| Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 23, 1973 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 49396 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 76 F Humidty: 60% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 10 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 12 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 43 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | John Fuqua 4 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 40 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 26 FG | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 44 FG | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Frank Lewis 8 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 3 | 26 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 28 FG | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Frank Lewis 53 pass from Terry Hanratty (Roy Gerela kick) | 6 | 33 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 25 | WR | Frank Pitts |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 66 | LOG | Gene Hickerson |
| 61 | C | Bob DeMarco |
| 65 | ROG | John Demarie |
| 78 | ROT | Bob McKay |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 15 | QB | Mike Phipps |
| 30 | RB | Ken Brown |
| 44 | RB | Leroy Kelly |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Joe Jones |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 81 | RDE | Nick Roman |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 60 | MLB | Bob Babich |
| 50 | RLB | John Garlington |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 29 | LS | Walt Sumner |
| 27 | RS | Thom Darden |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Barry Pearson |
| 25 | WR | Ron Shanklin |
| 55 | LOT | Jon Kolb |
| 57 | LOG | Sam Davis |
| 56 | C | Ray Mansfield |
| 66 | ROG | Bruce Van Dyke |
| 76 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 89 | TE | John McMakin |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 33 | RB | John Fuqua |
| 26 | RB | Preston Pearson |
| Offense | ||
| 68 | LDE | L.C. Greenwood |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Greene |
| 63 | RDT | Ernie Holmes |
| 78 | RDE | Dwight White |
| 59 | LLB | Jack Ham |
| 53 | MLB | Henry Davis |
| 34 | RLB | Andy Russell |
| 48 | LCB | John Rowser |
| 23 | LS | Mike Wagner |
| 27 | RS | Glen Edwards |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 13 | 39 | 3.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Mike Phipps | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Billy LeFear | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Hugh McKinnis | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Brown | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Gloster Richardson | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Fuqua | 16 | 80 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| Preston Pearson | 9 | 74 | 8.2 | 0 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Franco Harris | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Davis | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 29 | 15 | 51.7 | 3 | 157 | 5.4 | 0 | 28.2 | |||
| Don Horn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 1 | 140 | 10.0 | 1 | 67.6 | |||
| Terry Hanratty | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 53 | 53.0 | 53t | 1 | 158.3 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gloster Richardson | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Frank Pitts | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Milt Morin | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Billy LeFear | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Fair Hooker | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Frank Lewis | 3 | 92 | 30.7 | 2 | |
| Ron Shanklin | 2 | 92 | 46.0 | 0 | |
| Franco Harris | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ben Davis | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jack Ham | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Glen Edwards | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Andy Russell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 6 | 269 | 44.8 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Billy LeFear | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Glen Edwards | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Meyer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Billy LeFear | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Steve Holden | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Steve Davis | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 0 | ||
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
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