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Houston Oilers 7 at Pittsburgh Steelers 24
Sunday, October 15, 1972
Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium, Start Time: 4:00, Surface: astroturf,
Weather: 47 degrees, relative humidity 62%, wind 14 mph
Weather: 47 degrees, relative humidity 62%, wind 14 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (1-4-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (3-2-0) | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Scoring
| HOU | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Oilers | Ward Walsh 0 yard fumble return (Skip Butler kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | Steelers | Roy Gerela 28 yard field goal | 7 | 3 |
| Steelers | Franco Harris 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 10 | |
| 3rd | Steelers | Frank Lewis 11 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4th | Steelers | Terry Bradshaw 8 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 24 |
Team Stats
| HOU | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 7 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 25-108-0 | 48-249-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-22-40-0-1 | 9-19-70-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-40 | 3-24 |
| Net pass yards | 0 | 46 |
| Total yards | 108 | 295 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-42 | 7-65 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Robert Holmes | HOU | 13 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ward Walsh | HOU | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 10 | 22 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Joiner | HOU | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Granger | HOU | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Beirne | HOU | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Franco Harris | PIT | 19 | 115 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 9 | 19 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| John Fuqua | PIT | 9 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 13 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank Lewis | PIT | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave L. Smith | PIT | 1 | 8 | 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 | |||
| Benny Johnson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Zeke Moore | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Willie Rodgers | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 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 | |||
| Ralph Anderson | PIT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Glen Edwards | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 10 | 381 | 38.1 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Roy Gerela | PIT | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walden | PIT | 7 | 275 | 39.3 | 0 | ||||