Visitor:  Kansas City Chiefs

Home:  Pittsburgh Steelers

Date:  October 29, 1989

 

Scoring:

Team               1          2          3          4          Final

KC                  0          3          14        0            17

PIT                  10        6          7          0            23

 

Visitor playmakers:

WR Pete Mandley, T Bill Maas, LB Derrick Thomas, DE Neil Smith

 

Home playmakers:

WR Louis Lipps, LB David Little, DE Keith Willis, CB Rod Woodson

 

Network:  NBC (WDAF Kansas City)

Announcers:  Joel Meyers, Paul Maguire

 

Pregame:  No

Halftime:  No

Postgame:  No

Commercials:  Yes

 

Grade:  7.5/10.  Would be one grade better, but game is incomplete and audio is slightly messed up (due to network problems).  I need an upgrade.

 

Notes:  Bubby Brister leads the Steelers into scoring range on their opening drive, and Gary Anderson kicks one through the uprights to put Pittsburgh on the board first.  After the Chiefs go three-and-out, Pittsburgh moves the ball handily, and WR Louis Lipps finds the end zone to put Pittsburgh up 10-0.

 

In the second quarter, LB David Little picks off a tipped Steve DeBerg pass and the Steelers turn it into another score with a 47-yard Anderson field goal.

 

**MISSING PLAYS BETWEEN MID-SECOND QUARTER, PIT 13-0, AND LATE THIRD QUARTER, PIT 16-10.**

 

After a bad snap in the third quarter, Kansas City has to punt and Pittsburgh gets the ball on their own 20.  On the first snap they fumble a double-reverse, and T Bill Maas recovers the ball in the end zone to put the Chiefs up 17-16.

 

The Steelers take the lead late in the third quarter with a 65-yard pass to Lipps, who beats CB Albert Lewis on the play.  KC drives hard after that, but Pittsburgh comes up with a huge goal line stand, thanks in part to poor officiating.  CB Rod Woodson then makes a key interception in the end zone and Pittsburgh is able to hold on for the win, thanks to poor clock management on the part of the officials

 

Thanks Cory.

 

Running time:  2:16 (2 discs)