| Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 27, 1970 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 50705 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 65 F Humidty: 29% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Willis Crenshaw 1 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Dick Hoak 4 run (Gene Mingo kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gene Mingo 9 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gene Mingo 13 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Safety, Terry Bradshaw tackled in end zone by Dave Washington | 13 | 9 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Billy Van Heusen 38 pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 13 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 32 | WR | Hubie Bryant |
| 25 | WR | Ron Shanklin |
| 76 | LOT | Mike Haggerty |
| 57 | LOG | Sam Davis |
| 56 | C | Ray Mansfield |
| 62 | ROG | Ralph Wenzel |
| 74 | ROT | John Brown |
| 82 | TE | Dennis Hughes |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 33 | RB | John Fuqua |
| 26 | RB | Preston Pearson |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Al Denson |
| 84 | WR | Mike Haffner |
| 72 | LOT | Sam Brunelli |
| 67 | LOG | George Goeddeke |
| 59 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 60 | ROG | Bob Young |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 83 | TE | Jim Whalen |
| 14 | QB | Pete Liske |
| 31 | RB | Willis Crenshaw |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 55 | RDE | Pete Duranko |
| 50 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 52 | MLB | Fred Forsberg |
| 76 | RLB | Dave Washington |
| 28 | LCB | Cornell Gordon |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 47 | RS | Paul Martha |
| 36 | RCB | Billy Thompson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 13 | 8 | 0.6 | 0 | |
| Dick Hoak | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 1 | |
| John Fuqua | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Terry Cole | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Terry Hanratty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Hughes | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 24 | 54 | 2.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 1 | |
| Bobby Anderson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 26 | 13 | 50.0 | 1 | 211 | 8.1 | 0 | 61.5 | |||
| Terry Hanratty | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | 74.0 | |||
| Bobby Walden | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Tensi | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 2 | 140 | 10.0 | 1 | 75.6 | |||
| Pete Liske | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 0 | 38 | 3.5 | 0 | 46.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ron Shanklin | 6 | 123 | 20.5 | 0 | |
| Dennis Hughes | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | |
| Dave Smith | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Terry Cole | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jim Whalen | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| Al Denson | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | |
| Billy Van Heusen | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 1 | |
| Mike Haffner | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Rowser | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Paul Martha | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 5 | 226 | 45.2 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 7 | 305 | 43.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Hubie Bryant | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Floyd Little | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Floyd Little | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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