So, I saw DNL's locker room post about Whatifsports.com, and thought it looked pretty cool. So, I tried out the SimMatchup. I was a little curious to see how the '78 Steelers would do against this year's 17-0 New England Patriots (since SSR already did the 07 Pats versus the 72 Dolphins). Pittsburgh actually kept the game close, doing what the Steelers (and Patriots) do best...be the first to score. But, eventually MVP QB Tom Brady pulled away with the win...in OT. Stephen Gostkowski kicked the GW 25-yard FG in OT. And, look who was the player of the game: Tom Brady himself. Here is the box score of the game, if your as big a football fan as I am, then you'll absolutely LOVE this site.
Romi, Alex, DNL, SOMEBODY who knows what they are doing please help me out with the formatting of the Box Score, and stats of the game. I have no clue how to format stuff like this. Thanks.
' 1978 Pittsburgh Steelers' at 2007 New England Patriots
The Georgia Dome
Final - 1/15/2008
1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT1 Total
1978 Pittsburgh Steelers 7 7 0 14 0 28
2007 New England Patriots 0 6 7 15 3 31
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
PIT
3:53- TD Franco Harris 16 yd. run (Gerela kick) 7-0
2nd Quarter
NEW
14:18- FG Stephen Gostkowski 23 yds. 7-3
NEW
3:47- FG Stephen Gostkowski 33 yds. 7-6
PIT
1:44- TD John Stallworth 4 yd. pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick) 14-6
3rd Quarter
NEW
10:36 TD Randy Moss 26 yd. pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick) 14-13
4th Quarter
PIT
12:20- TD Randy Grossman 13 yd. pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick) 21-13
PIT
4:27- TD Sidney Thornton 15 yd. pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick) 28-13
NEW
3:28- TD Wes Welker 9 yd. pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick) 28-20
NEW
0:14- TD Donte' Stallworth 43 yd. pass from Brady (Watson 2-PT conversion) 28-28
OT
NEW
1:32- FG Stephen Gostkowski 25 yds. 28-31
Team Statistics
1978 Pittsburgh Steelers 2007 New England Patriots
First Downs 19 20 Rushing 6 2 Passing 13 18 Penalty 0 0 3rd Down Eff 8/17 7/20 4th Down Eff 0/0 1/1 Rushes-Yards 40-167 40-73 Avg Rush 4.2 1.8 Comp-Att-Int 18-33-4 24-35-1 Passing Yards 191 329 Sacks-Yards 1-7 3-18 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Punts-Avg 6-40.0 6-41.2 KR-Avg 7-22.1 5-25.0 PR-Avg 6-10.0 5-8.0 Penalties-Yard 0-0 3-15 Time of Possession 35:59 37:29
1978 Pittsburgh Steelers & 2007 New England Patriots Individual Stats
Steelers Rushing Att Yds 20+ L TD '78 Franco Harris 23 82 0 16 1 '78 Rocky Bleier 14 69 1 47 0 '78 Terry Bradshaw 2 16 0 11 0 '78 Sidney Thornton 1 0 0 0 0
Patriots Rushing Att Yds 20+ L TD '07 Sammy Morris 10 37 0 13 0 '07 Laurence Maroney 18 15 0 6 0 '07 Kevin Faulk 8 12 0 4 0 '07 Heath Evans 1 7 0 7 0 '07 Tom Brady 2 3 0 2 0 '07 Wes Welker 1 -1 0 -1 0
Steelers Receiving Rec Yds 20+ 40+ L TD '78 Lynn Swann 6 61 1 0 23 0 '78 John Stallworth 4 58 1 0 29 1 '78 Randy Grossman 4 46 0 0 15 1 '78 Sidney Thornton 1 15 0 0 15 1 '78 Franco Harris 2 12 0 0 9 0 '78 Jim Smith Jr. 1 6 0 0 6 0
Patriots Receiving Rec Yds 20+ 40+ L TD '07 Randy Moss 7 120 4 0 32 1 '07 Donte' Stallworth 5 94 1 1 43 1 '07 Wes Welker 7 80 1 0 22 1 '07 Kevin Faulk 1 27 1 0 27 0 '07 Benjamin Watson 2 13 0 0 14 0 '07 Sammy Morris 1 12 0 0 12 0 '07 Jabar Gaffney 1 1 0 0 1 0
Steelers Passing Comp. Att. Yards TD INT '78 Terry Bradshaw 18 33 198 3 4
Patriots Passing Comp. Att. Yards TD INT '07 Tom Brady 24 35 347 3 1
Steelers Defense
Tackles: Donnie Shell- 8 Sacks: Donnie Shell (1), Jack Lambert (1), Mike Wagner (1) INT's: Tony Dungy (1)
Patriots Defense
Tackles: Mike Vrabel, Adalius Thomas, Jarvis Green- 6 Sacks: Jarvis Green (1) INT's: James Sanders (2), Asante Samuel (1), Junior Seau (1)
Steelers Kicking
Roy Gerela- 0/2, (Missed: 50, 57)
Patriots Kicking
Stephen Gostkowski- 3/6, (Missed: 39,46,57) (Made: 23, 33, 25)
Player of the Game: '07 Tom Brady 2007 New England Patriots