ATL 7 @ PIT 31 - 1978 NFL

1978 Week 6

Atlanta FalconsATL

7-31

Pittsburgh SteelersPIT

Sun, October 8, 1978 · 1:00PM · Three Rivers Stadium

Surface: astroturfLine: Pittsburgh Steelers -9.0

ATL: Leeman Bennett · PIT: Chuck Noll

ATL

Team Stats

PIT

1st Downs

34-113

Rushing

44-181

17-33-188

Passing

13-18-231

257

Total Yards

387

Scoring

1st Quarter

Roy Gerela 21 yard field goal

2nd Quarter

Rocky Bleier 8 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)

Terry Bradshaw 6 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
ATL
Passing
Steve Bartkowski	17/33	188	1	2	5	53.6
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Steve Bartkowski	2	7	0	7	0
Bubba Bean	17	48	0	7	0
Haskel Stanback	12	38	0	9	0
Ricky Patton	3	20	0	14	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Bubba Bean	5	3	11	0	9
Ricky Patton	1	1	5	0	5
Billy Ryckman	4	5	88	0	22
Wallace Francis	11	4	58	1	17
Dennis Pearson	3	1	12	0	12
Mike Esposito	2	2	7	0	4
Jim Mitchell	4	1	7	0	7
James Wright	1
PIT
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Terry Bradshaw	13/18	231	1	0	1	132.9
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Franco Harris	20	104	0	13	0
Rocky Bleier	13	46	2	8	0
Sidney Thornton	8	30	0	9	0
Alvin Maxson	1	-2	0	-2	0
Terry Bradshaw	2	3	1	6	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Sidney Thornton	1	1	9	0	9
John Stallworth	7	6	114	1	70
Lynn Swann	4	3	64	0	37
Bennie Cunningham	2	2	28	0	22
Randy Grossman	3	1	16	0	16
Theo Bell	1

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
ATL
Jim Bailey			0					1
Rick Byas			0					1
Mike Kenn			0					1
Tom Pridemore			0				2
Frank Reed			0					1
Jim Stienke			0				1
PIT
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Mel Blount			0	1			0	0
Loren Toews			0	1			0	0
Gary Dunn			0					1
Joe Greene			0					1
Ron Johnson			0				1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
ATL
Fred Steinfort	1/1	-	0	0	-	-
John James	-	-	3	102	34.0	-
PIT
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Roy Gerela	4/4	1/1	0	0	-	-
Craig Colquitt	-	-	2	71	35.5	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
ATL
Billy Ryckman	0	0	0	1	24	0
George Franklin	3	75	0	0	0	0
Dennis Pearson	3	78	0	0	0	0
PIT
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Randy Reutershan	0	0	0	2	15	0
Larry Anderson	1	12	0	0	0	0

ATL

Expected Points Added

PIT

-26.3Total26.3

-14.1Off Total12.1

-4.9Off Pass7.0

-12.8Off Rush-9.4

-12.1Def Total14.1

-7.0Def Pass4.9

9.4Def Rush12.8

1.6

Starting Lineups

ATL

QBSteve Bartkowski

RBHaskel Stanback

FBBubba Bean

WRWallace Francis

WRBilly Ryckman

TEJim Mitchell

LTMike Kenn

LGDave Scott

CJeff Van Note

RGR.C. Thielemann

ATL at PIT, 1978 NFL game