Sunday, September 24, 1972
| PIT | CIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 41 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | Steelers | Terry Bradshaw 12 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 3 |
| Steelers | Roy Gerela 17 yard field goal | 10 | 3 | |
| 3rd | Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 32 yard field goal | 10 | 6 |
| Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 20 yard field goal | 10 | 9 | |
| 4th | Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 32 yard field goal | 10 | 12 |
| Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 34 yard field goal | 10 | 15 |
| PIT | CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-74-1 | 39-121-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-34-170-0-0 | 13-27-157-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-39 | 1-9 |
| Net pass yards | 131 | 148 |
| Total yards | 205 | 269 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-3 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-78 | 9-100 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 18 | 34 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 6 | 82 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 13 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave L. Smith | PIT | 3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John McMakin | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Al Young | PIT | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Essex Johnson | CIN | 21 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ken Anderson | CIN | 13 | 27 | 157 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jess Phillips | CIN | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Trumpy | CIN | 3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chip Myers | CIN | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Speedy Thomas | CIN | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Doug Dressler | CIN | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Paul Robinson | CIN | 4 | 12 | 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 | ||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jack Ham | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tommy Casanova | CIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Essex Johnson | CIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lemar Parrish | CIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Roy Gerela | PIT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walden | PIT | 6 | 290 | 48.3 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Lewis | CIN | 4 | 180 | 45.0 | 0 | ||||
| Horst Muhlmann | CIN | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||