| Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 28, 1971 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 39710 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 38 F Humidty: 76% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 22 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Floyd Little 3 run (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Jim Turner 32 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Preston Pearson 8 pass from Terry Hanratty (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 19 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Floyd Little 16 run (Clem Turner kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Safety, Bobby Walden tackled in end zone by Fran Lynch | 19 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Jim Turner 12 FG | 22 | 10 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Floyd Little | 22 | 91 | 4.1 | 16 | 2 |
| DEN | Bobby Anderson | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| DEN | Billy Masters | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DEN | Clem Turner | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PIT | Preston Pearson | 18 | 93 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| PIT | Warren Bankston | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| PIT | Bobby Walden | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DEN | Steve Ramsey | 25 | 14 | 56.0 | 1 | 161 | 6.4 | 0 | 58.9 | |||
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 17 | 6 | 35.3 | 0 | 68 | 4.0 | 0 | 48.2 | |||
| PIT | Terry Hanratty | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 32 | 2.7 | 1 | 32.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Jack Gehrke | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| DEN | Floyd Little | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 25 | 0 |
| DEN | Billy Masters | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| DEN | Bobby Anderson | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Preston Pearson | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 1 | |
| PIT | Warren Bankston | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | |
| PIT | Ron Shanklin | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| PIT | Jon Staggers | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Bob Adams | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Billy Thompson | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| PIT | Mel Blount | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DEN | Billy Van Heusen | 8 | 309 | 38.6 | 0 | |
| PIT | Bobby Walden | 6 | 233 | 38.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Charlie Greer | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| DEN | Billy Thompson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| PIT | Jon Staggers | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Billy Thompson | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | |
| DEN | Fred Forsberg | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| PIT | Jon Staggers | 4 | 102 | 25.5 | 0 | |
| PIT | Preston Pearson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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