| Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 28, 1973 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 45761 |
| Weather: Rain Temp: 52 F Humidty: 96% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 15 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 17 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 41 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Ron Shanklin 51 pass from Terry Hanratty (Roy Gerela kick) | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 18 FG | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | John Fuqua 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Essex Johnson 16 pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 13 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Isaac Curtis |
| 89 | WR | Tim George |
| 71 | LOT | Rufus Mayes |
| 72 | LOG | Howard Fest |
| 54 | C | Bob Johnson |
| 73 | ROG | Pat Matson |
| 76 | ROT | Vern Holland |
| 84 | TE | Bob Trumpy |
| 14 | QB | Ken Anderson |
| 35 | RB | Boobie Clark |
| 19 | RB | Essex Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Royce Berry |
| 79 | LDT | Steve Chomyszak |
| 70 | RDT | Ron Carpenter |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 58 | LLB | Al Beauchamp |
| 66 | MLB | Bill Bergey |
| 60 | RLB | Ron Pritchard |
| 20 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 34 | LS | Neal Craig |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Casanova |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Barry Pearson |
| 25 | WR | Ron Shanklin |
| 55 | LOT | Jon Kolb |
| 57 | LOG | Sam Davis |
| 50 | C | Jim Clack |
| 66 | ROG | Bruce Van Dyke |
| 76 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 89 | TE | John McMakin |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 33 | RB | John Fuqua |
| 32 | RB | Franco Harris |
| Offense | ||
| 68 | LDE | L.C. Greenwood |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Greene |
| 63 | RDT | Ernie Holmes |
| 78 | RDE | Dwight White |
| 59 | LLB | Jack Ham |
| 53 | MLB | Henry Davis |
| 34 | RLB | Andy Russell |
| 48 | LCB | John Rowser |
| 23 | LS | Mike Wagner |
| 27 | RS | Glen Edwards |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Boobie Clark | 15 | 60 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 13 | 51 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Isaac Curtis | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Lewis | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 21 | 43 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 |
| John Fuqua | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Preston Pearson | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Ken Anderson | 38 | 20 | 52.6 | 3 | 230 | 6.1 | 1 | 47.0 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Hanratty | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 1 | 127 | 18.1 | 1 | 101.8 | |||
| Terry Bradshaw | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 37 | 5.3 | 0 | 20.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Boobie Clark | 10 | 68 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 1 | |
| Bob Trumpy | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 0 | |
| Tim George | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Coslet | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Isaac Curtis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ron Shanklin | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 1 | |
| Barry Pearson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| John Fuqua | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| John McMakin | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Tommy Casanova | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Riley | 0 | 5 | 5L | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Mike Wagner | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dave Lewis | 4 | 181 | 45.3 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 5 | 197 | 39.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Tommy Casanova | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Glen Edwards | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Joe Wilson | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Steve Davis | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Hanneman | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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