Sunday, November 19, 1972
Pittsburgh Steelers 24, Cleveland Browns 26| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (7-3-0) | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Cleveland Browns (7-3-0) | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| PIT | CLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Roy Gerela 39 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| CLE | Don Cockroft 26 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| CLE | Mike Phipps 1 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 3 | 10 | |
| 2nd | CLE | Don Cockroft 38 yard field goal | 3 | 13 |
| CLE | Frank Pitts 17 yard pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 3 | 20 | |
| PIT | Gerry Mullins 3 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 20 | |
| 3rd | CLE | Don Cockroft 12 yard field goal | 10 | 23 |
| PIT | John Fuqua 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 17 | 23 | |
| 4th | PIT | Franco Harris 75 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 24 | 23 |
| CLE | Don Cockroft 26 yard field goal | 24 | 26 |
| PIT | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-211-2 | 38-217-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-21-136-1-1 | 14-25-194-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-33 | 3-22 |
| Net pass yards | 103 | 172 |
| Total yards | 314 | 389 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-49 | 2-20 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Franco Harris | PIT | 12 | 136 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 5 | 108 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 10 | 21 | 136 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Fuqua | PIT | 13 | 46 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Lewis | PIT | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gerry Mullins | PIT | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mike Phipps | CLE | 14 | 25 | 194 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 21 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bo Scott | CLE | 14 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Milt Morin | CLE | 4 | 77 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Pitts | CLE | 3 | 43 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fair Hooker | CLE | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chip Glass | CLE | 2 | 24 | 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 | |||
| Glen Edwards | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Rowser | PIT | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Wagner | PIT | 1 | 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 | |||
| Ken Brown | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Thom Darden | CLE | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Walter Johnson | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Billy Lefear | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bobby Majors | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||