Houston Oilers at Pittsburgh Steelers - September 9th, 1979
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
Scoring
| Quarter | Time | Tm | Detail | HOU | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steelers | Sidney Thornton 1 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 7 | |
| 2 | Steelers | Matt Bahr 45 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| 3 | Steelers | Sidney Thornton 16 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 17 | |
| Steelers | Greg Hawthorne 8 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 24 | ||
| 4 | Steelers | Jim Smith 18 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 31 | |
| Steelers | Dirt Winston 41 yard interception return (Matt Bahr kick) | 0 | 38 | ||
| Oilers | Guido Merkens 9 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 38 |
Game Info
Expected Points Summary
Team Stats
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Gifford Nielsen | HOU | 4 | 11 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 38.6 | |||||||||
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 16 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 7 | 22 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 7 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | -10 | 0 | -10 | |||||||||
| Boobie Clark | HOU | 5 | 15 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Rob Carpenter | HOU | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | |||||||||
| Billy Johnson | HOU | 3 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 25 | |||||||||||||
| Conrad Rucker | HOU | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Guido Merkens | HOU | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Rich Caster | HOU | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mike Barber | HOU | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 12 | 29 | 198 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 43 | 59.3 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 14 | 42 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 7 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 16 | |||||||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||
| Greg Hawthorne | PIT | 3 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 10 | 5 | 95 | 0 | 43 | |||||||||||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Smith | PIT | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Randy Grossman | PIT | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Bennie Cunningham | PIT | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Defense
Kick/Punt Returns
Kicking & Punting
Steelers Starters
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