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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Pittsburgh Steelers at New Orleans Saints - October 4th, 1981
Pittsburgh Steelers 20 at New Orleans Saints 6
Sunday, October 4, 1981
Pittsburgh Steelers 20, New Orleans Saints 6| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (3-2-0) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| New Orleans Saints (1-4-0) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Scoring
| PIT | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Lynn Swann 16 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (David Trout kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | PIT | David Trout 25 yard field goal | 10 | 0 |
| NOR | Benny Ricardo 26 yard field goal | 10 | 3 | |
| PIT | David Trout 43 yard field goal | 13 | 3 | |
| 3rd | NOR | Benny Ricardo 33 yard field goal | 13 | 6 |
| 4th | PIT | John Stallworth 47 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (David Trout kick) | 20 | 6 |
Team Stats
| PIT | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-137-0 | 35-78-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-29-276-2-0 | 15-24-150-0-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-7 | 5-48 |
| Net pass yards | 269 | 102 |
| Total yards | 406 | 180 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-3 | 4-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-98 | 5-35 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Stallworth | PIT | 7 | 158 | 1 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 19 | 28 | 276 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 7 | 67 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Frank Pollard | PIT | 12 | 54 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 13 | 59 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Bennie Cunningham | PIT | 2 | 37 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Russell Davis | PIT | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Cliff Stoudt | PIT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Greg Hawthorne | PIT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| George Rogers | NOR | 25 | 77 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Groth | NOR | 3 | 65 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Dave Wilson | NOR | 12 | 20 | 127 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wayne Wilson | NOR | 5 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Brooks Williams | NOR | 2 | 20 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Scott | NOR | 3 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Guido Merkens | NOR | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Larry Hardy | NOR | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Jack Holmes | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Toussaint Tyler | NOR | 2 | -2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Larry Anderson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mel Blount | PIT | 2 | 58 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donnie Shell | PIT | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Smith | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| J.T. Thomas | PIT | 1 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Jeff Groth | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Rogers | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||