Sunday, October 29, 1972
| PIT | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Steelers | Franco Harris 2 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Steelers | Terry Bradshaw 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| Steelers | Roy Gerela 29 yard field goal | 17 | 0 | |
| 3rd | Bills | O.J. Simpson 94 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 17 | 7 |
| Steelers | Franco Harris 18 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 24 | 7 | |
| 4th | Bills | Bob Chandler 11 yard pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 24 | 14 |
| Steelers | Franco Harris 17 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 31 | 14 | |
| Bills | Bob Chandler 4 yard pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 31 | 21 | |
| Steelers | John Fuqua 4 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 38 | 21 |
| PIT | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-216-4 | 38-254-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-17-93-1-1 | 18-29-168-2-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 1-4 |
| Net pass yards | 93 | 164 |
| Total yards | 309 | 418 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-64 | 3-23 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Franco Harris | PIT | 15 | 138 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| John Fuqua | PIT | 10 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 9 | 17 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Lewis | PIT | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Davis | PIT | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John McMakin | PIT | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 189 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Chandler | BUF | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 94 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Dennis Shaw | BUF | 12 | 17 | 102 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| J.D. Hill | BUF | 6 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Taliaferro | BUF | 5 | 10 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jan White | BUF | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Washington | BUF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Spike Jones | BUF | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 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 | ||
| Mel Blount | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Henry Davis | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 149 | 37.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jack Ham | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Wagner | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Linzy Cole | BUF | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Maurice Tyler | BUF | 0.0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | BUF | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -18 | -18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Roy Gerela | PIT | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walden | PIT | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 0 | ||||
| Spike Jones | BUF | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 0 | ||||
| John Leypoldt | BUF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||