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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers - October 22nd, 1979
Denver Broncos 7 at Pittsburgh Steelers 42
Monday, October 22, 1979
Denver Broncos 7, Pittsburgh Steelers 42| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (5-3-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (6-2-0) | 7 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 42 |
Scoring
| DEN | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Lynn Swann 11 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 7 |
| DEN | Haven Moses 64 yard pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | PIT | Franco Harris 2 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 14 |
| PIT | Franco Harris 4 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 21 | |
| PIT | Sidney Thornton 1 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 28 | |
| 4th | PIT | Sidney Thornton 17 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 35 |
| PIT | Anthony Anderson 10 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 42 |
Team Stats
| DEN | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 27 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 17-53-0 | 42-236-4 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-36-305-1-2 | 21-27-294-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-29 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 276 | 294 |
| Total yards | 329 | 530 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-68 | 5-26 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Haven Moses | DEN | 5 | 133 | 1 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Craig Morton | DEN | 16 | 31 | 261 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 6 | 94 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Jon Keyworth | DEN | 4 | 29 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Rob Lytle | DEN | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Otis Armstrong | DEN | 4 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Craig Penrose | DEN | 2 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 29 | ||||||||
| Larry Canada | DEN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Jim D. Jensen | DEN | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Zachary Dixon | DEN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Franco Harris | PIT | 17 | 121 | 2 | 56 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 18 | 24 | 267 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 2 | 76 | 1 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 9 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 17 | ||||||
| Jim Smith | PIT | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Randy Grossman | PIT | 1 | 54 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Greg Hawthorne | PIT | 3 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Anthony Anderson | PIT | 5 | 34 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 3 | 18 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 4 | 18 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Mike Kruczek | PIT | 3 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||
| Rick Moser | PIT | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
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 Canada | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Chris Pane | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Swenson | DEN | 1 | 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 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Theo Bell | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jack Lambert | PIT | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donnie Shell | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||