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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Pittsburgh Steelers at St. Louis Cardinals - September 16th, 1979
Pittsburgh Steelers 24 at St. Louis Cardinals 21
Sunday, September 16, 1979
Pittsburgh Steelers 24, St. Louis Cardinals 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (3-0-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 24 |
| St. Louis Cardinals (1-2-0) | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 21 |
Scoring
| PIT | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | STL | Ottis Anderson 12 yard rush (kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| STL | Steve Little 22 yard field goal | 0 | 9 | |
| PIT | John Stallworth 18 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 9 | |
| 2nd | STL | Theotis Brown 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 7 | 15 |
| 3rd | STL | Mike Wood 24 yard field goal | 7 | 18 |
| STL | Mike Wood 27 yard field goal | 7 | 21 | |
| 4th | PIT | Rocky Bleier 4 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 14 | 21 |
| PIT | Bennie Cunningham 5 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 21 | 21 | |
| PIT | Matt Bahr 20 yard field goal | 24 | 21 |
Team Stats
| PIT | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 25 | 12 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 42-164-1 | 31-106-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-35-242-2-2 | 12-25-132-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-8 | 3-26 |
| Net pass yards | 234 | 106 |
| Total yards | 398 | 212 |
| Fumbles-lost | 7-2 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-55 | 5-45 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 13 | 73 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 28 | ||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 14 | 31 | 206 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 6 | 80 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Bennie Cunningham | PIT | 5 | 72 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Greg Hawthorne | PIT | 9 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 2 | 37 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 13 | 29 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 7 | 28 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Mike Kruczek | PIT | 3 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Theotis Brown | STL | 14 | 69 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Jim Hart | STL | 12 | 24 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ottis Anderson | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 37 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| Mel Gray | STL | 1 | 48 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Pat Tilley | STL | 2 | 39 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Gary Parris | STL | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Dave Stief | STL | 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 | |||
| Larry Anderson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Smith | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 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 | |||
| Carl Allen | STL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Barefield | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Roy Green | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Willard Harrell | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Stone | STL | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||