Sunday, October 1, 1989
Pittsburgh Steelers 23, Detroit Lions 3| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (2-2-0) | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| Detroit Lions (0-4-0) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| PIT | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Eddie Murray 37 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | PIT | Louis Lipps 48 yard pass from Bubby Brister (Gary Anderson kick) | 7 | 3 |
| PIT | Gary Anderson 20 yard field goal | 10 | 3 | |
| 3rd | PIT | Rodney Carter 1 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 4th | PIT | Ray Wallace 2 yard rush (pass failed) | 23 | 3 |
| PIT | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 38-102-2 | 10-18-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-27-267-1-0 | 19-46-235-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 7-54 | 3-13 |
| Net pass yards | 213 | 222 |
| Total yards | 315 | 240 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-71 | 7-50 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bubby Brister | PIT | 21 | 27 | 267 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Louis Lipps | PIT | 2 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 126 | 1 | 48 | ||||||
| Derek Hill | PIT | 4 | 62 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Rodney Carter | PIT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Warren Williams | PIT | 12 | 47 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Merril Hoge | PIT | 12 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Weegie Thompson | PIT | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Mike Mularkey | PIT | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Ray Wallace | PIT | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tim Worley | PIT | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Robert Clark | DET | 6 | 124 | 0 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Rodney Peete | DET | 15 | 30 | 160 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Stacey Mobley | DET | 3 | 44 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gagliano | DET | 4 | 16 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Richard Johnson | DET | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Walter Stanley | DET | 3 | 21 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Tony Paige | DET | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Barry Sanders | DET | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Lomas Brown | DET | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Jason Phillips | DET | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Larry Griffin | PIT | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Louis Lipps | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dwight Stone | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gerald Williams | PIT | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jerrol Williams | PIT | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Keith Willis | PIT | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dwayne Woodruff | PIT | 1 | 8 | 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 | |||
| Mike L. Cofer | DET | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Dallafior | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mel J. Gray | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bruce McNorton | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Spielman | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Walter Stanley | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Eric Williams | DET | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||