1973 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)

2nd place American Football Conference Central Division 10-4-0 .714

Head Coach: Chuck Noll

Bud Carson	Defensive Coordinator
Bob Fry	Offensive Line
Dick Hoak	Offensive Backs
Babe Parilli	Quarterbacks
George Perles	Defensive Line
Lionel Taylor	Receivers
Woody Widenhofer	Assistant Defensive Coordinator

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/4/1973	H	Baltimore Colts	34-7	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50350
Sat	8/11/1973	A	Minnesota Vikings	6-10	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46619
Thu	8/16/1973	A	Philadelphia Eagles	17-3	W	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	65220
Sun	8/26/1973	A	New York Giants	24-29	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	61529
Sat	9/1/1973	A	Green Bay Packers	30-22	W	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	56267
Sat	9/8/1973	H	Atlanta Falcons	19-0	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50350
Sun	9/16/1973	H	Detroit Lions	24-10	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48913
Sun	9/23/1973	H	Cleveland Browns	33-6	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49396
Sun	9/30/1973	A	Houston Oilers	36-7	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	39331
Sun	10/7/1973	H	San Diego Chargers	38-21	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48795
Sun	10/14/1973	A	Cincinnati Bengals	7-19	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55819
Sun	10/21/1973	H	New York Jets	26-14	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48682
Sun	10/28/1973	H	Cincinnati Bengals	20-13	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	45761
Mon	11/5/1973	H	Washington Redskins	21-16	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49220
Sun	11/11/1973	A	Oakland Raiders	17-9	W	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	47535
Sun	11/18/1973	H	Denver Broncos	13-23	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48580
Sun	11/25/1973	A	Cleveland Browns	16-21	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	67773
Mon	12/3/1973	A	Miami Dolphins	26-30	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	68901
Sun	12/9/1973	H	Houston Oilers	33-7	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	38004
Sat	12/15/1973	A	San Francisco 49ers	37-14	W	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	52252
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	12/22/1973	A	Oakland Raiders	14-33	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	50094

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
20	Rocky Bleier	RB	5-11	205	27	Notre Dame	12	0
47	Mel Blount	RCB	6-3	205	25	Southern University	14	14
38	Ed Bradley	MLB	6-2	239	23	Wake Forest	14	0
12	Terry Bradshaw	QB	6-3	210	25	Louisiana Tech	10	9
97	Larry Brown	TE	6-4	270	24	Kansas	14	0
50	Jim Clack	C	6-3	250	26	Wake Forest	12	5
85	Dave Davis	WR	6-0	175	25	Tennessee State	2	0
53	Henry Davis	MLB	6-3	235	31	Grambling State	14	14
57	Sam Davis	LOG	6-1	245	29	Allen	12	12
35	Steve Davis	RB	6-1	216	25	Delaware State	14	0
29	John Dockery	RCB	6-0	186	29	Harvard	10	0
27	Glen Edwards	RS	6-0	185	26	Florida A&M	14	14
33	John Fuqua	RB	5-11	200	27	Morgan State	11	7
64	Steve Furness	LDT-LDE-RDE	6-4	255	23	Rhode Island	6	0
10	Roy Gerela	K	5-10	185	25	New Mexico State	14	0
17	Joe Gilliam	QB	6-2	187	23	Tennessee State	5	1
71	Gordon Gravelle	LOT	6-5	255	24	Brigham Young	6	0
75	Joe Greene	LDT	6-4	270	27	North Texas	14	13
68	L.C. Greenwood	LDE	6-6	246	27	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	14	14
59	Jack Ham	LLB	6-3	224	25	Penn State	13	13
67	Craig Hanneman	LDE-RDE	6-3	240	24	Oregon State	14	0
5	Terry Hanratty	QB	6-1	206	25	Notre Dame	9	4
32	Franco Harris	RB	6-2	225	23	Penn State	12	8
76	Glen Ray Hines	ROT	6-5	258	30	Arkansas	14	14
63	Ernie Holmes	RDT	6-3	260	25	Texas Southern	14	11
77	Mel Holmes	ROT	6-3	251	23	North Carolina A&T State	1	0
74	Tom Keating	RDT-LDT	6-3	246	31	Michigan	12	4
55	Jon Kolb	LOT	6-2	240	26	Oklahoma State	14	14
43	Frank Lewis	WR	6-1	196	26	Grambling State	9	5
56	Ray Mansfield	C	6-3	252	32	Washington	14	9
89	John McMakin	TE	6-3	225	23	Clemson	14	14
41	Dennis Meyer	LS	5-11	186	23	Arkansas State	11	0
72	Gerry Mullins	LOG-LOT	6-3	244	24	Southern California	13	2
83	Barry Pearson	WR	5-11	185	23	Northwestern	14	10
26	Preston Pearson	RB	6-1	190	28	Illinois	14	13
48	John Rowser	LCB	6-1	183	29	Michigan	14	14
34	Andy Russell	RLB	6-3	221	32	Missouri	14	14
86	Glenn Scolnik	WR	6-3	190	22	Indiana	1	0
25	Ron Shanklin	WR	6-1	183	25	Cooke County JC; North Texas	13	13
24	J.T. Thomas	LCB	6-2	196	22	Florida State	14	0
51	Loren Toews	RLB-LLB	6-3	220	22	California	14	0
66	Bruce Van Dyke	ROG	6-2	248	29	Missouri	14	14
23	Mike Wagner	LS	6-1	200	24	Western Illinois	14	14
39	Bobby Walden	P	6-0	192	35	Georgia	14	0
90	George Webster	LLB-RLB	6-4	225	28	Michigan State	12	1
78	Dwight White	RDE	6-4	253	24	Texas A&M-Commerce	14	14
82	Dave Williams	WR	6-2	205	28	Washington	1	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	24	J.T. Thomas	DB	Florida State
2	50	Ken Phares	DB	Mississippi State
3	76	Roger Bernhardt	G	Kansas
4	102	Gail Clark	LB	Michigan State
5	106	Dave Reavis	DE	Arkansas
5	128	Larry Clark	LB	Northern Illinois
6	140	Ron Bell	RB	Illinois State
6	154	Glenn Scolnik	WR	Indiana
7	180	Nate Dorsey	DE	Mississippi Valley State
8	192	Loren Toews	LB	California
8	206	Bill Janssen	T	Nebraska
9	232	Bracy Bonham	G	North Carolina Central
10	258	Don Wunderly	DT	Arkansas
11	284	Bob White	DB	Arizona
12	310	Willie Lee	RB	Indiana State
13	336	Rick Fergerson	WR	Kansas State
14	362	Roger Cowan	DE	Stanford
15	388	Charles Cross	DB	Iowa
16	414	Glen Nardi	DT	Navy
17	440	Mike Shannon	DT	Oregon State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	60	93	83	111
Opponents Totals	56	56	27	71

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		217	111	89	17	84/223 37.7%	/ %	84	817
Opponents Totals		210	95	91	24	69/207 33.3%	/ %	86	757

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Roy Gerela	0	36	37	97.3	29	43	67.4	0	123
Ron Shanklin	10	0	0		0	0		0	60
Preston Pearson	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Terry Bradshaw	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Steve Davis	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Franco Harris	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Frank Lewis	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Barry Pearson	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
John Fuqua	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Glen Edwards	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jack Ham	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John McMakin	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Rowser	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Andy Russell	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mike Wagner	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dwight White	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	37	36	37	97.3	29	43	67.4	1	347
Opponents Totals	22	21	22	95.5	19	29	65.5	0	210

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Roy Gerela	29	43	67.4	9/10	10/12	5/9	5/12	0/0
Team Totals	29	43	67.4	9/10	10/12	5/9	5/12	0/0
Opponents Totals	19	29	65.5	6/6	4/4	2/6	7/10	0/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Franco Harris	188	698	3.7	35	3
Preston Pearson	132	554	4.2	47	2
John Fuqua	117	457	3.9	25	2
Steve Davis	67	266	4.0	27	2
Terry Bradshaw	34	145	4.3	21	3
Joe Gilliam	6	23	3.8	14	0
Ron Shanklin	3	1	0.3	10	0
Bobby Walden	1	0	0.0	0	0
Rocky Bleier	3	0	0.0	1	0
Terry Hanratty	3	0	0.0	0	0
Frank Lewis	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Team Totals	555	2143	3.9	47	12
Opponents Totals	488	1652	3.4	50	8

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Terry Bradshaw	180	89	49.4	76	1183	6.6	13.3	67	10	5.6	15	8.3	24	186	997	54.5
Terry Hanratty	69	31	44.9	33	643	9.3	20.7	53t	8	11.6	5	7.2	3	27	616	86.8
Joe Gilliam	60	20	33.3	34	331	5.5	16.6	46t	2	3.3	6	10.0	3	17	314	24.4
Team Totals	309	140	45.3	143	2157	7.0	15.4	67	20	6.5	26	8.4	30	230	1927	55.4
Opponents Totals	359	164	45.7	158	1923	5.4	11.7	84t	11	3.1	37	10.3	33	251	1672	33.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ron Shanklin	30	711	23.7	67	10
Frank Lewis	23	409	17.8	53t	3
Barry Pearson	23	317	13.8	46t	3
John Fuqua	17	150	8.8	22	0
John McMakin	13	195	15.0	44	1
Preston Pearson	11	173	15.7	36	2
Franco Harris	10	69	6.9	19	0
Steve Davis	7	31	4.4	9	1
Larry Brown	5	88	17.6	45	0
Dave Davis	1	14	14.0	14	0
Team Totals	140	2157	15.4	67	20
Opponents Totals	164	1923	11.7	84t	11

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Wagner	8	134	16.8	38	0
Glen Edwards	6	186	31.0	86t	1
John Rowser	6	131	21.8	71t	1
Mel Blount	4	82	20.5	24	0
Andy Russell	3	54	18.0	45t	1
Jack Ham	2	30	15.0	27	0
Henry Davis	2	23	11.5	15	0
Loren Toews	2	13	6.5	8	0
Dwight White	2	10	5.0	8	0
J.T. Thomas	1	10	10.0	10	0
John Dockery	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	37	673	18.2	86t	3
Opponents Totals	26	512	19.7	87	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NET
Bobby Walden	62	2548	41.1	57	1	4	15	308	34.3
Team Totals	62	2548	41.1	57	1			308
Opponents Totals	75	3182	42.4	60	1			416

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Glen Edwards	34	5	336	9.9	44
Dennis Meyer	18	2	80	4.4	18
Rocky Bleier	0	2	0
Team Totals	52	9	416	8.0	44
Opponents Totals	37	8	308	8.3	61

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Steve Davis	15	404	26.9	48
Preston Pearson	16	308	19.3	28
Rocky Bleier	3	47	15.7	20
Franco Harris	1	23	23.0	23
John Fuqua	1	22	22.0	22
Craig Hanneman	1	20	20.0	20
Glen Edwards	1	10	10.0	10
George Webster	1	9	9.0	9
Ray Mansfield	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	40	843	21.1	48
Opponents Totals	59	1357	23.0	46

SACKS	NO	YDS
L.C. Greenwood	8.5
Dwight White	7.5
Ernie Holmes	7.0
Joe Greene	4.0
Andy Russell	2.0
Henry Davis	1.0
Steve Furness	1.0
Jack Ham	1.0
Tom Keating	1.0
Team Totals	33.0	251.0
Opponents Totals	30.0	230.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Rocky Bleier	2		0	1	1	0	0
Mel Blount	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Terry Bradshaw	3		1	0	1	-4	0
Henry Davis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Sam Davis	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Steve Davis	3		1	0	1	0	0
Glen Edwards	2		2	0	2	0	0
John Fuqua	3		0	0	0	0	0
Joe Gilliam	3		1	0	1	-12	0
Joe Greene	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
L.C. Greenwood	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Jack Ham	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Craig Hanneman	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Terry Hanratty	4		2	0	2	-2	0
Franco Harris	8		2	0	2	0	0
Tom Keating	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dennis Meyer	1		2	0	2	0	0
Gerry Mullins	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Barry Pearson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Preston Pearson	2		0	0	0	0	0
John Rowser	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Ron Shanklin	1		0	0	0	0	0
Loren Toews	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Bruce Van Dyke	0	0	3	0	3	0	0
Mike Wagner	2		1	4	5	1	0
Bobby Walden	1		1	0	1	-7	0
Team Totals	36	16	20	18	38	-22	1
Opponents Totals	41	18	21	14	35		0