Sunday October 19, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/19/1975:



The Steelers recovered from a slow start and ran over the Bears for their ninth straight victory against NFC competition. Terry Bradshaw led three methodical touchdown drives in the second half and also scored himself while the Steelers limited Gary Huff to 46 Yards passing. Bradshaw connected on 11 of 22 passes for the Steelers and has been intercepted only once in 92 attempts in the first five games. Mike Adamle of the Bears topped the rushers with 17 carries for 110 yards.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE82.0  (26)129.2  (19)211.2  (25)11
DEFENSE140.8  (15)185.8  (23)326.5  (18)5
OFFENSE149.5  (10)256.5  (1)406.0  (2)9
DEFENSE161.0  (18)108.5  (2)269.5  (12)11

Line: Steelers by 20

Team1234F
Chicago Bears (1-4-0)03003
Pittsburgh Steelers (4-1-0)010101434

( 3- 0) CHI Bob Thomas 32 yard field goal ( 3- 3) PIT Roy Gerela 37 yard field goal ( 3-10) PIT Reggie Harrison 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) ( 3-13) PIT Roy Gerela 18 yard field goal ( 3-20) PIT Franco Harris 3 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) ( 3-27) PIT Rocky Bleier 3 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) ( 3-34) PIT Terry Bradshaw 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)
                     CHI             PIT
First Downs:         16              25
Rushes-yards:        30-196          47-157
Yards/rush:          6.5             3.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     8-22-46-0       12-23-166-0
Sacked-yards:        0-0             2-20
Net pass yards:      46              146
Net yards/pass:      2.1             5.8
Total net yards:     242             303
Total plays:         52 (57% run)    72 (65% run)  
Yards/play:          4.7             4.2
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             0-0
Turnovers:           1               0
Penalties-yards:     7-109           4-38

Attendance: 47,579

Passing:
CHI: Gary Huff, 8 of 22 for 46 yards PIT: Terry Bradshaw, 11 of 22 for 146 yards; Bobby Walden, 1 of 1 for 20 yards
Rushing:
CHI: Mike Adamle, 17 for 110 yards; Roland Harper, 13 for 86 yards PIT: Franco Harris, 17 for 41 yards and 1 TD; Rocky Bleier, 11 for 44 yards and 1 TD; Frenchy Fuqua, 7 for 38 yards; Reggie Harrison, 5 for 11 yards and 1 TD; Mike Collier, 4 for 12 yards; Terry Bradshaw, 3 for 11 yards and 1 TD
Receiving:
CHI: Roland Harper, 4 for 10 yards; Bo Rather, 2 for 27 yards; Bob Grim, 1 for 15 yards; Mike Adamle, 1 for -6 yards PIT: Lynn Swann, 4 for 62 yards; Reggie Garrett, 3 for 32 yards; Frank Lewis, 1 for 21 yards; Donnie Shell, 1 for 20 yards; Randy Grossman, 1 for 17 yards; Frenchy Fuqua, 1 for 11 yards; Franco Harris, 1 for 3 yards
Kick returns:
CHI: Virgil Livers, 3 for 51 yards; Steve Schubert, 2 for 42 yards; Bill Knox, 2 for 16 yards PIT: Mike Collier, 2 for 52 yards
Punt returns:
CHI: Virgil Livers, 1 for 11 yards PIT: Lynn Swann, 2 for 4 yards; Glen Edwards, 1 for 13 yards; Dave Brown, 1 for 11 yards
Interceptions:

Punting:
CHI: Bob Parsons, 7 for 260 yards PIT: Bobby Walden, 3 for 129 yards
Field Goals:
CHI: Bob Thomas, 1/2 PIT: Roy Gerela, 2/2


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