| Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 11, 1981 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 53250 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 58 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | John Stallworth 9 pass from Terry Bradshaw (David Trout kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | David Trout 19 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ozzie Newsome 29 pass from Brian Sipe (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | David Trout 23 FG | 7 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 68 | LOG | Bob Jackson |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 64 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 25 | RB | Charles White |
| 43 | FB | Mike Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Marshall Harris |
| 91 | NT | Henry Bradley |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 50 | LOLB | Don Goode |
| 56 | LILB | Robert Jackson |
| 52 | RILB | Dick Ambrose |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 28 | LCB | Ron Bolton |
| 22 | SS | Clarence Scott |
| 27 | FS | Thom Darden |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | John Stallworth |
| 88 | WR | Lynn Swann |
| 74 | LOT | Ray Pinney |
| 73 | LOG | Craig Wolfley |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 77 | ROG | Steve Courson |
| 79 | ROT | Larry Brown |
| 89 | TE | Bennie Cunningham |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 44 | RB | Frank Pollard |
| 32 | FB | Franco Harris |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Bob Kohrs |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Greene |
| 67 | RDT | Gary Dunn |
| 95 | RDE | John Goodman |
| 59 | LLB | Jack Ham |
| 58 | MLB | Jack Lambert |
| 56 | RLB | Robin Cole |
| 49 | LCB | Dwayne Woodruff |
| 31 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 24 | FS | J.T. Thomas |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Charles White | 12 | 65 | 5.4 | 26 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 14 | 50 | 3.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Greg Pruitt | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 13 | 80 | 6.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Frank Pollard | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Russell Davis | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Sidney Thornton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 26 | 12 | 46.2 | 1 | 183 | 7.0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 66.7 |
| Paul McDonald | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 1 | 106 | 6.6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.3 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 33 | 19 | 57.6 | 1 | 199 | 6.0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ozzie Newsome | 5 | 120 | 24.0 | 34 | 1 |
| Charles White | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Logan | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dan Fulton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Swann | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Bennie Cunningham | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| John Stallworth | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 9t | 1 |
| Frank Pollard | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Goode | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dennis Winston | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| J.T. Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Steve Cox | 5 | 212 | 42.4 | 48 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 7 | 292 | 41.7 | 54 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Charles White | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Dino Hall | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Larry Anderson | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| L.C. Greenwood | 1.0 |
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