1990 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Infobox NFL season
team = Pittsburgh Steelers
year = 1990
record = 9-7
division_place = 3rd in AFC Central
coach = Chuck Noll
stadium = Three Rivers Stadium
playoffs = none
previous = 1989
next = 1991

Regular season

Schedule

Game Summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 9, 1990): at Cleveland Browns

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=3
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Browns
H1=0
H2=0
H3=10
H4=3"at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio"

* Game time: 4:00 PM EDT
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 78,298
* Referee:
* TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui (play by play), Bob Trumpy (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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Oilers
R1=0
R2=7
R3=2
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=7
H2=3
H3=0
H4=10"at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time: 8:00 PM EDT
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 54,814
* Referee:
* TV announcers: (TNT) Skip Caray (play by play), Pat Haden (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 in end zone
* Pittsburgh - FG Anderson 27
* Pittsburgh - Woodson 52 punt return (Anderson kick)

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=3
R2=0
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Raiders
H1=0
H2=3
H3=3
H4=14"at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California"

* Game time: 4:00 PM EDT
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 50,657
* Referee:
* TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert (play by play), Paul Maguire (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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Dolphins
R1=7
R2=14
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=3
H3=3
H4=0"at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 54,691
* Referee:
* TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert (play by play), Paul Maguire (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

* Miami - S. Smith 1 run (Stoyanovich kick)
* Miami - S. Smith 7 run (Stoyanovich kick)
* Clayton 35 pass from Marino (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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Chargers
R1=7
R2=0
R3=7
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=14
H2=7
H3=12
H4=0"at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 53,486
* Referee:
* TV announcers: (NBC) Joel Meyers (play by play), Ahmad Rashad (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Anderson 45
* San Diego - Plummer 2 pass from Tolliver (Reveiz kick)
* Pittsburgh - Green 8 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
* Pittsburgh - Green 1 pass from Brister (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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=14
R3=7
R4=13
Home=Broncos
H1=10
H2=7
H3=0
H4=0"at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado"

* Game time: 4:00 PM EDT
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 74,285
* Referee:
* TV announcers: (NBC) Joel Meyers (play by play), Ahmad Rashad (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

* Denver - Winder 1 run (Treadwell kick)
* Denver - FG Treadwell 24
* Pittsburgh - Lipps 6 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
* Denver - Sewell 2 run (Treadwell kick)
* Pittsburgh - Green 3 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
* Pittsburgh - Hoge 6 run (Anderson kick)
* Pittsburgh - Green 10 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
* Pittsburgh - Green 3 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)

Week 7 (Sunday October 21, 1990): at San Francisco 49ers

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=7
R2=0
R3=0
R4=0
Home=49ers
H1=0
H2=10
H3=10
H4=7"at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California"

* Game time: 4:00 PM EDT
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 64,301
* Referee:
* TV announcers: (NBC) Dick Enberg (play by play), Bill Walsh (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Bell 2 pass from Brister (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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Rams
R1=7
R2=3
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=14
H2=3
H3=10
H4=14"at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time: 9:00 PM EST
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 56,466
* Referee:
* TV announcers: (ABC) Al Michaels (play by play), Frank Gifford & Dan Dierdorf (color commentators)

Scoring Drives:

* Los Angeles Rams - Greens 100 kickoff return (Lansford kick)
* Pittsburgh - Hoge 6 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
* Pittsburgh - Green 17 pass from Brister (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 (Anderson kick)
* Pittsburgh - Hoge 2 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 4, 1990): vs. Atlanta Falcons

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Falcons
R1=6
R2=3
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=0
H3=7
H4=14"at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time: 1:00 PM EST
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 57,093
* Referee:
* TV announcers: (CBS) Brad Nessler (play by play), Dan Jiggetts (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

* Atlanta - FG Davis 41
* Atlanta - FG Davis 43
* Atlanta - FG Davis 38
* Pittsburgh - Lipps 11 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
* Pittsburgh - Mularkey 19 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
* Pittsburgh - Williams 70 run (Anderson kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 11, 1990): Bye Week

Week 11 (Sunday November 18, 1990): at Cincinnati Bengals

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=3
Home=Bengals
H1=7
H2=3
H3=14
H4=3"at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio"

* Game time: 8:00 PM EST
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 60,064
* Referee:
* TV announcers: (ESPN) Mike Patrick (play by play), Joe Theismann (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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=7
R3=3
R4=14
Home=Jets
H1=0
H2=7
H3=0
H4=0"at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey"

* Game time: 4:00 PM EST
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 57,806
* Referee:
* TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert (play by play), Paul Maguire (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

* New York Jets - Moore 53 pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick)
* Pittsburgh - W. Williams 5 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Anderson 33
* Pittsburgh - Hoge 1 run (Anderson kick)
* Pittsburgh - Lipps 3 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)

Week 13 (Sunday December 2, 1990): vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Bengals
R1=7
R2=9
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=6
H2=0
H3=3
H4=3"at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time: 1:00 PM EST
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 58,200
* Referee:
* TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui (play by play), Bob Trumpy (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 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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Patriots
R1=0
R2=3
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=3
H2=7
H3=7
H4=7"at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time: 1:00 PM EST
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 48,354
* Referee:
* TV announcers: (NBC) Tom Hammond (play by play), Joe Namath (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 (Anderson kick)
* Pittsburgh - Hoge 41 run (Anderson kick)

Week 15 (Sunday December 16, 1990): at New Orleans Saints

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=3
R3=0
R4=6
Home=Saints
H1=0
H2=0
H3=3
H4=3"at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana"

* Game time: 1:00 PM EST
* Game weather: Dome
* Game attendance: 68,582
* Referee:
* TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert (play by play), Paul Maguire (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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Browns
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=21
H2=14
H3=0
H4=0"at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time: 1:00 PM EST
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 51,665
* Referee:
* TV announcers: (NBC) Joel Meyers (play by play), Ahmad Rashad (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Mularkey 20 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
* Pittsburgh - Calloway 20 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
* Pittsburgh - Mularkey 2 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
* Pittsburgh - Hoge 20 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
* Pittsburgh - W. Williams 1 run (Anderson kick)

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=7
R4=7
Home=Oilers
H1=7
H2=17
H3=7
H4=3"at Astrodome, Houston, Texas"

* Game time: 8:00 PM EST
* Game weather: Dome
* Game attendance: 56,906
* Referee:
* TV announcers: (ESPN) Mike Patrick (play by play), Joe Theismann (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

References