Sunday, October 7, 1979
Pittsburgh Steelers 51, Cleveland Browns 35| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (5-1-0) | 21 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 51 |
| Cleveland Browns (4-2-0) | 0 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| PIT | CLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Bennie Cunningham 7 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Sidney Thornton 10 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| PIT | Franco Harris 71 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 21 | 0 | |
| 2nd | PIT | Jim Smith 14 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (kick failed) | 27 | 0 |
| CLE | Reggie Rucker 32 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 27 | 7 | |
| CLE | Ozzie Newsome 18 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 27 | 14 | |
| PIT | Matt Bahr 42 yard field goal | 30 | 14 | |
| 3rd | PIT | Franco Harris 25 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 37 | 14 |
| CLE | Calvin Hill 14 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 37 | 21 | |
| 4th | PIT | Rocky Bleier 70 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 44 | 21 |
| CLE | Dave Logan 30 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 44 | 28 | |
| CLE | Dave Logan 13 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 44 | 35 | |
| PIT | Sidney Thornton 1 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 51 | 35 |
| PIT | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 45-361-4 | 24-93-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-21-161-3-0 | 23-42-365-5-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 161 | 365 |
| Total yards | 522 | 458 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 4-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-84 | 1-3 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Franco Harris | PIT | 19 | 153 | 2 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 18 | 98 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 4 | 96 | 0 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 4 | 81 | 1 | 70 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 12 | 21 | 161 | 3 | 0 | 37 | ||||||||
| Bennie Cunningham | PIT | 4 | 29 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Greg Hawthorne | PIT | 4 | 29 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Jim Smith | PIT | 2 | 17 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Brian Sipe | CLE | 22 | 41 | 351 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Pruitt | CLE | 15 | 73 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Ozzie Newsome | CLE | 6 | 97 | 1 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Dave Logan | CLE | 5 | 91 | 2 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Calvin Hill | CLE | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 68 | 1 | 31 | ||||||
| Reggie Rucker | CLE | 2 | 56 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Feacher | CLE | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Dino Hall | CLE | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Evans | CLE | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||
| Willis Adams | CLE | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Cleo Miller | CLE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Theo Bell | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Greg Hawthorne | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Donnie Shell | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Wagner | PIT | 2 | 12 | 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 | |||
| Dino Hall | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 172 | 19.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||