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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

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

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

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD
Gifford Nielsen HOU 24 37 377 3 2
Dave Casper HOU 6 139 3
Mike Holston HOU 5 128 0