1972 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/5/1972	H	New York Giants	28-10	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	34715
Sat	8/12/1972	N	New York Jets	22-3	W	Seattle, WA	University of Washington Stadium	44038
Sat	8/19/1972	A	Atlanta Falcons	31-17	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	53288
Sat	8/26/1972	N	Baltimore Colts	13-16	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	37221
Sat	9/2/1972	N	New Orleans Saints	56-7	W	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	43302
Sun	9/9/1972	H	Washington Redskins	10-10	T	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	42227
Sun	9/17/1972	H	Oakland Raiders	34-28	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50141
Sun	9/24/1972	A	Cincinnati Bengals	10-15	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	54292
Sun	10/1/1972	A	St. Louis Cardinals	25-19	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	49140
Sun	10/8/1972	A	Dallas Cowboys	13-17	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	65682
Sun	10/15/1972	H	Houston Oilers	24-7	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	42929
Sun	10/22/1972	H	New England Patriots	33-3	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	46081
Sun	10/29/1972	A	Buffalo Bills	38-21	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	45882
Sun	11/5/1972	H	Cincinnati Bengals	40-17	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50350
Sun	11/12/1972	H	Kansas City Chiefs	16-7	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50350
Sun	11/19/1972	A	Cleveland Browns	24-26	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	83009
Sun	11/26/1972	H	Minnesota Vikings	23-10	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50348
Sun	12/3/1972	H	Cleveland Browns	30-0	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50350
Sun	12/10/1972	A	Houston Oilers	9-3	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	36528
Sun	12/17/1972	A	San Diego Chargers	24-2	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	52873
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	12/23/1972	H	Oakland Raiders	13-7	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50350
AFC Championship
Sun	12/31/1972	H	Miami Dolphins	17-21	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50350

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Ralph Anderson	49	LS-LCB-TS-RCB	6-1	180	23	West Texas A&M	14	8
Warren Bankston	46	RB	6-4	230	25	Tulane	7	0
Chuck Beatty	37	LS	6-2	203	26	North Texas	8	6
Rocky Bleier	20	RB	5-11	205	26	Notre Dame	14	0
Mel Blount	47	RCB	6-3	205	24	Southern University	14	13
Ed Bradley	38	LLB-RLB-MLB	6-2	239	22	Wake Forest	12	0
Terry Bradshaw	12	QB	6-3	210	24	Louisiana Tech	14	14
Larry Brown	87	TE	6-4	270	23	Kansas	9	1
Lee Calland	44	RCB-LCB	6-0	190	31	Louisville	7	2
Jim Clack	60	C	6-3	250	25	Wake Forest	14	0
Henry Davis	53	MLB	6-3	235	30	Grambling State	14	14
Sam Davis	57	LOG	6-1	245	28	Allen	11	11
Steve Davis	35	RB	6-1	216	24	Delaware State	11	0
John Dockery	29	RCB-LCB	6-0	186	28	Harvard	6	0
Glen Edwards	27	RS-LS	6-0	185	25	Florida A&M	12	0
John Fuqua	33	RB	5-11	200	26	Morgan State	13	13
Steve Furness	64	LDT-RDT	6-4	255	22	Rhode Island	2	0
Roy Gerela	10	K	5-10	185	24	New Mexico State	14	0
Joe Gilliam	17	QB	6-2	187	22	Tennessee State	2	0
Gordon Gravelle	71	ROT-LOT	6-5	255	23	Brigham Young	14	3
Joe Greene	75	LDT	6-4	270	26	North Texas	14	14
L.C. Greenwood	68	LDE	6-6	246	26	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	13	13
Jack Ham	59	LLB	6-3	224	24	Penn State	14	14
Craig Hanneman	67	LDE-RDT-RDE	6-3	240	23	Oregon State	13	0
Terry Hanratty	5	QB	6-1	206	24	Notre Dame	7	0
Franco Harris	32	RB	6-2	225	22	Penn State	14	10
Ernie Holmes	63	RDT-LDT-LDE	6-3	260	24	Texas Southern	14	0
Mel Holmes	77	ROG-ROT	6-3	251	22	North Carolina A&T State	14	1
Jon Kolb	55	LOT	6-2	240	25	Oklahoma State	14	14
Frank Lewis	43	WR	6-1	196	25	Grambling State	13	8
Ray Mansfield	56	C	6-3	252	31	Washington	14	14
Ben McGee	60	RDT	6-2	255	33	Jackson State	14	14
John McMakin	89	TE	6-3	225	22	Clemson	14	13
Gerry Mullins	72	ROT-LOG	6-3	244	23	Southern California	14	14
Preston Pearson	26	RB	6-1	190	27	Illinois	11	5
John Rowser	48	LCB	6-1	183	28	Michigan	14	13
Andy Russell	34	RLB	6-2	217	31	Missouri	14	13
Ron Shanklin	25	WR	6-1	183	24	Cooke County JC; North Texas	14	13
Dave Smith	88	WR	6-1	205	25	Waynesburg; Indiana (Pennsylvania)	6	6
Brian Stenger	61	MLB-RLB	6-4	233	25	Notre Dame	14	0
Bruce Van Dyke	66	ROG	6-2	248	28	Missouri	13	13
Mike Wagner	23	RS	6-1	200	23	Western Illinois	14	14
Bobby Walden	39	P	6-0	192	34	Georgia	14	0
George Webster	90	RLB-LLB	6-4	225	27	Michigan State	6	1
Dwight White	78	RDE	6-4	253	23	East Texas A&M	14	14
Carl Winfrey	36	LLB	6-0	230	23	Wisconsin	1	0
Al Young	31	WR	6-1	195	23	South Carolina State	14	1

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	13	Franco Harris	RB	Penn State
2	38	Gordon Gravelle	T	Brigham Young
3	63	John McMakin	TE	Clemson
4	80	Lorenzo Brinkley	DB	Missouri
4	88	Ed Bradley	LB	Wake Forest
5	113	Steve Furness	DE	Rhode Island
6	143	Dennis Meyer	DB	Arkansas State
7	159	Joe Colquitt	DE	Kansas State
7	168	Bob Kelly	DB	Jackson State
8	193	Stahle Vincent	RB	Rice
9	217	Don Kelley	DB	Clemson
10	243	Bob Brown	DT	Tampa
11	273	Joe Gilliam	QB	Tennessee State
12	298	Ron Curl	T	Michigan State
13	323	Ernie Messmer	T	Villanova
14	348	Tommy Durrance	RB	Florida
15	368	John Hulecki	G	Massachusetts
15	373	Charlie Harrington	G	Wichita State
16	403	Nat Hawkins	WR	Nevada-Las Vegas
17	428	Ron Linehan	LB	Idaho

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	66	103	73	101	343
Opponents Totals	28	40	46	61	175

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		228	131	79	18	66/188 35.1%	/ %	81	728
Opponents Totals		228	88	116	24	70/208 33.7%	/ %	77	712

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Roy Gerela	0	35	36	97.2	28	41	68.3	0	119
Franco Harris	11	0	0		0	0		0	66
Terry Bradshaw	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Frank Lewis	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
John Fuqua	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Ron Shanklin	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Mel Blount	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Larry Brown	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Henry Davis	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Steve Davis	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jack Ham	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John McMakin	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Gerry Mullins	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ralph Anderson	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	37	35	37	94.6	28	41	68.3	1	343
Opponents Totals	18	17	18	94.4	16	27	59.3	1	175

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Roy Gerela	28	41	68.3	4	49	9/9	8/10	8/12	3/9	0/1
Team Totals	28	41	68.3	4	49	9/9	8/10	8/12	3/9	0/1
Opponents Totals	16	27	59.3			3/3	4/6	6/9	3/6	0/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Franco Harris	188	1055	5.6	75t	10
John Fuqua	150	665	4.4	47	4
Terry Bradshaw	58	346	6.0	20t	7
Preston Pearson	67	264	3.9	21	0
Steve Davis	20	85	4.3	28t	1
Frank Lewis	3	68	22.7	41	0
Warren Bankston	7	20	2.9	11	0
Rocky Bleier	1	17	17.0	17	0
John McMakin	1	0	0.0	0	0
Joe Gilliam	2	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	497	2520	5.1	75t	22
Opponents Totals	445	1715	3.9	94t	6

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Terry Bradshaw	308	147	47.7	149	1887	6.1	12.8	78t	12	3.9	12	3.9	29	237	1650	64.1
Joe Gilliam	11	7	63.6	4	48	4.4	6.9	9	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	8	40	73.3
Terry Hanratty	4	2	50.0	2	23	5.8	11.5	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	2	21	67.7
Bobby Walden	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	324	156	48.1	156	1958	6.0	12.6	78t	12	3.7	12	3.7	32	247	1711	64.3
Opponents Totals	411	206	50.1	177	2393	5.8	11.6	70t	9	2.2	28	6.8	40	337	2056	47.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ron Shanklin	38	669	17.6	57	3
Frank Lewis	27	391	14.5	52	5
John McMakin	21	277	13.2	78t	1
Franco Harris	21	180	8.6	29	1
John Fuqua	18	152	8.4	28	0
Preston Pearson	11	79	7.2	15	0
Dave Smith	10	98	9.8	25	0
Al Young	6	86	14.3	33	0
Larry Brown	1	13	13.0	13t	1
Warren Bankston	1	5	5.0	5	0
Steve Davis	1	5	5.0	5	0
Gerry Mullins	1	3	3.0	3t	1
Team Totals	156	1958	12.6	78t	12
Opponents Totals	206	2393	11.6	70t	9

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jack Ham	7	83	11.9	32t	1
Mike Wagner	6	77	12.8	35	0
John Rowser	4	30	7.5	23	0
Mel Blount	3	75	25.0	34	0
Ralph Anderson	3	68	22.7	41	0
Henry Davis	2	32	16.0	28	0
Chuck Beatty	2	16	8.0	16	0
Glen Edwards	1	14	14.0	14	0
Team Totals	28	395	14.1	41	1
Opponents Totals	12	195	16.3	65t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NET
Bobby Walden	65	2846	43.8	72	2	7	16	169	37.9
Roy Gerela	1	29	29.0	29	0
Team Totals	66	2875	43.6	72	2			169
Opponents Totals	74	2982	40.3	65	1			262

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Glen Edwards	22	19	202	9.2	54
Frank Lewis	5	1	56	11.2	26
Rocky Bleier	2	0	1	0.5	1
Preston Pearson	1	0	3	3.0	3
Team Totals	30	20	262	8.7	54
Opponents Totals	37	10	169	4.6	30

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Preston Pearson	13	292	22.5	42
Franco Harris	8	183	22.9	32
Steve Davis	7	207	29.6	82
Rocky Bleier	2	40	20.0	20
Warren Bankston	1	20	20.0	20
Glen Edwards	1	18	18.0	18
John McMakin	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	33	760	23.0	82
Opponents Totals	54	1190	22.0	47

SACKS	NO	YDS
Joe Greene	11.0
Dwight White	10.0
L.C. Greenwood	4.0
Ernie Holmes	4.0
Ralph Anderson	2.0
Jack Ham	2.0
Craig Hanneman	2.0
Ben McGee	2.0
Mike Wagner	2.0
Andy Russell	1.0
Team Totals	40.0	337.0
Opponents Totals	32.0	247.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ralph Anderson	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Warren Bankston	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Rocky Bleier	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mel Blount	0	0	0	2	2	35	1
Terry Bradshaw	4		2	0	2	-9	0
Larry Brown	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Sam Davis	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Steve Davis	3		0	0	0	0	0
Glen Edwards	4		1	0	1	0	0
John Fuqua	1		0	0	0	-2	0
Joe Greene	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Ham	1		0	4	4	0	0
Terry Hanratty	1		1	0	1	0	0
Franco Harris	7		1	0	1	-5	0
Ernie Holmes	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mel Holmes	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Frank Lewis	1		1	0	1	0	0
Ben McGee	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gerry Mullins	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Preston Pearson	4		1	0	1	0	0
Andy Russell	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
Dwight White	0	0	0	3	3	9	0
Team Totals	27	16	11	20	31	28	1
Opponents Totals	37	20	17	14	31		0

Bud Carson	Defensive Backs
Bob Fry	Offensive Line
Dick Hoak	Offensive Backs
Babe Parilli	Quarterbacks
George Perles	Defensive Line
Charlie Sumner	Linebackers
Lionel Taylor	Receivers