Sunday, November 5, 1972
| CIN | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Steelers | John Fuqua 7 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Steelers | Roy Gerela 15 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd | Steelers | Roy Gerela 22 yard field goal | 0 | 13 |
| Steelers | Frank Lewis 28 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (kick failed) | 0 | 19 | |
| Steelers | Larry Brown 13 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 26 | |
| 3rd | Bengals | Virgil Carter 1 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 7 | 26 |
| Steelers | Frank Lewis 34 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 33 | |
| Bengals | Chip Myers 2 yard pass from Virgil Carter (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 14 | 33 | |
| 4th | Steelers | Franco Harris 2 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 40 |
| Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 37 yard field goal | 17 | 40 |
| CIN | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-145-1 | 30-230-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-28-230-1-1 | 11-24-195-3-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-9 | 2-10 |
| Net pass yards | 221 | 185 |
| Total yards | 366 | 415 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-53 | 3-35 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Doug Dressler | CIN | 16 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 80 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Essex Johnson | CIN | 12 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Virgil Carter | CIN | 12 | 16 | 156 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Chip Myers | CIN | 4 | 59 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Trumpy | CIN | 4 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Anderson | CIN | 5 | 12 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Joiner | CIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 15 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank Lewis | PIT | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 87 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 10 | 20 | 190 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Fuqua | PIT | 13 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry Brown | PIT | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John McMakin | PIT | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Gilliam | PIT | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bobby Walden | PIT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | ||
| Tommy Casanova | CIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bernard Jackson | CIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charlie Joiner | CIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lemar Parrish | CIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Warren Bankston | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Henry Davis | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Glen Edwards | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Dave Lewis | CIN | 5 | 197 | 39.4 | 0 | ||||
| Horst Muhlmann | CIN | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Gerela | PIT | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walden | PIT | 4 | 158 | 39.5 | 0 | ||||