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Sunday, September 20, 1970 - 1:00PM
(1-0) Houston Oilers  19  vs
(0-1) Pittsburgh Steelers  7
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
NBC - Jay Randolph, Dave Kocourek
First NFL start for Pittsburgh QB Terry Bradshaw
Sunday, October 18, 1970 - 1:00PM
(2-3) Pittsburgh Steelers  7  vs
(2-3) Houston Oilers  3
at Houston Astrodome, Houston, TX
NBC - Ross Porter, Willie Davis
First career TD pass for PIT QB Terry Bradshaw 67 yds to Ron Shanklin.
Sunday, October 24, 1971 - 1:00PM
(0-5-1) Houston Oilers  16  vs
(3-3) Pittsburgh Steelers  23
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
NBC - Ross Porter, Willie Davis
Sunday, December 5, 1971 - 1:00PM
(5-7) Pittsburgh Steelers  3  vs
(2-9-1) Houston Oilers  29
at Houston Astrodome, Houston, TX
NBC - Ross Porter, Willie Davis
Sunday, October 15, 1972 - 4:00PM
(1-4) Houston Oilers  7  vs
(3-2) Pittsburgh Steelers  24
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
Dan Lovett, Jim Norton
Sunday, December 10, 1972 - 1:00PM
(10-3) Pittsburgh Steelers  9  vs
(1-12) Houston Oilers  3
at Houston Astrodome, Houston, TX
NBC - Curt Gowdy, Al De Rogatis
Sunday, September 30, 1973 - 1:00PM
(3-0) Pittsburgh Steelers  36  vs
(0-3) Houston Oilers  7
at Houston Astrodome, Houston, TX
NBC - Charlie Jones, Sam De Luca
Sunday, December 9, 1973 - 1:00PM
(1-12) Houston Oilers  7  vs
(9-4) Pittsburgh Steelers  33
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
NBC - Jim Simpson, Kyle Rote
Sunday, October 6, 1974 - 1:00PM
(2-1-1) Pittsburgh Steelers  13  vs
(1-3) Houston Oilers  7
at Houston Astrodome, Houston, TX
NBC - Al Michaels, Sam De Luca
Sunday, December 1, 1974 - 1:00PM
(6-6) Houston Oilers  13  vs
(8-3-1) Pittsburgh Steelers  10
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
NBC - Al Michaels, Mike Haffner
Sunday, November 9, 1975 - 1:00PM
(6-2) Houston Oilers  17  vs
(7-1) Pittsburgh Steelers  24
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
NBC - Jim Simpson, John Brodie
Monday, November 24, 1975 - 9:00PM
Monday Night Football
(9-1) Pittsburgh Steelers  32  vs
(7-3) Houston Oilers  9
at Houston Astrodome, Houston, TX
ABC - Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell, Alex Karras
Sunday, November 21, 1976 - 1:00PM
(4-7) Houston Oilers  16  vs
(7-4) Pittsburgh Steelers  32
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
NBC - Curt Gowdy, John Brodie
Saturday, December 11, 1976 - 4:00PM
(10-4) Pittsburgh Steelers  21  vs
(5-9) Houston Oilers  0
at Houston Astrodome, Houston, TX
NBC - Curt Gowdy, John Brodie
Sunday, October 9, 1977 - 1:00PM
(2-2) Pittsburgh Steelers  10  vs
(3-1) Houston Oilers  27
at Houston Astrodome, Houston, TX
NBC - Jack Buck, Paul Maguire
Sunday, October 23, 1977 - 1:00PM
(3-3) Houston Oilers  10  vs
(4-2) Pittsburgh Steelers  27
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
NBC - Stu Nahan, Andy Russell
Monday, October 23, 1978 - 9:00PM
Monday Night Football
(5-3) Houston Oilers  24  vs
(7-1) Pittsburgh Steelers  17
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
ABC - Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell
Sunday, December 3, 1978 - 4:00PM
(12-2) Pittsburgh Steelers  13  vs
(9-5) Houston Oilers  3
at Houston Astrodome, Houston, TX
NBC - Sam Nover, Len Dawson
Game moved from 1PM to 4PM.
Sunday, January 7, 1979 - 1:00PM
AFC Championship Game
(10-6) Houston Oilers  5  vs
(14-2) Pittsburgh Steelers  34
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
NBC - Curt Gowdy, Merlin Olsen, John Brodie,
Mike Adamle
Sunday, September 9, 1979 - 1:00PM
(1-1) Houston Oilers  7  vs
(2-0) Pittsburgh Steelers  38
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
NBC - Dick Enberg, Merlin Olsen
Monday, December 10, 1979 - 9:00PM
Monday Night Football
(11-4) Pittsburgh Steelers  17  vs
(11-4) Houston Oilers  20
at Houston Astrodome, Houston, TX
ABC - Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell, Fran Tarkenton
Sunday, January 6, 1980 - 1:00PM
AFC Championship Game
(11-5) Houston Oilers  13  vs
(12-4) Pittsburgh Steelers  27
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
NBC - Dick Enberg, Merlin Olsen,
Sam Nover, Mike Adamle