Sunday, September 24, 1989
| MIN | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Steelers | Mike Mularkey 15 yard pass from Bubby Brister (Gary Anderson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Vikings | Wade Wilson 1 yard rush (Teddy Garcia kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Steelers | Tim Worley 8 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 7 | 14 |
| Vikings | Henry Thomas 27 yard fumble return (Teddy Garcia kick) | 14 | 14 | |
| Steelers | Merril Hoge 2 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 14 | 21 | |
| 4th | Steelers | Gary Anderson 38 yard field goal | 14 | 24 |
| Steelers | Gary Anderson 44 yard field goal | 14 | 27 |
| MIN | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 25-112-1 | 42-159-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-30-166-0-2 | 16-22-157-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-20 | 4-38 |
| Net pass yards | 146 | 119 |
| Total yards | 258 | 278 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-95 | 4-35 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Hassan Jones | MIN | 1 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Wade Wilson | MIN | 12 | 22 | 118 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Rick Fenney | MIN | 5 | 35 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Anthony Carter | MIN | 1 | -12 | 0 | -12 | 5 | 56 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Alfred Anderson | MIN | 7 | 25 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Allen Rice | MIN | 2 | 24 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | MIN | 3 | 8 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jim Gustafson | MIN | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| D.J. Dozier | MIN | 6 | 12 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Steve Jordan | MIN | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Darrin Nelson | MIN | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Tim Worley | PIT | 16 | 52 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Merril Hoge | PIT | 17 | 64 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Bubby Brister | PIT | 16 | 22 | 157 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | -10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Louis Lipps | PIT | 2 | 36 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Rodney Carter | PIT | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Warren Williams | PIT | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Mike Mularkey | PIT | 3 | 26 | 1 | 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 | ||
| Chris Doleman | MIN | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Leo Lewis | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Keith Millard | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Darrin Nelson | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Henry Thomas | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Thomas Everett | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tim Johnson | PIT | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| David Little | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Hardy Nickerson | PIT | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jerrol Williams | PIT | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rod Woodson | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Teddy Garcia | MIN | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bucky Scribner | MIN | 6 | 232 | 38.7 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Anderson | PIT | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Newsome | PIT | 3 | 123 | 41.0 | 0 | ||||