Sunday, December 17, 1972
| PIT | SDG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Chargers | Safety, Bradshaw tackled by Costa in end zone | 0 | 2 |
| Steelers | Franco Harris 2 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 2 | |
| 2nd | Steelers | John Fuqua 2 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 2 |
| 3rd | Steelers | Roy Gerela 26 yard field goal | 17 | 2 |
| 4th | Steelers | Ron Shanklin 17 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 24 | 2 |
| PIT | SDG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 12 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-115-2 | 30-56-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-24-152-1-1 | 11-26-122-0-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-21 | 1-6 |
| Net pass yards | 131 | 116 |
| Total yards | 246 | 172 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 4-3 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 7 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-79 | 6-60 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| John Fuqua | PIT | 17 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 12 | 23 | 152 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Al Young | PIT | 3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 15 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 2 | 32 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Lewis | PIT | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John McMakin | PIT | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Davis | PIT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Hanratty | PIT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Cid Edwards | SDG | 13 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Hadl | SDG | 11 | 26 | 122 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pettis Norman | SDG | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Dicus | SDG | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Garrett | SDG | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Carter | SDG | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gary Garrison | SDG | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Mackey | SDG | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Clark | SDG | 1 | -5 | 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 | ||
| Ralph Anderson | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mel Blount | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Glen Edwards | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jack Ham | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Wagner | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Reggie Berry | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lenny Dunlap | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tim Rossovich | SDG | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Sykes | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jesse Taylor | SDG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Roy Gerela | PIT | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walden | PIT | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 0 | ||||
| Dennis Partee | SDG | 5 | 219 | 43.8 | 0 | ||||