| Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 10, 1971 Location: Cleveland, OH Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 83391 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 55 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 25 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Milt Morin 19 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bo Scott 18 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Dave Smith 22 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 20 FG | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 33 FG | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Ron Shanklin 11 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 17 | 20 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 7 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 17 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Ron Shanklin |
| 88 | WR | Dave Smith |
| 55 | LOT | Jon Kolb |
| 57 | LOG | Sam Davis |
| 56 | C | Ray Mansfield |
| 72 | ROG | Gerry Mullins |
| 74 | ROT | John Brown |
| 85 | TE | Bob Adams |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 33 | RB | John Fuqua |
| 26 | RB | Preston Pearson |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | L.C. Greenwood |
| 25 | LDT | Joe Greene |
| 65 | RDT | Lloyd Voss |
| 78 | RDE | Dwight White |
| 59 | LLB | Jack Ham |
| 58 | MLB | Chuck Allen |
| 34 | RLB | Andy Russell |
| 47 | LCB | Mel Blount |
| 23 | LS | Mike Wagner |
| 27 | RS | Glen Edwards |
| 44 | RCB | Lee Calland |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Gary Collins |
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 65 | LOG | John Demarie |
| 54 | C | Fred Hoaglin |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 78 | ROT | Bob McKay |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 16 | QB | Bill Nelsen |
| 44 | RB | Leroy Kelly |
| 35 | RB | Bo Scott |
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Joe Jones |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 51 | MLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 52 | RLB | Billy Andrews |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 29 | LS | Walt Sumner |
| 34 | RS | Mike Howell |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Preston Pearson | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 29 | 0 |
| John Fuqua | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bo Scott | 22 | 73 | 3.3 | 18t | 1 |
| Leroy Kelly | 17 | 63 | 3.7 | 12 | 1 |
| Bill Nelsen | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 1 | 126 | 4.7 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 67.8 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 27 | 18 | 66.7 | 1 | 236 | 8.7 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 91.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bob Adams | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 22t | 1 |
| John Fuqua | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Ron Shanklin | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11t | 1 |
| Frank Lewis | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22t | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Milt Morin | 8 | 126 | 15.8 | 23 | 1 |
| Leroy Kelly | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Fair Hooker | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Mike Wagner | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Clarence Scott | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bobby Walden | 7 | 301 | 43.0 | 51 | 0 | ||||||
| Bobby Walden | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108.3 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Don Cockroft | 4 | 181 | 45.3 | 57 | 0 | ||||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Jon Staggers | 1 | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Glen Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 3 | 0 | 24 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Jones | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Glen Edwards | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Warren Bankston | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Jim Brumfield | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Brown | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Frank Pitts | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Jim Houston | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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