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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Kansas City Chiefs at Pittsburgh Steelers - September 6th, 1981
Kansas City Chiefs 37 at Pittsburgh Steelers 33
Sunday, September 6, 1981
Kansas City Chiefs 37, Pittsburgh Steelers 33| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs (1-0-0) | 10 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 37 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (0-1-0) | 6 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
Scoring
| KAN | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Lynn Swann 18 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| KAN | Henry Marshall 48 yard pass from Bill Kenney (Nick Lowery kick) | 7 | 6 | |
| KAN | Nick Lowery 35 yard field goal | 10 | 6 | |
| 2nd | PIT | Franco Harris 7 yard rush (kick failed) | 10 | 12 |
| PIT | Franco Harris 1 yard rush (David Trout kick) | 10 | 19 | |
| KAN | Nick Lowery 40 yard field goal | 13 | 19 | |
| 3rd | KAN | Carlos Carson 53 yard pass from Bill Kenney (Nick Lowery kick) | 20 | 19 |
| PIT | Greg Hawthorne 1 yard rush (David Trout kick) | 20 | 26 | |
| KAN | Nick Lowery 42 yard field goal | 23 | 26 | |
| 4th | KAN | Ted McKnight 3 yard rush (Nick Lowery kick) | 30 | 26 |
| PIT | Jim Smith 41 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (David Trout kick) | 30 | 33 | |
| KAN | Tom Howard 65 yard fumble return (Nick Lowery kick) | 37 | 33 |
Team Stats
| KAN | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 29 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 40-139-1 | 34-89-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-26-242-2-1 | 21-36-319-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-28 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 214 | 319 |
| Total yards | 353 | 408 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 8-5 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 7 |
| Penalties-yards | 11-89 | 2-15 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bill Kenney | KAN | 14 | 26 | 242 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 2 | -8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Henry Marshall | KAN | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 89 | 1 | 48 | ||||||
| Ted McKnight | KAN | 17 | 59 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| James Hadnot | KAN | 8 | 42 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Carlos Carson | KAN | 1 | 53 | 1 | 53 | ||||||||||
| J.T. Smith | KAN | 3 | 53 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Joe Delaney | KAN | 9 | 43 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Billy Jackson | KAN | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Mike A. Williams | KAN | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | 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 | 21 | 36 | 319 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 6 | 107 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 19 | 70 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Jim Smith | PIT | 4 | 84 | 1 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Bennie Cunningham | PIT | 4 | 52 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 2 | 35 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Greg Hawthorne | PIT | 7 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 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 | |||
| Gary Barbaro | KAN | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Carlos Carson | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Eric Harris | KAN | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| J.T. Smith | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike A. Williams | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 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 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Johnnie Dirden | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Smith | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dwayne Woodruff | PIT | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||