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Pittsburgh Steelers 20 at Houston Oilers 21

Sunday, December 20, 1981

Pittsburgh Steelers 20, Houston Oilers 21

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Pittsburgh Steelers (8-8-0)3314020
Houston Oilers (7-9-0)770721

Scoring

PITHOU
1stPITDavid Trout 40 yard field goal30
HOUDave Casper 15 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick)37
2ndHOUDave Casper 23 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick)314
PITDavid Trout 37 yard field goal614
3rdPITSidney Thornton 17 yard rush (David Trout kick)1314
PITMark Malone 2 yard rush (David Trout kick)2014
4thHOUDave Casper 16 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick)2021

Team Stats

PITHOU
First downs1718
Rush-yards-TDs36-126-219-41-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT13-30-172-0-124-37-377-3-2
Sacked-yards3-216-42
Net pass yards151335
Total yards277376
Fumbles-lost1-12-0
Turnovers22
Penalties-yards7-657-81

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Mark Malone PIT 13 30 172 0 1 30 6 19 1 0
John Stallworth PIT 6 90 0 30
Jim Smith PIT 3 50 0 23
Franco Harris PIT 17 36 0 5 2 12 0 8
Sidney Thornton PIT 4 39 1 17
Frank Pollard PIT 8 28 0 13 1 8 0 8
Lynn Swann PIT 1 12 0 12
Russell Davis PIT 1 4 0 4
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Gifford Nielsen HOU 24 37 377 3 2 44 3 4 0 4
Dave Casper HOU 6 139 3 38
Mike Holston HOU 5 128 0 44
Ken Burrough HOU 3 48 0 26
Adger Armstrong HOU 3 13 0 10 5 30 0 8
Earl Campbell HOU 13 24 0 11 4 18 0 6
Ronnie Coleman HOU 1 14 0 14

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Larry Anderson PIT 0 0 0 0 2 43 21.5 0 0 2 34 17.0 0 0
Robin Cole PIT 1 29 0 0
Rick Moser PIT 0 0 0 0 2 55 27.5 0 0
J.T. Thomas PIT 1 16 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Carter Hartwig HOU 1 11 0 0
Carl Roaches HOU 0 0 0 0 2 77 38.5 0 0 5 62 12.4 0 0
Willie Tullis HOU 0 0 0 0 2 43 21.5 0 0