04-04-2017, 11:22 AM
> 1978 Steelers 27 vs Chiefs 24
Kansas City picks off Bradshaw's first pass and has a short field at the Pittsburgh 11, but the Steel Curtain holds the Chiefs to a short FG. The always resilient Bradshaw responds by engineering three consecutive TD drives, each of them time-consuming and perfectly balanced.
Lynn Swann rips the Kansas City secondary with 5 catches for 80 yards in the first half alone, and the Steel Curtain again comes up big on Jack Ham's a leaping, drive-ending interception at the Steeler 2-yd line. Bradshaw immediately goes back to work, alternating handoffs to Franco and Rocky and mixing in occasional darts to Swann. Shortly before the half, Bradshaw hits Stallworth across the middle for a 23-yd TD and the Steelers head to the locker room with a commanding 20-3 lead in what looks like a laugher.
But credit Marv Levy's Chiefs for refusing to fold. Kansas City fights back ferociously in the second half, running the ball remarkably well and scoring two TDs in the first 5 minutes of the 3rd quarter against the suddenly sleepwalking Steelers, courtesy of a Bradshaw fumble and INT (forced to Swann in triple coverage) on back-to-back possessions. Things look grim when Bradshaw goes down with a bruised elbow and Kruzcek has to finish the game.
Thankfully, Donnie Shell scores the first TD of his career on a 17-yd scoop-and-score of a K.C. fumble late in the 3rd quarter (forced by Robin Cole) to extend Pittsburgh's lead to 27-17. Mike Kruczek feeds the ball to Franco and Rocky to eat the clock, and the Chiefs' late TD is rendered meaningless when Jack Ham recovers the onside kick.
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Kansas City picks off Bradshaw's first pass and has a short field at the Pittsburgh 11, but the Steel Curtain holds the Chiefs to a short FG. The always resilient Bradshaw responds by engineering three consecutive TD drives, each of them time-consuming and perfectly balanced.
Lynn Swann rips the Kansas City secondary with 5 catches for 80 yards in the first half alone, and the Steel Curtain again comes up big on Jack Ham's a leaping, drive-ending interception at the Steeler 2-yd line. Bradshaw immediately goes back to work, alternating handoffs to Franco and Rocky and mixing in occasional darts to Swann. Shortly before the half, Bradshaw hits Stallworth across the middle for a 23-yd TD and the Steelers head to the locker room with a commanding 20-3 lead in what looks like a laugher.
But credit Marv Levy's Chiefs for refusing to fold. Kansas City fights back ferociously in the second half, running the ball remarkably well and scoring two TDs in the first 5 minutes of the 3rd quarter against the suddenly sleepwalking Steelers, courtesy of a Bradshaw fumble and INT (forced to Swann in triple coverage) on back-to-back possessions. Things look grim when Bradshaw goes down with a bruised elbow and Kruzcek has to finish the game.
Thankfully, Donnie Shell scores the first TD of his career on a 17-yd scoop-and-score of a K.C. fumble late in the 3rd quarter (forced by Robin Cole) to extend Pittsburgh's lead to 27-17. Mike Kruczek feeds the ball to Franco and Rocky to eat the clock, and the Chiefs' late TD is rendered meaningless when Jack Ham recovers the onside kick.
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