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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Pittsburgh Steelers at Houston Oilers - September 30th, 1973
Pittsburgh Steelers 36 at Houston Oilers 7
Sunday, September 30, 1973
Pittsburgh Steelers 36, Houston Oilers 7| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (3-0-0) | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 36 |
| Houston Oilers (0-3-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Scoring
| PIT | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Roy Gerela 20 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | HOU | Mack Alston 7 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 3 | 7 |
| PIT | Roy Gerela 47 yard field goal | 6 | 7 | |
| 3rd | PIT | Terry Bradshaw 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 12 | 7 |
| PIT | Andy Russell 45 yard interception return (Roy Gerela kick) | 19 | 7 | |
| 4th | PIT | Ron Shanklin 26 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 26 | 7 |
| PIT | Roy Gerela 26 yard field goal | 29 | 7 | |
| PIT | Glen Edwards 86 yard interception return (Roy Gerela kick) | 36 | 7 |
Team Stats
| PIT | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-125-1 | 28-63-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-19-159-1-2 | 19-33-142-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-29 | 2-27 |
| Net pass yards | 130 | 115 |
| Total yards | 255 | 178 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-49 | 7-94 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 9 | 17 | 159 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| John Fuqua | PIT | 13 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank Lewis | PIT | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 1 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 8 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry Brown | PIT | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Davis | PIT | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John McMakin | PIT | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Hanratty | PIT | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Billy Parks | HOU | 7 | 80 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gresham | HOU | 14 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 14 | 25 | 87 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lynn Dickey | HOU | 5 | 8 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Fred Willis | HOU | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Paul Robinson | HOU | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mack Alston | HOU | 3 | 22 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Hinton | HOU | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Al Johnson | HOU | 1 | -3 | 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 | |||
| Steve Davis | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Glen Edwards | PIT | 1 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jack Ham | PIT | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Andy Russell | PIT | 1 | 45 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Willie Alexander | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Charles | HOU | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Gresham | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jeff Severson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||