| Pittsburgh Steelers at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 5, 1971 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 37778 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Houston Oilers | 16 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 29 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Alvin Reed 27 pass from Dan Pastorini (Mark Moseley kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Mark Moseley 25 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Woody Campbell 8 run (Mark Moseley kick blocked) | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Mark Moseley 37 FG | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Mark Moseley 25 FG | 0 | 22 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 15 FG | 3 | 22 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Robert Holmes 4 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 3 | 29 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Warren Bankston | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Preston Pearson | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | John Fuqua | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Dave Smith | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| HOU | Woody Campbell | 14 | 46 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| HOU | Robert Holmes | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| HOU | Dickie Post | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| HOU | Dan Pastorini | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| HOU | Ward Walsh | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| HOU | Mike Richardson | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 31 | 14 | 45.2 | 3 | 111 | 3.6 | 0 | 15.1 | |||
| PIT | Terry Hanratty | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| HOU | Dan Pastorini | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 0 | 126 | 5.7 | 1 | 86.6 | |||
| HOU | Lynn Dickey | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | John Fuqua | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| PIT | Dave Smith | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| PIT | Ron Shanklin | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Preston Pearson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| PIT | Frank Lewis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PIT | Bob Adams | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| HOU | Robert Holmes | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | |
| HOU | Ken Burrough | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| HOU | Jim Beirne | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| HOU | Alvin Reed | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 |
| HOU | Dickie Post | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | John Charles | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| HOU | Leo Brooks | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PIT | Bobby Walden | 8 | 343 | 42.9 | 0 | |
| HOU | Dan Pastorini | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Jon Staggers | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| HOU | Ken Houston | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | ||
| HOU | Linzy Cole | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Preston Pearson | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Jon Staggers | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | |
| HOU | Linzy Cole | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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