| Pittsburgh Steelers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 21, 1969 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 72256 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 69 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Earl Gros 8 run (Gene Mingo kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Earl Gros 16 run (Gene Mingo kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Ray Poage 3 pass from Billy Kilmer (Tom Dempsey kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tom Dempsey 38 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Ray Poage 13 pass from Billy Kilmer (Tom Dempsey kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Earl Gros 7 run (Gene Mingo kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gene Mingo 11 FG | 24 | 17 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tom Dempsey 40 FG | 24 | 20 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Andy Livingston 3 run (Tom Dempsey kick) | 24 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 24 | WR | Jon Henderson |
| 87 | WR | Roy Jefferson |
| 76 | LOT | Mike Haggerty |
| 57 | LOG | Sam Davis |
| 56 | C | Ray Mansfield |
| 66 | ROG | Bruce Van Dyke |
| 74 | ROT | John Brown |
| 86 | TE | J.R. Wilburn |
| 17 | QB | Dick Shiner |
| 38 | RB | Earl Gros |
| 42 | RB | Dick Hoak |
| 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 |
| 44 | LCB | Lee Calland |
| 37 | LS | Chuck Beatty |
| 20 | RS | Paul Martha |
| 27 | RCB | Clancy Oliver |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 25 | WR | Al Dodd |
| 72 | LOT | Don Talbert |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 73 | C | Jerry Sturm |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 70 | ROT | Errol Linden |
| 83 | TE | Dave Parks |
| 17 | QB | Billy Kilmer |
| 38 | HB | Tony Baker |
| 48 | FB | Andy Livingston |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Dave Long |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 76 | RDT | Dave Rowe |
| 81 | RDE | Doug Atkins |
| 57 | LLB | Mike Morgan |
| 53 | MLB | Dick Absher |
| 82 | RLB | Johnny Brewer |
| 24 | LCB | Elijah Nevett |
| 47 | LS | Marv Woodson |
| 23 | RS | Dave Whitsell |
| 29 | RCB | Gene Howard |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Earl Gros | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 16t | 3 |
| J.R. Wilburn | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Dick Hoak | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Roy Jefferson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Warren Bankston | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Don McCall | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Andy Livingston | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Tony Baker | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Edd Hargett | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Al Dodd | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Shy | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Dick Shiner | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 0 | 152 | 6.9 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 65.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Billy Kilmer | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 1 | 219 | 7.8 | 39 | 2 | 5 | 56 | 88.2 |
| Edd Hargett | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 70 | 10.0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.4 |
| Andy Livingston | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dick Hoak | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Jon Henderson | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 45 | 0 |
| J.R. Wilburn | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Roy Jefferson | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Danny Abramowicz | 8 | 129 | 16.1 | 39 | 0 |
| Al Dodd | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 38 | 0 |
| Dave Parks | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Ray Poage | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 14 | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lee Calland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 5 | 214 | 42.8 | 49 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Olie Cordill | 4 | 191 | 47.8 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Bob Campbell | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Al Dodd | 2 | 0 | 30 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Tom Barrington | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Gene Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Bob Campbell | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| Don McCall | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Don Shy | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Tom Barrington | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Steve Preece | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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