at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
Game weather:
Game attendance: 53,305
Referee: Jim Tunney
TV announcers: (NBC) Bob Costas (play by play), Bob Trumpy (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – Swann 18 pass from Bradshaw (kick failed)
Kansas City – Marshall 48 pass from Kenney (Lowery kick)
Kansas City – FG Lowery 35
Pittsburgh – Harris 7 run (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – Harris 1 run (Trout kick)
Kansas City – FG Lowery 40
Kansas City – Carson 53 pass from Kenney (Lowery kick)
Pittsburgh – Hawthorne 1 run (Trout kick)
Kansas City – FG Lowery 42
Kansas City – McKnight 3 run (Lowery kick)
Pittsburgh – Smith 41 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Kansas City – Howard 65 fumble return (Lowery kick)
at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
Game time: 8:30 pm EDT
Game weather:
Game attendance: 74,190
Referee: Red Cashion
TV announcers: (ABC) Frank Gifford (play by play), Fran Tarkenton & Howard Cosell (color commentators)
Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 23
Miami – Woodley 1 run (kick failed)
Miami – Franklin 1 run (von Schamann kick)
Pittsburgh – Smith 32 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Miami – Nathan 13 pass from Woodley (von Schamann kick)
Miami – Vigorito 87 punt return (von Schamann kick)
Miami – FG von Schamann 32
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
Game weather:
Game attendance: 52,973
Referee: Gordon McCarter
TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui (play by play), John Brodie (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – Davis 9 run (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 25
Pittsburgh – Pollard 23 run (Trout kick)
New York Jets – FG Leahy 47
Pittsburgh – Bradshaw 1 run (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Pollard 1 run (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Thornton 1 run (Trout kick)
New York Jets – McNeil 17 pass from Ryan (Leahy kick)
Week 4 (Sunday September 27, 1981): vs. New England Patriots
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
Game weather:
Game attendance: 53,344
Referee: Gene Barth
TV announcers: (NBC) Bob Costas (play by play), Bob Trumpy (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – Harris 1 run (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Cunningham 1 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
New England – Cavanaugh 1 run (Smith kick)
Pittsburgh – Harris 1 run (Trout kick)
New England – Collins 10 run (Smith kick)
New England – Morgan 12 pass from Cavanaugh (Smith kick)
Pittsburgh – Swann 24 pass from Bradshaw
at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Game time: 2:00 pm EDT
Game weather: Dome
Game attendance: 64,578
Referee: Jerry Seeman
TV announcers: (NBC) Sam Nover (play by play), Harmon Wages (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – Swann 16 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 25
New Orleans – FG Ricardo 26
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 43
New Orleans – FG Ricardo 33
Pittsburgh – Stallworth 47 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Week 6 (Sunday October 11, 1981): vs. Cleveland Browns
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
Game weather:
Game attendance: 53,255
Referee: Ben Dreith
TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui (play by play), John Brodie (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – Stallworth 9 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 19
Cleveland – Newsome 29 pass from Sipe (Bahr kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 23
at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
Game weather:
Game attendance: 57,090
Referee: Jerry Markbreit
TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui (play by play), John Brodie (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
Cincinnati – FG Breech 27
Cincinnati – Johnson 3 run (Breech kick)
Cincinnati – FG Breech 23
Cincinnati – Verser 73 pass from Ken Anderson (Breech kick)
Cincinnati – Alexander 3 run (Breech kick)
Cincinnati – Johnson 5 pass from Ken Anderson (Breech kick)
Pittsburgh – Smith 17 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: 9:00 pm EST
Game weather:
Game attendance: 52,732
Referee: Fred Silva
TV announcers: (ABC) Frank Gifford (play by play), Don Meredith (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 19
Pittsburgh – Smith 46 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Houston – FG Fritsch 34
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 19
Houston – Casper 52 pass from Stabler (Fritsch kick)
Houston – FG Fritsch 44
Pittsburgh – Stallworth 6 pass from Bradshaw (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – Harris 1 run (Trout kick)
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: 1:00 pm EST
Game weather:
Game attendance: 52,878
Referee: Bob Frederic
TV announcers: (CBS) Vin Scully (play by play), Hank Stram (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
San Francisco – Young 5 pass from Montana (Wersching kick)
San Francisco – FG Wersching 45
Pittsburgh – Blount 50 interception return (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Smith 22 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
San Francisco – Easley 1 run (Wersching kick)
at The Kingdome, Seattle, Washington
Game time: 4:00 pm EST
Game weather: Dome
Game attendance: 59,058
Referee: Dick Jorgensen
TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert (play by play), Jim Turner (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – Harris 6 run (Trout kick)
Seattle – FG Herrera 37
Pittsburgh – Malone 90 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Thornton 4 run (Trout kick)
Seattle – Doornink 44 pass from Zorn (Herrera kick)
Seattle – T. Brown 1 run (Herrera kick)
Seattle – T. Brown 1 run (Herrera kick)
at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Game time: 1:00 pm EST
Game weather:
Game attendance: 57,485
Referee: Pat Haggerty
TV announcers: (NBC) Bob Costas (play by play), Bob Trumpy (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – Cunningham 18 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Stallworth 6 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Atlanta – Jackson 35 pass from Bartkowski (Luckhurst kick)
Pittsburgh – Stallworth 19 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Atlanta – FG Luckhurst 43
Pittsburgh – Grossman 14 pass from Bradshaw (kick blocked)
Atlanta – Jenkins 30 pass from Bartkowski (Luckhurst kick)
Pittsburgh – Swann 22 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Atlanta – FG Luckhurst 22
Week 12 (Sunday November 22, 1981): at Cleveland Browns
at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
Game time: 1:00 pm EST
Game weather:
Game attendance: 77,958
Referee: Gene Barth
TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui (play by play), John Brodie (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
Cleveland – FG Bahr 33
Pittsburgh – Hawthorne 1 run (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – Thornton 3 run (kick failed)
Cleveland – Logan 13 pass from Sipe (Bahr kick)
Pittsburgh – Harris 2 run (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – Pinney 1 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Moser 5 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: 1:00 pm EST
Game weather:
Game attendance: 51,854
Referee: Tom Dooley
TV announcers: (CBS) Vin Scully (play by play), Hank Stram (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – Harris 1 run (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Swann 9 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Bradshaw 1 run (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 21
Week 14 (Monday December 7, 1981): at Oakland Raiders
at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Game time: 9:00 pm EST
Game weather:
Game attendance: 51,769
Referee: Jim Tunney
TV announcers: (ABC) Frank Gifford (play by play), Don Meredith & Howard Cosell (color commentators)
Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – Cunningham 5 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Oakland – Ramsey 25 pass from Wilson (Bahr kick)
Pittsburgh – Smith 19 pass from Malone (Trout kick)
Oakland – Whittington 17 pass from Wilson (Bahr kick)
Pittsburgh – Malone 11 run (kick failed)
Oakland – Chandler 36 pass from Wilson (kick failed)
Oakland – Watts 53 punt return (Bahr kick)
Oakland – FG Bahr 29
Pittsburgh – Smith 17 pass from Malone (Trout kick)
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: 1:00 pm EST
Game weather:
Game attendance: 50,623
Referee: Red Cashion
TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui (play by play), John Brodie (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 48
Cincinnati – FG Breech 38
Cincinnati – Curtis 2 pass from Ken Anderson (Breech kick)
Cincinnati – Kreider 22 pass from Ken Anderson (Breech kick)
Pittsburgh – Harris 2 pass from Malone (Trout kick)
at Astrodome, Houston, Texas
Game time: 4:00 pm EST
Game weather: Dome
Game attendance: 41,056
Referee: Bob McElwee
TV announcers: (NBC) Phil Stone (play by play), Gene Washington (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 40
Houston – Casper 15 pass from Neilsen (Fritsch kick)
Houston – Casper 23 pass from Neilsen (Fritsch kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 37
Pittsburgh – Thornton 17 run (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Malone 2 run (Trout kick)
Houston – Casper 16 pass from Neilsen (Fritsch kick)