Sunday October 28, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/28/1973:



Despite injuries to QB Terry Bradshaw and RB John Fuqua, Pittsburgh evened the season score with Cincinnati by beating the Bengals 20-13. Bradshaw suffered a shoulder separation in the second quarter and was replaced by Terry Hanratty whose 51-yard pass to Ron Shanklin put the Steelers ahead to stay. Fuqua suffered a shoulder injury. Steelers' safety Mike Wagner stole three passes and moved into first place among AFC interception leaders.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE169.5  (6)160.5  (7)330.0  (7)9
DEFENSE135.8  (9)121.0  (10)256.8  (9)13
OFFENSE166.8  (8)133.7  (16)300.5  (10)16
DEFENSE111.0  (4)122.8  (11)233.8  (5)20

Line: Steelers by 7

Team1234F
Cincinnati Bengals (4-3-0)060713
Pittsburgh Steelers (6-1-0)3710020

( 0- 3) PIT Roy Gerela 15 yard field goal ( 3- 3) CIN Horst Muhlmann 17 yard field goal ( 6- 3) CIN Horst Muhlmann 41 yard field goal ( 6-10) PIT Ron Shanklin 51 yard pass from Terry Hanratty (Roy Gerela kick) ( 6-13) PIT Roy Gerela 18 yard field goal ( 6-20) PIT Frenchy Fuqua 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) (13-20) CIN Essex Johnson 16 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick)
                     CIN             PIT
First Downs:         17              10
Rushes-yards:        32-101          35-86
Yards/rush:          3.2             2.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     20-38-230-3     7-14-164-2
Sacked-yards:        3-13            2-8
Net pass yards:      217             156
Net yards/pass:      5.3             9.8
Total net yards:     318             242
Total plays:         73 (43% run)    51 (68% run)  
Yards/play:          4.4             4.7
Fumbles-lost:        5-2             2-2
Turnovers:           5               4
Penalties-yards:     1-7             4-30

Attendance: 45,761

Passing:
CIN: Ken Anderson, 20 of 38 for 230 yards and 1 TD (3 int) PIT: Terry Hanratty, 4 of 7 for 127 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Terry Bradshaw, 3 of 7 for 37 yards (1 int)
Rushing:
CIN: Boobie Clark, 15 for 60 yards; Essex Johnson, 13 for 51 yards; Ken Anderson, 2 for 0 yards; Isaac Curtis, 1 for 1 yard; Dave Lewis, 1 for -11 yards PIT: Franco Harris, 21 for 43 yards; Frenchy Fuqua, 10 for 30 yards and 1 TD; Preston Pearson, 3 for 9 yards; Terry Bradshaw, 1 for 4 yards
Receiving:
CIN: Boobie Clark, 10 for 68 yards; Essex Johnson, 3 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Bob Trumpy, 2 for 68 yards; Tim George, 2 for 28 yards; Bruce Coslet, 2 for 25 yards; Isaac Curtis, 1 for 2 yards PIT: Ron Shanklin, 3 for 104 yards and 1 TD; Barry Pearson, 1 for 23 yards; Frenchy Fuqua, 1 for 22 yards; John McMakin, 1 for 10 yards; Franco Harris, 1 for 5 yards
Kick returns:
CIN: Joe Wilson, 3 for 72 yards PIT: Steve Davis, 2 for 74 yards; Craig Hanneman, 1 for 20 yards
Punt returns:
CIN: Tommy Casanova, 2 for 10 yards; Lemar Parrish, 1 for -7 yards PIT: Glen Edwards, 4 for 25 yards
Interceptions:
CIN: Tommy Casanova, 2 for 5 yards PIT: Mike Wagner, 3 for 56 yards
Punting:
CIN: Dave Lewis, 4 for 181 yards PIT: Bobby Walden, 5 for 197 yards
Field Goals:
CIN: Horst Muhlmann, 2/2 PIT: Roy Gerela, 2/3


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