PIT 21 @ DEN 17 - 1978 NFL

1978 Week 16

Pittsburgh SteelersPIT

21-17

Denver BroncosDEN

Sat, December 16, 1978 · 4:00PM · Mile High Stadium

Surface: grassLine: Denver Broncos -1.5

PIT: Chuck Noll · DEN: Red Miller

PIT

Team Stats

DEN

1st Downs

38-116

Rushing

26-74

13-19-160

Passing

15-26-274

260

Total Yards

300

Scoring

1st Quarter

Franco Harris 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)

2nd Quarter

John Stallworth 25 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)

14-

Jim Smith 10 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
PIT
Passing
Terry Bradshaw	10/14	131	2	0	1	140.2
Mike Kruczek	3/5	29	0	2	1	36.7
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Mike Kruczek	3	12	0	8	0
Rick Moser	10	34	0	9	0
Sidney Thornton	5	32	0	27	0
Franco Harris	12	21	1	6	0
Rocky Bleier	6	11	0	4	0
Jack Deloplaine	2	6	0	3	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Rick Moser	2	1	-1	0	-1
Sidney Thornton	1	1	9	0	9
Franco Harris	1	1	7	0	7
Rocky Bleier	2	2	9	0	6
John Stallworth	5	4	79	1	25
Jim Smith	3	2	31	1	21
Randy Grossman	1	1	21	0	21
Lynn Swann	2	1	5	0	5
Jim Mandich	1
DEN
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Norris Weese	12/17	228	2	0	3	152.2
Craig Morton	3/9	46	0	1	3	11.6
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Norris Weese	2	7	0	5	0
Dave Preston	5	36	0	10	0
Jon Keyworth	7	14	0	4	0
Lonnie Perrin	3	9	0	5	0
Otis Armstrong	2	6	0	6	0
Rob Lytle	5	2	0	4	0
Larry Canada	2	0	0	2	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Dave Preston	3	3	40	0	21
Jon Keyworth	1	1	10	0	10
Lonnie Perrin	1
Otis Armstrong	1
Larry Canada	2	1	9	0	9
Haven Moses	8	5	116	1	30
Riley Odoms	5	4	83	1	30
Jack Dolbin	1	1	16	0	16
Bob Moore	1
Vince Kinney	1

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
PIT
Tony Dungy			0	1			0	1
Donnie Shell			0				1
Dirt Winston			0					1
DEN
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Tom Jackson			0	1			0	0
Louis Wright			0	1			0	1
Bob Moore			0				1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
PIT
Roy Gerela	3/3	-	0	0	-	-
Craig Colquitt	-	-	6	278	46.3	-
DEN
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Jim Turner	2/2	1/1	0	0	-	-
Bucky Dilts	-	-	6	254	42.3	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
PIT
Theo Bell	0	0	0	5	21	0
Larry Anderson	2	48	0	0	0	0
DEN
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Dave Preston	1	32	0	2	-11	0
Charlie West	0	0	0	1	3	0
Jon Keyworth	1	11	0	0	0	0
Chris Pane	1	29	0	0	0	0
Lonnie Perrin	1	26	0	0	0	0

PIT

Expected Points Added

DEN

0.7Total-0.7

-3.0Off Total0.4

4.8Off Pass10.0

-11.1Off Rush-9.0

-0.4Def Total3.0

-10.0Def Pass-4.8

9.0Def Rush11.1

-3.1

Starting Lineups

PIT

QBTerry Bradshaw

RBRocky Bleier

FBFranco Harris

WRLynn Swann

WRJohn Stallworth

TERandy Grossman

LTJon Kolb

LGSam Davis

CMike Webster

RGGerry Mullins

PIT at DEN, 1978 NFL game