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Cincinnati Bengals 10 at Pittsburgh Steelers 21
Sunday, September 26, 1971
Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium, Start Time: 1:00, Surface: astroturf,
Weather: 59 degrees, relative humidity 80%, wind 7 mph
Weather: 59 degrees, relative humidity 80%, wind 7 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals (1-1-0) | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (1-1-0) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Scoring
| CIN | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 33 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| Steelers | Dave L. Smith 16 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Bengals | Lemar Parrish 14 yard fumble return (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 10 | 7 |
| Steelers | Jon Staggers 67 yard punt return (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 14 | |
| 4th | Steelers | Preston Pearson 13 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 21 |
Team Stats
| CIN | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 18-28-0 | 29-80-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 23-43-266-0-1 | 18-30-249-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-41 | 5-41 |
| Net pass yards | 225 | 208 |
| Total yards | 253 | 288 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 4-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-35 | 9-95 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Virgil Carter | CIN | 22 | 38 | 255 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Speedy Thomas | CIN | 4 | 74 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Essex Johnson | CIN | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bruce Coslet | CIN | 3 | 51 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Trumpy | CIN | 5 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fred Willis | CIN | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Eric Crabtree | CIN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jess Phillips | CIN | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ken Anderson | CIN | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Paul Robinson | CIN | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dave L. Smith | PIT | 8 | 162 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 18 | 30 | 249 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 12 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 45 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Warren Bankston | PIT | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Adams | PIT | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 1 | 9 | 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 | |||
| Doug Dressler | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Essex Johnson | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lemar Parrish | CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Paul Robinson | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 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 | |||
| Jim Brumfield | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Glen Edwards | PIT | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jon Staggers | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 92 | 13.1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Dave Lewis | CIN | 10 | 483 | 48.3 | 0 | ||||
| Horst Muhlmann | CIN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Bobby Walden | PIT | 9 | 394 | 43.8 | 0 | ||||