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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Houston Oilers at Pittsburgh Steelers - January 6th, 1980
Houston Oilers 13 at Pittsburgh Steelers 27
Sunday, January 6, 1980
Houston Oilers 13, Pittsburgh Steelers 27| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (13-6-0) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (14-4-0) | 3 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
Scoring
| HOU | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | HOU | Vernon Perry 75 yard interception return (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Matt Bahr 21 yard field goal | 7 | 3 | |
| 2nd | HOU | Toni Fritsch 21 yard field goal | 10 | 3 |
| PIT | Bennie Cunningham 16 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 10 | 10 | |
| PIT | John Stallworth 20 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 10 | 17 | |
| 4th | HOU | Toni Fritsch 23 yard field goal | 13 | 17 |
| PIT | Matt Bahr 39 yard field goal | 13 | 20 | |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier 4 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 13 | 27 |
Team Stats
| HOU | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-24-0 | 36-161-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-29-212-0-1 | 18-30-219-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-9 | 3-22 |
| Net pass yards | 203 | 197 |
| Total yards | 227 | 358 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-2 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-10 | 5-34 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 19 | 28 | 203 | 0 | 1 | 41 | ||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 4 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 60 | 0 | 41 | ||||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 3 | 52 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 2 | 46 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 17 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Rob Carpenter | HOU | 5 | 23 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Guido Merkens | HOU | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Mike Barber | HOU | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Gifford Nielsen | HOU | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||
| Rich Caster | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Franco Harris | PIT | 21 | 85 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 18 | 30 | 219 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 13 | 52 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 4 | 64 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 3 | 52 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Bennie Cunningham | PIT | 2 | 14 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Rob Carpenter | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| David Carter | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rich Ellender | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Carter Hartwig | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | |||||||||
| Vernon Perry | HOU | 1 | 75 | 1 | 75 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 0 | 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 | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 0 | 23 | |||||||||
| Theo Bell | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| Mel Blount | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dwayne Woodruff | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Houston Oilers Starting Lineup
| Dan Pastorini | QB |
| Earl Campbell | RB |
| Tim Wilson | FB |
| Ken Burrough | WR |
| Rich Caster | WR |
| Mike Barber | TE |
| Leon Gray | LT |
| Conway Hayman | LG |
| Carl Mauck | C |
| Ed Fisher | RG |
| David Carter | RT |
| Andy Dorris | LDE |
| Curley Culp | NT |
| Elvin Bethea | RDE |
| Ted Washington | LOLB |
| Gregg Bingham | LILB |
| Art Stringer | RILB |
| Robert Brazile | ROLB |
| J.C. Wilson | LCB |
| Greg Stemrick | RCB |
| Vernon Perry | SS |
| Mike Reinfeldt | FS |
Pittsburgh Steelers Starting Lineup
| Terry Bradshaw | QB |
| Rocky Bleier | 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 |
| Robin Cole | LLB |
| Jack Lambert | MLB |
| Dirt Winston | RLB |
| Ron Johnson | LCB |
| Mel Blount | RCB |
| Donnie Shell | SS |
| J.T. Thomas | FS |