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New England Patriots 3 at Pittsburgh Steelers 33

Sunday, October 22, 1972

New England Patriots 3, Pittsburgh Steelers 33

1234Final
New England Patriots (2-4-0)00303
Pittsburgh Steelers (4-2-0)10713333

Scoring

NWEPIT
1stPITRoy Gerela 19 yard field goal03
PITJack Ham 32 yard interception return (Roy Gerela kick)010
2ndPITRon Shanklin 30 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)017
3rdPITRoy Gerela 22 yard field goal020
NWECharlie Gogolak 16 yard field goal320
PITSteve Davis 28 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)327
PITRoy Gerela 35 yard field goal330
4thPITRoy Gerela 33 yard field goal333

Team Stats

NWEPIT
First downs1719
Rush-yards-TDs24-127-040-243-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT16-32-225-0-39-14-196-1-0
Sacked-yards7-762-13
Net pass yards149183
Total yards276426
Fumbles-lost1-12-1
Turnovers41
Penalties-yards6-1016-38

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Carl Garrett NWE 0 1 0 0 1 0 19 97 0 0 5 92 0 0
Jim Plunkett NWE 12 27 165 0 2 0 1 14 0 0
Bob Windsor NWE 3 45 0 0
Josh Ashton NWE 1 9 0 0 3 33 0 0
Randy Vataha NWE 2 32 0 0
Brian Dowling NWE 4 4 60 0 0 0
Reggie Rucker NWE 1 12 0 0
Bob Gladieux NWE 3 7 0 0 1 5 0 0
Tom Reynolds NWE 1 6 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
John Fuqua PIT 17 111 0 0 1 9 0 0
Ron Shanklin PIT 5 111 1 0
Terry Bradshaw PIT 7 11 173 1 0 0 2 15 0 0
Steve Davis PIT 6 69 1 0
Frank Lewis PIT 1 52 0 0
Franco Harris PIT 11 27 0 0
Warren Bankston PIT 4 21 0 0
Al Young PIT 1 14 0 0
Terry Hanratty PIT 2 3 23 0 0 0
John McMakin PIT 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
Josh Ashton NWE 0 0 0 0 2 37 18.5 0 0
Carl Garrett NWE 0 0 0 0 2 43 21.5 0 0 1 5 5.0 0 0
George Hoey NWE 0 0 0 0 2 51 25.5 0 0
Jack Maitland NWE 0 0 0 0 1 14 14.0 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
Steve Davis PIT 0 0 0 0 1 24 24.0 0 0
Glen Edwards PIT 0 0 0 0 1 9 9.0 0 0
Jack Ham PIT 1 32 1 0
John Rowser PIT 1 0 0 0
Mike Wagner PIT 1 0 0 0