| Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 10, 1983 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 53996 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 51 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gregg Garrity 17 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Gary Anderson kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Calvin Sweeney 10 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Gary Anderson kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Anderson 29 FG | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gary Anderson 40 FG | 20 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bennie Cunningham 13 pass from Cliff Stoudt (Gary Anderson kick) | 27 | 0 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Johnny Jones 27 pass from Pat Ryan (Pat Leahy kick) | 27 | 7 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Calvin Sweeney 18 pass from Cliff Stoudt (Gary Anderson kick) | 34 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | WR | Greg Hawthorne |
| 85 | WR | Calvin Sweeney |
| 62 | LOT | Tunch Ilkin |
| 73 | LOG | Craig Wolfley |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 71 | ROG | Emil Boures |
| 79 | ROT | Larry Brown |
| 89 | TE | Bennie Cunningham |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 32 | RB | Franco Harris |
| 30 | RB | Frank Pollard |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | John Goodman |
| 67 | NT | Gary Dunn |
| 65 | RDE | Tom Beasley |
| 57 | LOLB | Mike Merriweather |
| 58 | LILB | Jack Lambert |
| 51 | RILB | Loren Toews |
| 56 | ROLB | Robin Cole |
| 49 | LCB | Dwayne Woodruff |
| 31 | SS | Donnie Shell |
| 22 | FS | Rick Woods |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Lam Jones |
| 85 | WR | Wesley Walker |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Ward |
| 62 | LOG | Joe Pellegrini |
| 64 | C | Guy Bingham |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 79 | ROT | Marvin Powell |
| 82 | TE | Mickey Shuler |
| 14 | QB | Richard Todd |
| 24 | RB | Freeman McNeil |
| 31 | FB | Marion Barber |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Mark Gastineau |
| 77 | LDT | Kenny Neil |
| 93 | RDT | Marty Lyons |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Klecko |
| 57 | LLB | John Woodring |
| 50 | MLB | Bob Crable |
| 56 | RLB | Lance Mehl |
| 40 | LCB | Bobby Jackson |
| 48 | SS | Ken Schroy |
| 28 | FS | Darrol Ray |
| 47 | RCB | Jerry Holmes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 26 | 103 | 4.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Frank Pollard | 15 | 78 | 5.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Cliff Stoudt | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Freeman McNeil | 16 | 34 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 |
| Ron Crosby | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Pat Ryan | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Cliff Stoudt | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 1 | 83 | 5.5 | 18t | 2 | 4 | 22 | 81.4 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 0 | 77 | 9.6 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 133.9 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 2 | 114 | 5.7 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 32.1 |
| Pat Ryan | 18 | 6 | 33.3 | 1 | 127 | 7.1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Calvin Sweeney | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 18t | 2 |
| Frank Pollard | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Bennie Cunningham | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 24 | 1 |
| Franco Harris | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Gregg Garrity | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Lam Jones | 7 | 146 | 20.9 | 36 | 1 |
| Jerome Barkum | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Mickey Shuler | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Marion Barber | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Freeman McNeil | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Kenny Lewis | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ron Johnson | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Donnie Shell | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Mel Blount | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Johnny Lynn | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Craig Colquitt | 7 | 270 | 38.6 | 51 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 8 | 322 | 40.3 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Paul Skansi | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 9 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Kirk Springs | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Henry Odom | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Tim Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Preston Brown | 7 | 134 | 19.1 | 31 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Robin Cole | 1.0 |
| Keith Gary | 1.0 |
| Dwayne Woodruff | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Kenny Neil | 1.5 |
| Mark Gastineau | 1.0 |
| John Woodring | 1.0 |
| Joe Klecko | 0.5 |
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