| Pittsburgh Steelers at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 22, 1980 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 51785 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 60 F Humidty: 87% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 33 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Matt Bahr 32 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 26 FG | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 26 FG | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dan Fouts 1 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Sidney Thornton 2 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 10 | 16 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rolf Benirschke 33 FG | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Chuck Muncie 10 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bennie Cunningham 16 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Matt Bahr kick) | 17 | 26 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Theo Bell |
| 88 | WR | Lynn Swann |
| 66 | LOT | Ted Petersen |
| 74 | LOG | Ray Pinney |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 61 | ROG | Tyrone McGriff |
| 79 | ROT | Larry Brown |
| 89 | TE | Bennie Cunningham |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 20 | RB | Rocky Bleier |
| 32 | FB | Franco Harris |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | L.C. Greenwood |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Greene |
| 64 | RDT | Steve Furness |
| 78 | RDE | John Banaszak |
| 59 | LLB | Jack Ham |
| 58 | MLB | Jack Lambert |
| 51 | RLB | Loren Toews |
| 29 | LCB | Ron Johnson |
| 31 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 23 | FS | Mike Wagner |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | John Jefferson |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 62 | C | Don Macek |
| 67 | ROG | Ed White |
| 60 | ROT | Dan Audick |
| 88 | TE | Gregg McCrary |
| 80 | TE | Kellen Winslow |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 46 | FB | Chuck Muncie |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Leroy Jones |
| 74 | LDT | Louie Kelcher |
| 79 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 73 | RDE | Charles DeJurnett |
| 52 | LLB | Ray Preston |
| 55 | MLB | Bob Horn |
| 51 | RLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 28 | LCB | Willie Buchanon |
| 42 | SS | Mike Fuller |
| 27 | FS | Glen Edwards |
| 29 | RCB | Mike Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Rocky Bleier | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Sidney Thornton | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 26 | 115 | 4.4 | 14 | 1 |
| Mike Thomas | 17 | 64 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Dan Fouts | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 32 | 16 | 50.0 | 0 | 272 | 8.5 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 89.6 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 37 | 21 | 56.8 | 0 | 308 | 8.3 | 59 | 0 | 84.1 | ||
| Mike Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Theo Bell | 5 | 127 | 25.4 | 35 | 0 |
| Bennie Cunningham | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 35 | 1 |
| Lynn Swann | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Sidney Thornton | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Kellen Winslow | 10 | 171 | 17.1 | 59 | 0 |
| Charlie Joiner | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 30 | 0 |
| John Jefferson | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Chuck Muncie | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Thomas | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Gregg McCrary | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 48 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Rick Partridge | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Theo Bell | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Larry Anderson | 5 | 123 | 24.6 | 34 | 0 | |
| Greg Hawthorne | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Bernie Jackson | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 26 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Scott Perry | 1.0 |
| Charles DeJurnett | 1.0 |
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