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Houston Oilers 19 at Pittsburgh Steelers 7

Sunday, September 20, 1970

Houston Oilers 19, Pittsburgh Steelers 7

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Houston Oilers (1-0-0)772319
Pittsburgh Steelers (0-1-0)00077

Scoring

HOUPIT
1stHOUJerry LeVias 22 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Roy Gerela kick)70
2ndHOUJerry LeVias 10 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Roy Gerela kick)140
3rdHOUSafety, Bradshaw forced out of end zone by Pritchard160
4thHOURoy Gerela 8 yard field goal190
PITRon Shanklin 15 yard pass from Terry Hanratty (Gene Mingo kick)197

Team Stats

HOUPIT
First downs1711
Rush-yards-TDs41-172-022-71-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT11-25-138-2-010-30-163-1-1
Sacked-yards1-53-20
Net pass yards133143
Total yards305214
Fumbles-lost1-02-0
Turnovers01
Penalties-yards5-507-43

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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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