Visitor:  Kansas City Chiefs

Home:  Pittsburgh Steelers

Date:  September 2, 1984

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          Final

KC                  7          17        13        0            37

PIT                  3          14        3          7            27

 

Visitor playmakers:

QB Todd Blackledge, HB Theotis Brown, WR Stephone Paige, DE Mike Bell, S Deron Cherry, Charles Daniels, Charles Jackson

 

Home playmakers:

WR Louis Lipps, WR John Stallworth

 

Network:  NBC (KSNT Topeka)

Announcers:  Bill (I love the Steelers) Wilkerson, Dave (Pittsburgh is awesome) Rowe

 

Pregame:  Yes

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  No – cuts to Raiders-Oilers game

Commercials:  Yes

 

Grade:  Good (B)

 

Notes:  The Chiefs force Pittsburgh to punt on their opening drive, then march downfield and score on a Todd Blackledge scamper while his father watches from the Pittsburgh sideline.  On the Steelers’ next possession, KC holds them to a field goal.

 

Pittsburgh penalties pile up in the second quarter, leading to a 38-yard field goal by K Nick Lowery to put KC up 10-3.  When the Steelers get the ball back, S Deron Cherry cuts in front of the receiver and picks off David Woodley, running it back to the Pittsburgh 22.  Another Pittsburgh penalty puts the ball on the 2, and three plays later HB Theotis Brown runs it in for a touchdown and a 14-point lead.  

 

Pittsburgh cuts that lead when Woodley throws an 80-yard touchdown pass, the longest of his career, to WR Louis Lipps.  Pittsburgh then forces a punt but promptly fumbles it away on their 21-yard line, paving the way for Brown to run it in again for a 24-10 lead.  The Steelers close to within a touchdown with 33 seconds remaining in the first half.

 

The Chiefs fumble the ball away on the second half opening kickoff, and Pittsburgh turns it into a field goal.  The Chiefs tack on another touchdown when Blackledge finds WR Stephone Paige wide open in the end zone for a 22-yard toss.  Nick adds on two more field goals, and Pittsburgh puts up the final score with less than 30 seconds remaining in the game.

 

The sportscasters in this game fawn over the Steelers while mispronouncing Chiefs players’ names.

 

Thanks Cory!

 

Running time:  3:48 (2 discs)