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Pittsburgh Steelers 21 at Cincinnati Bengals 13

Sunday, December 12, 1971

Pittsburgh Steelers 21, Cincinnati Bengals 13

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Pittsburgh Steelers (6-7-0)0701421
Cincinnati Bengals (4-9-0)076013

Scoring

PITCIN
2ndPITTerry Hanratty 3 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)70
CINBruce Coslet 43 yard pass from Virgil Carter (Horst Muhlmann kick)77
3rdCINHorst Muhlmann 22 yard field goal710
CINHorst Muhlmann 18 yard field goal713
4thPITJohn Fuqua 40 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)1413
PITRon Shanklin 5 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)2113

Team Stats

PITCIN
First downs1614
Rush-yards-TDs36-126-125-126-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT10-27-157-2-118-30-247-1-2
Sacked-yards2-113-25
Net pass yards146222
Total yards272348
Fumbles-lost3-23-3
Turnovers35
Penalties-yards5-5510-117

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
John Fuqua PIT 18 59 0 0 5 73 1 0
Preston Pearson PIT 11 61 0 0
Terry Bradshaw PIT 6 13 105 2 0 0 2 2 0 0
Jon Staggers PIT 1 5 0 0 2 33 0 0
Ron Shanklin PIT 1 -1 0 0 2 39 1 0
Terry Hanratty PIT 1 3 34 0 0 0 1 3 1 0
Warren Bankston PIT 1 3 0 0 1 12 0 0
Bob Leahy PIT 3 11 18 0 1 0 1 -6 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Virgil Carter CIN 18 30 247 1 2 0 1 1 0 0
Bruce Coslet CIN 4 99 1 0
Fred Willis CIN 14 54 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Trumpy CIN 4 48 0 0
Jess Phillips CIN 4 39 0 0 1 6 0 0
Chip Myers CIN 3 43 0 0
Doug Dressler CIN 3 18 0 0 2 14 0 0
Essex Johnson CIN 3 14 0 0 1 8 0 0
Speedy Thomas CIN 1 19 0 0
Ed Marshall CIN 1 10 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Ralph Anderson PIT 1 14 0 0
Lee Calland PIT 1 0 0 0
Jon Staggers PIT 0 0 0 0 2 67 33.5 0 0 1 6 6.0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Sandy Durko CIN 1 0 0 0
Ron Lamb CIN 0 0 0 0 1 25 25.0 0 0
Lemar Parrish CIN 0 0 0 0 4 48 12.0 0 0
Paul Robinson CIN 0 0 0 0 1 13 13.0 0 0
Speedy Thomas CIN 0 0 0 0 1 7 7.0 0 0