| New York Jets at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 21, 1973 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 48682 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 58 F Humidty: 60% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Jets | John Riggins 1 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 27 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 29 FG | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Rich Caster 28 pass from Bill Demory (Bobby Howfield kick) | 14 | 6 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 36 FG | 14 | 9 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 13 FG | 14 | 12 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ron Shanklin 16 pass from Terry Hanratty (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 19 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 2 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 26 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| John Riggins | 15 | 42 | 2.8 | 15 | 1 |
| Hank Bjorklund | 13 | 32 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Bill Demory | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| Mike Adamle | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 25 | 102 | 4.1 | 19 | 1 |
| John Fuqua | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Steve Davis | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Bill Demory | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 3 | 84 | 5.6 | 1 | 41.4 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 1 | 119 | 6.6 | 0 | 43.5 | |||
| Terry Hanratty | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 33 | 8.3 | 1 | 117.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Hank Bjorklund | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Margene Adkins | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Nance | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ron Shanklin | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 1 | |
| Barry Pearson | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| John Fuqua | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Franco Harris | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Burgess Owens | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Mike Wagner | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Glen Edwards | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John Rowser | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 9 | 389 | 43.2 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 5 | 200 | 40.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Glen Edwards | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Meyer | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Hank Bjorklund | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | ||
| Cliff McClain | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | ||
| Margene Adkins | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Mike Adamle | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Steve Davis | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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