Monday, September 3, 1979
| PIT | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | Russ Francis 4 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Steelers | Sidney Thornton 2 yard rush (kick failed) | 6 | 7 |
| Patriots | John Smith 31 yard field goal | 6 | 10 | |
| Patriots | John Smith 32 yard field goal | 6 | 13 | |
| 4th | Steelers | Sidney Thornton 21 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 13 | 13 |
| OT | Steelers | Matt Bahr 41 yard field goal | 16 | 13 |
| PIT | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 38-118-1 | 37-162-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-29-221-1-0 | 11-33-123-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-30 | 5-41 |
| Net pass yards | 191 | 82 |
| Total yards | 309 | 244 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-50 | 7-58 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 15 | 26 | 221 | 1 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 5 | 95 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 26 | 74 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Sidney Thornton | PIT | 12 | 44 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 21 | ||||||
| Bennie Cunningham | PIT | 2 | 40 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Randy Grossman | PIT | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Mike Kruczek | PIT | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 11 | 33 | 123 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 17 | 62 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 12 | 42 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 5 | 53 | 1 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 4 | 20 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Anthony Anderson | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Larry Anderson | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jack Lambert | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dwayne Woodruff | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Allan Clark | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mike Haynes | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rick Sanford | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Matt Bahr | PIT | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Colquitt | PIT | 7 | 281 | 40.1 | 0 | ||||
| Eddie Hare | NWE | 9 | 357 | 39.7 | 0 | ||||
| John Smith | NWE | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |