1990 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Encyclopedia
The Steelers did not score an offensive touchdown until the 5th game of the season, but did rebound to a 9–7 record (the same they posted the previous season). Unfortunately, unlike the previous season, 9–7 was not enough to gain a playoff berth.

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Location Time (ET
North American Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

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TV Result Record
1 Sunday September 9 at Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

Cleveland Municipal Stadium 4:00 pm NBC L 13–3 0–1
2 Sunday September 16 Houston Oilers Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

8:00 pm TNT W 20–9 1–1
3 Sunday September 23 at Los Angeles Raiders Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, at Exposition Park, that is home to the Pacific-12 Conference's University of Southern California Trojans football team...

4:00 pm NBC L 20–3 1–2
4 Sunday September 30 Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 pm NBC L 28–6 1–3
5 Sunday October 7 San Diego Chargers
San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 pm NBC W 36–14 2–3
6 Sunday October 14 at Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

Mile High Stadium
Mile High Stadium
Mile High Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, that stood in Denver, Colorado, from 1948 until 2001.It hosted the Denver Broncos, of the AFL and the NFL, from 1960-2000, the Colorado Rockies, of the National League, of the MLB, from 1993-1994, the Colorado Rapids, of MLS, from 1996-2001, the...

4:00 pm NBC W 34–17 3–3
7 Sunday October 21 at San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

Candlestick Park 4:00 pm NBC L 27–7 3–4
8 Monday October 29 Los Angeles Rams Three Rivers Stadium 9:00 pm ABC W 41–10 4–4
9 Sunday November 4 Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 pm CBS W 21–9 5–4
10 Sunday November 11 Bye
11 Sunday November 18 at Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...

Riverfront Stadium 8:00 pm ESPN L 27–3 5–5
12 Sunday November 25 at New York Jets
New York Jets
The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

Giants Stadium
Giants Stadium
Giants Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, in the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Maximum seating capacity was 80,242. The building itself was 230.5 m long, 180.5 m wide and 44 m high from service level to the top of the seating bowl and 54 m high to...

4:00 pm NBC W 24–7 6–5
13 Sunday December 2 Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...

Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 pm NBC L 16–12 6–6
14 Sunday December 9 New England Patriots
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...

Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 pm NBC W 24–3 7–6
15 Sunday December 16 at New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....

Louisiana Superdome
Louisiana Superdome
The Mercedes-Benz Superdome, previously known as the Louisiana Superdome and colloquially known as the Superdome, is a sports and exhibition arena located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA...

1:00 pm NBC W 9–6 8–6
16 Sunday December 23 Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 pm NBC W 35–0 9–6
17 Sunday December 30 at Houston Oilers Astrodome 8:00 pm ESPN L 34–14 9–7

Week 1 (Sunday September 9, 1990): at Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...


  • Game time: 4:00 pm EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 78,298
  • Referee: Dick Hantak
    Dick Hantak
    Dick Hantak was an American football official in the National Football League for 25 years between 1978 and 2003. He began his NFL officiating career as a back judge and became a referee eight years later...

  • TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui
    Don Criqui
    Don Criqui is an American sportscaster, currently employed as a play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports. Criqui's duties include occasional television coverage of National Football League games, women's and men's college basketball, occasional college football and radio play-by-play of ISP Sports'...

     (play by play), Bob Trumpy
    Bob Trumpy
    Bob Trumpy is a former professional American Football tight end who played for the American Football League's Cincinnati Bengals from 1968 to 1969, and for the NFL Bengals from 1970 through 1977...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 19
  • Cleveland – Blaylock 30 fumble return (Kauric kick)
  • Cleveland – FG Kauric 28
  • Cleveland – FG Kauric 47

Week 2 (Sunday September 16, 1990): vs. Houston Oilers 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time: 8:00 pm EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 54,814
  • Referee: Gene Barth
    Gene Barth
    Gene Barth was an American football official in the National Football League , who wore uniform number 14, which is now worn by Ron Winter. He is most notable for being the referee in Super Bowl XVIII, played January 22, 1984.-Personal:...

  • TV announcers: (TNT) Skip Caray
    Skip Caray
    Harry Christopher "Skip" Caray, Jr. was an American sportscaster, best known for his long career as a radio and television play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball...

     (play by play), Pat Haden
    Pat Haden
    Patrick Capper "Pat" Haden is the athletic director at the University of Southern California. He played quarterback for the USC Trojans before playing professionally in the NFL for the Los Angeles Rams from 1976 to 1981...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – D. Johnson 26 interception return (Anderson kick)
  • Houston – White 1 run (Zendejas kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 31
  • Houston – Safety, Childress tackled Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     in end zone
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 27
  • Pittsburgh – Woodson
    Rod Woodson
    Roderick Kevin "Rod" Woodson is the current cornerbacks coach for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He is also a former defensive back best known for his 10-year stint with the Pittsburgh Steelers as well as being a key member of the Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl XXXV championship...

     52 punt return (Anderson kick)

Week 3 (Sunday September 23, 1990): at Los Angeles Raiders 

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, at Exposition Park, that is home to the Pacific-12 Conference's University of Southern California Trojans football team...

, Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...


  • Game time: 4:00 pm EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 50,657
  • Referee: Howard Roe
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert
    Marv Albert
    Marv Albert is an American television and radio sportscaster. Honored for his work as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, he is commonly referred to as "the voice of basketball." From 1967–2004, he was also known as "the voice of the New York Knicks."Including Super Bowl XLII, Marv has called...

     (play by play), Paul Maguire
    Paul Maguire
    Paul Leo Maguire is a former American football player and current television sportscaster.-Early sports career:Maguire attended Ursuline High School in Youngstown,Ohio and was recruited to play at The Citadel by the late Al Davis who was then an assistant coach and chief recruiter...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 31
  • Los Angeles Raiders – FG Jaeger 40
  • Los Angeles Raiders – FG Jaeger 45
  • Los Angeles Raiders – Allen 1 run (Jaeger kick)
  • Los Angeles Raiders – Fernandez 66 pass from Schroeder (Jaeger kick)

Week 4 (Sunday September 30, 1990): vs. Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 54,691
  • Referee: Gerald Austin
    Gerald Austin
    Dr. Gerald "Gerry" Austin is a retired American football official, who worked in the National Football League from the 1982 season through the 2007 season. He wore uniform number 34, which is now worn by Clete Blakeman. Austin has officiated in three Super Bowls, one as a side judge and two as a...

  • TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert
    Marv Albert
    Marv Albert is an American television and radio sportscaster. Honored for his work as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, he is commonly referred to as "the voice of basketball." From 1967–2004, he was also known as "the voice of the New York Knicks."Including Super Bowl XLII, Marv has called...

     (play by play), Paul Maguire
    Paul Maguire
    Paul Leo Maguire is a former American football player and current television sportscaster.-Early sports career:Maguire attended Ursuline High School in Youngstown,Ohio and was recruited to play at The Citadel by the late Al Davis who was then an assistant coach and chief recruiter...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Miami – S. Smith 1 run (Stoyanovich kick)
  • Miami – S. Smith 7 run (Stoyanovich kick)
  • Clayton 35 pass from Marino
    Dan Marino
    Daniel Constantine "Dan" Marino, Jr. is a retired American football quarterback who played for the Miami Dolphins in the National Football League...

     (Stoyanovich kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 46
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 35
  • Miami – Paige 1 run (Stoyanovich kick)

Week 5 (Sunday October 7, 1990): vs. San Diego Chargers
San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 53,486
  • Referee: Tom White
    Tom White (American football official)
    Tom White was an American football official in the United States Football League from 1983-1986 and then National Football League for seventeen seasons from the 1989 to 2005 seasons. He started in the league as a head linesman and was promoted to referee with the start of the 1990 NFL season. He...

  • TV announcers: (NBC) Joel Meyers
    Joel Meyers
    Joel Meyers is an American sportscaster and former play-by-play announcer of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association on Fox Sports West and KCAL. Meyers left the Lakers at the end of the 2010-2011 season when the team did not renew his contract.-Career:Meyers joined the Lakers...

     (play by play), Ahmad Rashad
    Ahmad Rashad
    Ahmad Rashād is an American sportscaster and former professional football player. An All-American running back and wide receiver from Oregon known as Bobby Moore, Rashad was the fourth overall pick in the 1972 NFL Draft, drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 45
  • San Diego – Plummer 2 pass from Tolliver (Reveiz kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Green 8 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Green 1 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – W. Williams 2 run (Anderson kick)
  • San Diego – L. Miller fumble recovery in end zone (Reveiz kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Safety, Stone blocked punt out of end zone
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 45
  • Pittsburgh – Foster 2 run (Anderson kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 14, 1990): at Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Mile High Stadium
Mile High Stadium
Mile High Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, that stood in Denver, Colorado, from 1948 until 2001.It hosted the Denver Broncos, of the AFL and the NFL, from 1960-2000, the Colorado Rockies, of the National League, of the MLB, from 1993-1994, the Colorado Rapids, of MLS, from 1996-2001, the...

, Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...


  • Game time: 4:00 pm EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 74,285
  • Referee: Jerry Markbreit
    Jerry Markbreit
    Jerry Markbreit is a former American football referee in the National Football League for 23 seasons and became one of the most recognizable referees in the game. Markbreit officiated football games for 43 seasons. From 1965 to 1975, Markbreit officiated college football games in the Big Ten...

  • TV announcers: (NBC) Joel Meyers
    Joel Meyers
    Joel Meyers is an American sportscaster and former play-by-play announcer of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association on Fox Sports West and KCAL. Meyers left the Lakers at the end of the 2010-2011 season when the team did not renew his contract.-Career:Meyers joined the Lakers...

     (play by play), Ahmad Rashad
    Ahmad Rashad
    Ahmad Rashād is an American sportscaster and former professional football player. An All-American running back and wide receiver from Oregon known as Bobby Moore, Rashad was the fourth overall pick in the 1972 NFL Draft, drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Denver – Winder 1 run (Treadwell kick)
  • Denver – FG Treadwell 24
  • Pittsburgh – Lipps 6 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (Anderson kick)
  • Denver – Sewell 2 run (Treadwell kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Green 3 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Hoge 6 run (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Green 10 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (kick failed)
  • Pittsburgh – Green 3 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (Anderson kick)

Week 7 (Sunday October 21, 1990): at San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

 

at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...


  • Game time: 4:00 pm EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 64,301
  • Referee: Jim Tunney
    Jim Tunney (American football official)
    Dr. Jim Tunney was an American football official in the National Football League from 1960 to 1991. In his 31 years as an NFL official, Jim Tunney received a record 29 post-season assignments, including ten Championship games and Super Bowls VI, XI, and XII and named as an alternate in Super Bowl...

  • TV announcers: (NBC) Dick Enberg
    Dick Enberg
    Richard Alan "Dick" Enberg is an American sportscaster. He currently provides play-by-play for telecasts of San Diego Padres baseball on 4SD, following a long career calling various sports for such networks as NBC, CBS, and ESPN...

     (play by play), Bill Walsh (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – Bell 2 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (Anderson kick)
  • San Francisco – FG Cofer 39
  • San Francisco – Sherrard 5 pass from Montana (Cofer kick)
  • San Francisco – FG Cofer 20
  • San Francisco – Rathman 1 run (Cofer kick)
  • San Francisco – Rathman 1 run (Cofer kick)

Week 8 (Monday October 29, 1990): vs. Los Angeles Rams 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time: 9:00 pm EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 56,466
  • Referee: Dick Hantak
    Dick Hantak
    Dick Hantak was an American football official in the National Football League for 25 years between 1978 and 2003. He began his NFL officiating career as a back judge and became a referee eight years later...

  • TV announcers: (ABC) Al Michaels
    Al Michaels
    Alan Richard "Al" Michaels is an American television sportscaster. Now employed by NBC Sports after nearly three decades with ABC Sports, Michaels is one of the most prominent members of his profession...

     (play by play), Frank Gifford
    Frank Gifford
    Francis Newton "Frank" Gifford is a Hall of Fame former American football player and American sportscaster.-Early life:Gifford was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Lola Mae and Weldon Gifford, an oil driller....

     & Dan Dierdorf
    Dan Dierdorf
    Daniel Lee "Dan" Dierdorf is a former American football player and current television sportscaster. He played 13 NFL seasons and has worked for ABC's Monday Night Football and CBS as a color commentator since retiring from football....

     (color commentators)


Scoring Drives:
  • Los Angeles Rams – Greens 100 kickoff return (Lansford kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Hoge 6 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Green 17 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (Anderson kick)
  • Los Angeles Rams – FG Lansford 32
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 42
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 30
  • Pittsburgh – Hoge 1 run (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Stone 8 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Hoge 2 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (Anderson kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 4, 1990): vs. Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time: 1:00 pm EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 57,093
  • Referee: Johnny Grier
    Johnny Grier
    Johnny Grier was an American football official for 23 years in the National Football League from 1981 to 2004. He began in the NFL as a field judge before becoming the first African-American referee in the history of the NFL with the start of the 1988 NFL season...

  • TV announcers: (CBS) Brad Nessler
    Brad Nessler
    Bradley "Brad" Nessler is an American sportscaster, who currently calls college basketball and college football games for ESPN with occasional appearances on ESPN on ABC. He will also call Thursday Night Football on NFL Network beginning in 2011, and appears annually as a commentator in EA Sports'...

     (play by play), Dan Jiggetts
    Dan Jiggetts
    Dan Jiggetts is a retired American football offensive lineman. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1976 NFL Draft-Early life:...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Atlanta – FG Davis 41
  • Atlanta – FG Davis 43
  • Atlanta – FG Davis 38
  • Pittsburgh – Lipps 11 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Mularkey 19 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Williams 70 run (Anderson kick)

Week 11 (Sunday November 18, 1990): at Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...

 

at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...


  • Game time: 8:00 pm EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 60,064
  • Referee: Tom Dooley
    Tom Dooley (American football official)
    Robert Thomas "Tom" Dooley Jr. was an American football official for 32 years with 14 of those years in the National Football League from 1978 to 1992 as a line judge and referee. Dooley was assigned Super Bowl XV in 1981 as line judge...

  • TV announcers: (ESPN) Mike Patrick
    Mike Patrick
    Mike Patrick is an American sportscaster.-Career:Patrick began his broadcasting career in the fall of 1966 at WVSC-Radio in Somerset, Pa. In 1970, he was named Sports Director at WJXT-TV in Jacksonville, Fla., where he provided play-by-play for Jacksonville Sharks' World Football League telecasts...

     (play by play), Joe Theismann
    Joe Theismann
    Joseph Robert "Joe" Theismann is a former quarterback in the National Football League and Canadian Football League . He achieved his most enduring fame in his 12 seasons playing for the Washington Redskins, where he was a two-time Pro Bowler and quarterback of the winning team in Super Bowl XVII...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Cincinnati – Woods 5 run (Breech kick)
  • Cincinnati – FG Breech 21
  • Cincinnati – Taylor 1 run (Breech kick)
  • CIncinnati – Bussey 70 fumble return (Breech kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 31
  • Cincinnati – FG Breech 33

Week 12 (Sunday November 25, 1990): at New York Jets
New York Jets
The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Giants Stadium
Giants Stadium
Giants Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, in the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Maximum seating capacity was 80,242. The building itself was 230.5 m long, 180.5 m wide and 44 m high from service level to the top of the seating bowl and 54 m high to...

, East Rutherford, New Jersey
East Rutherford, New Jersey
East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 8,913. It is an inner-ring suburb of New York City, located west of Midtown Manhattan....


  • Game time: 4:00 pm EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 57,806
  • Referee: Bob McElwee
    Bob McElwee
    Robert T. "Bob" McElwee is a former American football official, who served for 41 years, with 27 of those years in the National Football League from 1976 to 2003...

  • TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert
    Marv Albert
    Marv Albert is an American television and radio sportscaster. Honored for his work as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, he is commonly referred to as "the voice of basketball." From 1967–2004, he was also known as "the voice of the New York Knicks."Including Super Bowl XLII, Marv has called...

     (play by play), Paul Maguire
    Paul Maguire
    Paul Leo Maguire is a former American football player and current television sportscaster.-Early sports career:Maguire attended Ursuline High School in Youngstown,Ohio and was recruited to play at The Citadel by the late Al Davis who was then an assistant coach and chief recruiter...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • New York Jets – Moore 53 pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick)
  • Pittsburgh – W. Williams 5 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 33
  • Pittsburgh – Hoge 1 run (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Lipps 3 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (Anderson kick)

Week 13 (Sunday December 2, 1990): vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time: 1:00 pm EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 58,200
  • Referee: Jerry Markbreit
    Jerry Markbreit
    Jerry Markbreit is a former American football referee in the National Football League for 23 seasons and became one of the most recognizable referees in the game. Markbreit officiated football games for 43 seasons. From 1965 to 1975, Markbreit officiated college football games in the Big Ten...

  • TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui
    Don Criqui
    Don Criqui is an American sportscaster, currently employed as a play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports. Criqui's duties include occasional television coverage of National Football League games, women's and men's college basketball, occasional college football and radio play-by-play of ISP Sports'...

     (play by play), Bob Trumpy
    Bob Trumpy
    Bob Trumpy is a former professional American Football tight end who played for the American Football League's Cincinnati Bengals from 1968 to 1969, and for the NFL Bengals from 1970 through 1977...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 32
  • Cincinnati – Brown 50 pass from Esiason (Breech kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 36
  • Cincinnati – Safety, Francis tackled Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     in end zone
  • Cincinnati – Brooks 7 run (Breech kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 29
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 48

Week 14 (Sunday December 9, 1990): vs. New England Patriots
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time: 1:00 pm EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 48,354
  • Referee: Dale Hamer
    Dale Hamer
    Dale Hamer was an American football official in the National Football League from 1978 to 2001, with a break taken for health reasons during the 1995 season. During his 23 seasons in the NFL, Hamer was assigned to officiate in two Super Bowls, as a head linesman in Super Bowl XVII and in Super...

  • TV announcers: (NBC) Tom Hammond
    Tom Hammond
    Tom Hammond is an American sportscaster for NBC Sports television. Hammond is one of the network's staple on-air presenters, along with Bob Costas and Dan Hicks...

     (play by play), Joe Namath
    Joe Namath
    Joseph William "Joe" Namath , nicknamed "Broadway Joe" or "Joe Willie", is a former American football quarterback. He played college football for the University of Alabama under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and his assistant, Howard Schnellenberger, from 1962–1964, and professional football in the...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 42
  • Pittsburgh – Hoge 8 run (Anderson kick)
  • New England – FG Staurovsky 49
  • Pittsburgh – Green 14 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Hoge 41 run (Anderson kick)

Week 15 (Sunday December 16, 1990): at New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....

 

at Louisiana Superdome
Louisiana Superdome
The Mercedes-Benz Superdome, previously known as the Louisiana Superdome and colloquially known as the Superdome, is a sports and exhibition arena located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA...

, New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...


  • Game time: 1:00 pm EST
  • Game weather: Dome
  • Game attendance: 68,582
  • Referee: Howard Roe
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert
    Marv Albert
    Marv Albert is an American television and radio sportscaster. Honored for his work as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, he is commonly referred to as "the voice of basketball." From 1967–2004, he was also known as "the voice of the New York Knicks."Including Super Bowl XLII, Marv has called...

     (play by play), Paul Maguire
    Paul Maguire
    Paul Leo Maguire is a former American football player and current television sportscaster.-Early sports career:Maguire attended Ursuline High School in Youngstown,Ohio and was recruited to play at The Citadel by the late Al Davis who was then an assistant coach and chief recruiter...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 29
  • New Orleans – FG Andersen 50
  • New Orleans – FG Andersen 43
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 42
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 43

Week 16 (Sunday December 23, 1990): vs. Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time: 1:00 pm EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 51,665
  • Referee: Johnny Grier
    Johnny Grier
    Johnny Grier was an American football official for 23 years in the National Football League from 1981 to 2004. He began in the NFL as a field judge before becoming the first African-American referee in the history of the NFL with the start of the 1988 NFL season...

  • TV announcers: (NBC) Joel Meyers
    Joel Meyers
    Joel Meyers is an American sportscaster and former play-by-play announcer of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association on Fox Sports West and KCAL. Meyers left the Lakers at the end of the 2010-2011 season when the team did not renew his contract.-Career:Meyers joined the Lakers...

     (play by play), Ahmad Rashad
    Ahmad Rashad
    Ahmad Rashād is an American sportscaster and former professional football player. An All-American running back and wide receiver from Oregon known as Bobby Moore, Rashad was the fourth overall pick in the 1972 NFL Draft, drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – Mularkey 20 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Calloway 20 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Mularkey 2 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Hoge 20 pass from Brister
    Bubby Brister
    Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister, III is a former American football quarterback in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings...

     (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – W. Williams 1 run (Anderson kick)

Week 17 (Sunday December 30, 1990): at Houston Oilers 

at Astrodome, Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...


  • Game time: 8:00 pm EST
  • Game weather: Dome
  • Game attendance: 56,906
  • Referee: Gerald Austin
    Gerald Austin
    Dr. Gerald "Gerry" Austin is a retired American football official, who worked in the National Football League from the 1982 season through the 2007 season. He wore uniform number 34, which is now worn by Clete Blakeman. Austin has officiated in three Super Bowls, one as a side judge and two as a...

  • TV announcers: (ESPN) Mike Patrick
    Mike Patrick
    Mike Patrick is an American sportscaster.-Career:Patrick began his broadcasting career in the fall of 1966 at WVSC-Radio in Somerset, Pa. In 1970, he was named Sports Director at WJXT-TV in Jacksonville, Fla., where he provided play-by-play for Jacksonville Sharks' World Football League telecasts...

     (play by play), Joe Theismann
    Joe Theismann
    Joseph Robert "Joe" Theismann is a former quarterback in the National Football League and Canadian Football League . He achieved his most enduring fame in his 12 seasons playing for the Washington Redskins, where he was a two-time Pro Bowler and quarterback of the winning team in Super Bowl XVII...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Houston – White 1 run (Garcia kick)
  • Houston – Givins 14 pass from Carlson (Garcia kick)
  • Houston – Hill 3 pass from Carlson (Garcia kick)
  • Houston – FG Garcia 47
  • Pittsburgh – Hoge 4 run (Anderson kick)
  • Houston – Jeffires 53 pass from Carlson (Garcia kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Hoge 3 run (Anderson kick)
  • Houston – FG Garcia 45
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