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Pittsburgh Steelers 3 at Houston Oilers 29
Sunday, December 5, 1971
Pittsburgh Steelers 3, Houston Oilers 29| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (5-7-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Houston Oilers (2-9-1) | 16 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 29 |
Scoring
| PIT | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | HOU | Alvin Reed 27 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Mark Moseley kick) | 0 | 7 |
| HOU | Mark Moseley 25 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| HOU | Woody Campbell 8 yard rush (kick failed) | 0 | 16 | |
| 2nd | HOU | Mark Moseley 37 yard field goal | 0 | 19 |
| HOU | Mark Moseley 25 yard field goal | 0 | 22 | |
| PIT | Roy Gerela 15 yard field goal | 3 | 22 | |
| 4th | HOU | Robert Holmes 4 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick) | 3 | 29 |
Team Stats
| PIT | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 10 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 20-73-0 | 41-147-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-33-111-0-3 | 13-23-148-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-52 | 2-20 |
| Net pass yards | 59 | 128 |
| Total yards | 132 | 275 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-70 | 5-40 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 14 | 31 | 111 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Fuqua | PIT | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Warren Bankston | PIT | 6 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Lewis | PIT | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave L. Smith | PIT | 1 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Adams | PIT | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Hanratty | PIT | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Robert Holmes | HOU | 13 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 12 | 22 | 126 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Woody Campbell | HOU | 14 | 46 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dickie Post | HOU | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Alvin Reed | HOU | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Beirne | HOU | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Dickey | HOU | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ward Walsh | HOU | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Richardson | HOU | 4 | 10 | 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 | |||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jon Staggers | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 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 | |||
| Lee Brooks | HOU | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Charles | HOU | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Linzy Cole | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Houston | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||