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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Pittsburgh Steelers at Houston Oilers - December 31st, 1989
Pittsburgh Steelers 26 at Houston Oilers 23
Sunday, December 31, 1989
Pittsburgh Steelers 26, Houston Oilers 23| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7-0) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 26 |
| Houston Oilers (9-8-0) | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 23 |
Scoring
| PIT | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Tim Worley 9 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | HOU | Tony Zendejas 26 yard field goal | 7 | 3 |
| HOU | Tony Zendejas 35 yard field goal | 7 | 6 | |
| PIT | Gary Anderson 25 yard field goal | 10 | 6 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Tony Zendejas 26 yard field goal | 10 | 9 |
| PIT | Gary Anderson 30 yard field goal | 13 | 9 | |
| 4th | PIT | Gary Anderson 48 yard field goal | 16 | 9 |
| HOU | Ernest Givins 18 yard pass from Warren Moon (Tony Zendejas kick) | 16 | 16 | |
| HOU | Ernest Givins 9 yard pass from Warren Moon (Tony Zendejas kick) | 16 | 23 | |
| PIT | Merril Hoge 2 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 23 | 23 | |
| OT | PIT | Gary Anderson 50 yard field goal | 26 | 23 |
Team Stats
| PIT | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-177-2 | 25-65-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-33-127-0-0 | 29-48-315-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-15 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 112 | 315 |
| Total yards | 289 | 380 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-40 | 8-45 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Merril Hoge | PIT | 17 | 100 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Tim Worley | PIT | 11 | 54 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Bubby Brister | PIT | 15 | 33 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Mike Mularkey | PIT | 3 | 40 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Louis Lipps | PIT | 3 | 24 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Dwight Stone | PIT | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Mark Stock | PIT | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Derek Hill | PIT | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Warren Moon | HOU | 29 | 48 | 315 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Ernest Givins | HOU | 11 | 136 | 2 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Drew Hill | HOU | 6 | 98 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Allen Pinkett | HOU | 8 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Alonzo Highsmith | HOU | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Mike Rozier | HOU | 5 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Haywood Jeffires | HOU | 3 | 16 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Curtis Duncan | HOU | 2 | 15 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Lorenzo White | HOU | 7 | 13 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Dwight Stone | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||
| Weegie Thompson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |||||||||
| Rod Woodson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Kenny Johnson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sean Jones | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bubba McDowell | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Warren Moon | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lorenzo White | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||
Pittsburgh Steelers Starting Lineup
| Bubby Brister | QB |
| Tim Worley | RB |
| Merril Hoge | FB |
| Derek Hill | WR |
| Louis Lipps | WR |
| Mike Mularkey | TE |
| John Jackson | LT |
| John Rienstra | LG |
| Dermontti Dawson | C |
| Terry Long | RG |
| Tunch Ilkin | RT |
| Keith Willis | LDE |
| Gerald Williams | NT |
| Tim Johnson | RDE |
| Bryan Hinkle | LOLB |
| David Little | LILB |
| Hardy Nickerson | RILB |
| Greg Lloyd | ROLB |
| Dwayne Woodruff | LCB |
| Rod Woodson | RCB |
| Carnell Lake | SS |
| Thomas Everett | FS |
Houston Oilers Starting Lineup
| Warren Moon | QB |
| Mike Rozier | RB |
| Alonzo Highsmith | FB |
| Ernest Givins | WR |
| Drew Hill | WR |
| Bob Mrosko | TE |
| Bruce E. Davis | LT |
| Mike Munchak | LG |
| Jay Pennison | C |
| Bruce Matthews | RG |
| Dean Steinkuhler | RT |
| William Fuller | LDE |
| Doug Smith | NT |
| Sean Jones | RDE |
| Robert Lyles | LOLB |
| John Grimsley | LILB |
| Al Smith | RILB |
| Johnny Meads | ROLB |
| Steve Brown | LCB |
| Patrick Allen | RCB |
| Bubba McDowell | SS |
| Jeff Donaldson | FS |