| Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: November 19, 1972 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 83009 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 37 F Humidty: 89% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 39 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 26 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mike Phipps 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 38 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Frank Pitts 17 pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Gerry Mullins 3 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 12 FG | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | John Fuqua 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 17 | 23 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Franco Harris 75 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 24 | 23 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 26 FG | 24 | 26 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | Frank Lewis |
| 25 | WR | Ron Shanklin |
| 55 | LOT | Jon Kolb |
| 57 | LOG | Sam Davis |
| 56 | C | Ray Mansfield |
| 66 | ROG | Bruce Van Dyke |
| 72 | ROT | Gerry Mullins |
| 89 | TE | John McMakin |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 33 | RB | John Fuqua |
| 32 | RB | Franco Harris |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | L.C. Greenwood |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Greene |
| 60 | RDT | Ben McGee |
| 78 | RDE | Dwight White |
| 59 | LLB | Jack Ham |
| 53 | MLB | Henry Davis |
| 90 | RLB | George Webster |
| 48 | LCB | John Rowser |
| 49 | LS | Ralph Anderson |
| 23 | RS | Mike Wagner |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 25 | WR | Frank Pitts |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 66 | LOG | Gene Hickerson |
| 61 | C | Bob DeMarco |
| 65 | ROG | John Demarie |
| 78 | ROT | Bob McKay |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 15 | QB | Mike Phipps |
| 44 | RB | Leroy Kelly |
| 35 | RB | Bo Scott |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Nick Roman |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 84 | RDE | Bob Briggs |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 51 | MLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 52 | RLB | Billy Andrews |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 27 | LS | Thom Darden |
| 29 | RS | Walt Sumner |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 12 | 136 | 11.3 | 75 | 1 |
| John Fuqua | 13 | 46 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Frank Lewis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 21 | 107 | 5.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 14 | 84 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Phipps | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 1 | 136 | 6.5 | 1 | 64.8 | |||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 25 | 14 | 56.0 | 2 | 194 | 7.8 | 1 | 61.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ron Shanklin | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 0 | |
| Frank Lewis | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Gerry Mullins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| Franco Harris | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Milt Morin | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 0 | |
| Frank Pitts | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 1 | |
| Fair Hooker | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Chip Glass | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Bo Scott | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Rowser | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Thom Darden | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 6 | 259 | 43.2 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Glen Edwards | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 3 | 0 | 31 | 10.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Thom Darden | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Majors | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Franco Harris | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| Preston Pearson | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Brown | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Johnson | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Billy LeFear | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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| Cleveland Browns | |
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