| New York Giants at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 21, 1971 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 50008 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 34 F Humidty: 82% Wind: 23 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Giants | Rich Houston 26 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 25 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Pete Gogolak 25 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | John Rowser 70 interception return (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Pete Gogolak 29 FG | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ron Shanklin 4 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 13 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Joe Morrison | 11 | 62 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 13 | 61 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Pete Athas | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rich Houston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Preston Pearson | 10 | 53 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Warren Bankston | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| John Fuqua | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 41 | 27 | 65.9 | 2 | 302 | 7.4 | 1 | 75.5 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 0 | 75 | 3.8 | 1 | 84.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Joe Morrison | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Tucker | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 0 | |
| Rich Houston | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 1 | |
| Rich Kotite | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ron Shanklin | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 1 | |
| Dave Smith | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| John Fuqua | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Warren Bankston | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Rowser | 1 | 70 | 70.0 | 70t | 1 |
| Jack Ham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Pete Athas | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Mike Wagner | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Rocky Thompson | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | 2 | 99 | 49.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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