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==Final statistics== Sources: [http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history/boxscore/sbxiv NFL.com Super Bowl XIV] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709212817/http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history/boxscore/sbxiv |date=July 9, 2018 }}, [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/play_finder.cgi?request=1&super_bowl=1&match=summary_all&year_min=1966&year_max=2016&team_id=pit&opp_id=ram&quarter=1&quarter=2&quarter=3&quarter=4&quarter=5&tr_gtlt=lt&minutes=15&seconds=00&down=0&down=1&down=2&down=3&down=4&yg_gtlt=gt&is_first_down=-1&field_pos_min_field=team&field_pos_max_field=team&end_field_pos_min_field=team&end_field_pos_max_field=team&type=PASS&type=RUSH&type=PUNT&type=KOFF&type=ONSD&type=FG&type=XP&type=2PCR&type=2PCP&is_complete=-1&is_turnover=-1&turnover_type=interception&turnover_type=fumble&is_scoring=-1&score_type=touchdown&score_type=field_goal&score_type=safety&is_sack=-1&include_kneels=-1&no_play=0&order_by=yards Super Bowl XIV Play Finder Pit], [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/play_finder.cgi?request=1&super_bowl=1&match=summary_all&year_min=1966&year_max=2016&team_id=ram&opp_id=pit&quarter=1&quarter=2&quarter=3&quarter=4&quarter=5&tr_gtlt=lt&minutes=15&seconds=00&down=0&down=1&down=2&down=3&down=4&yg_gtlt=gt&is_first_down=-1&field_pos_min_field=team&field_pos_max_field=team&end_field_pos_min_field=team&end_field_pos_max_field=team&type=PASS&type=RUSH&type=PUNT&type=KOFF&type=ONSD&type=FG&type=XP&type=2PCR&type=2PCP&is_complete=-1&is_turnover=-1&turnover_type=interception&turnover_type=fumble&is_scoring=-1&score_type=touchdown&score_type=field_goal&score_type=safety&is_sack=-1&include_kneels=-1&no_play=0&order_by=yards Super Bowl XIV Play Finder LA] ===Statistical comparison=== {| class="wikitable" ! !Los Angeles Rams !Pittsburgh Steelers |- |First downs||16||19 |- |First downs rushing||6||8 |- |First downs passing||9||10 |- |First downs penalty||1||1 |- |Third down efficiency||6/16||9/14 |- |Fourth down efficiency||1/2||0/0 |- |Net yards rushing||107||84 |- |Rushing attempts||29||37 |- |Yards per rush||3.7||2.3 |- |Passing β Completions/attempts||16/26||14/21 |- |Times sacked-total yards||4β42||0β0 |- |Interceptions thrown||1||3 |- |Net yards passing||194||309 |- |Total net yards||301||393 |- |Punt returns-total yards||1β4||4β31 |- |Kickoff returns-total yards||6β79||5β162 |- |Interceptions-total return yards||3β21||1β16 |- |Punts-average yardage||5β44.0||2β42.5 |- |Fumbles-lost||0β0||0β0 |- |Penalties-total yards||2β26||6β65 |- |Time of possession||29:30||30:30 |- |Turnovers||1||3 |- |} ===Individual statistics=== {{col-float|width=50%}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan=6 style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Los Angeles Rams|year=1979|border=2}};"|Rams passing |- ! !C/ATT<sup>1</sup> !Yds !TD !INT !Rating |- |[[Vince Ferragamo]] |15/25 |212 |0 |1 |70.8 |- |[[Lawrence McCutcheon]] |1/1 |24 |1 |0 |158.3 |- ! colspan=6 style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Los Angeles Rams|year=1979|border=2}};"|Rams rushing |- ! !Car<sup>2</sup> !Yds !TD !LG<sup>3</sup> !Yds/Car |- |[[Wendell Tyler]] |17 |60 |0 |39 |3.53 |- |[[Cullen Bryant]] |6 |30 |1 |14 |5.00 |- |Lawrence McCutcheon |5 |10 |0 |6 |2.00 |- |Vince Ferragamo |1 |7 |0 |7 |7.00 |- ! colspan=6 style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Los Angeles Rams|year=1979|border=2}};"|Rams receiving |- ! !Rec<sup>4</sup> !Yds !TD !LG<sup>3</sup> !Target<sup>5</sup> |- |[[Billy Waddy]] |3 |75 |0 |50 |5 |- |Cullen Bryant |3 |21 |0 |12 |4 |- |Wendell Tyler |3 |20 |0 |11 |3 |- |[[Preston Dennard]] |2 |32 |0 |24 |5 |- |[[Terry Nelson (American football)|Terry Nelson]] |2 |20 |0 |14 |3 |- |[[Drew Hill]] |1 |28 |0 |28 |2 |- |[[Ron Smith (wide receiver)|Ron Smith]] |1 |24 |1 |24 |3 |- |Lawrence McCutcheon |1 |16 |0 |16 |1 |- |} {{col-float-break|width=50%}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan=6 style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Pittsburgh Steelers|border=2|year=1979}};"|Steelers passing |- ! !C/ATT<sup>1</sup> !Yds !TD !INT !Rating |- |[[Terry Bradshaw]] |14/21 |309 |2 |3 |101.9 |- ! colspan=6 style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Pittsburgh Steelers|border=2|year=1979}};"|Steelers rushing |- ! !Car<sup>2</sup> !Yds !TD !LG<sup>3</sup> !Yds/Car |- |[[Franco Harris]] |20 |46 |2 |12 |2.30 |- |[[Rocky Bleier]] |10 |25 |0 |9 |2.50 |- |Terry Bradshaw |3 |9 |0 |6 |3.00 |- |[[Sidney Thornton]] |4 |4 |0 |5 |1.00 |- ! colspan=6 style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Pittsburgh Steelers|border=2|year=1979}};"|Steelers receiving |- ! !Rec<sup>4</sup> !Yds !TD !LG<sup>3</sup> !Target<sup>5</sup> |- |[[Lynn Swann]] |5 |79 |1 |47 |6 |- |[[John Stallworth]] |3 |121 |1 |73 |4 |- |Franco Harris |3 |66 |0 |32 |3 |- |[[Bennie Cunningham]] |2 |21 |0 |13 |3 |- |Sidney Thornton |1 |22 |0 |22 |3 |- |[[Jim Smith (wide receiver)|Jim Smith]] |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |- |} {{col-float-end}} <sup>1</sup>Completions/attempts <sup>2</sup>Carries <sup>3</sup>Long gain <sup>4</sup>Receptions <sup>5</sup>Times targeted ===Records set=== The following records were set in Super Bowl XIV, according to the official NFL.com box score<ref name="attendance1" /> and the Pro-Football-Reference.com game summary.<ref name="Stats" /> <br />Some records have to meet NFL minimum number of attempts to be recognized.<ref name="Factbook">{{cite web|title=Super Bowl Records|url=https://static.www.nfl.com/image/upload/league/apps/league-site/media-guides/2022/2022_NFL_Record_and_Fact_Book.pdf#page=661|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|work=2022 Official National Football League Record and Fact Book|access-date=March 14, 2023}}</ref> The minimums are shown (in parentheses). {| class="wikitable" !colspan=3|Player Records Set<ref name="Stats">{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XIV - Los Angeles Rams vs. Pittsburgh Steelers - January 20th, 1980 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198001200pit.htm |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en}}</ref> |- |Most points scored, career || 24 || rowspan=2|[[Franco Harris]]<br />(Pittsburgh) |- style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray" |Most touchdowns, career || 4 |- !colspan=3|Passing Records |- |Highest passer rating,<br /> career, (40 attempts) || 112'''.'''8 || rowspan=5|[[Terry Bradshaw]]<br />(Pittsburgh) |- |Most passing yards, career || 932 |- |Highest average gain,<br /> game (20 attempts)|| 14'''.'''71 yards<br />(309β21) |- |Highest average gain,<br /> career (40 attempts) || 11'''.'''10 yards<br />(932β84) |- style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray" |Most touchdown passes, career || 9 |- |Lowest percentage, passes had<br /> intercepted, career, (40 attempts) || align=center | See {{ref|leader|Note*}} || |- !colspan=3|Rushing Records |- |Most yards, career || 354 || rowspan=3 | Franco Harris<br />(Pittsburgh) |- |Most attempts, career || 101 |- |Most touchdowns, career || 4 |- !colspan=3|Receiving Records |- |Most yards, career || 364 || rowspan=2|[[Lynn Swann]]<br />(Pittsburgh) |-style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray" |Most receptions, career || 16 |- |Highest average gain, game (3 receptions) || 40'''.'''33 yards <br /> (3β121) || rowspan=2 | [[John Stallworth]]<br />(Pittsburgh) |-style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray" |Highest average gain, career (8 receptions) || 24'''.'''4 yards <br /> (11β268) |- |Most touchdowns, career || 3 || John Stallworth<br />Lynn Swann<br />(Pittsburgh) |- !colspan=3|Combined yardage records <sup>β </sup> |- |Most attempts, career || 108 || rowspan=2 | Franco Harris<br />(Pittsburgh) |- |Most yards gained, career || 468 |- |- !colspan=3|Special Teams |- |Most kickoff returns, game || 5 || rowspan=6 | [[Larry Anderson (American football)|Larry Anderson]]<br />(Pittsburgh) |- |Most kickoff returns, career || 8 |- |Most kickoff return yards, game || 162 yards |- |Most kickoff return yards, career || 205 yards |- |Highest kickoff return average, game (3 returns) || 32'''.'''4 yards<br />(5β162) |- style="border-bottom: 2px solid gray" |Highest kickoff return average, career (4 returns) ||25'''.'''6 yards<br />(8β205) |- !colspan=3|Records Tied |- |Most touchdowns, game || 2 || Franco Harris |- |Most rushing touchdowns, game || 2 || Franco Harris |- |Most punt returns, career || 6 || [[Theo Bell]]<br />(Pittsburgh) |- |Most 40-plus yard field goals, game || 1 || [[Matt Bahr]]<br />(Pittsburgh)<br /> [[Frank Corral]]<br />(Los Angeles) |} {{note|leader|Note *}} Terry Bradshaw threw 3 interceptions in this game, increasing his career interception percentage in Super Bowls to 4.8%. This meant that [[Bart Starr]] once again held the record for "Lowest percentage, passes had intercepted, career, (40 attempts)" with 2.1% (1β47). [[Jim Plunkett]] would surpass this record in Super Bowl XVIII with 0'''.'''0% (0β46). * β This category includes rushing, receiving, interception returns, punt returns, kickoff returns, and fumble returns.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/records/superbowls/player/combined |title=Super Bowl definitions |website=[[NFL.com]] |access-date=December 3, 2016 |archive-date=May 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504102907/http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/records/superbowls/player/combined }}</ref> {{col-float|width=50%}} {| class="wikitable" !colspan=3|Team Records Set<ref name="Stats" /> |- |Most Super Bowl championship victories || 4 || Steelers |- !colspan=3|Passing |- |Most yards passing (net) || 309 || rowspan=2 | Steelers |- |Highest average yards gained <br />per pass attempt || 14'''.'''7<br />(309β21) |- !colspan=3|Kickoff returns |- |Highest average gain,<br /> game (3 returns) || 32'''.'''4<br /> (162β5) || Steelers |- !colspan=3|Punting |- |Fewest punts, game || 2 || Steelers |- !colspan=3|Records Tied |- |Most consecutive Super Bowl victories || 2 || rowspan=4|Steelers |- |Most points scored, second half || 21 |- |Most points, fourth quarter || 14 |- |Fewest times sacked || 0 |} Turnovers are defined as the number of times losing the ball on interceptions and fumbles. {{col-float-break|width=50%}} {| class="wikitable" !colspan=4|Records Set, both team totals<ref name="Stats" /> |- ! !!Total !!Steelers!!Rams |- !colspan=4|Passing, Both Teams |-align=center |align=left|Most passing yards (net) || 503 || 309 || 194 |- !colspan=4|Fumbles, Both Teams |-align=center |align=left|Fewest fumbles || 0 || 0 || 0 |- !colspan=4|Kickoff returns, Both Teams |-align=center |align=left|Most kickoff returns || 11 || 5 || 6 |-align=center |align=left|Most yards gained || 241 || 162 || 79 |- !colspan=4|Records tied, both team totals |-align=center |align=left|Fewest fumbles lost || 0 || 0 || 0 |-align=center |align=left|Fewest punts, game || 7 || 2 || 5 |} {{col-float-end}}
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