Sunday, December 12, 1971
| PIT | CIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Steelers | Terry Hanratty 3 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Bengals | Bruce Coslet 43 yard pass from Virgil Carter (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 22 yard field goal | 7 | 10 |
| Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 18 yard field goal | 7 | 13 | |
| 4th | Steelers | John Fuqua 40 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 13 |
| Steelers | Ron Shanklin 5 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 21 | 13 |
| PIT | CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-126-1 | 25-126-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-27-157-2-1 | 18-30-247-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-11 | 3-25 |
| Net pass yards | 146 | 222 |
| Total yards | 272 | 348 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-55 | 10-117 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| John Fuqua | PIT | 18 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 73 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 11 | 61 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 6 | 13 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Jon Staggers | PIT | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Hanratty | PIT | 1 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Warren Bankston | PIT | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Leahy | PIT | 3 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Virgil Carter | CIN | 18 | 30 | 247 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bruce Coslet | CIN | 4 | 99 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fred Willis | CIN | 14 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Trumpy | CIN | 4 | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jess Phillips | CIN | 4 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Chip Myers | CIN | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Doug Dressler | CIN | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Essex Johnson | CIN | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Speedy Thomas | CIN | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ed Marshall | CIN | 1 | 10 | 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 | ||
| Ralph Anderson | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Calland | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jon Staggers | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sandy Durko | CIN | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ron Lamb | CIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lemar Parrish | CIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Paul Robinson | CIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Speedy Thomas | CIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Bobby Walden | PIT | 7 | 288 | 41.1 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Lewis | CIN | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 0 | ||||
| Horst Muhlmann | CIN | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |