1990 Pittsburgh 37, 1990 Houston 27

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total
1990 Pittsburgh

7

6

7

17

0

37
1990 Houston

20

0

7

0

0

27
Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Team Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 11:31 1990 Houston H.Jeffires 5 yd. pass from W.Moon (T.Garcia kick) 7-0 HOA
1 8:35 1990 Pittsburgh E.Green 10 yd. pass from B.Brister (G.Anderson kick) 7-7 HOA
1 5:06 1990 Houston E.Givins 13 yd. pass from W.Moon (T.Garcia kick) 14-7 HOA
1 2:14 1990 Houston D.Hill 29 yd. pass from W.Moon (kick failed) 20-7 HOA
2 5:41 1990 Pittsburgh G.Anderson 21 yd. field goal 20-10 HOA
2 0:00 1990 Pittsburgh G.Anderson 42 yd. field goal 20-13 HOA
3 8:20 1990 Houston L.White 10 yd. run (T.Garcia kick) 27-13 HOA
3 5:07 1990 Pittsburgh E.Green 5 yd. pass from B.Brister (G.Anderson kick) 27-20 HOA
4 13:24 1990 Pittsburgh L.Griffin 35 yd. intercept (G.Anderson kick) 27-27 HOA
4 7:58 1990 Pittsburgh G.Anderson 24 yd. field goal 30-27 PIA
4 1:45 1990 Pittsburgh L.Lipps 2 yd. pass from B.Brister (G.Anderson kick) 37-27 PIA

Team Statistics
1990 Pittsburgh 1990 Houston
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 5-13-1-19 2-12-5-19
Third Down Efficiency 6-14-43% 3-10-30%
Fourth Down Efficiency 1-2-50% 0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 27-49-55% 21-21-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 384-67-5.7 194-52-3.7
Total Net Yards Rushing 119 46
Total Rushes 32 10
Average Per Rush 3.7 4.6
Passes Completed/Attempted 19/30 (63.3%) 15/39 (38.5%)
Net Yards Passing 265 148
Avg Yards Per Pass 9.9 4.4
Sacked/Yards Lost 5/31 3/23
Punts/Average 2/34.0 5/39.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage 4/26 1/1
Kickoffs/Returns 5/146 7/164
Interceptions/Returns 2/50 1/0
Penalties/Yards 12/103 7/32
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 1/1 2/2
Time of Possession 35 mins 2 secs 24 mins 58 secs
Average Drive Start PIA 43 HOA 32

Passing Stats
Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1990 Pittsburgh
Bubby Brister 30 19 296 63.3 9.9 3 10.0 1 3.3 63 5/31 115.4
1990 Houston
Warren Moon 39 15 171 38.5 4.4 3 7.7 2 5.1 29 3/23 56.7

Rushing Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1990 Pittsburgh
Merril Hoge 11 60 5.5 15 0 0 1/1
Tim Worley 7 32 4.6 15 0 0 0/0
Warren Williams 6 11 1.8 4 0 0 0/0
Bubby Brister 4 -2 -0.5 0 0 0 0/0
Richard Bell 3 15 5.0 5 0 0 0/0
Barry Foster 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 0/0
1990 Houston
Lorenzo White 8 44 5.5 10 1 0 1/1
Warren Moon 2 2 1.0 1 0 0 1/1

Receiving Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1990 Pittsburgh
Derek Hill 5 148 29.6 63 0 0
Eric Green 5 51 10.2 14 2 0
Louis Lipps 3 54 18.0 45 1 0
Merril Hoge 2 7 3.5 9 0 0
Richard Bell 2 15 7.5 8 0 0
Mike Mularkey 1 10 10.0 10 0 0
Tim Worley 1 11 11.0 11 0 0
1990 Houston
Haywood Jeffires 5 43 8.6 13 1 0
Ernest Givins 5 54 10.8 16 1 0
Drew Hill 2 40 20.0 29 1 0
Lorenzo White 2 29 14.5 15 0 0
Curtis Duncan 1 5 5.0 5 0 0

Field Goals
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1990 Pittsburgh
Gary Anderson 0/0 2/3 0/0 1/1 0/0 3/4 75.0
1990 Houston

Punting
No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1990 Pittsburgh
Dan Stryzinski 2 34.0 33.5 0 1 39 0
1990 Houston
Greg Montgomery 5 39.0 29.8 1 1 47 0

Kickoff Returns
No Yds Avg Long TD
1990 Pittsburgh
Rod Woodson 5 146 29.2 57 0
1990 Houston
Gerald McNeil 5 133 26.6 64 0
Bernard Ford 2 31 15.5 16 0

Punt Returns
Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1990 Pittsburgh
Rod Woodson 4 0 26 6.5 11 0
1990 Houston
Gerald McNeil 1 0 1 1.0 1 0

Individual Defense
Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1990 Pittsburgh
Hardy Nickerson 5 1 0
Rod Woodson 4 0 0
Carnell Lake 3 0 0
Thomas Everett 3 0 0
D.J. Johnson 2 0 0
Gerald Williams 2 1 1
Kenny Davidson 1 1 0
Larry Griffin 1 0 0
Bryan Hinkle 1 0 0
David Little 1 0 0
Greg Lloyd 1 0 0
Keith Willis 0 0 1
1990 Houston
John Grimsley 8 0 0
Al Smith 7 0 0
William Fuller 7 1 0
Terry Kinard 5 0 0
Cris Dishman 5 0 0
Johnny Meads 5 2 0
Richard J. Johnson 5 0 0
Ray Childress 3 1 0
Doug A. Smith 3 0 0
Bubba McDowell 2 1 0
Sean D. Jones 1 0 1

Interceptions
No Yds Avg Long TD
1990 Pittsburgh
Larry Griffin 1 35 35.0 35 1
Thomas Everett 1 15 15.0 15 0
1990 Houston
Richard J. Johnson 1 0 0.0 0 0

Game Story
It was a tough loss for the home team as the visitors from Pittsburgh beat Houston by the score of 37 to 27. Bubby Brister passed 30 times for 296 yards and 3 touchdowns. Merril Hoge ran the ball 11 times for 60 yards. Pittsburgh controlled all phases of the game. They out-ran Houston 119 to 46 yards, and out-passed them 296 to 171 yards. They controlled the ball for 34:42. The biggest play of the game was a pass to Derek Hill that went for 63 yards with 8:55 left in the 1st quarter. Houston got ahead early outscoring Pittsburgh 20 to 7 in the first quarter. They led after three quarters 27 to 20.