Pittsburgh Steelers 15 at Chicago Bears 17
Sunday, September 19, 1971
Pittsburgh Steelers 15, Chicago Bears 17
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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 |
| | PIT | CHI |
| PIT | Preston Pearson 0 yard fumble return (kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| CHI | Mac Percival 33 yard field goal | 6 | 3 |
| PIT | Roy Gerela 32 yard field goal | 9 | 3 |
| PIT | Roy Gerela 29 yard field goal | 12 | 3 |
| PIT | Roy Gerela 42 yard field goal | 15 | 3 |
| CHI | Ross Brupbacher 30 yard fumble return (Mac Percival kick) | 15 | 10 |
| CHI | George Farmer 8 yard pass from Kent Nix (Mac Percival kick) | 15 | 17 |
| 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 |