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Pittsburgh Steelers 51 at Cleveland Browns 35

Sunday, October 7, 1979

Pittsburgh Steelers 51, Cleveland Browns 35

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Pittsburgh Steelers (5-1-0)21971451
Cleveland Browns (4-2-0)01471435

Scoring

PITCLE
1stPITBennie Cunningham 7 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick)70
PITSidney Thornton 10 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick)140
PITFranco Harris 71 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick)210
2ndPITJim Smith 14 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (kick failed)270
CLEReggie Rucker 32 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick)277
CLEOzzie Newsome 18 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick)2714
PITMatt Bahr 42 yard field goal3014
3rdPITFranco Harris 25 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick)3714
CLECalvin Hill 14 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick)3721
4thPITRocky Bleier 70 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick)4421
CLEDave Logan 30 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick)4428
CLEDave Logan 13 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick)4435
PITSidney Thornton 1 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick)5135

Team Stats

PITCLE
First downs2124
Rush-yards-TDs45-361-424-93-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT12-21-161-3-023-42-365-5-3
Sacked-yards0-00-0
Net pass yards161365
Total yards522458
Fumbles-lost2-14-2
Turnovers15
Penalties-yards9-841-3

Rushing & Receiving

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

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
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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Dino Hall CLE 0 0 0 0 9 172 19.1 0 0 2 58 29.0 0 0