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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Pittsburgh Steelers at Houston Oilers - December 10th, 1979
Pittsburgh Steelers 17 at Houston Oilers 20
Monday, December 10, 1979
Pittsburgh Steelers 17, Houston Oilers 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (11-4-0) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| Houston Oilers (11-4-0) | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
Scoring
| PIT | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | HOU | Ken Burrough 25 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3rd | PIT | Matt Bahr 37 yard field goal | 3 | 7 |
| HOU | Toni Fritsch 24 yard field goal | 3 | 10 | |
| 4th | HOU | Toni Fritsch 34 yard field goal | 3 | 13 |
| PIT | Lynn Swann 9 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 10 | 13 | |
| HOU | Rob Carpenter 4 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 20 | |
| PIT | John Stallworth 34 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 17 | 20 |
Team Stats
| PIT | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-120-1 | 54-190-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-29-237-1-2 | 10-17-170-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-19 | 1-10 |
| Net pass yards | 218 | 160 |
| Total yards | 338 | 350 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-79 | 4-28 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 14 | 29 | 237 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 12 | 59 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Bennie Cunningham | PIT | 2 | 67 | 0 | 41 | ||||||||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 3 | 64 | 1 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 8 | 32 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Randy Grossman | PIT | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 33 | 109 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 10 | 16 | 170 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 3 | 48 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 10 | 47 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Rob Carpenter | HOU | 7 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Rich Caster | HOU | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Mike Barber | HOU | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Boobie Clark | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gifford Nielsen | HOU | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
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 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Theo Bell | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Greg Hawthorne | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 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 | |||
| Robert Brazile | HOU | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rich Ellender | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Carter Hartwig | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Art Stringer | HOU | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||