Sunday, October 3, 1971
| SDG | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Chargers | Dennis Partee 21 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| Steelers | John Fuqua 5 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Chargers | Billy Parks 16 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3rd | Steelers | John Fuqua 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 14 |
| Chargers | Mike Garrett 4 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) | 17 | 14 | |
| 4th | Steelers | Terry Bradshaw 5 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 17 | 21 |
| SDG | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 28 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-169-1 | 27-125-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-36-283-1-2 | 15-24-175-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-25 | 3-18 |
| Net pass yards | 258 | 157 |
| Total yards | 427 | 282 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-83 | 8-85 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| John Hadl | SDG | 25 | 36 | 283 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Parks | SDG | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 111 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Garrett | SDG | 12 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Leon Burns | SDG | 15 | 65 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gary Garrison | SDG | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pettis Norman | SDG | 7 | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Queen | SDG | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Dicus | SDG | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Montgomery | SDG | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Walker Gillette | SDG | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Art Strozier | SDG | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 15 | 24 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| John Fuqua | PIT | 15 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 53 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 4 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Warren Bankston | PIT | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave L. Smith | PIT | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Adams | PIT | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Chris Fletcher | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Garrett | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jerry LeVias | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lee Calland | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Glen Edwards | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jack Ham | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jon Staggers | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Dennis Partee | SDG | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 0 |
| Roy Gerela | PIT | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Walden | PIT | 6 | 270 | 45.0 | 0 | ||||