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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos - January 7th, 1990
Pittsburgh Steelers 23 at Denver Broncos 24
Sunday, January 7, 1990
Pittsburgh Steelers 23, Denver Broncos 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (10-8-0) | 3 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| Denver Broncos (12-5-0) | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Scoring
| PIT | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Gary Anderson 32 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | PIT | Merril Hoge 7 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 10 | 0 |
| DEN | Mel Bratton 1 yard rush (David Treadwell kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| PIT | Louis Lipps 9 yard pass from Bubby Brister (Gary Anderson kick) | 17 | 7 | |
| DEN | David Treadwell 43 yard field goal | 17 | 10 | |
| 3rd | DEN | Vance Johnson 37 yard pass from John Elway (David Treadwell kick) | 17 | 17 |
| PIT | Gary Anderson 35 yard field goal | 20 | 17 | |
| 4th | PIT | Gary Anderson 32 yard field goal | 23 | 17 |
| DEN | Mel Bratton 1 yard rush (David Treadwell kick) | 23 | 24 |
Team Stats
| PIT | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-175-1 | 31-138-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-29-229-1-0 | 12-20-239-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 1-13 |
| Net pass yards | 229 | 226 |
| Total yards | 404 | 364 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-50 | 2-19 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Merril Hoge | PIT | 16 | 120 | 1 | 45 | 8 | 60 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Bubby Brister | PIT | 19 | 29 | 229 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Tim Worley | PIT | 13 | 50 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | ||||||
| Mike Mularkey | PIT | 2 | 36 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Mark Stock | PIT | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Louis Lipps | PIT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 11 | ||||||
| Weegie Thompson | PIT | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Dwight Stone | PIT | 3 | 18 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Elway | DEN | 12 | 20 | 239 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 32 | ||||
| Mark Jackson | DEN | 5 | 111 | 0 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Humphrey | DEN | 18 | 85 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Vance Johnson | DEN | 3 | 85 | 1 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Mike Young | DEN | 2 | 22 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Nattiel | DEN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Steve Sewell | DEN | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Mel Bratton | DEN | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Sammy Winder | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Thomas Everett | PIT | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||||||
| Aaron Jones | PIT | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rod Woodson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 19 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Ken Bell | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | 31 | |||||||||
| Tyrone Braxton | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Darren Carrington | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 27 | |||||||||
| Vance Johnson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Randy Robbins | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh Steelers Starting Lineup
| Bubby Brister | QB |
| Tim Worley | RB |
| Merril Hoge | FB |
| Weegie Thompson | 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 |
Denver Broncos Starting Lineup
| John Elway | QB |
| Mel Bratton | RB |
| Bobby Humphrey | RB |
| Mark Jackson | WR |
| Vance Johnson | WR |
| Orson Mobley | TE |
| Gerald Perry | LT |
| Jim Juriga | LG |
| Keith Kartz | C |
| Doug Widell | RG |
| Ken Lanier | RT |
| Alphonso Carreker | LDE |
| Greg Kragen | NT |
| Ron Holmes | RDE |
| Michael Brooks | LOLB |
| Marc Munford | LILB |
| Karl Mecklenburg | RILB |
| Simon Fletcher | ROLB |
| Tyrone Braxton | LCB |
| Wymon Henderson | RCB |
| Dennis Smith | SS |
| Steve Atwater | FS |