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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers - September 27th, 1981
New England Patriots 21 at Pittsburgh Steelers 27
Sunday, September 27, 1981
New England Patriots 21, Pittsburgh Steelers 27 (OT)| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (0-4-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (2-2-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
Scoring
| NWE | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Franco Harris 1 yard rush (David Trout kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | PIT | Bennie Cunningham 1 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (David Trout kick) | 0 | 14 |
| NWE | Matt Cavanaugh 1 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| 3rd | PIT | Franco Harris 1 yard rush (David Trout kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4th | NWE | Tony Collins 10 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 14 | 21 |
| NWE | Stanley Morgan 12 yard pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick) | 21 | 21 | |
| OT | PIT | Lynn Swann 24 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw | 21 | 27 |
Team Stats
| NWE | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 27 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-115-2 | 45-251-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 23-43-334-1-1 | 15-30-247-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-11 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 323 | 247 |
| Total yards | 438 | 498 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 11-105 | 6-55 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Matt Cavanaugh | NWE | 22 | 42 | 325 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 5 | 126 | 0 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Tony Collins | NWE | 16 | 55 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 5 | 87 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 14 |
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 6 | 24 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Don Hasselbeck | NWE | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 15 | 30 | 247 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Bennie Cunningham | PIT | 8 | 94 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Frank Pollard | PIT | 13 | 75 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 3 | 68 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Russell Davis | PIT | 10 | 64 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 3 | 63 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 17 | 63 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Jim Smith | PIT | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Tony Collins | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 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 | 89 | 22.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Smith | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Anthony Washington | PIT | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||