HOU 7 @ PIT 24 - 1972 NFL

1972 Week 5

Houston OilersHOU

7-24

Pittsburgh SteelersPIT

Sun, October 15, 1972 · 4:00PM · Three Rivers Stadium

Surface: astroturfLine: Pittsburgh Steelers -12.5

HOU: Bill Peterson · PIT: Chuck Noll

HOU

Team Stats

PIT

1st Downs

25-108

Rushing

48-249

10-22-40

Passing

9-19-70

108

Total Yards

295

Scoring

1st Quarter

Ward Walsh special teams fumble recovery in end zone (Skip Butler kick)

2nd Quarter

Roy Gerela 28 yard field goal

Franco Harris 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
HOU
PIT
Passing
Terry Bradshaw	9/19	70	1	0	3	74.5
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Terry Bradshaw	7	34	1	8	0
Franco Harris	19	115	1	15	0
John Fuqua	9	53	0	19	0
Preston Pearson	13	47	0	6	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
John Fuqua		2	11	0	9
Preston Pearson		2	16	0	14
Frank Lewis		3	19	1	11
Ron Shanklin		1	16	0	16
Dave Smith		1	8	0	8

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
HOU
PIT
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Ralph Anderson			0	1			0	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
HOU
PIT
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Roy Gerela	3/3	1/2	0	0	-	-
Bobby Walden	-	-	7	275	39.3	51

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
HOU
PIT
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Glen Edwards	0	0	0	2	14	0
Preston Pearson	1	15	0	0	0	0

Starting Lineups

HOU

QBDan Pastorini

RBRobert Holmes

FBHoyle Granger

WRRhett Dawson

WRCharlie Joiner

TEAlvin Reed

LTTom Funchess

LGTom Regner

CCalvin Hunt

RGRon Saul

RTLevert Carr

TEN at PIT, 1972 NFL game