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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Pittsburgh Steelers at Houston Oilers - December 20th, 1981
Pittsburgh Steelers 20 at Houston Oilers 21
Sunday, December 20, 1981
Pittsburgh Steelers 20, Houston Oilers 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (8-8-0) | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| Houston Oilers (7-9-0) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Scoring
| PIT | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | David Trout 40 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| HOU | Dave Casper 15 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | HOU | Dave Casper 23 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick) | 3 | 14 |
| PIT | David Trout 37 yard field goal | 6 | 14 | |
| 3rd | PIT | Sidney Thornton 17 yard rush (David Trout kick) | 13 | 14 |
| PIT | Mark Malone 2 yard rush (David Trout kick) | 20 | 14 | |
| 4th | HOU | Dave Casper 16 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick) | 20 | 21 |
Team Stats
| PIT | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-126-2 | 19-41-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-30-172-0-1 | 24-37-377-3-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-21 | 6-42 |
| Net pass yards | 151 | 335 |
| Total yards | 277 | 376 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-65 | 7-81 |
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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | |||||||||