1985 Pittsburgh 24, 1985 Miami 28

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total

1985 Pittsburgh

7

3

14

0

0

24

1985 Miami

7

7

0

14

0

28

Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Poss Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 9:54 1985 Miami M.Duper 6 yd. pass from D.Marino (F.Reveiz kick) 7-0 MIA
1 4:48 1985 Pittsburgh F.Pollard 6 yd. run (G.Anderson kick) 7-7 MIA
2 6:36 1985 Miami D.Johnson 9 yd. pass from D.Marino (F.Reveiz kick) 14-7 MIA
2 0:08 1985 Pittsburgh G.Anderson 43 yd. field goal 14-10 MIA
3 9:36 1985 Pittsburgh L.Lipps 48 yd. pass from M.Malone (G.Anderson kick) 17-14 PIA
3 1:30 1985 Pittsburgh M.Malone 1 yd. run (G.Anderson kick) 24-14 PIA
4 13:48 1985 Miami N.Moore 57 yd. pass from D.Marino (F.Reveiz kick) 24-21 PIA
4 0:01 1985 Miami D.Marino 1 yd. run (F.Reveiz kick) 28-24 MIA

Team Statistics

1985 Pittsburgh 1985 Miami
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 7-12-2-21 10-12-0-22
Third Down Efficiency 7-14-50% 7-14-50%
Fourth Down Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-3-33%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 14-28-50% 21-21-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 350-64-5.5 449-72-6.2
Total Net Yards Rushing 117 189
Total Rushes 30 28
Average Per Rush 3.9 6.8
Passes Completed/Attempted 15/32 (46.9%) 18/42 (42.9%)
Net Yards Passing 233 260
Avg Yards Per Pass 7.8 6.4
Sacked/Yards Lost 2/15 2/9
Punts/Average 3/45.3 2/49.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage 2/39 2/6
Kickoffs/Returns 4/93 4/86
Interceptions/Returns 2/6 2/7
Penalties/Yards 5/27 4/30
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 1/1 1/1
Time of Possession 32 mins 1 secs 27 mins 59 secs
Average Drive Start PIA 37 MIA 26

Passing Stats

Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1985 Pittsburgh
Mark Malone 32 15 248 46.9 7.8 1 3.1 2 6.3 48 2/15 57.8
1985 Miami
Dan Marino 42 18 269 42.9 6.4 3 7.1 2 4.8 57 2/9 68.5

Rushing Stats

No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1985 Pittsburgh
Walter Abercrombie 17 64 3.8 14 0 0 0/0
Frank Pollard 7 20 2.9 7 1 0 1/1
Mark Malone 5 32 6.4 25 1 0 0/0
Rich Erenberg 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 0/0
1985 Miami
Tony Nathan 9 116 12.9 22 0 0 0/0
Ron Davenport 8 33 4.1 14 0 0 0/0
Joe Carter 5 25 5.0 7 0 0 0/0
Lorenzo Hampton 4 10 2.5 5 0 0 0/0
Dan Marino 1 1 1.0 1 1 0 1/1
Woody Bennett 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats

No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1985 Pittsburgh
Walter Abercrombie 6 77 12.8 23 0 0
John Stallworth 3 66 22.0 38 0 0
Calvin Sweeney 2 21 10.5 15 0 0
Louis Lipps 2 61 30.5 48 1 0
Preston Gothard 1 13 13.0 13 0 0
Frank Pollard 1 10 10.0 10 0 0
1985 Miami
Mark Duper 5 59 11.8 23 1 0
Tony Nathan 5 71 14.2 33 0 0
Mark Clayton 2 19 9.5 12 0 0
Nat Moore 2 64 32.0 57 1 0
Dan Johnson 1 9 9.0 9 1 0
Ron Davenport 1 9 9.0 9 0 0
Joe Rose 1 27 27.0 27 0 0
Bruce Hardy 1 11 11.0 11 0 0

Field Goals

1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1985 Pittsburgh
Gary Anderson 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/2 0/0 1/2 50.0
1985 Miami

Punting

No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1985 Pittsburgh
Harry Newsome 3 45.3 43.3 0 1 55 0
1985 Miami
Reggie Roby 2 49.0 29.5 0 1 49 0

Kickoff Returns

No Yds Avg Long TD
1985 Pittsburgh
Rich Erenberg 4 93 23.3 27 0
1985 Miami
Lorenzo Hampton 3 74 24.7 29 0
Ron Davenport 1 12 12.0 12 0

Punt Returns

Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1985 Pittsburgh
Louis Lipps 2 0 39 19.5 22 0
1985 Miami
Tommy Vigorito 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Mike Kozlowski 1 0 6 6.0 6 0

Individual Defense

Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1985 Pittsburgh
David Little 7 1 0
Eric T. Williams 7 0 0
Dwayne Woodruff 6 0 0
Harvey Clayton 5 0 0
Robin Cole 4 1 0
Keith Gary 3 0 1
Mike Merriweather 3 0 0
Keith Willis 3 0 0
Rick Woods 2 0 0
Gary Dunn 2 0 0
Bryan Hinkle 1 0 0
Mark Catano 1 0 0
1985 Miami
Hugh Green 11 1 0
Paul Lankford 5 0 0
Mike Charles 5 0 0
Bob Brudzinski 5 1 0
Jay Brophy 4 0 0
Don McNeal 3 0 0
Mark Brown 3 0 0
William Judson 3 0 0
Glenn Blackwood 2 0 0
Kim Bokamper 1 0 0
Doug Betters 1 0 1
Mike Smith 1 0 0

Interceptions

No Yds Avg Long TD
1985 Pittsburgh
Donnie Shell 1 3 3.0 3 0
Dwayne Woodruff 1 3 3.0 3 0
1985 Miami
Glenn Blackwood 1 0 0.0 0 0
Paul Lankford 1 7 7.0 7 0

Game Story

The hometown fans enjoyed a stirring fourth quarter comeback, as Miami bested Pittsburgh by the score of 28 to 24. Dan Marino passed 42 times for 269 yards and 3 touchdowns. Tony Nathan led all rushers, carrying the ball 9 times for 116 yards. Miami controlled the ground game, out-rushing Pittsburgh 189 to 117 yards. The fans were brought to their feet by a touchdown pass to Nat Moore that went for 57 yards with 13:48 left in the 4th quarter. Miami took the lead into the locker room at the half 14 to 10. Pittsburgh led after three quarters 24 to 14.