| Minnesota Vikings at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 26, 1972 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 50348 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 37 F Humidty: 79% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 24 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 12 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 17 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Stu Voigt 5 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Terry Bradshaw 1 run (Roy Gerela kick blocked) | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Frank Lewis 17 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 23 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Oscar Reed | 16 | 56 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Krause | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 17 | 128 | 7.5 | 61 | 1 |
| John Fuqua | 10 | 35 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 1 | |
| Frank Lewis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 43 | 24 | 55.8 | 1 | 235 | 5.5 | 1 | 69.4 | |||
| Paul Krause | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 1 | 93 | 4.9 | 1 | 48.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ed Marinaro | 9 | 62 | 6.9 | 0 | |
| Oscar Reed | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 0 | |
| Stu Voigt | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 1 | |
| John Beasley | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ron Shanklin | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | |
| Frank Lewis | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 1 | |
| Franco Harris | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| John McMakin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Charlie West | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Rowser | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Eischeid | 6 | 269 | 44.8 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 7 | 339 | 48.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Bryant | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Glen Edwards | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| John Gilliam | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Rocky Bleier | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Steve Davis | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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