| Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 26, 1971 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 48448 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 60 F Humidty: 87% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 33 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Dave Smith 16 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Lemar Parrish 14 opponents fumble recovery (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jon Staggers 67 punt return (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Preston Pearson 13 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 10 | WR | Eric Crabtree |
| 17 | WR | Speedy Thomas |
| 75 | LOT | Ernie Wright |
| 72 | LOG | Howard Fest |
| 54 | C | Bob Johnson |
| 73 | ROG | Pat Matson |
| 76 | ROT | Vern Holland |
| 84 | TE | Bob Trumpy |
| 11 | QB | Virgil Carter |
| 30 | RB | Jess Phillips |
| 18 | RB | Paul Robinson |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Royce Berry |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Reid |
| 79 | RDT | Steve Chomyszak |
| 70 | RDE | Ron Carpenter |
| 58 | LLB | Al Beauchamp |
| 66 | MLB | Bill Bergey |
| 51 | RLB | Ken Avery |
| 20 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 31 | LS | Fletcher Smith |
| 29 | RS | Sandy Durko |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Ron Shanklin |
| 88 | WR | Dave Smith |
| 55 | LOT | Jon Kolb |
| 57 | LOG | Sam Davis |
| 56 | C | Ray Mansfield |
| 72 | ROG | Gerry Mullins |
| 77 | ROT | Mel Holmes |
| 85 | TE | Bob Adams |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 46 | RB | Warren Bankston |
| 26 | RB | Preston Pearson |
| Offense | ||
| 68 | LDE | L.C. Greenwood |
| 25 | LDT | Joe Greene |
| 65 | RDT | Lloyd Voss |
| 78 | RDE | Dwight White |
| 59 | LLB | Jack Ham |
| 58 | MLB | Chuck Allen |
| 34 | RLB | Andy Russell |
| 48 | LCB | John Rowser |
| 23 | LS | Mike Wagner |
| 27 | RS | Glen Edwards |
| 44 | RCB | Lee Calland |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Jess Phillips | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Virgil Carter | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Fred Willis | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Eric Crabtree | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Preston Pearson | 12 | 60 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Warren Bankston | 12 | 14 | 1.2 | 0 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Virgil Carter | 38 | 22 | 57.9 | 1 | 255 | 6.7 | 0 | 67.3 | |||
| Ken Anderson | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 11 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 1 | 249 | 8.3 | 2 | 95.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Bob Trumpy | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 0 | |
| Speedy Thomas | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| Bruce Coslet | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | |
| Jess Phillips | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 0 | |
| Eric Crabtree | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dave Smith | 8 | 162 | 20.3 | 1 | |
| Preston Pearson | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 1 | |
| Warren Bankston | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Adams | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ron Shanklin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Glen Edwards | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dave Lewis | 10 | 483 | 48.3 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 9 | 394 | 43.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Jon Staggers | 7 | 92 | 13.1 | 1 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Paul Robinson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Doug Dressler | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Jim Brumfield | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | ||
| Glen Edwards | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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