Schedule

Week 1 (Sunday September 19, 1971): Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 55,049
• Referee: Bernie Ulman
  Bernie Ulman
  Bernard "Bernie" Ulman was an American football and lacrosse official.-Personal:Ulman played as a lacrosse midfielder at the University of Maryland from 1938 to 1943 and also played football for the school...
  
  
• TV announcers:

• Pittsburgh – Pearson
  Preston Pearson
  Preston James Pearson is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League who played for the Baltimore Colts , the Pittsburgh Steelers , and the Dallas Cowboys . Before his NFL career, he played for the University of Illinois, where he excelled at basketball...
  
   fumble recovery in end zone (kick failed)6–0
• Chicago – FG Percival 33 6–3
• Pittsburgh – FG Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   32 9–3
• Pittsburgh – FG Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   29 12–3
• Pittsburgh – FG Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   42 15–3
• Chicago – Brupbacher
  Ross Brupbacher
  Ross Alan Brupbacher is a former professional American football linebacker who played in the National Football League.-Career:...
  
   30 fumble return (Percival kick)15–10
• Chicago – Farmer 8 pass from Nix (Percival kick)17–15

Week 2 (Sunday September 26, 1971): Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...

 

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 48,448
• Referee: Norm Schachter
  Norm Schachter
  Dr. Norm Schachter in Brooklyn, New York was an American football official in the National Football League for 22 years from 1954 to 1975. Over his career in the NFL, he worked three Super Bowls , 11 conference championship games, and was the referee for the first Monday Night Football game in...
  
  
• TV announcers:

• Cincinnati – FG Muhlmann 33 3–0
• Pittsburgh – Smity 16 pass from Bradshaw
  Terry Bradshaw
  Terry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League . He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday...
  
   (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)7–3
• Cincinnati – Parrish 14 fumble return (Muhlmann kick)10–7
• Pittsburgh – Staggers
  Jon Staggers
  Jonathan Leroy Staggers, Jr. is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League. Star football player for Helias High School in Jefferson City, Missouri. He played six seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Green Bay Packers, and the Detroit Lions....
  
   67 punt return (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)14–10
• Pittsburgh – Pearson
  Preston Pearson
  Preston James Pearson is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League who played for the Baltimore Colts , the Pittsburgh Steelers , and the Dallas Cowboys . Before his NFL career, he played for the University of Illinois, where he excelled at basketball...
  
   13 pass from Bradshaw
  Terry Bradshaw
  Terry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League . He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday...
  
   (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)21–10

Week 3 (Sunday October 3, 1971): San Diego Chargers

San Diego Chargers

The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 44,339
• Referee: Jim Tunney
  Jim Tunney (American football official)
  Dr. Jim Tunney was an American football official in the National Football League from 1960 to 1991. In his 31 years as an NFL official, Jim Tunney received a record 29 post-season assignments, including ten Championship games and Super Bowls VI, XI, and XII and named as an alternate in Super Bowl...
  
  
• TV announcers:

• San Diego – FG Partee 21 3–0
• Pittsburgh – Fuqua 5 run (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)7–3
• San Diego – Parks 16 pass from Hadl (Partee kick)10–7
• Pittsburgh – Fuqua 1 run (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)14–10
• San Diego – Garrett 4 run (Partee kick)17–14
• Pittsburgh – Bradshaw
  Terry Bradshaw
  Terry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League . He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday...
  
   5 run (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)21–17

Week 4 (Sunday October 10, 1971): Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 83,391
• Referee: Jack Vest
  Jack Vest
  Jack Vest was an American athlete. He was a 12 letter man for East Tennessee State, winning honors in football, basketball and baseball between the years 1946-50. He is also to be found numerous times in the Buccaneer record book. He was an outstanding quarterback in football and averaged between...
  
  
• TV announcers:

• Cleveland – FG Cockroft 25 3–0
• Cleveland – Morin 19 pass from Nelsen (Cockroft kick)10–0
• Cleveland – Scott 18 run (Cockroft kick)17–0
• Pittsburgh – D. Smith
  Dave Smith (wide receiver)
  David Lewis Smith is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the eighth round of the 1970 NFL Draft. He played college football at Indiana and Waynesburg.Smith also played for the Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs....
  
   22 pass from Bradshaw
  Terry Bradshaw
  Terry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League . He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday...
  
   (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)17–7
• Cleveland – FG Cockroft 20 20–7
• Pittsburgh – FG Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   33 20–10
• Pittsburgh – Shanklin 11 pass from Bradshaw
  Terry Bradshaw
  Terry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League . He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday...
  
   (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)20–17
• Cleveland – Kelly 7 run (Cockroft kick)27–17

Week 5 (Monday October 18, 1971): Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

 

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 49,533
• Referee: Pat Haggerty
  Pat Haggerty (American football official)
  Patrick "Pat" Haggerty was an American football official in the National Football League from 1965 to 1992. In his 28 seasons in the NFL, he was selected as the referee in three Super Bowls, XIII in 1979, XVI in 1982, and XIX in 1985...
  
  
• TV announcers:ABC
  American Broadcasting Company
  The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
  
   Howard Cosell
  Howard Cosell
  Howard William Cosell was an American sports journalist who was widely known for his blustery, cocksure personality. Cosell said of himself, "Arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a showoff. I have been called all of these...
  
  , Frank Gifford
  Frank Gifford
  Francis Newton "Frank" Gifford is a Hall of Fame former American football player and American sportscaster.-Early life:Gifford was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Lola Mae and Weldon Gifford, an oil driller....
  
  , Don Meredith
  Don Meredith
  Joseph Don "Dandy Don" Meredith was an American football quarterback, sports commentator and actor. He spent all nine seasons of his professional playing career with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League . He was named to the Pro Bowl in each of his last three years as a player...
  
  

• Pittsburgh – FG Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   32 3–0
• Pittsburgh – FG Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   40 6–0
• Pittsburgh – FG Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   35 9–0
• Kansas City – Taylor 5 pass from Dawson (Stenerud
  Jan Stenerud
  Jan Stenerud is a former professional football player for the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs , and the NFL's Chiefs , Green Bay Packers , and Minnesota Vikings .-Background:...
  
   kick)9–7
• Kansas City – Taylor 27 pass from Dawson (Stenerud
  Jan Stenerud
  Jan Stenerud is a former professional football player for the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs , and the NFL's Chiefs , Green Bay Packers , and Minnesota Vikings .-Background:...
  
   kick)14–9
• Kansas City – Wright 5 pass from Dawson (Stenerud
  Jan Stenerud
  Jan Stenerud is a former professional football player for the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs , and the NFL's Chiefs , Green Bay Packers , and Minnesota Vikings .-Background:...
  
   kick) 21–9
• Kansas City – Podolak 1 run (Stenerud
  Jan Stenerud
  Jan Stenerud is a former professional football player for the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs , and the NFL's Chiefs , Green Bay Packers , and Minnesota Vikings .-Background:...
  
   kick)28–9
• Kansas City – FG Stenerud
  Jan Stenerud
  Jan Stenerud is a former professional football player for the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs , and the NFL's Chiefs , Green Bay Packers , and Minnesota Vikings .-Background:...
  
   11 31–9
• Pittsburgh – Fuqua 1 run (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)31–16
• Kansas City – Thomas 32 interception return (Stenerud
  Jan Stenerud
  Jan Stenerud is a former professional football player for the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs , and the NFL's Chiefs , Green Bay Packers , and Minnesota Vikings .-Background:...
  
   kick)38–16

Week 6 (Sunday October 24, 1971): Houston Oilers 

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 45,872
• Referee: Ben Dreith
  Ben Dreith
  Ben Dreith is a former American professional football on-field official who worked from 1960 to 1969 in the American Football League and from 1970 to 1990 in the NFL. Prior to his teaching and officiating career, he was a three-sport athlete at the University of Northern Colorado.Dreith developed...
  
  
• TV announcers:

• Houston – Dawkins 1 run (Moseley
  Mark Moseley
  Mark DeWayne Moseley is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League who played for the Philadelphia Eagles , the Houston Oilers , the Washington Redskins , and the Cleveland Browns . He won the Most Valuable Player Award during the strike-shortened 1982 season...
  
   kick)7–0
• Pittsburgh – FG Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   28 3–7
• Houston – FG Moseley
  Mark Moseley
  Mark DeWayne Moseley is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League who played for the Philadelphia Eagles , the Houston Oilers , the Washington Redskins , and the Cleveland Browns . He won the Most Valuable Player Award during the strike-shortened 1982 season...
  
   24 3–10* Pittsburgh – FG Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   22 6–10 Houston – Dawkins 1 run (kick failed) 6–16
• Pittsburgh – FG Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   9–16
• Pittsburgh – Bradshaw
  Terry Bradshaw
  Terry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League . He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday...
  
   1 run (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)16–16
• Pittsburgh – Fuqua 30 run (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)23–16

Week 7 (Sunday October 31, 1971): Baltimore Colts

Indianapolis Colts

The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....

 

• Game time:
• Game weather: 60,238
• Game attendance:
• Referee: Jack Reader
  Jack Reader
  John Kenneth "Jack" Reader is a former American football official. After graduation from the College of the Holy Cross in 1950, football star Jack Reader became an on-field official...
  
  
• TV announcers:

• Baltimore – Bulaich 1 run (O'Brien kick)7–0
• Baltimore – FG O'Brien 20 10–0
• Baltimore – FG O'Brien 9 13–0
• Pittsburgh – Bradshaw
  Terry Bradshaw
  Terry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League . He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday...
  
   3 run (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)13–7
• Baltimore – Richardson 19 pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick)20–7
• Baltimore – Richardson 49 pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick)27–7
• Baltimore – Perkins 60 pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick)34–7
• Pittsburgh – Shanklin 31 pass from Bradshaw
  Terry Bradshaw
  Terry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League . He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday...
  
   (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)34–14
• Pittsburgh – Bradshaw
  Terry Bradshaw
  Terry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League . He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday...
  
   1 run (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)34–21

Week 8 (Sunday November 7, 1971): Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 50,202
• Referee: Fred Wyant
  Fred Wyant
  Frederick Mount "Fred" Wyant, Jr. is a former American football quarterback who went on to serve as an American football official in the National Football League for 27 years with 19 of those years as a referee...
  
  
• TV announcers:

• Pittsburgh – FG Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   45 3–0
• Pittsburgh – Bradshaw
  Terry Bradshaw
  Terry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League . He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday...
  
   1 run (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)10–0
• Pittsburgh – FG Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   23 13–0
• Pittsburgh – FG Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   17 16–0
• Cleveland – Safety, Houston tackled Walden
  Bobby Walden
  Robert Earl Walden was a punter with a 14 year career in the National Football League from 1964 to 1977. He was a part of the Pittsburgh Steelers' Super Bowl IX and Super Bowl X winning teams....
  
   in end zone 16–2
• Cleveland – Scott 1 run (Cockroft kick)16–9
• Pittsburgh – FG Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   13 19–9
• Pittsburgh – Smith
  Dave Smith (wide receiver)
  David Lewis Smith is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the eighth round of the 1970 NFL Draft. He played college football at Indiana and Waynesburg.Smith also played for the Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs....
  
   40 pass from Hanratty
  Terry Hanratty
  Terrence Hugh "Terry" Hanratty was a former professional American football quarterback in the NFL during the 1960s and 1970s, he earned two Super Bowl rings as the backup quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, his hometown team....
  
   (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)26–9

Week 9 (Sunday November 14, 1971): Miami Dolphins

Miami Dolphins

The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 66,435
• Referee: Bob Frederic
• TV announcers:

• Miami – FG Yepremain
  Garo Yepremian
  Garabed Sarkis "Garo" Yepremian is an Armenian-American former football placekicker in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers during a career that spanned from 1966 to 1981. -Career:Yepremian was born in Larnaca, Cyprus to...
  
   43 3–0
• Pittsburgh – Smith
  Dave Smith (wide receiver)
  David Lewis Smith is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the eighth round of the 1970 NFL Draft. He played college football at Indiana and Waynesburg.Smith also played for the Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs....
  
   30 pass from Bradshaw
  Terry Bradshaw
  Terry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League . He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday...
  
   (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)7–3
• Pittsburgh – Shanklin 28 pass from Bradshaw
  Terry Bradshaw
  Terry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League . He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday...
  
   (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)14–3
• Pittsburgh – Smith
  Dave Smith (wide receiver)
  David Lewis Smith is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the eighth round of the 1970 NFL Draft. He played college football at Indiana and Waynesburg.Smith also played for the Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs....
  
   16 pass from Bradshaw
  Terry Bradshaw
  Terry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League . He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday...
  
   (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)21–3
• Miami – Warfield 12 pass from Griese
  Bob Griese
  Robert Allen "Bob" Griese is a former American collegiate and Professional Football quarterback who earned All-American honors with the Purdue Boilermakers before being drafted in 1967 by the American Football League's Miami Dolphins...
  
   (Yepremain
  Garo Yepremian
  Garabed Sarkis "Garo" Yepremian is an Armenian-American former football placekicker in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers during a career that spanned from 1966 to 1981. -Career:Yepremian was born in Larnaca, Cyprus to...
  
   kick)21–10
• Miami – Warfield 86 pass from Griese
  Bob Griese
  Robert Allen "Bob" Griese is a former American collegiate and Professional Football quarterback who earned All-American honors with the Purdue Boilermakers before being drafted in 1967 by the American Football League's Miami Dolphins...
  
   (Yepremain
  Garo Yepremian
  Garabed Sarkis "Garo" Yepremian is an Armenian-American former football placekicker in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers during a career that spanned from 1966 to 1981. -Career:Yepremian was born in Larnaca, Cyprus to...
  
   kick)21–17
• Miami – Warfield 60 pass from Griese
  Bob Griese
  Robert Allen "Bob" Griese is a former American collegiate and Professional Football quarterback who earned All-American honors with the Purdue Boilermakers before being drafted in 1967 by the American Football League's Miami Dolphins...
  
   (Yepremain
  Garo Yepremian
  Garabed Sarkis "Garo" Yepremian is an Armenian-American former football placekicker in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers during a career that spanned from 1966 to 1981. -Career:Yepremian was born in Larnaca, Cyprus to...
  
   kick)24–21

Week 10 (Sunday November 21, 1971): New York Giants

New York Giants

The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 50,008
• Referee: Fred Silva
  Fred Silva
  Fred Silva was an American football official in the National Football League for 21 seasons from 1968 to 1988. Silva was widely known for his coolness under fire on the football field and clapping his hand together when signaling a first down...
  
  
• TV announcers:

• New York Giants – Houston 26 pass from Tarkenton
  Fran Tarkenton
  Francis Asbury "Fran" Tarkenton is a former professional football player, TV personality, and computer software executive....
  
   (Gogolak kick)7–0
• Pittsburgh – FG Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
    25 7–3
• New York Giants – FG Gogolak 25 10–3
• Pittsburgh – Rowser
  John Rowser
  John Felix Rowser was an football player. He played as a defensive back for ten seasons in the NFL. He was a part of the Green Bay Packers Super Bowl II winning team....
  
   70 interception return (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)10–10
• New York Giants – FG Gogolak 29 13–10
• Pittsburgh – Shanklin 4 pass from Bradshaw
  Terry Bradshaw
  Terry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League . He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday...
  
   (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)17–13

Week 11 (Sunday November 28, 1971): Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos

The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 39,710
• Referee: Tommy Bell
  Tommy Bell (American football official)
  Tommy Bell was an American football official in the National Football League . He officiated Super Bowl III in 1969 and Super Bowl VII in 1973. He is also the only official in history to referee in both a Super Bowl and NCAA Final Four...
  
  
• TV announcers:

• Denver – Little 3 run (J. Turner kick)7–0
• Denver – FG J. Turner 32 10–0
• Pittsburgh – Pearson
  Preston Pearson
  Preston James Pearson is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League who played for the Baltimore Colts , the Pittsburgh Steelers , and the Dallas Cowboys . Before his NFL career, he played for the University of Illinois, where he excelled at basketball...
  
   8 pass from Hanratty
  Terry Hanratty
  Terrence Hugh "Terry" Hanratty was a former professional American football quarterback in the NFL during the 1960s and 1970s, he earned two Super Bowl rings as the backup quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, his hometown team....
  
   (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick) 10–7
• Pittsburgh – FG Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   19 10–10
• Denver – Little 16 run (Turner kick) 17–10
• Denver – Safety, Lynch tackled Walden
  Bobby Walden
  Robert Earl Walden was a punter with a 14 year career in the National Football League from 1964 to 1977. He was a part of the Pittsburgh Steelers' Super Bowl IX and Super Bowl X winning teams....
  
   in end zone 19–10
• Denver – FG J. Turner 12 22–10

Week 12 (Sunday December 5, 1971): Houston Oilers 

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 37,778
• Referee: Fred Swearingen
  Fred Swearingen
  Fred Swearingen, of Athens, Ohio, was a former official in the National Football League, serving as both a referee and field judge from 1960 through 1980. He wore number 21 for the major part of his career...
  
  
• TV announcers:

• Houston – Reed 27 pass from Pastorini (Moseley
  Mark Moseley
  Mark DeWayne Moseley is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League who played for the Philadelphia Eagles , the Houston Oilers , the Washington Redskins , and the Cleveland Browns . He won the Most Valuable Player Award during the strike-shortened 1982 season...
  
   kick)7–0
• Houston – FG Moseley
  Mark Moseley
  Mark DeWayne Moseley is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League who played for the Philadelphia Eagles , the Houston Oilers , the Washington Redskins , and the Cleveland Browns . He won the Most Valuable Player Award during the strike-shortened 1982 season...
  
   25 10–0
• Houston – Campbell 8 run (kick blocked) 16–0
• Houston – FG Moseley
  Mark Moseley
  Mark DeWayne Moseley is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League who played for the Philadelphia Eagles , the Houston Oilers , the Washington Redskins , and the Cleveland Browns . He won the Most Valuable Player Award during the strike-shortened 1982 season...
  
   37 19–0
• Houston – FG Moseley
  Mark Moseley
  Mark DeWayne Moseley is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League who played for the Philadelphia Eagles , the Houston Oilers , the Washington Redskins , and the Cleveland Browns . He won the Most Valuable Player Award during the strike-shortened 1982 season...
  
   25 22–0
• Pittsburgh – FG Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   15 22–3
• Houston – Holmes 4 run (Moselely kick)29–3

Week 13 (Sunday December 12, 1971): Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...

 

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 60,022
• Referee: Jack Vest
  Jack Vest
  Jack Vest was an American athlete. He was a 12 letter man for East Tennessee State, winning honors in football, basketball and baseball between the years 1946-50. He is also to be found numerous times in the Buccaneer record book. He was an outstanding quarterback in football and averaged between...
  
  
• TV announcers:

• Pittsburgh – Hanratty
  Terry Hanratty
  Terrence Hugh "Terry" Hanratty was a former professional American football quarterback in the NFL during the 1960s and 1970s, he earned two Super Bowl rings as the backup quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, his hometown team....
  
   3 run (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)7–0
• Cincinnati – Coslet 43 pass from Carter (Muhlmann kick)7–7
• Cincinnati – FG Muhlmann 22 10–7
• Cincinnati – FG Muhlmann 18 13–7
• Pittsburgh – Fuqua 40 pass from Bradshaw
  Terry Bradshaw
  Terry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League . He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday...
  
   (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)14–13
• Pittsburgh – Shanklin 5 pass from Bradshaw
  Terry Bradshaw
  Terry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League . He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday...
  
   (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)21–13

Week 14 (Sunday December 19, 1971): Los Angeles Rams 

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 45,233
• Referee: Pat Haggerty
  Pat Haggerty (American football official)
  Patrick "Pat" Haggerty was an American football official in the National Football League from 1965 to 1992. In his 28 seasons in the NFL, he was selected as the referee in three Super Bowls, XIII in 1979, XVI in 1982, and XIX in 1985...
  
  
• TV announcers:

• Los Angeles – FG Ray 15 3–0
• Los Angeles – FG Ray 15 6–0
• Los Angeles – Snow 20 pass from Gabriel
  Roman Gabriel
  Roman Ildonzo Gabriel, Jr. is a former American football player. The son of a Filipino immigrant, he was the first Asian-American to start as an NFL quarterback and is considered by many to have been one of the best players at that position during the late 1960s and early 70s.Gabriel attended and...
  
   (Ray kick)13–0
• Pittsburgh – L. Brown 3 pass from Bradshaw
  Terry Bradshaw
  Terry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League . He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday...
  
   (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)13–7
• Los Angeles – FG Ray 15 16–7
• Pittsburgh – Shanklin 2 pass from Bradshaw
  Terry Bradshaw
  Terry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League . He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday...
  
   (Gerela
  Roy Gerela
  Roy Gerela is a former American football placekicker best known for his years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he won three Super Bowl rings....
  
   kick)16–14
• Los Angeles – L. Smith 1 run (Ray kick)23–14

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