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Houston Oilers 17 at Pittsburgh Steelers 31
Sunday, September 7, 1980
Houston Oilers 17, Pittsburgh Steelers 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (0-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (1-0-0) | 17 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
Scoring
| HOU | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Sidney Thornton 29 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 7 |
| PIT | Franco Harris 1 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| PIT | Matt Bahr 27 yard field goal | 0 | 17 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Toni Fritsch 31 yard field goal | 3 | 17 |
| HOU | Billy Johnson 57 yard pass from Earl Campbell (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 17 | |
| HOU | Earl Campbell 1 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 17 | 17 | |
| 4th | PIT | Terry Bradshaw 1 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 17 | 24 |
| PIT | John Stallworth 50 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 17 | 31 |
Team Stats
| HOU | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 15-60-1 | 39-119-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-44-253-1-5 | 12-24-254-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-21 | 2-17 |
| Net pass yards | 232 | 237 |
| Total yards | 292 | 356 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-92 | 6-30 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 1 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 13 | 57 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 10 |
| Ken Stabler | HOU | 24 | 43 | 196 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Johnson | HOU | 3 | 85 | 1 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Mike Barber | HOU | 7 | 53 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Rich Caster | HOU | 6 | 49 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Rob Carpenter | HOU | 4 | 39 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 12 | 24 | 254 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 5 | 125 | 1 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 12 | 48 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 29 | ||||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 3 | 52 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 20 | 46 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Jim Smith | PIT | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Randy Grossman | PIT | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Russell Davis | PIT | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Greg Hawthorne | PIT | 3 | 9 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
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 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jeff Groth | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Vernon Perry | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Carl Roaches | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Tatum | HOU | 1 | 24 | 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 | 93 | 46.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Theo Bell | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mel Blount | PIT | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Pollard | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Donnie Shell | PIT | 2 | 76 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Wagner | PIT | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||