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Pittsburgh Steelers 15 at Chicago Bears 17
Sunday, September 19, 1971
Stadium: Soldier Field (I), Start Time: 1:00, Surface: astroturf,
Weather: 63 degrees, relative humidity 76%, wind 12 mph
Weather: 63 degrees, relative humidity 76%, wind 12 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (0-1-0) | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| Chicago Bears (1-0-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
Scoring
| PIT | CHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Steelers | Preston Pearson 0 yard fumble return (kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| Bears | Mac Percival 33 yard field goal | 6 | 3 | |
| 3rd | Steelers | Roy Gerela 32 yard field goal | 9 | 3 |
| Steelers | Roy Gerela 29 yard field goal | 12 | 3 | |
| 4th | Steelers | Roy Gerela 42 yard field goal | 15 | 3 |
| Bears | Ross Brupbacher 30 yard fumble return (Mac Percival kick) | 15 | 10 | |
| Bears | George Farmer 8 yard pass from Kent Nix (Mac Percival kick) | 15 | 17 |
Team Stats
| PIT | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 8 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 43-223-0 | 21-45-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-24-129-0-4 | 16-29-124-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 4-28 |
| Net pass yards | 129 | 96 |
| Total yards | 352 | 141 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-3 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 7 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-64 | 6-60 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Fuqua | PIT | 17 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 113 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Warren Bankston | PIT | 16 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 10 | 24 | 129 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| George Farmer | CHI | 4 | 59 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jack Concannon | CHI | 15 | 26 | 116 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Shy | CHI | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Grabowski | CHI | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Wallace | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Kent Nix | CHI | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dick Gordon | CHI | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Tucker | CHI | 1 | 4 | 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 | |||
| Chuck Allen | PIT | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Brumfield | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Glen Edwards | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jon Staggers | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 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 | |||
| Ross Brupbacher | CHI | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Butkus | CHI | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Smith | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Taylor | CHI | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Cecil Turner | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Roy Gerela | PIT | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Walden | PIT | 5 | 237 | 47.4 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Bobby Joe Green | CHI | 8 | 341 | 42.6 | 0 | ||||
| Mac Percival | CHI | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |