| Detroit Lions at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 21, 1969 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Pitt Stadium Attendance: 51360 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 68 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 23 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gene Mingo 27 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gene Mingo 18 FG | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gene Mingo 40 FG | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 23 FG | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Earl McCullouch 12 pass from Bill Munson (Errol Mann kick) | 13 | 9 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Warren Bankston 6 run (Gene Mingo kick) | 13 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Bill Malinchak |
| 25 | WR | Earl McCullouch |
| 73 | LOT | Roger Shoals |
| 53 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 19 | QB | Bill Munson |
| 24 | RB | Mel Farr |
| 38 | RB | Bill Triplett |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Joe Robb |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 82 | RDT | Jerry Rush |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 58 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 48 | RS | Tommy Vaughn |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Roy Jefferson |
| 86 | WR | J.R. Wilburn |
| 74 | LOT | John Brown |
| 79 | LOG | Larry Gagner |
| 56 | C | Ray Mansfield |
| 66 | ROG | Bruce Van Dyke |
| 77 | ROT | Mike Taylor |
| 82 | TE | John Hilton |
| 17 | QB | Dick Shiner |
| 46 | RB | Warren Bankston |
| 38 | RB | Earl Gros |
| Defense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Lloyd Voss |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Greene |
| 64 | RDT | Chuck Hinton |
| 60 | RDE | Ben McGee |
| 69 | LLB | Jerry Hillebrand |
| 59 | MLB | Ray May |
| 34 | RLB | Andy Russell |
| 29 | LCB | Bob Hohn |
| 37 | LS | Chuck Beatty |
| 20 | RS | Paul Martha |
| 27 | RCB | Clancy Oliver |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mel Farr | 10 | 35 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Larry Watkins | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Triplett | 9 | 13 | 1.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Nick Eddy | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Warren Bankston | 14 | 52 | 3.7 | 12 | 1 |
| Earl Gros | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Dick Shiner | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Roy Jefferson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 34 | 19 | 55.9 | 1 | 160 | 4.7 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 65.8 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Dick Shiner | 26 | 10 | 38.5 | 1 | 143 | 5.5 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 41.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mel Farr | 10 | 59 | 5.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Charlie Sanders | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Bill Triplett | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Malinchak | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Earl McCullouch | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| Nick Eddy | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Roy Jefferson | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 23 | 0 |
| John Hilton | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 23 | 0 |
| J.R. Wilburn | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Warren Bankston | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jerry Hillebrand | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 6 | 223 | 37.2 | 45 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 5 | 215 | 43.0 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Bob Campbell | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Chuck Beatty | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Larry Walton | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| Tommy Vaughn | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Roy Jefferson | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 | |
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