Sunday October 5, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/05/1980:



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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE132.2  (11)263.8  (1)396.0  (3)13
DEFENSE98.0  (5)189.0  (8)287.0  (7)13
OFFENSE82.2  (26)221.0  (10)303.2  (19)8
DEFENSE190.0  (28)189.8  (9)379.8  (27)6

Line: Steelers by 8

Team1234F
Pittsburgh Steelers (4-1-0)6107023
Minnesota Vikings (2-3-0)3001417

( 6- 0) PIT Calvin Sweeney 21 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (kick failed)
( 6- 3) MIN Rick Danmeier 35 yard field goal
(13- 3) PIT Franco Harris 4 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick)
(16- 3) PIT Matt Bahr 28 yard field goal
(23- 3) PIT Terry Bradshaw 2 yard rush (Matt Bahr kick)
(23-10) MIN Sammy White 21 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick)
(23-17) MIN Tommy Kramer 4 yard rush (Rick Danmeier kick)
                     PIT             MIN
First Downs:         23              20
Rushes-yards:        40-180          29-107
Yards/rush:          4.5             3.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-28-236-1     18-36-214-5
Sacked-yards:        1-5             1-3
Net pass yards:      231             211
Net yards/pass:      8.0             5.7
Total net yards:     411             318
Total plays:         69 (57% run)    66 (43% run)  
Yards/play:          6.0             4.8
Fumbles-lost:        4-1             0-0
Turnovers:           2               5
Penalties-yards:     5-52            2-15

Attendance: 47,583

Passing:
PIT: Terry Bradshaw, 16 of 28 for 236 yards and 1 TD (1 int) MIN: Tommy Kramer, 18 of 36 for 214 yards and 1 TD (5 int)
Rushing:
PIT: Franco Harris, 22 for 102 yards and 1 TD; Greg Hawthorne, 7 for 35 yards; Rocky Bleier, 7 for 33 yards; Terry Bradshaw, 4 for 10 yards and 1 TD MIN: Ted Brown, 15 for 46 yards; Rickey Young, 9 for 32 yards; Tommy Kramer, 5 for 29 yards and 1 TD
Receiving:
PIT: Lynn Swann, 6 for 107 yards; Randy Grossman, 3 for 49 yards; Franco Harris, 3 for 16 yards; Jim Smith, 2 for 38 yards; Calvin Sweeney, 1 for 21 yards and 1 TD; Rocky Bleier, 1 for 5 yards MIN: Rickey Young, 6 for 46 yards; Ahmad Rashad, 5 for 67 yards; Sammy White, 3 for 72 yards and 1 TD; Joe Senser, 2 for 9 yards; Ted Brown, 1 for 16 yards; Bob Tucker, 1 for 4 yards
Kick returns:
PIT: Mel Blount, 1 for 9 yards; Calvin Sweeney, 1 for 1 yard MIN: Eddie Payton, 4 for 81 yards
Punt returns:
PIT: Theo Bell, 1 for 9 yards MIN: Eddie Payton, 2 for 10 yards
Interceptions:
PIT: Donnie Shell, 2 for 22 yards; Mike Wagner, 1 for 6 yards; Jack Ham, 1 for 1 yard; Jack Lambert, 1 for 1 yard MIN: Kurt Knoff, 1 for 20 yards
Punting:
PIT: Craig Colquitt, 3 for 103 yards MIN: Greg Coleman, 3 for 116 yards
Field Goals:
PIT: Matt Bahr, 1/3 MIN: Rick Danmeier, 1/1


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