| Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 7, 1971 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 50202 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 30 F Humidty: 44% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 10 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 45 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Terry Bradshaw 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 23 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 17 FG | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Safety, Bobby Walden tackled in end zone by Doug Dieken | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bo Scott 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 13 FG | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Dave Smith 40 pass from Terry Hanratty (Roy Gerela kick) | 9 | 26 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Gary Collins |
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 65 | LOG | John Demarie |
| 64 | C | Jim Copeland |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 78 | ROT | Bob McKay |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 16 | QB | Bill Nelsen |
| 44 | RB | Leroy Kelly |
| 35 | RB | Bo Scott |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| 24 | LS | Ernie Kellermann |
| 40 | RS | Erich Barnes |
| 29 | RCB | Walt Sumner |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Ron Shanklin |
| 88 | WR | Dave Smith |
| 55 | LOT | Jon Kolb |
| 57 | LOG | Sam Davis |
| 56 | C | Ray Mansfield |
| 66 | ROG | Bruce Van Dyke |
| 74 | ROT | John Brown |
| 85 | TE | Bob Adams |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 33 | RB | John Fuqua |
| 26 | RB | Preston Pearson |
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| 48 | LCB | John Rowser |
| 23 | LS | Mike Wagner |
| 28 | RS | Ocie Austin |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 22 | 102 | 4.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Bill Nelsen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Fuqua | 30 | 131 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 1 | |
| Preston Pearson | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Warren Bankston | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 2 | 114 | 6.0 | 0 | 31.4 | |||
| Mike Phipps | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 1 | 70 | 6.4 | 0 | 21.0 | |||
| Terry Hanratty | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 0 | 93 | 9.3 | 1 | 99.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bo Scott | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Fair Hooker | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 0 | |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dave Smith | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 1 | |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Ron Shanklin | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Warren Bankston | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Fuqua | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ernie Kellermann | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Rowser | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 7 | 233 | 33.3 | 1 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 3 | 142 | 47.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Jon Staggers | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| John Fuqua | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Reece Morrison | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | ||
| Dave Jones | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Pitts | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bo Cornell | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Doug Dieken | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Mel Blount | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
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