Sunday, January 7, 1979
| HOU | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Steelers | Franco Harris 7 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Steelers | Rocky Bleier 15 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd | Oilers | Toni Fritsch 19 yard field goal | 3 | 14 |
| Steelers | Lynn Swann 29 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 3 | 21 | |
| Steelers | John Stallworth 17 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 3 | 28 | |
| Steelers | Roy Gerela 37 yard field goal | 3 | 31 | |
| 3rd | Steelers | Roy Gerela 22 yard field goal | 3 | 34 |
| Oilers | Safety, Washington tackled Bleier in end zone | 5 | 34 |
| HOU | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 10 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-72-0 | 47-179-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-26-96-0-5 | 11-19-200-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-26 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 70 | 200 |
| Total yards | 142 | 379 |
| Fumbles-lost | 6-4 | 6-3 |
| Turnovers | 9 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-48 | 4-32 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 22 | 62 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 12 | 26 | 96 | 0 | 5 | 21 | ||||||||
| Rich Caster | HOU | 5 | 44 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Robert Woods | HOU | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 11 | 19 | 200 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 4 | 98 | 1 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 10 | 45 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 20 | 51 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Randy Grossman | PIT | 2 | 43 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Jack Deloplaine | PIT | 3 | 28 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 3 | 22 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 1 | 17 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Rick Moser | PIT | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Mike Kruczek | PIT | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Willie Alexander | HOU | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Brazile | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnnie Dirden | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||
| Brian Duncan | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||
| Ken Kennard | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Guido Merkens | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 35 | ||||||||
| Mike Reinfeldt | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Greg Stemrick | HOU | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Woods | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||
| Larry Anderson | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||
| Theo Bell | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Mel Blount | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Jack Deloplaine | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||
| Steve Furness | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jack Ham | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Johnson | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 34 | |||||||||||||
| Rick Moser | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gerry Mullins | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Donnie Shell | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Loren Toews | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 35 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Toni Fritsch | HOU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cliff Parsley | HOU | 6 | 237 | 39.5 | 43 | ||||
| Craig Colquitt | PIT | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | ||||
| Roy Gerela | PIT | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |