All NFL game summaries for 01/20/1980:

And there was cold reality: Pittsburgh, a team with as much patience as talent, struck quickly and surely for two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, and it was over. In the first month of 1980, the Steelers officially shut the door on their decade. This Super Bowl victory, their fourth, meant they had won nearly a third of the Vince Lombardi trophies to that point.

The signature image of Super Bowl XIV is of Steelers wide receiver John Stallworth at the L.A. 32, having outraced Rams safety Dave Elmendorf and cornerback Rod Perry, looking back over his head for a lofty Terry Bradshaw pass, catching it in stride, and continuing into the end zone for a 73-yard touchdown.

The Steelers had taken the lead and then surrendered it in the third quarter. Bradshaw hit wide receiver Lynn Swann over the middle for a 47-yard score. The Rams came back with a surprise -- a 24-yard halfback pass from Lawrence McCutcheon to Ron Smith that made it 19-17 before Bradshaw-to-Stallworth put Pittsburgh ahead for good.

The Rams intercepted Bradshaw three times, but it was the Steelers' lone interception -- by linebacker Jack Lambert -- that punctuated the ending. With the score 24-19 and Los Angeles driving, Lambert intercepted a pass from Rams quarterback Vince Ferragamo at the Steelers' 14. Another Rams drive broke under the weight of the Steelers' defense.

For the second year in a row, Bradshaw was named the game's Most Valuable Player for the resiliency that produced 309 passing yards and two touchdowns and a completion rate of 14-for-21.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
	OFFENSE	162.7  (2)	228.4  (2)	391.1  (1)	52
	DEFENSE	106.8  (4)	160.1  (10)	266.9  (2)	42
	OFFENSE	153.8  (7)	167.1  (17)	320.8  (13)	49
	DEFENSE	124.8  (10)	159.8  (9)	284.6  (7)	41

Line: Steelers by 10

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Pittsburgh Steelers (15-4-0)	3	7	14	7	31
Los Angeles Rams (11-8-0)	7	6	6	0	19

                     PIT             LA
First Downs:         19              16
Rushes-yards:        37-84           29-107
Yards/rush:          2.3             3.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-21-309-3     16-26-236-1
Sacked-yards:        0-0             4-42
Net pass yards:      309             194
Net yards/pass:      14.7            6.5
Total net yards:     393             301
Total plays:         58 (63% run)    59 (49% run)  
Yards/play:          6.8             5.1
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             0-0
Turnovers:           3               1
Penalties-yards:     6-65            2-26

Attendance: 103,985