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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills - October 29th, 1972
Pittsburgh Steelers 38 at Buffalo Bills 21
Sunday, October 29, 1972
Pittsburgh Steelers 38, Buffalo Bills 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (5-2-0) | 0 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
| Buffalo Bills (2-5-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
Scoring
| PIT | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | PIT | Franco Harris 2 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| PIT | Roy Gerela 29 yard field goal | 17 | 0 | |
| 3rd | BUF | O.J. Simpson 94 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 17 | 7 |
| PIT | Franco Harris 18 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 24 | 7 | |
| 4th | BUF | Bob Chandler 11 yard pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 24 | 14 |
| PIT | Franco Harris 17 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 31 | 14 | |
| BUF | Bob Chandler 4 yard pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 31 | 21 | |
| PIT | John Fuqua 4 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 38 | 21 |
Team Stats
| PIT | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-216-4 | 38-254-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-17-93-1-1 | 18-29-168-2-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 1-4 |
| Net pass yards | 93 | 164 |
| Total yards | 309 | 418 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-64 | 3-23 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Franco Harris | PIT | 15 | 138 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| John Fuqua | PIT | 10 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 9 | 17 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Lewis | PIT | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Davis | PIT | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John McMakin | PIT | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 189 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Chandler | BUF | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 94 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Dennis Shaw | BUF | 12 | 17 | 102 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| J.D. Hill | BUF | 6 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Taliaferro | BUF | 5 | 10 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jan White | BUF | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Washington | BUF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Spike Jones | BUF | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Mel Blount | PIT | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Henry Davis | PIT | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 149 | 37.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jack Ham | PIT | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Wagner | PIT | 1 | 35 | 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 | |||
| Linzy Cole | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Maurice Tyler | BUF | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -18 | -18.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||