Pittsburgh 31 New England 20



                                                                                                    
1979 Pittsburgh (1-0)                 0  10   7  14        31                                       
1979 New England (0-1)                7   3   7   3        20                                       
                                                                                                    
1 10:07  New England     TD Grogan 10 pass to Jackson (Smith) (6-52-3:19)           0-7             
2  8:21  Pittsburgh      TD Harris 2 run (Bahr, M.) (12-56-6:27)                    7-7             
2  5:33  Pittsburgh      FG Bahr 23 (3-3-1:46)                                     10-7             
2  0:02  New England     FG Smith 20 (6-71-1:14)                                   10-10            
3 12:38  New England     TD Cunningham 8 run (Smith) (4-79-2:14)                   10-17            
3  8:27  Pittsburgh      TD Harris 7 run (Bahr, M.) (7-67-3:59)                    17-17            
4 14:51  Pittsburgh      TD Thornton 1 run (Bahr, M.) (7-77-3:03)                  24-17            
4  3:16  New England     FG Smith 23 (14-69-6:21)                                  24-20            
4  1:59  Pittsburgh      TD Harris 51 run (Bahr, M.) (2-55-1:06)                   31-20            
                                                                                                    
                   Pit         NE                                                                   
First Downs         17         18                                                                   
Rushes          34-160     31-151                                                                   
Passes       19-12-204  27-12-218                                                                   
Sacked            4-31       3-19                                                                   
Fumble               1          0                                                                   
Penalties         6-40       4-30                                                                   
Turnovers            0          1                                                                   
Time             29:25      30:35                                                                   
Third Down        6-11       2-12                                                                   
Fourth Down        0-0        1-1                                                                   
Net Offense        333        350                                                                   
                                                                                                    
Injuries: Davis(Pit-2)-elbow, Bishop(NE-1)-arm, *McCray-knee(NE-1)                                  
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
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Passing    Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td  Rate    Passing     Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td  Rate               
Bradshaw    19  12 204  4  2  0  0  99.5    Grogan       27  12 218  3  2  1  1  69.7               
                                                                                                    
Rushing    Att Yds  Ave FD 10 Lg TD         Rushing     Att Yds  Ave FD 10 Lg TD                    
Harris      25 123  4.9  5  3 51  3         Ivory        10  76  7.6  2  2 57  0                    
Bleier       7  25  3.6  2  1 11  0         Grogan        4  40 10.0  2  2 12  0                    
Bradshaw     1  11 11.0  0  1 11  0         Cunningham   13  40  3.1  2  2 10  1                    
Thornton     1   1  1.0  1  0  1  1         Johnson       3   2  0.7  0  0  2  0                    
            34 160  4.7  8  5 51  4         Morgan        1  -7 -7.0  0  0  0  0                    
                                                         31 151  4.9  6  6 57  1                    
                                                                                                    
Receiving   No Dp Yds  Ave FD 25 Lg TD      Receiving    No Dp Yds  Ave FD 25 Lg TD                 
Swann        5  0  54 10.8  4  0 14  0      Jackson       4  0 104 26.0  4  1 52  1                 
Bleier       2  0  20 10.0  1  0 10  0      Francis       4  0  50 12.5  4  0 17  0                 
Cunningham   2  1  25 12.5  1  0 19  0      Cunningham    2  0  24 12.0  1  0 17  0                 
Stallworth   2  0  96 48.0  2  2 57  0      Westbrook     1  0  26 26.0  1  1 26  0                 
Smith        1  0   9  9.0  1  0  9  0      Morgan        1  0  14 14.0  1  0 14  0                 
                                            Ivory         0  1   0  0.0  0  0  0  0                 
                                                                                                    
Fumbles       No Rec TD                     Fumbles        No Rec TD                                
Bradshaw       1   1  0                                                                             
                                                                                                    
Kick Returns  No Yds  Ave  Lg TD            Kick Returns   No Yds  Ave  Lg TD                       
Anderson       3  49 16.3  28  0            Clark           6 116 19.3  26  0                       
Valentine      1   0  0.0   0  0                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Punt Returns  No Fc Yds  Ave  Lg TD         Punt Returns   No Fc Yds  Ave  Lg TD                    
Bell           4  1  49 12.3  18  0         Morgan          2  1  15  7.5   8  0                    
                                                                                                    
Kicking         Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts            Kicking          Fg  Lg   Xp  Pts                       
Bahr           1-2  23  4-4    7            Smith           2-3  23  2-2    8                       
                                                                                                    
Punting       No Yds  Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg       Punting        No Yds  Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg                  
Colquitt       4 156 39.0  0  1  0 49       Hare            5 187 37.4  0  0  0 45                  
                                                                                                    
Defense    Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF   INT      Defense     Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF   INT                 
Blount      11  0   0   0   0  0   0-0      McGee         7  2   0   1   1  1   0-0                 
Shell        8  0   1   0   0  0   0-0      Lunsford      6  1   0   0   1  0   0-0                 
Wagner       5  0   1   0   0  0   0-0      Clayborn      6  0   0   0   0  0   0-0                 
Greenwood    4  1   0   0   2  0   0-0      Haynes        6  0   0   0   0  0   0-0                 
Greene       4  0   0   0   0  0   0-0      Nelson        5  0   0   0   0  0   0-0                 
Ham          3  1   2   1   0  0   0-0      Fox           4  0   1   0   0  0   0-0                 
Lambert      3  0   0   0   0  0   0-0      Hawkins       3  0   0   0   0  0   0-0                 
Furness      2  1   0   1   1  0   0-0      King          3  0   0   0   0  0   0-0                 
Winston      2  0   1   1   0  0   0-0      Hamilton      2  1   1   0   1  0   0-0                 
Beasley      2  0   0   0   0  0   0-0      Shoate        2  0   0   0   0  0   0-0                 
Banaszak     2  0   0   0   0  0   0-0      Costict       2  0   0   0   0  0   0-0                 
Dornbrook    2  0   0   0   0  0   0-0      Hunt          2  0   0   0   0  0   0-0                 
Johnson      1  0   1   1   0  0  1-21      McCray        2  0   0   0   0  0   0-0                 
White        1  0   0   1   0  0   0-0      Bishop        2  0   0   1   0  0   0-0                 
Toews        1  0   0   0   0  0   0-0      Golic         1  0   0   0   0  0   0-0                 
Thomas       1  0   0   0   0  0   0-0      Adams         1  0   0   0   0  0   0-0                 
Dunn         1  0   0   0   0  0   0-0                                                              
Graves       1  0   0   0   0  0   0-0                                                              

Play-By-Play Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:55 Pit Anderson ret of 11 --- KO-deep --- Watch Onside 1 10 own20 14:21 Pit Harris 0 Bas Dive 3-4 Z Run-Harris, F. 2 10 own20 14:21 Pit Pen5(Davis) Bas B-Fly 3-4 Z Pass 2 15 own15 13:38 Pit Bradshaw 11 3W1 L-Hitch 3-3 Z Pass 3 4 own26 13:33 Pit Harris -2 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 Z Run 4 6 own24 13:26 Pit Colquitt 36,Morgan 8 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own48 12:48 NE Cunningham 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 opp49 12:10 NE Grogan-Jackson 18 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Key-Cunningham 1 10 opp31 11:34 NE Cunningham 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Basic/Bz3 2 8 opp29 10:55 NE Cunningham 10 Bas Dive 4-3 M Run 1 10 opp19 10:17 NE Cunningham -1 2T1 OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Run 2 11 opp20 10:11 NE Pit Pen10(Banaszak) 2T1 M-Hitch/sec 4-3 sZ Pass/Bz2/Lr 1 10 opp10 10:07 NE Grogan-Jackson 10/TD 2T1 M-Out 4-3 sZ Key-Cunningham 0-7 KO 10:02 Pit Anderson ret of 10 --- KO-deep --- Watch Onside 1 10 own13 9:09 Pit Harris 1 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 Z Run 2 9 own14 9:01 Pit Bradsha-Cunningh X Bas Screen 3-4 Z Run 3 9 own14 8:26 Pit Bradsha-Smith 9 3W2 S-Cross 3-3 Z Pass 1 10 own23 7:48 Pit Harris 3 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Run 2 7 own26 7:34 Pit Bradsha-Stallwor 39 Bas L-Out 4-3 Z Run 1 10 opp35 6:43 Pit Harris 3 Bas Dive 3-4 Z Pass 2 7 opp32 6:35 Pit Bradsha-Cunningh X Bas M-Cross 3-4 Z Pass 3 7 opp32 5:59 Pit Bradsha-Swann 12 3W1 M-Cross/sec 3-4 Z Pass 1 10 opp20 5:07 Pit Harris -1 Bas Sweep-R 3-4 Z Basic 2 11 opp21 4:33 Pit Sk-Hamilton -9 Bas L-Cross 3-4 Z Basic 3 20 opp30 3:46 Pit Bradsha-Bleier 10 3W2 L-Slant/sec 3-4 Z Basic 4 10 opp20 3:41 Pit FG Bahr 37/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own20 3:05 NE Cunningham 0 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Run 2 10 own20 2:58 NE Pit Pen5(White) Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Key-Cunningham 2 5 own25 2:58 NE Pen5(Brock) Bas S- 4-3 M Basic 2 10 own20 2:09 NE Grogan-Francis 15 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 sZ Key-Cunningham/Bz1 1 10 own35 1:29 NE Ivory 0 Bas Stretch-R 4-3 sZ Basic/Bz1 2 10 own35 0:50 NE Cunningham 2 Bas Trap-L 4-2 M Pass 3 8 own37 0:00 NE Johnson 0 3W1 Draw/SG 3-3 M Pass/Bz1 2nd Quarter 4 8 own37 14:48 NE Hare 32,Bell 13 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own44 14:12 Pit Bleier 1 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Run 2 9 own45 13:34 Pit Bradsha-Swann 14 Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Run 1 10 opp41 13:26 Pit Harris 1 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Run 2 9 opp40 12:46 Pit Bleier 11 Bas Draw 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp29 12:46 Pit Pen5(Courson) Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic 1 15 opp34 12:08 Pit Harris 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 12 opp31 11:32 Pit Bradsha-Cunningh 6 3W1 S-Flat/sec 4-3 Z Pass 3 6 opp25 10:56 Pit Bradsha-Swann 11 3W1 M-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp14 10:56 Pit Pen5(Lunsford) Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Run 1 5 opp9 10:21 Pit Bleier 2 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 Z Run 2 3 opp7 9:41 Pit Harris 1 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Run 3 2 opp6 9:07 Pit Bleier 3 3W1 Pitch-L 3-4 Z Run 1 3 opp3 8:30 Pit Harris 1 Bas Sweep-R 3-4 Z Run 2 2 opp2 8:21 Pit Harris 2/TD Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Run 7-7 KO 8:07 NE Clark ret of 24 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 8:04 NE Grogan-Ivory X Bas M-Slant/sec 4-3 M Basic 2 10 own29 7:28 NE Ivory 0 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 3 10 own29 7:19 NE Grogan-INT-Johnson 3W1 Screen 3-3 M Pass 1 9 opp9 6:45 Pit Harris 2 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 Z Run 2 7 opp7 6:11 Pit Harris 1 Bas Pitch-R 3-4 Z Run 3 6 opp6 5:33 Pit Harris 0 3W2 Draw 3-4 Z Run 4 6 opp6 5:30 Pit FG Bahr 23/G --- FG --- Block 10-7 KO 5:23 NE Clark ret of 16 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 4:42 NE Cunningham 4 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 sZ Key-Ivory 2 6 own24 4:01 NE Cunningham -1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Key-Cunningham 3 7 own23 3:22 NE Ivory -4 Bas Quick-R 4-2 Z Basic/Bz1 4 11 own19 3:16 NE Hare 35,Bell 11 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 opp43 3:07 Pit Bradsha-Swann X Bas B-Post 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 opp43 3:03 Pit Pit Pen10(Courson)/o Bas B-Fly/sec 3-4 Z Run 2 20 own47 2:17 Pit Sk-Lunsford -5 3W1 S-Cross 3-3 tM Pass 3 25 own42 2:13 Pit Sk-McGee -6 3W2 M-Out/HO 3-3 M Pass 4 31 own36 2:07 Pit Colquitt 49,Morgan 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own15 2:00 NE Grogan-Francis X Bas M-Slant 4-2 Z Basic 2 10 own15 1:55 NE Grogan-Jackson X Bas M-Out/HO 4-2 sZ Pass/Bz1 3 10 own15 1:50 NE Grogan-Cunningh X Bas M-Hitch/SG/HO/RBw 4-2 M Pass 4 10 own15 1:41 NE Hare 36,Bell 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own49 1:33 Pit Bradsha-Swann X 3W2 B-Fly 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own49 1:28 Pit Bradsha-Swann X 3W2 S-Out/HO 4-3 Z Pass 3 10 own49 1:24 Pit Sk-McGee -11/F 3W2 M-Out/HO 3-3 Z Pass 4 21 own38 1:16 Pit Colquitt 43,Morgan 7 --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own26 0:51 NE Grogan 7 Bas L-Cross 4-2 Z Basic 2 3 own33 0:34 NE Grogan-Jackson 52 Bas L-Hitch/SG/PBK 4-2 sZoBasic 1 10 opp15 0:30 NE Grogan-Ivory X Bas M-Out/sec 4-2 sZ Basic 2 10 opp15 0:30 NE Grogan 12 Bas M-Fly 4-2 M Pass/Bz1 1 3 opp15 0:09 NE Spiked Ball Bas Spiked Ball 4-2 M 2 3 opp3 0:06 NE Grogan-Francis X Bas S-Out 4-2 tM Basic 3 3 opp3 0:02 NE Grogan-Jackson X Bas S- 4-2 tM Pass/Bz1/Li 4 3 opp3 0:00 NE FG Smith 20/G --- FG --- Block 10-1 3rd Quarter KO 14:52 NE Clark ret of 14 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own21 14:52 NE Pen5(Greenwood) Bas L-Fly 4-3 M Key-Cunningham 1 5 own26 14:20 NE Grogan-Francis 8 Bas L-Fly/sec 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own34 13:44 NE Cunningham 1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 9 own35 12:47 NE Ivory 57 Bas Quick-L 4-3 Z Pass/Bz2/Lr 1 8 opp8 12:38 NE Cunningham 8/TD Bas Dive 4-3 sZ Run 10-1 KO 12:26 Pit Anderson ret of 28 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own33 11:47 Pit Harris 8 Bas Dive 3-4 Z Run 2 2 own41 11:08 Pit Harris 10 Bas Pitch-R 3-4 Z Run 1 10 opp49 10:31 Pit Bradsha-Cunningh 19 Bas S-Flat 3-4 Z Run 1 10 opp30 9:52 Pit Harris 0 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 Z Run 2 10 opp30 9:14 Pit Bradsha-Swann 14 Bas S-Out 3-4 Z Run 1 10 opp16 8:35 Pit Harris 9 Bas Sweep-R 3-4 Z Basic 2 1 opp7 8:27 Pit Harris 7/TD Bas Sweep-R 3-4 Z Basic 17-1 KO 8:12 NE Clark ret of 26 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own30 8:07 NE Grogan-Francis X Bas L-Slant/sec 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own30 7:57 NE Grogan-Cunningh 17 Bas L-Out/sec 4-3 M Pass/Bz2 1 10 own47 7:13 NE Ivory 12 Bas Quick-L 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp41 6:40 NE Grogan-Cunningh 7 Bas Screen 4-3 M Basic 2 3 opp34 6:01 NE Ivory 0 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Dbl-Jackson 3 3 opp34 5:58 NE Grogan-Cunningh X Bas S-Flat 4-3 M Run 4 3 opp34 5:21 NE Grogan-Francis 17 Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp17 4:39 NE Cunningham 1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Run 2 9 opp16 3:49 NE Ivory -1 Bas Trap-L 4-2 tM Basic/Bz1 3 10 opp17 2:58 NE Sk-Ham -6 Bas M-Slant/SG 3-3 Z Pass/Bz1 4 16 opp23 2:54 NE FG Smith 40/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own23 2:46 Pit Bradsha-Stallwor X Bas B-Post 3-4 Z Run 2 10 own23 2:30 Pit Bradsha-Stallwor 57 Bas B-Fly 3-4 Z Run 1 10 opp20 1:52 Pit Bleier 4 Bas Dive 3-4 Z Basic 2 6 opp16 1:16 Pit Bradsha-Bleier 10 Bas M-Hitch/sec 3-4 Z Basic 1 6 opp6 0:38 Pit Harris 3 Bas Pitch-L 3-4 Z Basic 2 3 opp3 0:00 Pit Harris 2 Bas Dive 3-4 Z Basic 4th Quarter 3 1 opp1 14:51 Pit Thornton 1/TD Bas Trap-L 5-4 tM Goalline 24-1 KO 14:46 NE Clark ret of 19 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own25 14:40 NE Grogan-Francis X Bas M-Seam/sec 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own25 14:06 NE Grogan-Francis 10 Bas M-Seam/sec 4-2 Z Pass 1 10 own35 13:18 NE Sk-Furness -7 Bas M-Seam 4-3 M Run 2 17 own28 12:41 NE Ivory 4 Bas Dive/SG 3-2 dZ Pass 3 13 own32 12:03 NE Grogan 9 Bas S-Hitch/SG 4-1 lM Pass/Bz1 4 4 own41 11:55 NE Hare 45,Bell 18 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own32 11:16 Pit Harris 10 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Run 1 10 own42 10:25 Pit Bleier 2 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Run 2 8 own44 10:20 Pit Bradsha-Cunningh X Bas S-Flat 4-3 Z Run 3 8 own44 9:47 Pit Bradsha-Swann 3 3W1 Screen 4-3 Z Pass 4 5 own47 9:37 Pit Colquitt 28,Morgan 0 --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own25 9:30 NE NE Pen10(Lenkaitas) Bas L-Hitch/sec 4-3 M Key-Cunningham 1 20 own15 9:21 NE Ivory 4 Bas Quick-R 3-3 lM Pass/Bz1/Ll 2 16 own19 8:44 NE Grogan-Jackson 24 Bas M-Hitch 4-1 dZ Pass 1 10 own43 8:05 NE Cunningham 1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Key-Ivory 2 9 own44 7:57 NE NE Pen10(Brock) Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Pass 2 19 own34 7:22 NE Cunningham 10 Bas Draw/SG 3-2 lM Pass/Bz2 3 9 own44 6:37 NE Grogan 12 Bas S- 3-3 M Pass/Bz3 1 10 opp44 6:03 NE Grogan-Morgan 14 Bas S-/sec 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp30 5:30 NE Sk-Greenwood -6 Bas S- 4-3 M Basic 2 16 opp36 5:23 NE Grogan-Jackson X Bas M-Hitch/SG 3-2 M Pass-Dbl-Morgan/Jac 3 16 opp36 4:29 NE Grogan-Westbroo 26 3W1 M-Slant/PBK 3-3 dZ Pass/Bz2 1 10 opp10 3:54 NE Johnson 0 3W1 Draw/SG 3-3 sZ Basic 2 10 opp10 3:19 NE Ivory 4 Bas Sweep-R 3-3 tM Pass/Bz1 3 6 opp6 3:16 NE Grogan-Francis X Bas M-Fade 3-3 sZ Pass/Bz1/Ll 4 6 opp6 3:13 NE FG Smith 23/G --- FG --- Block 24-2 KO 3:05 Pit Valentine ret of 0 --- KO-onside --- Return 1 10 own45 2:14 Pit Harris 4 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 Z Basic 2 6 own49 1:52 Pit Harris 51/TD Bas Sweep-L 3-4 Z Basic 31-2 KO 1:44 NE Clark ret of 17 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own26 1:21 NE Johnson 2 4WR DirectSnap/SG 3-2 Z Pass/Bz2 2 8 own28 0:56 NE Morgan -7 4WR doublerev 3-2 M Pass/Lo 3 15 own21 0:49 NE Grogan-Morgan X 4WR M-Cross/SG/sec 3-2 dZ Prevent/Lr/C 4 15 own21 0:40 NE Hare 39,Bell 7 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own47 0:03 Pit Bleier 2 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 8 own49 0:00 Pit Harris 4 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic Game

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