
| Boobie Clark | HOU | 5 | 15 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Conrad Rucker | HOU | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 7 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 1 | -10 | 0 | -10 | ||||||
| Guido Merkens | HOU | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 25 | ||||||||
| Rob Carpenter | HOU | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 12 | 29 | 198 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 5 | 95 | 0 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 14 | 42 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 7 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 16 | ||||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Jim Smith | PIT | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Greg Hawthorne | PIT | 3 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Randy Grossman | PIT | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Billy Johnson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Guido Merkens | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Reinfeldt | HOU | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Art Stringer | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 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 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Banaszak | PIT | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robin Cole | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jack Lambert | PIT | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Smith | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Wagner | PIT | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dirt Winston | PIT | 1 | 41 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||