| Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1972 Location: Cincinnati, OH |
| Venue: Riverfront Stadium Attendance: 54292 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 72 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 41 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Terry Bradshaw 12 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 17 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | Cincinnati Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 32 FG | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | Cincinnati Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 20 FG | 10 | 9 |
| 4 | Cincinnati Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 32 FG | 10 | 12 |
| 4 | Cincinnati Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 34 FG | 10 | 15 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 13 | 35 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 1 | |
| PIT | Preston Pearson | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| PIT | John McMakin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| CIN | Essex Johnson | 21 | 64 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| CIN | Jess Phillips | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| CIN | Paul Robinson | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| CIN | Ken Anderson | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| CIN | Doug Dressler | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 34 | 18 | 52.9 | 0 | 170 | 5.0 | 0 | 67.0 | |||
| CIN | Ken Anderson | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 1 | 157 | 5.8 | 0 | 51.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Ron Shanklin | 6 | 82 | 13.7 | 0 | |
| PIT | John McMakin | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Dave Smith | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | |
| PIT | Preston Pearson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| PIT | Al Young | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| CIN | Bob Trumpy | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | |
| CIN | Speedy Thomas | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| CIN | Jess Phillips | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| CIN | Chip Myers | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| CIN | Essex Johnson | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| CIN | Doug Dressler | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Jack Ham | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PIT | Bobby Walden | 6 | 290 | 48.3 | 0 | |
| CIN | Dave Lewis | 4 | 180 | 45.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| CIN | Tommy Casanova | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | ||
| CIN | Essex Johnson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| PIT | Preston Pearson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| CIN | Lemar Parrish | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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