| Houston Oilers at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1973 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 38004 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 33 F Humidty: 82% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 49 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Mack Alston 11 pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Barry Pearson 15 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Steve Davis 3 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 31 FG | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jack Ham EZ opponents fumble recovery (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 20 FG | 7 | 30 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 42 FG | 7 | 33 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Fred Willis | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| George Amundson | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Lynn Dickey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 20 | 73 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Steve Davis | 9 | 50 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| John Fuqua | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Joe Gilliam | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Walden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 2 | 30 | 2.1 | 1 | 28.6 | |||
| Lynn Dickey | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 | 2.8 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 4 | 117 | 5.9 | 2 | 66.0 | |||
| Joe Gilliam | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | 50.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| George Amundson | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Mack Alston | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 |
| Fred Willis | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Barry Pearson | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 1 | |
| Preston Pearson | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| John Fuqua | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Ron Shanklin | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| John McMakin | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Larry Brown | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Frank Lewis | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Davis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| Franco Harris | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Joe Blahak | 1 | 87 | 87.0 | 87 | 0 |
| Guy Roberts | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Jeff Severson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Willie Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Loren Toews | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Mel Blount | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Andy Russell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Skip Butler | 6 | 226 | 37.7 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Dennis Meyer | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | ||
| Glen Edwards | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bob Gresham | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Eaglin | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Hinton | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| John Fuqua | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Rocky Bleier | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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