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Houston Oilers at Pittsburgh Steelers

October 2, 1983
Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Houston OilersHouston (0-5)	0	3	7	0	10
Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh (3-2)	0	7	0	10	17

Scoring Summary

2nd Quarter			Hou	Pit
Pit	11:43	Frank Pollard 1 run (Gary Anderson Kick)	0	7
Hou	14:59	FG Florian Kempf 34	3	7
3rd Quarter			Hou	Pit
Hou	5:32	Earl Campbell 1 run (Florian Kempf Kick)	10	7
4th Quarter			Hou	Pit
Pit	4:08	Walter Abercrombie 51 pass from Cliff Stoudt (Gary Anderson Kick)	10	14
Pit	10:10	FG Gary Anderson 18	10	17

Team Stats

	HoustonHou	PittsburghPit
First downs	19	14
Rushing	9	8
Passing	10	5
Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	270	225
Net Yards Rushing	123	137
Rushing Plays	39	38
Average Gain	3.2	3.6
Net Yards Passing	147	88
Att - Comp - Int	28-13-3	12-5-0
Sacked - Yds Lost	1-8	3-20
Gross Yards Passing	155	108
Avg. Yds/Att	5.5	9.0

	HoustonHou	PittsburghPit
Punts - Average	3-35.3	6-42.5
Had Blocked	0	0
Punt Returns	2-15	2-3
Kickoff Returns	2-40	1-24
Interception Returns	0-0	3-31
Penalties - Yards	4-63	6-39
Fumbles - Lost	0-0	3-0
Field Goals	1-1	1-1
Third Downs	7-15-46%	5-13-38%
Total Plays	68	53
Average Gain	4.0	4.2
Time of Possession	31:36	28:24

Passing

Houston OilersHouston	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Gifford NielsenG. Nielsen	28	13	155	5.5	0	3	19	1	8	24.3

Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Cliff StoudtC. Stoudt	12	5	108	9.0	1	0	51t	3	20	102.1

Rushing

Houston OilersHouston	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Earl CampbellE. Campbell	26	69	2.65	13	1
Larry MoriartyL. Moriarty	8	27	3.38	6	0
Gifford NielsenG. Nielsen	1	20	20.00	20	0
Herkie WallsH. Walls	1	6	6.00	6	0
Chris DresselC. Dressel	1	3	3.00	3	0
John JamesJ. James	1	0	0.00	0	0
Donnie CraftD. Craft	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0

Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Franco HarrisF. Harris	16	51	3.19	16	0
Walter AbercrombieW. Abercrombie	10	49	4.90	14	0
Frank PollardF. Pollard	8	23	2.88	13	1
Cliff StoudtC. Stoudt	4	14	3.50	10	0

Receiving

Houston OilersHouston	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Tim SmithT. Smith	5	57	11.40	19	0
Chris DresselC. Dressel	3	49	16.33	19	0
Walt ArnoldW. Arnold	1	12	12.00	12	0
Earl CampbellE. Campbell	1	11	11.00	11	0
Stan EdwardsS. Edwards	1	5	5.00	5	0
Mike McCloskeyM. McCloskey	1	9	9.00	9	0
Larry MoriartyL. Moriarty	1	12	12.00	12	0

Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
John StallworthJ. Stallworth	2	35	17.50	20	0
Walter AbercrombieW. Abercrombie	1	51	51.00	51t	1
Franco HarrisF. Harris	1	10	10.00	10	0
Calvin SweeneyC. Sweeney	1	12	12.00	12	0

Kickoff Returns

Houston OilersHouston	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Steve BrownS. Brown	1	8	8.00	0	8	0
Herkie WallsH. Walls	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
Avon RileyA. Riley	0	26	0.00	0	26	0

Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Henry OdomH. Odom	1	24	24.00	0	24	0

Punt Returns

Houston OilersHouston	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Carl RoachesC. Roaches	2	15	7.50	1	9	0

Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Paul SkansiP. Skansi	2	3	1.50	1	3	0

Punting

Houston OilersHouston	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
John JamesJ. James	3	106	35.3	44	0	2	3

Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
Craig ColquittC. Colquitt	6	255	42.5	56	0	2	15

Kicking

Houston OilersHouston	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Florian KempfF. Kempf	1/1	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	34	--	4

Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Gary AndersonG. Anderson	2/2	1/1	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	18	--	5

Defense

Houston OilersHouston	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack
Robert BrazileR. Brazile	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0
Carter HartwigC. Hartwig	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0
Mike StensrudM. Stensrud	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0

Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack
Mel BlountM. Blount	1	0	0.00	0	0	0.0
Donnie ShellD. Shell	1	0	0.00	0	0	0.0
Rick WoodsR. Woods	1	31	31.00	31	0	0.0
Jack LambertJ. Lambert	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0

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1983 NFL Scores - Week 5

Sunday, October 2, 1983

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Baltimore	7	7	10	10	34
Cincinnati	10	14	7	0	31

Colts/Bengals Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Dallas	3	10	14	10	37
Minnesota	7	17	0	0	24

Cowboys/Vikings Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Denver	0	0	7	7	14
Chicago	14	10	0	7	31

Broncos/Bears Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Houston	0	3	7	0	10
Pittsburgh	0	7	0	10	17

Oilers/Steelers Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
LA Raiders	0	7	14	14	35
Washington	7	10	3	17	37

Raiders/Redskins Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Philadelphia	14	7	0	7	28
Atlanta	0	7	7	10	24

Eagles/Falcons Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
San Francisco	7	10	13	3	33
New England	6	0	0	7	13

49ers/Patriots Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Tampa Bay	0	7	0	7	14
Green Bay	14	35	0	6	55

Buccaneers/Packers Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Seattle	3	0	7	14	24
Cleveland	0	3	0	6	9

Seahawks/Browns Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
San Diego	13	14	7	7	41
NY Giants	0	17	7	10	34

Chargers/Giants Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Detroit	3	7	0	0	10
LA Rams	0	14	0	7	21

Lions/Rams Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
Miami	0	0	0	7	7
New Orleans	0	7	10	0	17

Dolphins/Saints Box Score

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
St. Louis	7	0	0	7	14
Kansas City	14	0	3	21	38

Cardinals/Chiefs Box Score

Monday, October 3, 1983

FINAL	1	2	3	4	T
NY Jets	0	7	10	17	34
Buffalo	0	0	0	10	10

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