| Los Angeles Rams at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 19, 1971 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 45233 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 36 F Humidty: 37% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 13 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 15 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 10 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Jack Snow 20 pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick) | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Larry Brown 3 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 28 FG | 16 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Ron Shanklin 2 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 16 | 14 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Larry Smith 1 run (David Ray kick) | 23 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 13 | WR | Lance Rentzel |
| 84 | WR | Jack Snow |
| 73 | LOT | Charlie Cowan |
| 65 | LOG | Tom Mack |
| 50 | C | Ken Iman |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Scibelli |
| 76 | ROT | Harry Schuh |
| 80 | TE | Bob Klein |
| 18 | QB | Roman Gabriel |
| 38 | HB | Larry Smith |
| 34 | FB | Les Josephson |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Deacon Jones |
| 74 | LDT | Merlin Olsen |
| 72 | RDT | Phil Olsen |
| 79 | RDE | Coy Bacon |
| 53 | LLB | Jim Purnell |
| 86 | MLB | Marlin McKeever |
| 58 | RLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 19 | LCB | Jim Nettles |
| 39 | LS | Kermit Alexander |
| 42 | RS | Dave Elmendorf |
| 21 | RCB | Gene Howard |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Ron Shanklin |
| 88 | WR | Dave Smith |
| 55 | LOT | Jon Kolb |
| 72 | LOG | Gerry Mullins |
| 51 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 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 |
| 60 | RDT | Ben McGee |
| 78 | RDE | Dwight White |
| 59 | LLB | Jack Ham |
| 61 | MLB | Brian Stenger |
| 34 | RLB | Andy Russell |
| 48 | LCB | John Rowser |
| 37 | LS | Chuck Beatty |
| 49 | RS | Ralph Anderson |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Les Josephson | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Willie Ellison | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Larry Smith | 11 | 21 | 1.9 | 1 | |
| Lee White | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Preston Pearson | 16 | 86 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| John Fuqua | 8 | 45 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Warren Bankston | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | 22 | 13 | 59.1 | 0 | 148 | 6.7 | 1 | 94.5 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 34 | 20 | 58.8 | 4 | 163 | 4.8 | 2 | 51.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Larry Smith | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 0 | |
| Jack Snow | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 1 | |
| Willie Ellison | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Les Josephson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Fuqua | 8 | 56 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Smith | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Ron Shanklin | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 1 | |
| Bob Adams | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Warren Bankston | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jon Staggers | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Larry Brown | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jim Nettles | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Kermit Alexander | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Marlin McKeever | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Coy Bacon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Pat Studstill | 5 | 199 | 39.8 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Travis Williams | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
| Roger Williams | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 57 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Jon Staggers | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Brumfield | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Rocky Bleier | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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