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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Houston Oilers at Pittsburgh Steelers - October 2nd, 1983
Houston Oilers 10 at Pittsburgh Steelers 17
Sunday, October 2, 1983
Houston Oilers 10, Pittsburgh Steelers 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (0-5-0) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (3-2-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
Scoring
| HOU | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | PIT | Frank Pollard 1 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| HOU | Florian Kempf 34 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Earl Campbell 1 yard rush (Florian Kempf kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 4th | PIT | Walter Abercrombie 51 yard pass from Cliff Stoudt (Gary Anderson kick) | 10 | 14 |
| PIT | Gary Anderson 18 yard field goal | 10 | 17 |
Team Stats
| HOU | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-123-1 | 38-137-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-28-155-0-3 | 5-12-108-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-8 | 3-20 |
| Net pass yards | 147 | 88 |
| Total yards | 270 | 225 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 3-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-63 | 6-39 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Gifford Nielsen | HOU | 13 | 28 | 155 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 26 | 69 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Tim Smith | HOU | 5 | 57 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Chris Dressel | HOU | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Larry Moriarty | HOU | 8 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Walt Arnold | HOU | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Mike McCloskey | HOU | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Herkie Walls | HOU | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Stan Edwards | HOU | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| John James | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Donnie Craft | HOU | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Walter Abercrombie | PIT | 10 | 49 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 51 | ||||||
| Cliff Stoudt | PIT | 5 | 12 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 16 | 51 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 2 | 35 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Frank Pollard | PIT | 8 | 23 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Calvin Sweeney | PIT | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Robert Brazile | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Brown | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Carter Hartwig | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Carl Roaches | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Stensrud | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Herkie Walls | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 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 | |||
| Mel Blount | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Lambert | PIT | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Henry Odom | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Donnie Shell | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Skansi | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rick Woods | PIT | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||