| Houston Oilers at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 15, 1972 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 42929 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 48 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Ward Walsh EZ blocked punt recovery (Skip Butler kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 28 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Frank Lewis 11 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Terry Bradshaw 8 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Robert Holmes | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Hoyle Granger | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Ward Walsh | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 19 | 115 | 6.1 | 15 | 1 |
| John Fuqua | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 13 | 47 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 22 | 10 | 45.5 | 1 | 40 | 1.8 | 0 | 33.5 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 0 | 70 | 3.7 | 1 | 74.5 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Joiner | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Ward Walsh | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Hoyle Granger | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Beirne | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Frank Lewis | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 1 | |
| Preston Pearson | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| John Fuqua | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Ron Shanklin | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ralph Anderson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 10 | 381 | 38.1 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 7 | 275 | 39.3 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Zeke Moore | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Glen Edwards | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Willie Rodgers | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | ||
| Benny Johnson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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