1978 Atlanta vs. Pittsburgh

October 8, 1978 • Three Rivers Stadium • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • CBS-TV • 1:00 p.m. EDT NFC West #2 Atlanta Falcons 1978 NFL Week 6 AFC Central #1 Pittsburgh Steelers 7 Team 1 2 3 4 Totals Falcons 0 0 0 7 7 Steelers 3 14 7 7 31 31

Game Info

Game Info
Roof	outdoors
Surface	Tartan Turf
Weather	42 degrees, relative humidity 77%, wind 13 mph
Vegas Line	Pittsburgh Steelers -9.0

Background

Pittsburgh Steelers

Record	Place Division	Conference
6–0	1st, AFC Central	1st, AFC

Broadcasting

Television

Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator
CBS	Bob Costas	Tom Matte

Radio

Flagship station	Play-by-play	Color commentator
WGST–AM 920 (Atlanta)
WTAE–AM 1250/WXKX–FM 96.1 (Pittsburgh)	Jack Fleming	Myron Cope

Game summary

Box score

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	0	0	7	7
Steelers	3	14	7	7	31

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Team	Drive			Scoring Information	Score
			Length	Plays	Time		ATL	PIT
1		PIT				FG: Roy Gerela 21 yards	0	3
2		PIT				TD: Rocky Bleier 8 yard run (Roy Gerela kick)	0	10
3		PIT				TD: Terry Bradshaw 6 yard run (Roy Gerela kick)	0	17
3		PIT				TD: Rocky Bleier 2 yard run (Roy Gerela kick)	0	24
4		PIT				TD: John Stallworth 11 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)	0	31

Stats

Stats	Atlanta Falcons	Pittsburgh Steelers
First Downs		28
Rush-Yds-TDs		44-181-3
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT		13-18-231-1-0
Sacked-Yards		2-25
Net Pass Yards		206
Total Yards		387
Fumbles-Lost		4-3
Turnovers		3
Penalties-Yards		8-74

Passing, Rushing & Receiving

Passing

Falcons Passing
Player	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Lng	Rate

Steelers Passing
Player	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Lng	Rate
Terry Bradshaw	13	18	231	1	0	1	11	70	132.9
Mike Kruczek	0	0	0	0		1	14

Rushing

Falcons Rushing
Player	Att	Yds	TD	Lng

Steelers Rushing
Player	Att	Yds	TD	Lng
Franco Harris	20	104	0	13
Rocky Bleier	13	46	2	8
Sidney Thornton	8	30	0	9
Terry Bradshaw	2	3	1	6
Alvin Burns	1	-2	0	-2

Receiving

Falcons Receiving
Player	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng

Steelers Receiving
Player	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng
John Stallworth	6	114	1	70
Lynn Swann	3	64	0	37
Bennie Cunningham	2	28	0	22
Randy Grossman	1	16	0	16
Sidney Thornton	1	9	0	9

Defense

Def Interceptions

Steelers Def Interceptions
Player	Int	Yds	TD	Lng
Loren Toews	1	12	0	12
Mel Blount	1	4	0	4

Tackles

Falcons Tackles
Player	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast

Steelers Tackles
Player	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast

Fumbles

Falcons Fumbles
Player	FR	Yds	TD	FF

Steelers Fumbles
Player	FR	Yds	TD	FF

Kick/Punt Returns

Kickoff Returns

Falcons Kickoff Returns
Player	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Lng

Steelers Kickoff Returns
Player	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Lng
Larry Anderson	1	12	12.0	0	0

Punt Returns

Falcons Punt Returns
Player	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng

Pittsburgh Steelers
Player	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng
Randy Reutershan	2	15	7.5	0	0

Kicking & Punting

Scoring

Falcons Scoring
Player	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA

Steelers Scoring
Player	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA
Roy Gerela	4	4	1	1

Punting

Falcons Punting
Player	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng

Steelers Punting
Player	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng
Craig Colquitt	2	71	35.5	0

Starting lineups

Atlanta	Position	Pittsburgh
OFFENSE
	WR	John Stallworth #82
	LT	Jon Kolb #55
	LG	Sam Davis #57
	C	Mike Webster #52
	RG	Gerry Mullins #72
	RT	Ray Pinney #74
	TE	Bennie Cunningham #89
	WR	Lynn Swann #88
	QB	Terry Bradshaw #12
	FB	Rocky Bleier #20
	RB	Franco Harris #32
DEFENSE
	LE
	LDT
	RDT
	RE
	LOLB
	MLB
	ROLB
	LCB
	RCB
	SS
	FS

Coaches

Head Coach
Atlanta	Pittsburgh
	Chuck Noll
Assistant Coaches
Atlanta	Pittsburgh
	Dick Hoak (Offensive Backs) Tom Moore (Receivers) George Perles (Defensive Coordinator) Lou Riecke (Strength) Paul Uram (Administartive Assistant) Dick Walker (Defensive Assistant) Woody Widenhofer (Linebackers/Secondary)

Officials

• Referee: Don Wedge (#28)

• Umpire:
• Head Linesman:
• Line Judge:
• Back Judge:
• Side Judge:
• Field Judge:

• Time of Game: Attendance: 48,202

See also

• 1978 NFL season