Sunday, September 30, 1973
| PIT | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Steelers | Roy Gerela 20 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | Oilers | Mack Alston 7 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 3 | 7 |
| Steelers | Roy Gerela 47 yard field goal | 6 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Steelers | Terry Bradshaw 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 12 | 7 |
| Steelers | Andy Russell 45 yard interception return (Roy Gerela kick) | 19 | 7 | |
| 4th | Steelers | Ron Shanklin 26 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 26 | 7 |
| Steelers | Roy Gerela 26 yard field goal | 29 | 7 | |
| Steelers | Glen Edwards 86 yard interception return (Roy Gerela kick) | 36 | 7 |
| PIT | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-125-1 | 28-63-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-19-159-1-2 | 19-33-142-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-29 | 2-27 |
| Net pass yards | 130 | 115 |
| Total yards | 255 | 178 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-49 | 7-94 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 9 | 17 | 159 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| John Fuqua | PIT | 13 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank Lewis | PIT | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 1 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 8 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry Brown | PIT | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Davis | PIT | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John McMakin | PIT | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Hanratty | PIT | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Billy Parks | HOU | 7 | 80 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gresham | HOU | 14 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 14 | 25 | 87 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lynn Dickey | HOU | 5 | 8 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Fred Willis | HOU | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Paul Robinson | HOU | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mack Alston | HOU | 3 | 22 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Hinton | HOU | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Al Johnson | HOU | 1 | -3 | 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 | ||
| Steve Davis | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Glen Edwards | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jack Ham | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Andy Russell | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Alexander | HOU | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Charles | HOU | 0.0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bob Gresham | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jeff Severson | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Roy Gerela | PIT | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walden | PIT | 4 | 156 | 39.0 | 0 | ||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 8 | 340 | 42.5 | 0 | ||||