Pittsburgh Steelers at Houston Oilers - December 20th, 1981
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 20 | |
| Houston Oilers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Scoring
| Quarter | Time | Tm | Detail | PIT | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steelers | David Trout 40 yard field goal | 3 | 0 | |
| Oilers | Dave Casper 15 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick) | 3 | 7 | ||
| 2 | Oilers | Dave Casper 23 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick) | 3 | 14 | |
| Steelers | David Trout 37 yard field goal | 6 | 14 | ||
| 3 | Steelers | Sidney Thornton 17 yard rush (David Trout kick) | 13 | 14 | |
| Steelers | Mark Malone 2 yard rush (David Trout kick) | 20 | 14 | ||
| 4 | Oilers | Dave Casper 16 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick) | 20 | 21 |
Game Info
Expected Points Summary
Team Stats
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mark Malone | PIT | 13 | 30 | 172 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 30 | 48.2 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Frank Pollard | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Russell Davis | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 90 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| Jim Smith | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 23 | |||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Calvin Sweeney | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Gifford Nielsen | HOU | 24 | 37 | 377 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 44 | 103.1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Adger Armstrong | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Dave Casper | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 139 | 3 | 38 | |||||
| Mike Holston | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 128 | 0 | 44 | |||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 26 | |||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | |||||
Defense
Kick/Punt Returns
Kicking & Punting
Oilers Starters
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