| Pittsburgh Steelers at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 1, 1972 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 49140 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 71 F Humidty: 44% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 25 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 17 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 20 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim Bakken 10 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Terry Bradshaw 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 13 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Safety, D.Anderson tackled in end zone by Ralph Anderson | 15 | 3 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim Bakken 44 FG | 15 | 6 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Donny Anderson 8 run (Jim Bakken kick blocked) | 15 | 12 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 15 FG | 18 | 12 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Norm Thompson 8 blocked punt recovery (Jim Bakken kick) | 18 | 19 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Frank Lewis 38 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 25 | 19 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Preston Pearson | 13 | 78 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | John Fuqua | 10 | 43 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| PIT | Warren Bankston | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| STL | Donny Anderson | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 1 | |
| STL | Ahmad Rashad | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| STL | Gary Cuozzo | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| STL | Leon Burns | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| STL | Jim Butler | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 40 | 25 | 62.5 | 1 | 229 | 5.7 | 1 | 75.9 | |||
| STL | Gary Cuozzo | 35 | 15 | 42.9 | 4 | 199 | 5.7 | 0 | 21.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Preston Pearson | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | |
| PIT | Dave Smith | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| PIT | Ron Shanklin | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Frank Lewis | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 1 | |
| PIT | John Fuqua | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| PIT | John McMakin | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Al Young | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| PIT | Warren Bankston | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| STL | Ahmad Rashad | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| STL | Jackie Smith | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| STL | Walker Gillette | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| STL | Donny Anderson | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| STL | Johnny Roland | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| STL | Leon Burns | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| STL | Tom Woodeshick | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Ralph Anderson | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| PIT | Mel Blount | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | John Rowser | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PIT | Mike Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| STL | Dale Hackbart | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PIT | Bobby Walden | 4 | 150 | 37.5 | 1 | |
| STL | Donny Anderson | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Glen Edwards | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| STL | Larry Willingham | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Preston Pearson | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 0 | |
| PIT | Glen Edwards | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| STL | Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | |
| STL | Larry Willingham | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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