1972 Pittsburgh Steelers 12-1-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1972 Pittsburgh 78 94 121 130 0 423 Opponent 25 41 30 49 0 145 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 423 145 0-1 13 Oakland 16 72ø 0-10 First Downs 274 191 1-1 22 @Cincinnati 14 71ø 0-10 Rain Rush 135 58 2-1 27 @St. Louis 14 74ø Pass 125 127 3-1 16 @Dallas 13 95ø Pen 14 6 4-1 59 Houston 3 52ø 0-10 Penalties 69 72 5-1 40 New England 6 54ø 10-20 Yards 562 535 6-1 33 @Buffalo 23 57ø 15-25 7-1 17 Cincinnati 15 62ø 5-15 Rushing Att 516 390 7-1 1 14 Kansas City 14 52ø 0-5 Yards 2586 1398 8-1 1 31 @Cleveland 14 41ø 0-10 Ave 5.0 3.6 9-1 1 51 Minnesota 7 36ø 0-5 Rain TD 26 5 10-1 1 27 Cleveland 0 31ø 0-10 Snow 11-1 1 41 @Houston 6 70ø Passing Att 318 396 12-1 1 32 @San Diego 0 76ø Comp 156 190 % 49.1 48.0 Int 10 27 % 3.1 6.8 TD 15 7 % 4.7 1.8 Yards 2321 2169 Sacked 28 49 Punt Return 38 26 Yards 347 76 Ave 9.1 2.9 Kick Return 43 90 Yards 1005 1701 Ave 23.4 18.9 Punts 52 77 Yards 2322 3185 Ave 44.7 41.4 FG Att 46 34 Made 36 20 % 78.3 58.8 Third Downs 172 196 Made 68 63 % 39.5 32.1 Fourth Downs 3 10 Made 1 3 % 33.3 30.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 29 29 Lost 11 9 Turnovers 21 36 Net Offense 4734 3240 Per Play 5.5 3.9 1972 Pittsburgh Steelers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Harris,F 190 1168 6.1 33 60 71 13 Shanklin 38 5 745 19.6 9 35 46 5 Fuqua 155 644 4.2 12 41 15 7 Lewis 27 5 497 18.4 5 21 52 4 Bradshaw 64 293 4.6 7 16 16 3 Harris 24 4 281 11.7 1 16 37 3 Pearson,P 67 292 4.4 4 10 20 0 McMakin 21 2 264 12.6 0 19 24 1 Davis,St 24 118 4.9 2 5 17 1 Fuqua 17 6 157 9.2 1 10 29 0 Lewis,F 3 37 12.3 1 1 37 1 Pearson 9 1 104 11.6 1 7 26 0 Bleier 2 20 10.0 1 1 20 1 Young 6 0 96 16.0 1 6 25 1 Bankston 8 17 2.1 1 1 10 0 Davis 3 0 20 6.7 0 3 10 0 Kolb 1 2 2.0 0 0 2 0 Bankston 1 0 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 Gilliam,J 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 Brown 1 0 19 19.0 0 0 19 0 Walden 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 0 0 Bradshaw 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 516 2586 5.0 61 135 71 26 147 24 2188 14.9 18 117 52 14 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Gilliam,J 7 6 85.7 46 7.7 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 94.0 Bradshaw 311 150 48.2 2275 15.2 52 38 20 10 3.2 28 15 4.8 75.4 318 156 49.1 2321 14.9 52 38 20 10 3.1 28 15 4.7 76.0 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Gerela 45 43 95.6 46 36 78.3 50.0 0.0 48 151 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Walden 52 2322 60 5 0 12 26 76 41.3 44.7 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Davis,St 9 244 27.1 38 0 Edwards,G 26 26 244 9.4 23 0 Harris,F 7 182 26.0 36 0 Lewis,F 6 0 75 12.5 21 0 Pearson,P 17 431 25.4 39 0 Pearson,P 2 0 15 7.5 11 0 Bleier 3 57 19.0 23 0 Bleier 4 0 13 3.3 6 0 Bankston 2 34 17.0 19 0 38 26 347 9.1 23 0 McMakin 2 23 11.5 13 0 Edwards,G 3 34 11.3 13 0 Webster 1 0 0.0 0 0 43 1005 23.4 39 0 Fumbles Bradshaw 6 Harris,F 6 Pearson, 3 Brown,L 1 Fuqua 1 Harris,F 6 Edwards, 6 Davis,St 3 Bleier 2 Lewis,F 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Greenwoo 12 Greene 12 Greene 10 Blount 11 Greenwoo 6 Bradshaw 3 Greene 11 Greenwoo 8 White 9 Davis,H 11 Ham 4 Davis,H 3 White 9 White 6 Davis,H 8 Ham 8 Bradley, 2 McMakin 3 Ham 6 Russell 3 Ham 7 Russell 8 Davis,H 2 Ham 2 Russell 4 Davis,H 2 Greenwoo 5 Rowser 7 Holmes,E 2 Holmes,E 2 Davis,H 3 McGee 2 Holmes,E 4 Anderson 5 Russell 2 Bleier 2 Holmes,E 2 Holmes,E 1 McGee 3 Wagner 5 Greene 1 Shanklin 2 Hanneman 1 Russell 2 White 5 Anderson 1 Greenwoo 1 McGee 1 Greene 4 Calland 1 Brown,L 1 Greenwoo 3 Hanneman 1 Hanneman 1 Holmes,E 1 Blount 1 Dockery 1 McGee 1 Mansfiel 1 Lewis,F 1 McGee 1 Edwards, 1 Rowser 1 Mullins 1 Edwards, 1 Rowser 1 Stenger 1 Greene 1 White 1 Beatty 1 White 1 Tackles Ham 88 Russell 57 Holmes,E 31 Hanneman 14 Stenger 8 Young 2 Davis,H 73 Rowser 53 McGee 22 Edwards, 11 Pearson, 7 Blount 66 Wagner 49 Beatty 21 Bradley, 11 Mansfiel 5 Greenwoo 61 White 49 Calland 17 Winfrey, 11 Furness 4 Greene 58 Anderson 36 Dockery 15 Webster 8 Gerela 2 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Wagner 8 86 10.8 29 1 Ham 7 160 22.9 72 1 Davis,H 4 79 19.8 51 0 Anderson, 4 42 10.5 26 0 Holmes,E 1 0 0.0 0 0 Rowser 1 0 0.0 0 0 Russell 1 0 0.0 0 0 Greene 1 0 0.0 0 0 Beatty 1 0 0.0 0 0 28 367 13.1 72 2 1972 Pittsburgh Steelers Coach: Chuck Noll Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Bradshaw,Terry 5 B 2 2 QB Gilliam,Joe 1 O 2 1 QB Hanratty,Terry 2 O 2 1 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Harris,Franco 2 1 5 188 1055 75 5.6 4 21 180 29 8.6 KR RB Fuqua,John 2 1 4 150 665 47 4.4 4 18 152 28 8.4 RB Pearson,Preston 2 1 4 67 264 21 3.9 3 11 79 15 7.2 RET RB Davis,Steve 2 1 4 20 85 28 4.3 1 1 5 5 5.0 KR RB Bankston,Warren 2 1 2 7 20 11 2.9 1 1 5 5 5.0 KR RB Bleier,Rocky 2 1 5 1 17 17 17.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 RET WR Shanklin,Ron 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 7 38 669 57 17.6 WR Lewis,Frank 0 0 4 3 68 41 22.7 6 27 391 52 14.5 PR WR Young,Al 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 6 86 21 14.3 WR Pearson,Barry 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TE McMakin,John 4 2 5 1 0 0 0.0 4 21 277 78 13.2 KR TE Brown,Larry 4 2 3 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 13 13 13.0 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Mansfield,Ray 7 7 5 C Clack,Jim 5 5 5 G Van Dyke,Bruce 9 9 4 G Davis,Sam 7 7 4 T Kolb,Jon 6 6 5 T Gravelle,Gordon 4 4 5 G-T Mullins,Gerry 7 7 5 G-T Holmes,Mel 3 3 5 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Greene,Joe 10+ 10 0 7 5 10 0 DT McGee,Ben 5 5 0 1 5 3 0 DT Holmes,Ernie 5 5 0 1 5 1 0 DT Furness,Steve 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 DE White,Dwight 7 5 0 6 5 10 0 DE Greenwood,L.C. 7 6 0 4 4 6 0 DE Hanneman,Craig 4 4 0 2 4 1 0 ILB Davis,Henry 8 6 3 1 5 2 2 OLB Ham,Jack 7 5 3 1 5 3 7 OLB Russell,Andy 7 5 3 1 5 4 0 OLB Stenger,Brian 4 4 1 0 5 0 0 OLB Webster,George 3 2 1 0 4 0 0 LB Bradley,Ed 4 4 1 0 4 0 0 LB Winfrey,Carl 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 CB Blount,Mel 7 0 7 0 5 0 0 CB Rowser,John 6 0 6 0 5 0 4 CB Calland,Lee 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 S Wagner,Mike 8 2 6 0 5 0 6 S Anderson,Ralph 6 2 4 0 5 0 3 S Edwards,Glen 5 2 3 0 4 0 1 RET S Dockery,John 4 1 3 0 2 0 0 DB Beatty,Chuck 4 1 3 0 4 0 2 Special Teams K Gerela,Roy P Walden,Bobby