SUPER BOWL XIV

Pittsburgh 31, Los Angeles 19
January 20, 1980
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
MVP: Terry Bradshaw, QB, Pittsburgh

STARTING LINEUPS
Los Angeles (NFC) Offense Pittsburgh (AFC)
Billy Waddy WR John Stallworth
Doug France LT Jon Kolb
Kent Hill LG Sam Davis
Rich Saul C Mike Webster
Dennis Harrah RG Gerry Mullins
Jackie Slater RT Larry Brown
Terry Nelson TE Bennie Cunningham
Preston Dennard WR Lynn Swann
Vince Ferragamo QB Terry Bradshaw
Wendell Tyler RB Franco Harris
Cullen Bryant RB Rocky Bleier
Defense
Jack Youngblood LE L.C. Greenwood
Mike Fanning LT Joe Greene
Larry Brooks RT Gary Dunn
Fred Dryer RE John Banaszak
Jim Youngblood LLB Dennis Winston
Jack Reynolds MLB Jack Lambert
Bob Brudzinski RLB Robin Cole
Pat Thomas LCB Ron Johnson
Rod Perry RCB Mel Blount
Dave Elmendorf SS Donnie Shell
Nolan Cromwell FS J.T. Thomas

SUBSTUTITIONS
Los Angeles–Offense: K–Frank Corral. P–Ken Clark. RB–Eddie Hill, Jim Jodat, Lawrence McCutcheon. TE–Charle Young. WR–Drew Hill, Ron Smith. LINE–Bill Bain, Gordon Gravelle, Dan Ryczek. Defense: LINE–Reggie Doss, Jerry Wilkinson. LB–George Andrews, Joe Harris, Greg Westbrooks. DB–Eddie Brown, Dwayne O’Steen, Ivory Sully, Jackie Wallace. DNP: QB–Bob Lee, Jeff Rutledge. CB–Ken Ellis.

Pittsburgh–Offense: K–Matt Bahr. P–Craig Colquitt. RB–Anthony Anderson, Greg Hawthorne, Rick Moser, Sidney Thornton. TE–Randy Grossman. WR–Theo Bell, Jim Smith. LINE–Steve Courson, Thom Dornbrook, Ted Peterson. Defense: LINE–Tom Beasley, Steve Furness, Dwight White. LB–Tom Graves, Loren Toews, Zack Valentine. DB–Larry Anderson, Dwayne Woodruff. DNP: QB–Mike Kruczek, Cliff Stoudt. LB–Jack Ham.

OFFICIALS
Referee–Fred Silva. Umpire–Al Conway. Line Judge–Bob Beeks. Head Linesman–Burl Toler. Back Judge–Stan Javie. Side Judge–Ben Tompkins. Field Judge–Charley Musser.

SCORING
Los Angeles 7 6 6 0 — 19
Pittsburgh 3 7 7 14 — 31

Pitt–FG Bahr 41
LA–Bryant 1 run (Corral kick)
Pitt–F. Harris 1 run (Bahr kick)
LA–FG Corral 31
LA–FG Corral 45
Pitt–Swann 47 pass from Bradshaw (Bahr kick)
LA–R. Smith 24 pass from McCutcheon (kick failed)
Pitt–Stallworth 73 pass from Bradshaw (Bahr kick)
Pitt–F. Harris 1 run (Bahr kick)

Attendance–103,985

FINAL TEAM STATISTICS
Rams Steelers
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 16 19
Rushing 6 8
Passing 9 10
Penalty 1 1
TOTAL NET YARDAGE 301 393
Total Offensive Plays 59 58
Average Gain per Offensive Play 5.1 6.8
NET YARDS RUSHING 107 84
Total Rushing Plays 29 37
Average Gain per Rushing Play 3.7 2.3
NET YARDS PASSING 194 309
Pass Att.–Comp.–Int. 26–16–1 21–14–3
Times Sacked–Yards Lost 4–42 0–0
Gross Yards Passing 236 309
Avg. Gain per Pass (Incl. Sacks) 6.5 14.7
PUNTS–YARDS 5–220 2–85
Average Distance 44.0 42.5
Had Blocked 0 0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE 104 209
Kickoff Returns–Yards 6–79 5–162
Punt Returns–Yards 1–4 4–31
Interception Returns–Yards 3–21 1–16
TOTAL TURNOVERS 1 3
Fumbles–Lost 0–0 0–0
Had Intercepted 1 3
PENALTIES–YARDS 2–26 6–65
TOTAL POINTS SCORED 19 31
Touchdowns Rushing 1 2
Touchdowns Passing 1 2
Touchdowns Returns 0 0
Extra Points 1 4
Field Goals–Attempts 2–2 1–1
Safeties 0 0
THIRD–DOWN EFFICIENCY 5/14 9/14
FOURTH–DOWN EFFICIENCY 1/2 0/0
TIME OF POSSESSION 29:30 30:30

 

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
Los Angeles No. Yds. Avg. Long TD
Tyler 17 60 3.5 39 0
Bryant 6 30 5.0 14 1
McCutcheon 5 10 2.0 6 0
Ferragamo 1 7 7.0 7 0
Pittsburgh
F. Harris 20 46 2.3 12 2
Bleier 10 25 2.5 9 0
Bradshaw 3 9 3.0 6 0
Thornton 4 4 1.0 5 0

 

PASSING
Los Angeles Att. Comp. Yds. Long TD Int.
Ferragamo 25 15 212 50 0 1
McCutcheon 1 1 24 24t 1 0
Pittsburgh
Bradshaw 21 14 309 73t 2 3

 

RECEIVING
Los Angeles No. Yds. Long TD
Waddy 3 75 50 0
Bryant 3 21 12 0
Tyler 3 20 11 0
Dennard 2 32 24 0
Nelson 2 20 14 0
D. Hill 1 28 28 0
R. Smith 1 24 24t 1
McCutcheon 1 16 16 0
Pittsburgh
Swann 5 79 47t 1
Stallworth 3 121 73t 1
F. Harris 3 66 32 0
Cunningham 2 21 13 0
Thornton 1 22 22 0

 

INTERCEPTIONS
Los Angeles No. Yds. Long TD
Elmendorf 1 10 10 0
E. Brown 1 6 6 0
Perry 1 –1 –1 0
P. Thomas 0 6 6 0
Pittsburgh
Lambert 1 16 16 0

 

PUNTING
Los Angeles No. Yds. Avg. TB Long
Clark 5 220 44.0 0 59
Pittsburgh
Colquitt 2 85 42.5 1 50

 

PUNT RETURNS
Los Angeles No. FC Yds. Long TD
E. Brown 1 0 4 4 0
Pittsburgh
Bell 2 0 17 11 0
J. Smith 2 0 14 7 0

 

KICKOFF RETURNS
Los Angeles No. Yds. Long TD
E. Hill 3 47 27 0
Jodat 2 32 16 0
Andrews 1 0 0 0
Pittsburgh
L. Anderson 5 162 45 0

 

FUMBLES
Los Angeles No. Own Rec. Opp. Rec.
None
Pittsburgh
None

 

KICKING
Los Angeles XP–A FG–A FG Made FG Missed
Corral 1–2 2–2 31, 45 ––
Pittsburgh
Bahr 4–4 1–1 41 ––

 

PLAY–BY–PLAY

Los Angeles won the coin toss and elected to receive.

 

FIRST QUARTER

Los Angeles (15:00)
Bahr kick to LA 13, Jodat 16 return (L. Anderson).

LA 29 1–10 Tyler 1 run around right end (Lambert).
LA 30 2–9 Tyler run left, slipped, loss of 4 (Lambert).
LA 26 3–13 Ferragamo 8 pass to Bryant (Winston, Shell).
LA 34 4–5 Clark 41 punt, Bell 11 return (E. Brown). Pittsburgh penalized 15 for clipping.

Pittsburgh (12:34)

P 21 1–10 F. Harris 2 run middle (Reynolds).
P 23 2–8 Bleier 9 run middle (Elmendorf).
P 32 1–10 F. Harris 1 run off left tackle (Brudzinski).
P 33 2–9 Bleier 8 run middle (Brudzinski. Elmendorf).
P 41 3–1 F. Harris 2 run middle (Reynolds, Cromwell).
P 43 1–10 Bleier run middle, loss of 1 (Brooks, Dryer).
P 42 2–11 Bradshaw 32 pass to F. Harris (Jim Youngblood).
LA 26 1–10 Bleier run left, no gain (Brudzinski).
LA 26 2–10 F. Harris 2 sweep right (Jim Youngblood).
LA 24 3–8 Bradshaw pass to Swann end zone incomplete.
LA 24 4–8 Bahr, 41–yard field goal (7:31).
Pittsburgh scoring drive: 55 yards, 10 plays, 5:03.
Pittsburgh 3, Los Angeles 0

Los Angeles (7:31)
Bahr kick to LA 41, Andrews no return (Moser, Bell).

LA 41 1–10 Ferragamo 6 pass to Tyler (Shell).
LA 47 2–4 Tyler 39 run around left end (Shell).
P 14 1–10 McCutcheon 6 run off right tackle (Thomas).
P 8 2–4 McCutcheon 3 run middle (White).
P 5 3–1 McCutcheon 3 run middle (White).
P 2 1–goal Tyler 1 run off right tackle (Winston).
P 1 2–goal Tyler run middle, no gain (Cole).
P 1 3–goal Bryant 1 run middle, touchdown (2:44). Corral kicked extra point.
Los Angeles scoring drive: 59 yards, 8 plays, 4:47.
Los Angeles 7, Pittsburgh 3

Pittsburgh (2:44)
Corral kick to P 2, L. Anderson 45 return (J. Harris).

P 47 1–10 F. Harris 12 run around right end (Cromwell).
LA 41 1–10 Bleier 1 run middle (Brudzinski).
LA 40 2–9 Bradshaw 8 pass to Cunningham (Brudzinski).
LA 32 3–1 Bleier 2 run off right tackle (Elmendorf).
LA 30 1–10 Bradshaw 12 pass to Swann right (P. Thomas).
END OF FIRST QUARTER:
Los Angeles 7, Pittsburgh 3

 

SECOND QUARTER

 

LA 18 1–10 Bradshaw 13 pass to Cunningham (Brudzinski).
LA 5 1–goal F. Harris 1 run middle (Dryer).
LA 4 2–goal Bradshaw 3 pass to Stallworth (Cromwell).
LA 1 3–goal F. Harris 1 sweep right, touchdown (12:52). Bahr kicked extra point.
Pittsburgh scoring drive: 53 yards, 9 plays, 4:52.
Pittsburgh 10, Los Angeles 7

Los Angeles (12:52)
Bahr kick to LA 10, Jodat 9 return (Moser).

LA 19 1–10 Tyler 7 sweep right (J.T. Thomas).
LA 26 2–3 Bryant 2 run right (Cole).
LA 28 3–1 Tyler 5 run right (Lambert, J.T. Thomas).
LA 33 1–10 Ferragamo 11 swing pass to Tyler (Lambert).
LA 44 1–10 Bryant 4 run off right tackle (Lambert).
LA 48 2–6 Ferragamo 16 pass to McCutcheon (Cole).
P 36 1–10 McCutcheon run middle, loss of 2 (Cole).
P 38 2–12 Ferragamo pass incomplete. Play nullified and Pittsburgh penalized 20 for pass interference (Shell).
P 18 1–10 Bryant 8 run left (Lambert, Cole).
P 10 2–2 Tyler run off right tackle, loss of 4 (Winston).
P 14 3–6 Ferragamo pass to R. Smith in end zone incomplete.
P 14 4–6 Corral, 31–yard field goal (7:21).
Los Angeles scoring drive: 67 yards, 10 plays, 5:31.
Pittsburgh 10, Los Angeles 10

Pittsburgh (7:21)
Corral kick to P 8, L. Anderson 38 return (Corral).

P 46 1–10 F. Harris 1 run left (Perry).
P 47 2–9 Bradshaw 6 run up middle (Fanning).
LA 47 3–3 F. Harris 2 run middle (Fanning).
LA 45 4–1 Pittsburgh penalized 5 for delay of game.
50 4–6 Colquitt 50 punt into end zone, touchback.

Los Angeles (4:55)

LA 20 1–10 McCutcheon around right end, no gain (Furness).
LA 20 2–10 Bryant 1 run middle (Greenwood).
LA 21 3–9 Ferragamo 6 pass to Nelson middle (Shell).
LA 27 4–3 Clark 42 punt, Bell 6 return (Jodat).

Pittsburgh (3:14)

P 37 1–10 Bradshaw pass to Thornton intercepted at P 49, Elmendorf 10 return (Mullins).

Los Angeles (3:05)

P 39 1–10 Ferragamo sacked, loss of 10 (Cole).
P 49 2–20 Ferragamo pass to Bryant dropped, incomplete.
P 49 3–20 Ferragamo 12 pass to Bryant (Winston). Two–Minute Warning.
P 37 4–8 Ferragamo 10 pass to Waddy right (Shell).
P 27 1–10 Ferragamo 14 pass to Nelson right (J.T. Thomas).
P 13 1–10 Ferragamo pass to Dennard incomplete.
P 13 2–10 Ferragamo pass to Waddy incomplete.
P 13 3–10 Ferragamo sacked, loss of 14 (Banaszak).
P 27 4–24 Corral, 45–yard field goal (:14).

Los Angeles scoring drive: 12 yards, 8 plays, 2:51.
Los Angeles 13, Pittsburgh 10

Pittsburgh (:14)
Corral kick to P 7, L. Anderson 37 return (O’Steen). Pittsburgh penalized 15 for illegal use of hands. L. Anderson credited with 32 return.

P 24 1–10 Bradshaw 10 swing pass to Swann (Jim Youngblood).
END OF SECOND QUARTER:
Los Angeles 13, Pittsburgh 10

 

THIRD QUARTER

Pittsburgh (15:00)
Corral kick to P 2, L. Anderson 37 return (Corral).

P 39 1–10 Bradshaw 4 pass to Swann (Elmendorf).
P 43 2–6 Bleier 4 run middle (Reynolds).
P 47 3–2 F. Harris 2 run middle (Fanning).
P 49 1–10 F. Harris 4 run off right tackle (Cromwell).
LA 47 2–6 Bradshaw 47 pass to Swann deep middle (caught at LA 2), touchdown (12:12). Bahr kicked extra point.
Pittsburgh scoring drive: 61 yards, 5 plays, 2:48.
Pittsburgh 17, Los Angeles 13

Los Angeles (12:12)
Bahr kick to LA 5, E. Hill 18 return (Woodruff, Moser).

LA 23 1–10 Tyler 2 run off right tackle (Lambert).
LA 25 2–8 Ferragamo 1 swing pass to Bryant right (Blount).
LA 26 3–7 Ferragamo 50 pass to Waddy deep (Johnson).
P 24 1–10 McCutcheon 24 option pass to R. Smith deep right (caught at P 1), touchdown (10:15). Corral’s extra–point attempt was wide left, no good.
Los Angeles scoring drive: 77 yards, 4 plays, 1:57.
Los Angeles 19, Pittsburgh 17

Pittsburgh (10:15)
Corral kick to P 18, L. Anderson 10 return (Sully).

P 28 1–10 Bleier 2 run middle (Brudzinski).
P 30 2–8 Bradshaw 14 pass to F. Harris right (P. Thomas).
P 44 1–10 Bradshaw pass almost intercepted (Cromwell), incomplete.
P 44 2–10 Pittsburgh penalized 5 for false start (Davis).
P 39 2–15 Bradshaw 6 pass to Swann (P. Thomas). Swann hurt.
P 45 3–9 Bradshaw pass to J. Smith intercepted at LA 27, E. Brown 6 return, lateral to P. Thomas, 6 return (Stallworth).

Los Angeles (7:40)

LA 39 1–10 Tyler run right, loss of 1 (Lambert, Shell).
LA 38 2–11 Tyler 1 run middle (Cole).
LA 39 3–10 Ferragamo pass to Dennard deep incomplete.
LA 39 4–10 Clark 34 punt out of bounds at P 27.

Pittsburgh (6:06)

P 27 1–10 F. Harris run middle, loss of 1 (Brooks).
P 26 2–11 F. Harris 5 run middle (Cromwell, Brudzinski).
P 31 3–6 Bradshaw 20 pass to F. Harris (Brudzinski).
LA 49 1–10 F. Harris 1 run around right end (Jack Youngblood).
LA 48 2–9 Thornton 5 run middle (Brooks).
LA 43 3–4 Bradshaw 5 run middle (Cromwell).
LA 38 1–10 Bradshaw 22 pass to Thornton (P. Thomas, Cromwell).
LA 16 1–10 F. Harris run right, no gain (Jim Youngblood).
LA 16 2–10 Thornton run middle, no gain (Reynolds).
LA 16 3–10 Bradshaw pass to Stallworth deflected by Elmendorf and intercepted at LA 5, Perry return, loss of 1 (F. Harris).

Los Angeles (:35)

LA 4 1–10 Tyler 13 run around left end (Blount).
END OF THIRD QUARTER:
Los Angeles 19, Pittsburgh 17

 

FOURTH QUARTER

 

LA 17 1–10 Tyler run off left tackle, no gain (Cole).
LA 17 2–10 Ferragamo sacked, loss of 8 (Furness).
LA 9 3–18 Bryant 14 run around left end (Lambert).
LA 23 4–4 Clark 59 punt, J. Smith 7 return (Wallace).

Pittsburgh (12:59)

P 25 1–10 F. Harris 2 run off left tackle (Brudzinski).
P 27 2–8 Bradshaw pass to Thornton dropped, incomplete.
P 27 3–8 Bradshaw 73 pass to Stallworth deep middle (caught at LA 32), touchdown (12:04). Bahr kicked extra point. Los Angeles penalized 5 for offsides (Sully), assessed on kickoff.
Pittsburgh scoring drive: 75 yards, 3 plays, :55.
Pittsburgh 24, Los Angeles 19

Los Angeles (12:04)
Bahr kick to LA 5, E. Hill 2 return, handoff to Jodat, 7 return (Moser).

LA 14 1–10 Tyler 5 run around right end (Lambert).
LA 19 2–5 Tyler run at right tackle, loss of 10 (Toews).
LA 9 3–15 Ferragamo pass to Dennard deep incomplete.
LA 9 4–15 Clark 44 punt, J. Smith 7 return (Sully).

Pittsburgh (10:11)

LA 46 1–10 Bradshaw pass to Cunningham incomplete.
LA 46 2–10 F. Harris 3 run around left end (Fanning).
LA 43 3–7 Pittsburgh penalized 5 for delay of game.
LA 48 3–12 Thornton 1 run around right end (Cromwell).
LA 47 4–11 Colquitt 35 punt, E. Brown 4 return (Toews).

Los Angeles (8:29)

LA 16 1–10 Ferragamo 24 pass to Dennard middle (J.T. Thomas).
LA 40 1–10 Ferragamo 8 pass to Dennard (Blount).
LA 48 2–2 Tyler 8 run middle (Toews, Furness).
P 44 1–10 Tyler run middle, slipped, loss of 3 (White).
P 47 2–13 Ferragamo pass to Nelson incomplete.
P 47 3–13 Ferragamo 15 pass to Waddy left (Shell).
P 32 1–10 Ferragamo pass to R. Smith intercepted at P 14, Lambert 16 return (Saul).

Pittsburgh (5:24)

P 30 1–10 F. Harris 5 run middle (Reynolds).
P 35 2–5 Thornton run right, loss of 2 (Elmendorf).
P 33 3–7 Bradshaw 45 pass to Stallworth deep middle (caught at LA 27) (Perry).
LA 22 1–10 Bleier run off left tackle, no gain (Reynolds).
LA 22 2–10 Bradshaw pass to J. Smith in end zone incomplete. Play nullified and Los Angeles penalized 21 for pass interference (Perry).
LA 1 1–goal Bleier run middle, no gain (Reynolds). Two–Minute Warning.
LA 1 2–goal F. Harris run off left tackle, no gain (Reynolds).
LA 1 3–goal F. Harris 1 run over left tackle, touchdown (1:49). Bahr kicked extra point.
Pittsburgh scoring drive: 70 yards, 7 plays, 3:35.
Pittsburgh 31, Los Angeles 19

Los Angeles (1:49)
Bahr kick to LA 8, E. Hill 27 return (Moser, Valentine).

LA 35 1–10 Ferragamo 7 run middle (Winston).
LA 42 2–3 Ferragamo 28 pass to D. Hill (Lambert).
P 30 1–10 Ferragamo pass to D. Hill incomplete.
P 30 2–10 Ferragamo 3 pass to Tyler (Blount).
P 27 3–7 Ferragamo sacked, loss of 10 (J.T. Thomas).
P 37 4–17 Ferragamo pass to Waddy incomplete.

Pittsburgh (:39)

P 37 1–10 Bradshaw knelt down, loss of 2.

 

FINAL SCORE:
Pittsburgh 31, Los Angeles 19

 

FINAL RECORDS:
Pittsburgh 15–4, Los Angeles 11–8
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