| Houston Oilers at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 20, 1970 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 45538 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 77 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Jerry LeVias 22 pass from Charley Johnson (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Jerry LeVias 10 pass from Charley Johnson (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Safety, Terry Bradshaw forced out of end zone by Ron Pritchard | 16 | 0 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Roy Gerela 8 FG | 19 | 0 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Ron Shanklin 15 pass from Terry Hanratty (Gene Mingo kick) | 19 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Jim Beirne |
| 23 | WR | Jerry LeVias |
| 76 | LOT | Walt Suggs |
| 60 | LOG | Tom Regner |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 75 | ROG | Elbert Drungo |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 89 | TE | Alvin Reed |
| 12 | QB | Charley Johnson |
| 35 | RB | Woody Campbell |
| 32 | RB | Hoyle Granger |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes |
| 74 | LDT | Willie Parker |
| 71 | RDT | Tom Domres |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 90 | LLB | George Webster |
| 52 | MLB | Garland Boyette |
| 58 | RLB | Ron Pritchard |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 29 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 44 | RS | Johnny Peacock |
| 22 | RCB | Zeke Moore |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 32 | WR | Hubie Bryant |
| 25 | WR | Ron Shanklin |
| 76 | LOT | Mike Haggerty |
| 57 | LOG | Sam Davis |
| 56 | C | Ray Mansfield |
| 66 | ROG | Bruce Van Dyke |
| 74 | ROT | John Brown |
| 82 | TE | Dennis Hughes |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 33 | RB | John Fuqua |
| 26 | RB | Preston Pearson |
| Offense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Lloyd Voss |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Greene |
| 64 | RDT | Chuck Hinton |
| 60 | RDE | Ben McGee |
| 69 | LLB | Jerry Hillebrand |
| 58 | MLB | Chuck Allen |
| 34 | RLB | Andy Russell |
| 48 | LCB | John Rowser |
| 37 | LS | Chuck Beatty |
| 28 | RS | Ocie Austin |
| 44 | RCB | Lee Calland |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Hoyle Granger | 19 | 73 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Woody Campbell | 13 | 49 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Mike Richardson | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Roy Hopkins | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Preston Pearson | 13 | 33 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Hubie Bryant | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| John Fuqua | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| Dick Hoak | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 0 | 138 | 5.5 | 2 | 88.4 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 16 | 4 | 25.0 | 1 | 70 | 4.4 | 0 | 19.3 | |||
| Terry Hanratty | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 0 | 93 | 6.6 | 1 | 89.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Jim Beirne | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Jerry LeVias | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 2 | |
| Hoyle Granger | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Woody Campbell | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Roy Hopkins | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ron Shanklin | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 1 | |
| Dennis Hughes | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Hubie Bryant | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| John Fuqua | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ron Pritchard | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ken Houston | 0 | 8 | 8L | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Spike Jones | 8 | 345 | 43.1 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 8 | 367 | 45.9 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | ||
| Mike Richardson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Hubie Bryant | 5 | -23 | -4.6 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Benny Johnson | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Hoyle Granger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 0 | ||
| Mel Blount | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
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