| Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 18, 1973 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 48580 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 44 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 32 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 15 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 13 FG | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 11 FG | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 10 run (Jim Turner kick) | 13 | 6 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Ron Shanklin 42 pass from Terry Hanratty (Roy Gerela kick) | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 46 FG | 16 | 13 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Riley Odoms 2 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 23 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 80 | WR | Jerry Simmons |
| 78 | LOT | Marv Montgomery |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 61 | ROG | Tommy Lyons |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 12 | QB | Charley Johnson |
| 33 | RB | Joe Dawkins |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 55 | RDT | Pete Duranko |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 45 | LLB | Bill Laskey |
| 58 | MLB | Tom Graham |
| 56 | RLB | Ray May |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 36 | LS | Billy Thompson |
| 20 | RS | Charlie Greer |
| 26 | RCB | Calvin Jones |
| 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 |
| 5 | QB | Terry Hanratty |
| 32 | RB | Franco Harris |
| 26 | RB | Preston Pearson |
| Offense | ||
| 68 | LDE | L.C. Greenwood |
| 74 | LDT | Tom Keating |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 27 | 88 | 3.3 | 12 | 1 |
| Joe Dawkins | 13 | 57 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Otis Armstrong | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Oliver Ross | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Charley Johnson | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 11 | 53 | 4.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Steve Davis | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Rocky Bleier | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | 20 | 13 | 65.0 | 0 | 86 | 4.3 | 1 | 90.8 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Hanratty | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 0 | 217 | 11.4 | 1 | 111.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Riley Odoms | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 15 | 1 |
| Floyd Little | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Jerry Simmons | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Larron Jackson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John McMakin | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 0 | |
| Ron Shanklin | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 1 | |
| Frank Lewis | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | |
| Franco Harris | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Davis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 4 | 173 | 43.3 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Greer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Glen Edwards | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Otis Armstrong | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Dawkins | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | ||
| Franco Harris | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Rocky Bleier | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Steve Davis | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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