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New England Patriots 14 at Pittsburgh Steelers 37

Sunday, December 26, 1982

New England Patriots 14, Pittsburgh Steelers 37

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New England Patriots (4-4-0)007714
Pittsburgh Steelers (5-3-0)101001737

Scoring

NWEPIT
1stPITGary Anderson 21 yard field goal03
PITFrank Pollard 1 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick)010
2ndPITJohn Stallworth 9 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Gary Anderson kick)017
PITGary Anderson 25 yard field goal020
3rdNWELin Dawson 23 yard pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick)720
4thPITGary Anderson 44 yard field goal723
NWEStanley Morgan 75 yard pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick)1423
PITGreg Hawthorne 46 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Gary Anderson kick)1430
PITWalter Abercrombie 1 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick)1437

Team Stats

NWEPIT
First downs1428
Rush-yards-TDs15-48-052-212-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT18-40-301-2-117-27-282-2-0
Sacked-yards1-180-0
Net pass yards283282
Total yards331494
Fumbles-lost1-03-2
Turnovers12
Penalties-yards8-623-20

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Stanley Morgan NWE 4 127 1 75
Matt Cavanaugh NWE 11 16 227 2 1 75
Tony Collins NWE 12 32 0 8 4 41 0 21
Don Hasselbeck NWE 5 57 0 24
Steve Grogan NWE 7 19 74 0 0 21 1 10 0 10
Lin Dawson NWE 3 41 1 23
Preston Brown NWE 2 35 0 20
Mosi Tatupu NWE 2 6 0 5
Tom Flick NWE 0 5 0 0 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Terry Bradshaw PIT 17 27 282 2 0 36 2 2 0 2
Franco Harris PIT 23 101 0 10 2 25 0 20
Greg Hawthorne PIT 2 12 0 7 2 59 1 46
Bennie Cunningham PIT 3 62 0 26
Frank Pollard PIT 11 52 1 18 1 8 0 8
Jim Smith PIT 2 48 0 24
Lynn Swann PIT 3 40 0 14
John Stallworth PIT 1 9 0 9 3 26 1 11
Walter Abercrombie PIT 7 13 1 5 1 14 0 14
Russell Davis PIT 6 23 0 6

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
Ricky Smith NWE 0 0 0 0 6 138 23.0 0 0 1 9 9.0 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
Walter Abercrombie PIT 0 0 0 0 3 95 31.7 0 0
John Goodman PIT 1.0 0 0 0 0
Willie Sydnor PIT 0 0 0 0 8 86 10.8 0 0
Loren Toews PIT 1 20 0 0