PIT 24 @ DEN 17 - 1984 NFL

AFC Divisional

Pittsburgh SteelersPIT

#3 seed

24-17

Denver BroncosDEN

#2 seed

Sun, December 30, 1984 · 4:00PM · Mile High Stadium

Surface: grassLine: Denver Broncos -4.5O/U: 36.0 (over)

PIT: Chuck Noll · DEN: Dan Reeves

PIT

Team Stats

DEN

1st Downs

40-169

Rushing

22-51

17-28-224

Passing

20-38-236

381

Scoring

1st Quarter

James Wright 9 yard pass from John Elway (Rich Karlis kick)

2nd Quarter

Gary Anderson 28 yard field goal

Frank Pollard 1 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick)

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Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
PIT
Passing
Mark Malone	17/28	224	1	0	2	97.9
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Mark Malone	5	-6	0	0	2
Frank Pollard	16	99	2	23	0
Walter Abercrombie	17	75	0	18	0
Elton Veals	1	1	0	1	0
Louis Lipps	1	0	0	0	1
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Darrell Nelson	1	0	0	0	0
Frank Pollard	5	4	48	0	17
Walter Abercrombie	3	3	18	0	6
Louis Lipps	9	5	86	1	25
John Stallworth	3	3	38	0	14
Bennie Cunningham	2	1	19	0	19
Weegie Thompson	1	1	15	0	15
Calvin Sweeney	1	0	0	0	0
DEN
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
John Elway	19/37	184	2	2	4	61.1
Gerald Willhite	1/1	52	0	0	0	118.7
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
John Elway	4	16	0	13	1
Gerald Willhite	1	1	0	1	1
Sammy Winder	15	37	0	9	0
Rick Parros	1	0	0	0	0
Steve Watson	1	-3	0	-3	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Gerald Willhite	3	2	12	0	8
Clarence Kay	2	0	0	0	0
Sammy Winder	4	4	22	0	8
James Wright	2	2	16	1	9
Ray Alexander	2	1	9	0	9
Rick Parros	1	0	0	0	0
Steve Watson	16	11	177	1	52
Clint Sampson	1

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
PIT
Gary Dunn			0	1			0	0
Eric Williams			0	1			0	0
David Little			2	0			0	0
Keith Gary			1	0			0	0
Mike Merriweather			1	0			0	0
Louis Lipps			0	0			0	1
DEN
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Rulon Jones			1	0			0	0
Jim Ryan			1	0			0	0
John Elway			0	0			0	1
Tom Jackson			0	0			0	1
Andre Townsend			0	0			1	1
Gerald Willhite			0	0			0	1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
PIT
Gary Anderson	3/3	1/4	0	0	-	0
Craig Colquitt	-	-	2	85	42.5	46
DEN
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Rich Karlis	2/2	1/3	0	0	-	0
Chris Norman	-	-	4	169	42.3	51

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
PIT
Louis Lipps	3	73	0	3	9	0
Rich Erenberg	1	29	0	0	0	0
DEN
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Gerald Willhite	2	56	0	2	17	0

PIT

Expected Points Added

DEN

11.4Total-11.4

2.4Off Total-15.3

7.6Off Pass-13.8

-1.1Off Rush-4.7

15.3Def Total-2.4

13.8Def Pass-7.6

4.7Def Rush1.1

-8.5

Starting Lineups

PIT

QBMark Malone

RBWalter Abercrombie

FBFrank Pollard

WRJohn Stallworth

WRLouis Lipps

TEDarrell Nelson

LTPete Rostosky

LGCraig Wolfley

CMike Webster

RGTerry Long

PIT at DEN, 1984 NFL game