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Pittsburgh Steelers 40 at Houston Oilers 28

Sunday, September 18, 1983

Pittsburgh Steelers 40, Houston Oilers 28

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Pittsburgh Steelers (2-1-0)66141440
Houston Oilers (0-3-0)7002128

Scoring

PITHOU
1stPITGary Anderson 49 yard field goal30
HOUCarl Roaches 97 yard kickoff return (Florian Kempf kick)37
PITGary Anderson 35 yard field goal67
2ndPITGary Anderson 20 yard field goal97
PITGary Anderson 22 yard field goal127
3rdPITFranco Harris 6 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick)197
PITWalter Abercrombie 30 yard pass from Cliff Stoudt (Gary Anderson kick)267
4thPITBryan Hinkle 14 yard interception return (Gary Anderson kick)337
HOULarry Moriarty 1 yard rush (Florian Kempf kick)3314
HOUEarl Campbell 1 yard rush (Florian Kempf kick)3321
PITWalter Abercrombie 50 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick)4021
HOUHerkie Walls 28 yard pass from Archie Manning (Florian Kempf kick)4028

Team Stats

PITHOU
First downs2516
Rush-yards-TDs49-275-218-57-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT16-27-197-1-116-35-300-1-4
Sacked-yards2-216-46
Net pass yards176254
Total yards451311
Fumbles-lost4-22-1
Turnovers35
Penalties-yards5-353-34

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Cliff Stoudt PIT 16 27 197 1 1 30 7 43 0 0
Franco Harris PIT 26 115 1 11
Walter Abercrombie PIT 5 56 1 50 1 30 1 30
Bennie Cunningham PIT 5 53 0 13
Greg Hawthorne PIT 1 2 0 2 3 46 0 27
Frank Pollard PIT 7 40 0 18 2 6 0 9
John Stallworth PIT 3 31 0 13
Calvin Sweeney PIT 2 31 0 16
Tim A. Harris PIT 2 15 0 10
Henry Odom PIT 1 4 0 4
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Archie Manning HOU 16 35 300 1 4 46 1 2 0 2
Herkie Walls HOU 3 94 1 46
Tim Smith HOU 4 81 0 36
Earl Campbell HOU 13 40 1 12 1 16 0 16
Dave Casper HOU 4 50 0 17
Mike Holston HOU 2 24 0 19
Stan Edwards HOU 1 20 0 20
Steve Bryant HOU 1 15 0 15
Larry Moriarty HOU 4 15 1 8

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
Keith Gary PIT 2.0 0 0 0 0
John Goodman PIT 1.0 0 0 0 0
Tim A. Harris PIT 0 0 0 0 1 8 8.0 0 0 3 12 4.0 0 0
Bryan Hinkle PIT 1 14 1 0
Ron Johnson PIT 1 16 0 0
Bob Kohrs PIT 0 0 0 0 1 6 6.0 0 0
Henry Odom PIT 0 0 0 0 2 37 18.5 0 0
Gabe Rivera PIT 1.0 0 0 0 0
Donnie Shell PIT 1 0 0 0
Sam Washington PIT 1 25 0 0
Keith Willis PIT 2.0 0 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
Keith Bostic HOU 1.0 0 0 0 0
Robert Brazile HOU 1.0 0 0 0 0
Steve Brown HOU 0 0 0 0 3 64 21.3 0 0
Bill Kay HOU 1 27 0 0
Larry Moriarty HOU 0 0 0 0 1 16 16.0 0 0
Carl Roaches HOU 0 0 0 0 3 151 50.3 1 0 1 3 3.0 0 0