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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Miami Dolphins at Pittsburgh Steelers - December 30th, 1979
Miami Dolphins 14 at Pittsburgh Steelers 34
Sunday, December 30, 1979
Miami Dolphins 14, Pittsburgh Steelers 34| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins (10-7-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (13-4-0) | 20 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
Scoring
| MIA | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Sidney Thornton 1 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 7 |
| PIT | John Stallworth 17 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (kick failed) | 0 | 13 | |
| PIT | Lynn Swann 20 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 20 | |
| 3rd | MIA | Duriel Harris 7 yard pass from Bob Griese (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 7 | 20 |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier 1 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 27 | |
| 4th | PIT | Franco Harris 5 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 34 |
| MIA | Larry Csonka 1 yard rush (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 14 | 34 |
Team Stats
| MIA | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 27 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-25-1 | 40-159-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 22-40-243-1-2 | 21-31-230-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-19 | 1-10 |
| Net pass yards | 224 | 220 |
| Total yards | 249 | 379 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-35 | 8-41 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Nat Moore | MIA | 5 | 93 | 0 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Don Strock | MIA | 8 | 14 | 125 | 0 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||
| Duriel Harris | MIA | 3 | 61 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Bob Griese | MIA | 14 | 26 | 118 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Gary Davis | MIA | 2 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Delvin Williams | MIA | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Tony Nathan | MIA | 3 | 27 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Larry Csonka | MIA | 10 | 20 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Hardy | MIA | 2 | 12 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Bob Torrey | MIA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| George Roberts | MIA | 1 | -9 | 0 | -9 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 21 | 31 | 230 | 2 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 21 | 83 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 6 | 86 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 12 | 52 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Jim Smith | PIT | 4 | 41 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 3 | 37 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Greg Hawthorne | PIT | 2 | 15 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 4 | 13 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Anderson | PIT | 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 | |||
| Don Bessillieu | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Davis | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| Larry Gordon | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Nathan | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| 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 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 26 | |||||||||
| Theo Bell | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 13 | |||||||||
| Greg Hawthorne | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | |||||||||
| Dirt Winston | PIT | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Dwayne Woodruff | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Miami Dolphins Starting Lineup
| Bob Griese | QB |
| Delvin Williams | RB |
| Larry Csonka | FB |
| Duriel Harris | WR |
| Nat Moore | WR |
| Bruce Hardy | TE |
| Bob Kuechenberg | LT |
| Ed Newman | LG |
| Mark Dennard | C |
| Larry Little | RG |
| Mike Current | RT |
| Vern Den Herder | LDE |
| Bob Baumhower | NT |
| Kim Bokamper | LOLB |
| Steve Towle | LILB |
| Rusty Chambers | RILB |
| Larry Gordon | ROLB |
| A.J. Duhe | LB |
| Norris Thomas | LCB |
| Gerald Small | RCB |
| Tim Foley | SS |
| Neal Colzie | FS |
Pittsburgh Steelers Starting Lineup
| Terry Bradshaw | QB |
| Sidney Thornton | RB |
| Franco Harris | FB |
| John Stallworth | WR |
| Lynn Swann | WR |
| Bennie Cunningham | TE |
| Ted Petersen | LT |
| Sam Davis | LG |
| Mike Webster | C |
| Steve Courson | RG |
| Larry Brown | RT |
| L.C. Greenwood | LDE |
| Joe Greene | LDT |
| Gary Dunn | RDT |
| John Banaszak | RDE |
| Dirt Winston | LLB |
| Jack Lambert | MLB |
| Robin Cole | RLB |
| Ron Johnson | LCB |
| Mel Blount | RCB |
| Donnie Shell | SS |
| J.T. Thomas | FS |