Sunday November 8, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/08/1970:



The Steelers, en route to their best season since 1963, moved into a first place tie with Cleveland in the Central Division AFC race with a victory over the Jets. Terry Hanratty directed the Steeler attack and tossed a TD pass to John Fuqua who also contributed one of the two Pittsburgh rushing TDs. George Nock was New York's top runner with 49 yards and a TD. Bob Davis finished as quarterback for New York after Al Woodall injured his rib cage.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE104.0  (21)194.7  (4)298.7  (6)21
DEFENSE97.0  (6)164.4  (16)261.4  (8)15
OFFENSE94.7  (22)150.9  (12)245.6  (23)18
DEFENSE120.6  (13)151.1  (11)271.7  (11)20

Line: n/a

Team1234F
New York Jets (1-7-0)307717
Pittsburgh Steelers (4-4-0)777021

( 3- 0) NYJ Jim Turner 17 yard field goal ( 3- 7) PIT Frenchy Fuqua 1 yard rush (Gene Mingo kick) ( 3-14) PIT Warren Bankston 12 yard rush (Gene Mingo kick) (10-14) NYJ Chuck Mercein 15 yard pass from Al Woodall (Jim Turner kick) (10-21) PIT Frenchy Fuqua 6 yard pass from Terry Hanratty (Gene Mingo kick) (17-21) NYJ George Nock 1 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)
                     NYJ             PIT
First Downs:         20              14
Rushes-yards:        29-104          38-154
Yards/rush:          3.6             4.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-44-181-2     7-21-123-0
Sacked-yards:        5-39            0-0
Net pass yards:      142             123
Net yards/pass:      2.9             5.9
Total net yards:     246             277
Total plays:         78 (37% run)    59 (64% run)  
Yards/play:          3.2             4.7
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             2-2
Turnovers:           3               2
Penalties-yards:     6-59            7-76

Attendance: 50,028

Passing:
NYJ: Al Woodall, 9 of 26 for 115 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Bob Davis, 6 of 17 for 66 yards; Eddie Bell, 0 of 1 for 0 yards (1 int) PIT: Terry Hanratty, 7 of 21 for 123 yards and 1 TD
Rushing:
NYJ: George Nock, 18 for 49 yards and 1 TD; Al Woodall, 5 for 43 yards; Bob Davis, 2 for 11 yards; Lee White, 2 for -1 yards; Chuck Mercein, 1 for 2 yards; Eddie Bell, 1 for 0 yards PIT: Frenchy Fuqua, 13 for 63 yards and 1 TD; Warren Bankston, 10 for 61 yards and 1 TD; Preston Pearson, 9 for 29 yards; Dick Hoak, 4 for 6 yards; Terry Hanratty, 2 for -5 yards
Receiving:
NYJ: George Sauer, 5 for 62 yards; Don Maynard, 3 for 48 yards; Chuck Mercein, 3 for 27 yards and 1 TD; Pete Lammons, 2 for 27 yards; Cliff McClain, 1 for 11 yards; George Nock, 1 for 6 yards PIT: Ron Shanklin, 1 for 49 yards; Jon Staggers, 1 for 24 yards; Dick Hoak, 1 for 18 yards; Bob Adams, 1 for 17 yards; Frenchy Fuqua, 1 for 6 yards and 1 TD; Warren Bankston, 1 for 5 yards; Dave Smith, 1 for 4 yards
Kick returns:
NYJ: Mike Battle, 3 for 87 yards; Eddie Bell, 1 for 15 yards PIT: Jon Staggers, 2 for 38 yards; Preston Pearson, 1 for 21 yards; Lee Calland, 1 for 0 yards
Punt returns:
NYJ: Mike Battle, 3 for 15 yards; Eddie Bell, 1 for 1 yard PIT: Hubie Bryant, 4 for 12 yards; Jon Staggers, 2 for -2 yards
Interceptions:
PIT: Lee Calland, 2 for 12 yards
Punting:
NYJ: Steve O'Neal, 9 for 401 yards PIT: Bobby Walden, 8 for 341 yards
Field Goals:
NYJ: Jim Turner, 1/1 PIT: Gene Mingo, 0/1


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