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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New York Jets at Pittsburgh Steelers - October 21st, 1973
New York Jets 14 at Pittsburgh Steelers 26
Sunday, October 21, 1973
New York Jets 14, Pittsburgh Steelers 26| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets (2-4-0) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (5-1-0) | 0 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 26 |
Scoring
| NYJ | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYJ | John Riggins 1 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | PIT | Roy Gerela 27 yard field goal | 7 | 3 |
| PIT | Roy Gerela 29 yard field goal | 7 | 6 | |
| NYJ | Rich Caster 28 yard pass from Bill Demory (Bobby Howfield kick) | 14 | 6 | |
| PIT | Roy Gerela 36 yard field goal | 14 | 9 | |
| 3rd | PIT | Roy Gerela 13 yard field goal | 14 | 12 |
| 4th | PIT | Ron Shanklin 16 yard pass from Terry Hanratty (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 19 |
| PIT | Franco Harris 2 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 26 |
Team Stats
| NYJ | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 9 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 31-72-1 | 49-214-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 6-15-84-1-3 | 10-22-152-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-38 | 1-6 |
| Net pass yards | 46 | 146 |
| Total yards | 118 | 360 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-48 | 9-88 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Hank Bjorklund | NYJ | 13 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Riggins | NYJ | 15 | 42 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Demory | NYJ | 6 | 15 | 84 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rich Caster | NYJ | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jerome Barkum | NYJ | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Margene Adkins | NYJ | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Nance | NYJ | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Adamle | NYJ | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Franco Harris | PIT | 25 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 8 | 18 | 119 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 3 | 68 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Fuqua | PIT | 10 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 7 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Barry Pearson | PIT | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Davis | PIT | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Hanratty | PIT | 2 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Mike Adamle | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Margene Adkins | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Hank Bjorklund | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Cliff McClain | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Burgess Owens | NYJ | 1 | 27 | 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 | |||
| Steve Davis | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Glen Edwards | PIT | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dennis Meyer | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Rowser | PIT | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Wagner | PIT | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||