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Houston Oilers 19 at Pittsburgh Steelers 7
Sunday, September 20, 1970
Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium, Start Time: 1:00, Surface: astroturf,
Weather: 65 degrees, relative humidity 68%, wind 8 mph
Weather: 65 degrees, relative humidity 68%, wind 8 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (1-0-0) | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (0-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Scoring
| HOU | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Oilers | Jerry LeVias 22 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | Oilers | Jerry LeVias 10 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3rd | Oilers | Safety, Bradshaw forced out of end zone by Pritchard | 16 | 0 |
| 4th | Oilers | Roy Gerela 8 yard field goal | 19 | 0 |
| Steelers | Ron Shanklin 15 yard pass from Terry Hanratty (Gene Mingo kick) | 19 | 7 |
Team Stats
| HOU | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 11 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 41-172-0 | 22-71-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-25-138-2-0 | 10-30-163-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-5 | 3-20 |
| Net pass yards | 133 | 143 |
| Total yards | 305 | 214 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-50 | 7-43 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Hoyle Granger | HOU | 19 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Charley Johnson | HOU | 11 | 25 | 138 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Woody Campbell | HOU | 13 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | HOU | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Beirne | HOU | 3 | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Richardson | HOU | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Roy Hopkins | HOU | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 3 | 73 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 4 | 16 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave L. Smith | PIT | 1 | 53 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Hanratty | PIT | 6 | 14 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 13 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dennis Hughes | PIT | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hubie Bryant | PIT | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Fuqua | PIT | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dick Hoak | PIT | 1 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Hoyle Granger | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Benny Johnson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jerry LeVias | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Pritchard | HOU | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Richardson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Mel Blount | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Hubie Bryant | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -23 | -4.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Roy Gerela | HOU | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spike Jones | HOU | 8 | 345 | 43.1 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Gene Mingo | PIT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Walden | PIT | 8 | 367 | 45.9 | 0 | ||||