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Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers
@
Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
Date
October 4, 1987
Kickoff
01:00 PM ET
10:00 AM PT
Score
PIT 28 — ATL 12 F

Stadium

Capacity: 71,000

Inaugurated: 01/01/1965

Broadcast

Announcers

Mel Proctor, Reggie Rucker

Summary

PIT and ATL combined for 277 passing yards and 2 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Earnest Jackson led PIT with 104 rushing yards while Michael Williams paced ATL with 49. Through the air, Joey Clinkscales topped PIT with 150 receiving yards while Michael Williams led ATL with 70.

Expected Points Summary

PIT
Total17.01
Off4.49
Def18.20
ST-2.11
ATL
Total-17.01
Off-18.20
Def-4.49
ST2.11

Team Stats

Stat PIT ATL
First Downs 19 13
Rush-Yds-TDs 41-142-2 21-67-0
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 14-26-224-2-1 18-34-161-1-3
Sacked-Yards 1-5 2-13
Net Pass Yards 219 148
Total Yards 361 215
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 2-1
Turnovers 3 4
Penalties-Yards 4-25 7-54
Time of Possession 33:24 26:36

Expected Points Detail

PIT
Offense
Pass: 7.63
Rush: -2.03
TO: -3.88
Defense
Pass: 7.78
Rush: 7.45
TO: 8.98
Returns
KO: 0.06
KR: -2.83
P: -1.87
PR: 2.72
FG/XP: -0.19
ATL
Offense
Pass: -7.78
Rush: -7.45
TO: -8.98
Defense
Pass: -7.63
Rush: 2.03
TO: 3.88
Returns
KO: 2.83
KR: -0.06
P: -2.72
PR: 1.87
FG/XP: 0.19

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat PIT ATL
First Downs 19 13
Rush-Yds-TDs 41-142-2 21-67-0
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 14-26-224-2-1 18-34-161-1-3
Sacked-Yards 1-5 2-13
Net Pass Yards 219 148
Total Yards 361 215
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 2-1
Turnovers 3 4
Penalties-Yards 4-25 7-54
Time of Possession 33:24 26:36

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Falcons Greg Davis 27 yard field goal 0-3
2 Steelers Earnest Jackson 1 yard rush (David Trout kick) 7-3
Steelers Russell Hairston 5 yard pass from Steve Bono (David Trout kick) 14-3
3 Falcons Safety, Bono penalized for intentional grounding in end zone 14-5
4 Steelers Steve Bono 1 yard rush (David Trout kick) 21-5
Steelers Joey Clinkscales 11 yard pass from Reggie Collier (David Trout kick) 28-5
Falcons Milton Barney 19 yard pass from Jeff Van Raaphorst (Greg Davis kick) 28-12

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