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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Houston Oilers at Pittsburgh Steelers - October 24th, 1971
Houston Oilers 16 at Pittsburgh Steelers 23
Sunday, October 24, 1971
Houston Oilers 16, Pittsburgh Steelers 23| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (0-5-1) | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (3-3-0) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 23 |
Scoring
| HOU | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | HOU | Joe Dawkins 1 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick) | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Roy Gerela 28 yard field goal | 7 | 3 | |
| 2nd | HOU | Mark Moseley 24 yard field goal | 10 | 3 |
| PIT | Roy Gerela 22 yard field goal | 10 | 6 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Joe Dawkins 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 16 | 6 |
| PIT | Roy Gerela 12 yard field goal | 16 | 9 | |
| 4th | PIT | Terry Bradshaw 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 16 | 16 |
| PIT | John Fuqua 30 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 16 | 23 |
Team Stats
| HOU | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 26 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-92-2 | 37-165-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-34-191-0-1 | 21-33-279-0-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-11 | 2-25 |
| Net pass yards | 180 | 254 |
| Total yards | 272 | 419 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-84 | 9-113 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 17 | 34 | 191 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Joiner | HOU | 5 | 74 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Beirne | HOU | 4 | 65 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Dawkins | HOU | 16 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Alvin Reed | HOU | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Woody Campbell | HOU | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Richardson | HOU | 3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Leroy Sledge | HOU | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 21 | 32 | 279 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| John Fuqua | PIT | 16 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 6 | 84 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave L. Smith | PIT | 6 | 74 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 13 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Adams | PIT | 3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jon Staggers | PIT | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Hanratty | PIT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | |||
| John Charles | HOU | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Linzy Cole | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Houston | HOU | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Zeke Moore | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Richardson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 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 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jon Staggers | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Wagner | PIT | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||