Sunday, October 22, 1972
| NWE | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Steelers | Roy Gerela 19 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| Steelers | Jack Ham 32 yard interception return (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd | Steelers | Ron Shanklin 30 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 3rd | Steelers | Roy Gerela 22 yard field goal | 0 | 20 |
| Patriots | Charlie Gogolak 16 yard field goal | 3 | 20 | |
| Steelers | Steve Davis 28 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 3 | 27 | |
| Steelers | Roy Gerela 35 yard field goal | 3 | 30 | |
| 4th | Steelers | Roy Gerela 33 yard field goal | 3 | 33 |
| NWE | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-127-0 | 40-243-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-32-225-0-3 | 9-14-196-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 7-76 | 2-13 |
| Net pass yards | 149 | 183 |
| Total yards | 276 | 426 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-101 | 6-38 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 92 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 12 | 27 | 165 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Windsor | NWE | 3 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Josh Ashton | NWE | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Brian Dowling | NWE | 4 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Reggie Rucker | NWE | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gladieux | NWE | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Reynolds | NWE | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Fuqua | PIT | 17 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 5 | 111 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 7 | 11 | 173 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Davis | PIT | 6 | 69 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Lewis | PIT | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Warren Bankston | PIT | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Al Young | PIT | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Hanratty | PIT | 2 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| John McMakin | PIT | 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 | ||
| Josh Ashton | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Hoey | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jack Maitland | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Steve Davis | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Glen Edwards | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jack Ham | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Rowser | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Wagner | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Charlie Gogolak | NWE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pat Studstill | NWE | 5 | 182 | 36.4 | 0 | ||||
| Roy Gerela | PIT | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walden | PIT | 2 | 99 | 49.5 | 0 | ||||