Sunday, November 26, 1972
| MIN | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vikings | Fred Cox 24 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| Steelers | Franco Harris 12 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Steelers | Roy Gerela 17 yard field goal | 3 | 10 |
| 4th | Vikings | Stu Voigt 5 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 10 |
| Steelers | Terry Bradshaw 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 10 | 16 | |
| Steelers | Frank Lewis 17 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 23 |
| MIN | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 12 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 38-95-0 | 34-206-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 24-44-235-1-1 | 7-19-93-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-10 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 225 | 86 |
| Total yards | 320 | 292 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-2 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-51 | 4-43 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 24 | 43 | 235 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 97 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ed Marinaro | MIN | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 62 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Oscar Reed | MIN | 16 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Osborn | MIN | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Beasley | MIN | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Brown | MIN | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Paul Krause | MIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 17 | 128 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 7 | 19 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Lewis | PIT | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| John Fuqua | PIT | 10 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John McMakin | PIT | 1 | 9 | 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 | ||
| Bobby Bryant | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charlie West | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Steve Davis | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Glen Edwards | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| John Rowser | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Fred Cox | MIN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Eischeid | MIN | 6 | 269 | 44.8 | 0 | ||||
| Roy Gerela | PIT | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walden | PIT | 7 | 339 | 48.4 | 0 | ||||