1972 Pittsburgh Steelers 9-4-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Pittsburgh 62 142 86 62 0 352 Opponent 47 72 36 56 0 211 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 352 211 1-0 29 Oakland 0 First Downs 285 228 2-0 45 @Cincinnati 14 Rush 155 100 2-0 1 6 @St. Louis 6 Pass 116 107 3-0 1 20 @Dallas 17 Pen 14 21 4-0 1 34 Houston 0 Penalties 95 69 5-0 1 43 New England 14 Yards 764 582 6-0 1 32 @Buffalo 24 6-1 1 14 Cincinnati 16 Rushing Att 568 462 6-2 1 16 Kansas City 23 Yards 2830 2065 6-3 1 17 @Cleveland 19 Ave 5.0 4.5 7-3 1 20 Minnesota 19 TD 28 7 8-3 1 30 Cleveland 27 8-4 1 9 @Houston 12 Passing Att 319 361 9-4 1 37 @San Diego 20 Comp 167 166 % 52.4 46.0 Int 6 20 % 1.9 5.5 TD 7 11 % 2.2 3.0 Yards 2120 1924 Sacked 21 43 Punt Return 21 27 Yards 121 86 Ave 5.8 3.2 Kick Return 54 71 Yards 1142 1421 Ave 21.1 20.0 Punts 58 63 Yards 2507 2615 Ave 43.2 41.5 FG Att 33 33 Made 30 24 % 90.9 72.7 Third Downs 192 184 Made 70 56 % 36.5 30.4 Fourth Downs 31 22 Made 16 11 % 51.6 50.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 25 35 Lost 12 10 Turnovers 18 30 Net Offense 4802 3694 Per Play 5.3 4.3 1972 Pittsburgh Steelers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Harris,F 252 1480 5.9 42 67 54 11 Shanklin 44 3 650 14.8 5 31 60 1 Fuqua 163 769 4.7 17 38 39 5 Lewis,F 31 4 458 14.8 2 24 59 1 Bradshaw 83 401 4.8 15 38 20 10 McMakin 25 3 319 12.8 2 19 41 1 Pearson,P 33 129 3.9 2 7 12 2 Harris,F 25 3 228 9.1 0 15 16 0 Davis,St 16 55 3.4 0 3 9 0 Fuqua 24 1 256 10.7 0 17 22 3 Lewis,F 4 9 2.3 1 1 21 0 Pearson,P 8 0 85 10.6 1 5 25 1 Walden 1 1 1.0 0 1 1 0 Young 7 2 96 13.7 0 3 19 0 Bleier 2 -1 -0.5 0 0 0 0 Brown,L 2 0 20 10.0 0 1 12 0 Hanratty 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Davis,St 1 0 8 8.0 0 0 8 0 Mullins 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 0 0 167 16 2120 12.7 10116 60 7 Gilliam,J 11 -7 -0.6 0 0 2 0 568 2830 5.0 77 155 54 28 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Gilliam,J 2 2 100.0 20 10.0 12 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 108.3 Bradshaw 317 165 52.1 2100 12.7 60 31 10 6 1.9 20 7 2.2 72.5 319 167 52.4 2120 12.7 60 31 10 6 1.9 21 7 2.2 72.9 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Gerela 38 34 89.5 33 30 90.9 77.8 0.0 46 124 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Walden 58 2507 62 8 0 17 27 86 39.0 43.2 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Davis,St 11 277 25.2 33 0 Edwards,G 21 23 121 5.8 19 0 Harris,F 16 346 21.6 41 0 21 23 121 5.8 19 0 Pearson,P 27 519 19.2 35 0 Lewis,F 1 0 0.0 0 0 54 1142 21.1 41 0 Fumbles Harris,F 8 Bradshaw 3 Pearson, 2 Lewis,F 1 Davis,Sa 1 Edwards, 5 Davis,St 2 Bleier 1 McMakin 1 Shanklin 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec White 13 White 16 Greene 15 Rowser 13 Greene 7 Greene 3 Greene 11 Greene 10 Greenwoo 15 Anderson 10 Davis,H 3 Russell 3 Greenwoo 6 Greenwoo 7 Davis,H 7 Blount 8 Ham 3 White 3 Russell 4 McGee 2 White 6 White 8 Russell 3 Greenwoo 2 McGee 4 Russell 1 Ham 5 Wagner 7 Wagner 3 Fuqua 1 Ham 2 Holmes,E 1 Russell 3 Ham 4 Webster 3 Anderson 1 Davis,H 1 McGee 3 Beatty 4 White 3 Bradshaw 1 Hanneman 1 Holmes,E 2 Davis,H 3 Calland 2 Lewis,F 1 Holmes,E 1 Blount 1 Greene 3 Anderson 2 Mansfiel 1 McGee 2 Blount 1 McGee 1 Russell 2 Greenwoo 1 Mullins 1 Edwards, 1 Bradley, 1 Rowser 1 Greenwoo 1 Rowser 1 Davis,H 1 Shanklin 1 Van Dyke 1 Davis,Sa 1 Tackles Russell 96 Davis,H 55 Wagner 38 Bradley, 18 Dockery 13 Furness 7 Greene 91 White 54 Rowser 34 Calland 18 Hanneman 11 Winfrey, 4 Ham 79 Blount 52 McGee 26 Edwards, 16 Young 10 Stenger 4 Anderson 60 Greenwoo 47 Webster 22 Beatty 16 Holmes,E 7 Pearson, 3 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Ham 6 16 2.7 9 0 Rowser 4 30 7.5 14 0 Wagner 4 44 11.0 27 0 Beatty 2 4 2.0 4 0 Davis,H 2 24 12.0 18 1 Edwards,G 2 32 16.0 23 0 20 150 7.5 27 1 1972 Pittsburgh Steelers Coach:Chuck Noll Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Bradshaw,Terry 5 B 2 2 QB Gilliam,Joe 2 O 2 1 QB Hanratty,Terry 2 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Bankston,Warren 1 0 2 B 3 3 KR RB Bleier,Rocky 1 0 5 B 3 3 RET RB Davis,Steve 1 0 3 B 3 3 KR RB Fuqua,John 1 0 4 B 3 3 RB Harris,Franco 1 0 5 B 3 5 KR RB Pearson,Preston 1 0 3 B 4 2 RET WR Lewis,Frank 0 0 4 O 1 3 PR WR Pearson,Barry 0 0 2 O 1 1 WR Shanklin,Ron 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Young,Al 0 0 5 O 1 1 TE Brown,Larry 2 0 3 O 1 1 TE McMakin,John 2 0 5 O 1 1 KR Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Davis,Sam 7 7 3 G Van Dyke,Bruce 9 9 4 T Gravelle,Gordon 4 4 5 T Kolb,Jon 6 6 5 C Clack,Jim 5 5 5 C Mansfield,Ray 7 7 5 G-T Holmes,Mel 3 3 5 G-T Mullins,Gerry 7 7 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Furness,Steve 3 2 0 1 2 DT Greene,Joe 10 7 0 3 5 DT Holmes,Ernie 5 4 0 1 5 DT McGee,Ben 5 4 0 1 5 DE Greenwood,L.C. 7 5 0 2 4 DE Hanneman,Craig 4 3 0 1 4 DE White,Dwight 7 4 0 3 5 ILB Davis,Henry 8 5 3 0 5 LB Bradley,Ed 4 3 1 0 4 LB Winfrey,Carl 3 2 1 0 2 OLB Ham,Jack 9 3 5 1 5 OLB Russell,Andy 9 3 5 1 5 OLB Stenger,Brian 4 3 1 0 5 OLB Webster,George 3 2 1 0 2 CB Blount,Mel 7 0 7 0 5 CB Calland,Lee 3 0 3 0 2 CB Rowser,John 6 0 6 0 5 DB Beatty,Chuck 4 0 4 0 2 S Anderson,Ralph 6 1 5 0 5 S Dockery,John 4 0 4 0 2 S Edwards,Glen 5 1 4 0 4 RET S Wagner,Mike 8 1 7 0 5 Special Teams K Gerela,Roy P Walden,Bobby