| San Diego Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 7, 1973 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 48795 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 70 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ron Shanklin 12 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Terry Bradshaw 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 38 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Steve Davis 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Mike Wagner EZ blocked punt recovery (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 31 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ron Shanklin 37 pass from Terry Hanratty (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 38 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | Jerry LeVias 13 pass from Dan Fouts (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 38 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | Clint Jones 3 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 14 | 38 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | Robert Holmes 1 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 21 | 38 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Cid Edwards | 13 | 94 | 7.2 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| Dan Fouts | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Wayne Clark | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Robert Holmes | 7 | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | |
| Bob Thomas | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Preston Pearson | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 1 | |
| Steve Davis | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| John Fuqua | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Franco Harris | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Terry Hanratty | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 1 | 174 | 8.3 | 1 | 76.3 | |||
| Johnny Unitas | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 2 | 19 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Wayne Clark | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 1 | 99 | 6.2 | 1 | 59.1 | |||
| Terry Hanratty | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 46 | 6.6 | 1 | 54.5 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Cid Edwards | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | |
| Ron Holliday | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Jerry LeVias | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 1 | |
| Robert Holmes | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Thaxton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Frank Lewis | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Ron Shanklin | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 2 | |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| John Fuqua | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Carl Gersbach | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Howard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Mike Wagner | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Mel Blount | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| John Rowser | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| John Dockery | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 5 | 201 | 40.2 | 1 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 4 | 168 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | ||
| Willie McGee | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Glen Edwards | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 0 | ||
| Willie McGee | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Steve Davis | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 0 | ||
| Preston Pearson | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Coy Bacon | 1.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
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