Sunday, October 4, 1987
Pittsburgh Steelers 28, Atlanta Falcons 12| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (2-1-0) | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Atlanta Falcons (1-2-0) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| PIT | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ATL | Greg Davis 27 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | PIT | Earnest Jackson 1 yard rush (David Trout kick) | 7 | 3 |
| PIT | Russell Hairston 5 yard pass from Steve Bono (David Trout kick) | 14 | 3 | |
| 3rd | ATL | Safety, Bono penalized for intentional grounding in end zone | 14 | 5 |
| 4th | PIT | Steve Bono 1 yard rush (David Trout kick) | 21 | 5 |
| PIT | Joey Clinkscales 11 yard pass from Reggie Collier (David Trout kick) | 28 | 5 | |
| ATL | Milton Barney 19 yard pass from Jeff Van Raaphorst (Greg Davis kick) | 28 | 12 |
| PIT | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 41-142-2 | 21-67-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-26-224-2-1 | 18-34-161-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-5 | 2-13 |
| Net pass yards | 219 | 148 |
| Total yards | 361 | 215 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-25 | 7-54 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Joey Clinkscales | PIT | 6 | 150 | 1 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Earnest Jackson | PIT | 29 | 104 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Steve Bono | PIT | 12 | 23 | 164 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Danzell Lee | PIT | 2 | 29 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Collier | PIT | 2 | 3 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| Rodney Carter | PIT | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Chuck Sanders | PIT | 3 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Russell Hairston | PIT | 2 | 16 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Dan Reeder | PIT | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Jim Boyle | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Michael Williams | ATL | 13 | 49 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 70 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Milton Barney | ATL | 4 | 66 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Van Raaphorst | ATL | 13 | 21 | 113 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Erik Kramer | ATL | 5 | 13 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||
| Norm Granger | ATL | 5 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| John Evans | ATL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Jerry K. Butler | ATL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Darryl Oliver | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| 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 Anderson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Spark Clark | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tommy Dawkins | PIT | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Cornell Gowdy | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Larry Griffin | PIT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Xavier Warren | PIT | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Williams | PIT | 1 | 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 | |||
| Jerry K. Butler | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charles Huff | ATL | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Buddy Moor | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Moss | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Darryl Oliver | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||