DET 13 @ PIT 16 - 1969 NFL

1969 Week 1

Detroit LionsDET

13-16

Pittsburgh SteelersPIT

Sun, September 21, 1969 · Pitt Stadium

Surface: grassLine: Detroit Lions -6.0

DET: Joe Schmidt · PIT: Chuck Noll

DET

Team Stats

PIT

1st Downs

30-80

Rushing

30-109

19-34-160

Passing

10-26-143

236

Total Yards

237

Scoring

1st Quarter

Errol Mann 23 yard field goal

Gene Mingo 27 yard field goal

2nd Quarter

Gene Mingo 18 yard field goal

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
DET
Passing
Bill Munson	19/34	160	1	1	1	65.8
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Mel Farr	10	35	0	8	0
Larry Watkins	8	30	0	12	0
Bill Triplett	9	13	0	5	0
Nick Eddy	3	2	0	3	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Mel Farr		10	59	0	12
Bill Triplett		2	15	0	8
Nick Eddy		1	10	0	10
Charlie Sanders		4	43	0	20
Bill Malinchak		1	21	0	21
Earl McCullouch		1	12	1	12
PIT
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Dick Shiner	10/26	143	0	1	4	41.0
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Dick Shiner	4	13	0	7	0
Warren Bankston	14	52	1	12	0
Earl Gros	11	32	0	9	0
Roy Jefferson	1	12	0	12	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Warren Bankston		1	2	0	2
Roy Jefferson		4	47	0	23
John Hilton		3	68	0	23
J.R. Wilburn		2	26	0	15

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
DET
Lem Barney			0	1			0	0
PIT
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Jerry Hillebrand			0	1			0	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
DET
Errol Mann	1/1	2/3	0	0	-	-
Lem Barney	-	-	6	223	37.2	-
PIT
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Gene Mingo	1/1	3/4	0	0	-	-
Bobby Walden	-	-	5	215	43.0	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
DET
Larry Walton	3	59	0	0	0	0
Tom Vaughn	2	44	0	0	0	0
PIT
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Bob Campbell	0	0	0	3	6	0
Roy Jefferson	4	80	0	0	0	0

Starting Lineups

DET

QBBill Munson

RBMel Farr

RBBill Triplett

WRBill Malinchak

WREarl McCullouch

TECharlie Sanders

LTRoger Shoals

LGChuck Walton

CEd Flanagan

RGBob Kowalkowski

DET at PIT, 1969 NFL game