| San Diego Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 3, 1971 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 44339 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 72 F Humidty: 76% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dennis Partee 21 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | John Fuqua 5 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Billy Parks 16 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | John Fuqua 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Mike Garrett 4 run (Dennis Partee kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Terry Bradshaw 5 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 17 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | WR | Gary Garrison |
| 32 | WR | Billy Parks |
| 76 | LOT | Terry Owens |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 88 | TE | Pettis Norman |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 20 | RB | Mike Garrett |
| 47 | RB | Jeff Queen |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | John Tanner |
| 77 | LDT | Ron East |
| 79 | RDT | Andy Rice |
| 82 | RDE | Steve DeLong |
| 52 | LLB | Ray White |
| 60 | MLB | Bob Babich |
| 59 | RLB | Pete Barnes |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 43 | LS | Jim Tolbert |
| 39 | RS | Jim Hill |
| 40 | RCB | Joe Beauchamp |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Ron Shanklin |
| 88 | WR | Dave Smith |
| 55 | LOT | Jon Kolb |
| 57 | LOG | Sam Davis |
| 56 | C | Ray Mansfield |
| 72 | ROG | Gerry Mullins |
| 74 | ROT | John Brown |
| 85 | TE | Bob Adams |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 33 | RB | John Fuqua |
| 26 | RB | Preston Pearson |
| Offense | ||
| 68 | LDE | L.C. Greenwood |
| 25 | LDT | Joe Greene |
| 65 | RDT | Lloyd Voss |
| 78 | RDE | Dwight White |
| 59 | LLB | Jack Ham |
| 58 | MLB | Chuck Allen |
| 34 | RLB | Andy Russell |
| 47 | LCB | Mel Blount |
| 23 | LS | Mike Wagner |
| 27 | RS | Glen Edwards |
| 44 | RCB | Lee Calland |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Mike Garrett | 12 | 72 | 6.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Leon Burns | 15 | 65 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Jeff Queen | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy Parks | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John Hadl | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Montgomery | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Fuqua | 15 | 60 | 4.0 | 14 | 2 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 12 | 1 |
| Preston Pearson | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Warren Bankston | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 36 | 25 | 69.4 | 2 | 283 | 7.9 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 78.8 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 0 | 175 | 7.3 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 84.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Billy Parks | 8 | 111 | 13.9 | 22 | 1 |
| Pettis Norman | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Mike Garrett | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Gary Garrison | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Mike Montgomery | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Chuck Dicus | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Walker Gillette | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Art Strozier | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Fuqua | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Ron Shanklin | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Warren Bankston | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Adams | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jack Ham | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lee Calland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 6 | 270 | 45.0 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Chris Fletcher | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Garrett | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Jon Staggers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Wagner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Chris Fletcher | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Glen Edwards | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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