Sunday, December 4, 1988
| PIT | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Steelers | Gary Anderson 45 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | Oilers | Tony Zendejas 36 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| Steelers | Dwight Stone 92 yard kickoff return (Gary Anderson kick) | 10 | 3 | |
| Oilers | Mike Rozier 6 yard pass from Warren Moon (Tony Zendejas kick) | 10 | 10 | |
| Oilers | Tony Zendejas 41 yard field goal | 10 | 13 | |
| Steelers | Louis Lipps 80 yard pass from Bubby Brister (Gary Anderson kick) | 17 | 13 | |
| 3rd | Steelers | Louis Lipps 65 yard pass from Bubby Brister (Gary Anderson kick) | 24 | 13 |
| Oilers | Lorenzo White 90 yard kickoff return (Tony Zendejas kick) | 24 | 20 | |
| Oilers | Warren Moon 2 yard rush (Tony Zendejas kick) | 24 | 27 | |
| 4th | Steelers | Merril Hoge 2 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 31 | 27 |
| Oilers | Warren Moon 3 yard rush (Tony Zendejas kick) | 31 | 34 | |
| Steelers | Merril Hoge 16 yard pass from Bubby Brister (kick failed) | 37 | 34 |
| PIT | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-94-1 | 31-134-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-37-351-3-0 | 19-39-269-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-19 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 332 | 269 |
| Total yards | 426 | 403 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-103 | 6-46 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Louis Lipps | PIT | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 166 | 2 | 80 | ||||||
| Bubby Brister | PIT | 17 | 36 | 311 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Merril Hoge | PIT | 16 | 36 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 90 | 1 | 40 | ||||||
| Rodney Carter | PIT | 1 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 64 | 0 | 32 |
| Warren Williams | PIT | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Weegie Thompson | PIT | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Preston Gothard | PIT | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Warren Moon | HOU | 19 | 39 | 269 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Rozier | HOU | 18 | 90 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 16 | ||||||
| Ernest Givins | HOU | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 93 | 0 | 29 | ||||||
| Drew Hill | HOU | 4 | 68 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Curtis Duncan | HOU | 4 | 27 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Willie Drewrey | HOU | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Allen Pinkett | HOU | 4 | 19 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Alonzo Highsmith | HOU | 3 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Leonard Harris | HOU | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Larry Griffin | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dwight Stone | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dwayne Woodruff | PIT | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rod Woodson | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willie Drewrey | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| William Fuller | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Grimsley | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Leonard Harris | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Johnny Meads | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Lorenzo White | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 102 | 51.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Gary Anderson | PIT | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Newsome | PIT | 6 | 268 | 44.7 | 0 | ||||
| Greg Montgomery | HOU | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 0 | ||||
| Tony Zendejas | HOU | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |