| Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 5, 1972 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 50350 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 46 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 10 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 40 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | John Fuqua 7 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 15 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 22 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Frank Lewis 28 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Bobby Walden run failed) | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Larry Brown 13 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 26 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Virgil Carter 1 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Frank Lewis 34 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 33 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Chip Myers 2 pass from Virgil Carter (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 14 | 33 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Franco Harris 2 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 37 FG | 17 | 40 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Chip Myers |
| 17 | WR | Speedy Thomas |
| 75 | LOT | Stan Walters |
| 72 | LOG | Howard Fest |
| 54 | C | Bob Johnson |
| 73 | ROG | Pat Matson |
| 76 | ROT | Vern Holland |
| 84 | TE | Bob Trumpy |
| 14 | QB | Ken Anderson |
| 44 | RB | Doug Dressler |
| 19 | RB | Essex Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Royce Berry |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Reid |
| 79 | RDT | Steve Chomyszak |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 58 | LLB | Al Beauchamp |
| 66 | MLB | Bill Bergey |
| 57 | RLB | Ken Avery |
| 20 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 34 | LS | Neal Craig |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Casanova |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | Frank Lewis |
| 25 | WR | Ron Shanklin |
| 55 | LOT | Jon Kolb |
| 57 | LOG | Sam Davis |
| 56 | C | Ray Mansfield |
| 66 | ROG | Bruce Van Dyke |
| 72 | ROT | Gerry Mullins |
| 89 | TE | John McMakin |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 33 | RB | John Fuqua |
| 32 | RB | Franco Harris |
| Offense | ||
| 68 | LDE | L.C. Greenwood |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Greene |
| 60 | RDT | Ben McGee |
| 78 | RDE | Dwight White |
| 59 | LLB | Jack Ham |
| 53 | MLB | Henry Davis |
| 34 | RLB | Andy Russell |
| 48 | LCB | John Rowser |
| 49 | LS | Ralph Anderson |
| 23 | RS | Mike Wagner |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Doug Dressler | 16 | 89 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 12 | 51 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Virgil Carter | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 15 | 101 | 6.7 | 31 | 1 |
| John Fuqua | 13 | 80 | 6.2 | 1 | |
| Frank Lewis | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Virgil Carter | 16 | 12 | 75.0 | 0 | 156 | 9.8 | 1 | 126.0 | |||
| Ken Anderson | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 1 | 74 | 6.2 | 0 | 27.8 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 0 | 190 | 9.5 | 3 | 122.9 | |||
| Joe Gilliam | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 | 42.4 | ||
| Bobby Walden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Doug Dressler | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Chip Myers | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 1 | |
| Bob Trumpy | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Frank Lewis | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 2 | |
| Ron Shanklin | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Franco Harris | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Larry Brown | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| John McMakin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John Fuqua | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Henry Davis | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dave Lewis | 5 | 197 | 39.4 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 4 | 158 | 39.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Tommy Casanova | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Glen Edwards | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Charlie Joiner | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 0 | ||
| Bernie Jackson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Franco Harris | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | ||
| Warren Bankston | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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