1973 Pittsburgh Steelers season
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Week 1: Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 48,913
  • 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:

Game summary

'Scoring Drives:
  • 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....

     11 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
  • Detroit – Jessie
    Ron Jessie
    Ron Ray Jessie was a professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League from 1971 through 1981. His best season came in 1976 with the Los Angeles Rams, when he was named to the Pro Bowl. Jessie died after suffering a heart attack in his Huntington Beach home.-External...

     84 pass from Landry
    Greg Landry
    Gregory Paul Landry is a former American football player and coach who played quarterback in the National Football League from 1968 to 1981 and again in 1984...

     (Mann
    Errol Mann
    Errol Denis Mann is a former American football placekicker who played in the National Football League from 1968-1978. He was a member of the Oakland Raiders' Super Bowl XI winning team...

     kick)10–7
  • Detroit – FG Mann
    Errol Mann
    Errol Denis Mann is a former American football placekicker who played in the National Football League from 1968-1978. He was a member of the Oakland Raiders' Super Bowl XI winning team...

     40 10–10
  • Pittsburgh – McMakin
    John McMakin
    For the 1902 Brooklyn Superbas baseball pitcher, see John McMakin John Garvin McMakin is a former professional American football player who played in 5 NFL seasons from 1972-1976 for the Pittsburgh Steelers, was a member of the Steelers first World Championship, Super Bowl IX, Detroit Lions and...

     24 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)17–10
  • Pittsburgh – Shanklin 6 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)24–10

Week 2 (Sunday September 23, 1973): 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...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 49,396
  • 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:

Game summary

'Scoring Drives:
  • 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....

     12 3–0
  • Cleveland – FG Cockroft
    Don Cockroft
    Donald Lee Cockroft is a former American football punter and placekicker who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns...

     43 3–3
  • Pittsburgh – Fuqua 4 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)10–3
  • 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....

     40 13–3
  • 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....

     26 16–3
  • 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....

     44 19–3
  • Pittsburgh – Lewis 8 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)26–3
  • Cleveland – FG Cockroft 28 26–6
  • Pittsburgh – Lewis 53 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)33–6

Week 3 (Sunday September 30, 1973): Houston Oilers 

at the Houston Astrodome, Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...


  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 39,331
  • 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:

Game summary

'Scoring Drives:
  • 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....

     20 3–0
  • Houston – Alston
    Mack Alston
    Mack C. Alston, Jr. is a former professional American football player. A 6'2", . tight end from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Alston played 11 seasons from 1970-1980 in the National Football League....

     7 pass from Pastorini
    Dan Pastorini
    Dante "Dan" Anthony Pastorini is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Rams, and the Philadelphia Eagles.-NFL career:...

     (Butler
    Skip Butler
    William Foster "Skip" Butler is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League. He played seven seasons for the New Orleans Saints, the New York Giants, and the Houston Oilers....

     kick)7–3
  • 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....

     47 7–6
  • 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 (kick failed)12–7
  • Pittsburgh – Russell 45 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)19–7
  • Pittsburgh – Shanklin 26 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)26–7
  • 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....

     26 29–7
  • Pittsburgh – Edwards 86 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)36–7

Week 4 (Sunday October 7, 1973): 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...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 48,795
  • 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:

Game summary

Johnny Unitas playing for San Diego is knocked out of the game after completing only 3 of 15 passes for 24 yards and 3 interceptions.

'Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – Shanklin 12 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)7–0
  • 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)14–0
  • 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....

     38 17–0
  • Pittsburgh – Steve Davis
    Steve Davis (American football)
    Steve Davis is a retired professional American football running back. He played for five seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Jets....

     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) 24–0
  • Pittsburgh – Wagner
    Mike Wagner
    Michael Robert Wagner is a former American football player with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He won four Super Bowls as a safety on the famed Steel Curtain defense.-Playing career:...

     recovered blocked punt in end zone (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)31–0
  • Pittsburgh – Shanklin 37 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)38–0
  • San Diego – LeVias
    Jerry LeVias
    Jerry LeVias was the first African-American scholarship athlete and second African-American football player in the Southwest Conference.-Early years:Born in Beaumont, Texas, LeVias played quarterback for Hebert High School...

     13 pass from Fouts
    Dan Fouts
    Daniel Francis Fouts is a retired Hall of Fame American football quarterback in the National Football League. Fouts played his entire professional career with the San Diego Chargers from 1973 through 1987...

     (Wersching
    Ray Wersching
    Raimund "Ray" Wersching is an Austrian former placekicker in the National Football League . He played in the NFL for a span of 15 years, stretching from 1973 through 1987.-NFL career:...

     kick)38–7
  • San Diego – Jones 3 run (Wersching
    Ray Wersching
    Raimund "Ray" Wersching is an Austrian former placekicker in the National Football League . He played in the NFL for a span of 15 years, stretching from 1973 through 1987.-NFL career:...

     kick)38–14
  • San Diego – Holmes 1 run (Wersching
    Ray Wersching
    Raimund "Ray" Wersching is an Austrian former placekicker in the National Football League . He played in the NFL for a span of 15 years, stretching from 1973 through 1987.-NFL career:...

     kick)38–21

Week 5 (Sunday October 14, 1973): 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...

 

at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...


  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 55,819
  • Referee: Dick Jorgensen
    Dick Jorgensen
    Dick Jorgensen was an American football official in the National Football League for 23 years until the conclusion of the 1989 NFL season. Jorgensen's career was highlighted by being selected to referee Super Bowl XXIV in 1990 and was an alternate official in Super Bowl VIII and Super Bowl XV...

  • TV announcers:

Game summary

'Scoring Drives:
  • Cincinnati – FG Muhlmann
    Horst Muhlmann
    Horst Herbert Erich Muhlmann was a former professional American football player. He was a placekicker in the American Football League and the National Football League for nine seasons...

     20 3–0
  • Cincinnati – FG Muhlmann
    Horst Muhlmann
    Horst Herbert Erich Muhlmann was a former professional American football player. He was a placekicker in the American Football League and the National Football League for nine seasons...

     19 6–0
  • Cincinnati – FG Muhlmann
    Horst Muhlmann
    Horst Herbert Erich Muhlmann was a former professional American football player. He was a placekicker in the American Football League and the National Football League for nine seasons...

     20 9–0
  • Cincinnati – Clark
    Boobie Clark
    Charles Lee "Boobie" Clark was a professional American football running back who played in the National Football League for eight seasons and was named the UPI AFL-AFC Rookie of the Year for 1973.-Early years:...

     3 run (Muhlmann
    Horst Muhlmann
    Horst Herbert Erich Muhlmann was a former professional American football player. He was a placekicker in the American Football League and the National Football League for nine seasons...

     kick)16–0
  • Cincinnati – FG Muhlmann
    Horst Muhlmann
    Horst Herbert Erich Muhlmann was a former professional American football player. He was a placekicker in the American Football League and the National Football League for nine seasons...

     41 19–0
  • Pittsburgh – P. 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...

     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)19–7

Week 6 (Sunday October 21, 1973): New York Jets
New York Jets
The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 48,682
  • Referee: John McDonough
  • TV announcers:

Game summary

Scoring Drives:
  • New York Jets – Riggins
    John Riggins
    Robert John Riggins, nicknamed "The Diesel", is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the New York Jets and Washington Redskins. Riggins was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992....

     1 run (Howfield
    Bobby Howfield
    Robert Michael Howfield , commonly known as Bobby Howfield, is an English former professional sportsman who played both association football and American football.-Early and personal life:...

     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....

     27 7–3
  • 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 7–6
  • New York Jets – Caster
    Rich Caster
    Richard C. Caster is a former American football wide receiver and tight end who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League, mainly for the New York Jets. He was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 1972, 1974 and 1975 seasons. He played college football at Jackson State University....

     28 pass from Demory (Howfield
    Bobby Howfield
    Robert Michael Howfield , commonly known as Bobby Howfield, is an English former professional sportsman who played both association football and American football.-Early and personal life:...

     kick) 14–6
  • 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....

     36 14–9
  • 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 14–12
  • Pittsburgh – Shanklin 16 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)19–14
  • Pittsburgh – Harris
    Franco Harris
    Franco Harris is a former American football player. He played his NFL career with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks.In the 1972 NFL Draft he was chosen by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round, the 13th selection overall...

     2 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)26–14

Week 7 (Sunday October 28, 1973): 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...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 45,761
  • 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:

Game summary

'Scoring Drives:
  • 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 3–0
  • Cincinnati – FG Muhlmann
    Horst Muhlmann
    Horst Herbert Erich Muhlmann was a former professional American football player. He was a placekicker in the American Football League and the National Football League for nine seasons...

     17 3–3
  • Cincinnati – FG Muhlmann
    Horst Muhlmann
    Horst Herbert Erich Muhlmann was a former professional American football player. He was a placekicker in the American Football League and the National Football League for nine seasons...

     41 6–3
  • Pittsburgh – Shanklin 51 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)10–6
  • 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....

     18 13–6
  • 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)20–6
  • Cincinnati – E. Johnson
    Essex Johnson
    Essex L. Johnson is a former professional American football running back for eight seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals and one season for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers....

     16 pass from Anderson (Muhlmann
    Horst Muhlmann
    Horst Herbert Erich Muhlmann was a former professional American football player. He was a placekicker in the American Football League and the National Football League for nine seasons...

     kick) 20–13

Week 8 (Monday November 5, 1973): Washington Redskins
Washington Redskins
The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 49,220
  • 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: 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...


Game summary

Joe Gilliam (Jefferson Street) makes his Monday night debut.

'Scoring Drives:
  • Washington – FG Knight
    Curt Knight
    Luther Curtis Knight, Jr. is a former American football placekicker for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Texas. He is the only kicker in NFL history to have attempted more than one fair-catch kick....

     30 3–0
  • Pittsburgh – P. 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...

     7 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) 7–3
  • Washington – FG Knight
    Curt Knight
    Luther Curtis Knight, Jr. is a former American football placekicker for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Texas. He is the only kicker in NFL history to have attempted more than one fair-catch kick....

     12 7–6
  • Pittsburgh – Shanklin 24 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)14–6
  • Washington – FG Knight
    Curt Knight
    Luther Curtis Knight, Jr. is a former American football placekicker for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Texas. He is the only kicker in NFL history to have attempted more than one fair-catch kick....

     16 14–9
  • Pittsburgh – B. Pearson
    Barry Pearson
    Barry Lynn Pearson is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for four seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs .-References:...

     46 pass from Gilliam
    Joe Gilliam
    Joseph Gilliam, Jr. was an American football player.-Biography:Joe Gilliam was born in Charleston, West Virginia, and was the third of four children of Ruth and Joe Gilliam, Sr....

     (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) 21–9
  • Washington – Brown
    Larry Brown (running back)
    Lawrence "Larry" Brown, Jr. is a former professional American football player in the National Football League who played running back for the Washington Redskins from 1969 to 1976....

     17 pass from Kilmer
    Billy Kilmer
    William Orland Kilmer, Jr. was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers, the New Orleans Saints and the Washington Redskins...

     (Knight
    Curt Knight
    Luther Curtis Knight, Jr. is a former American football placekicker for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Texas. He is the only kicker in NFL history to have attempted more than one fair-catch kick....

     kick)21–16

Week 9 (Sunday November 11, 1973): Oakland Raiders
Oakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...


  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 47,535
  • 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:

Game summary

'Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – Shanklin 14 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)7–0
  • Oakland – FG Blanda
    George Blanda
    George Frederick Blanda was a collegiate and professional football quarterback and placekicker...

     40 7–3
  • Pittsburgh – Harris
    Franco Harris
    Franco Harris is a former American football player. He played his NFL career with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks.In the 1972 NFL Draft he was chosen by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round, the 13th selection overall...

     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)14–3
  • 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....

     17 17–3
  • Oakland – Biletnikoff
    Fred Biletnikoff
    Frederick S. "Fred" Biletnikoff is a former American football wide receiver and coach. He spent the majority of his professional playing and coaching days with the Oakland Raiders...

     27 pass from Lamonica
    Daryle Lamonica
    Daryle Pat Lamonica is a former American collegiate and professional football quarterback who played in the American Football League, and later in the NFL....

     (snap fumbled)17–9

Week 10 (Sunday November 18, 1973): 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...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 48,580
  • 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:

Game summary

'Scoring Drives:
  • Denver – FG Turner 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....

     15 3–3
  • 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....

     13 6–3
  • Denver – FG Turner 11 6–6
  • Denver – Little
    Floyd Little
    Floyd Douglas Little is a Pro Football Hall of Fame running back, and was a three-time American football All-American running back at Syracuse University. In 1967 he was the 6th selection of the first common AFL-NFL draft...

     10 run (Turner kick)13–6
  • Pittsburgh – Shanklin 42 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)13–13
  • Denver – FG Turner 46 16–13
  • Denver – Odoms
    Riley Odoms
    Riley Mackey Odoms is a former American football tight end. He played college football at the University of Houston and his entire professional career with the Denver Broncos of the National Football League...

     2 pass from Johnson
    Charley Johnson
    Charley Lane Johnson is a former quarterback in the NFL. During his 15-year career he played for 3 teams; the St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Oilers, and Denver Broncos. During his collegiate career at New Mexico State he became the only person to date to be named Most Valuable Player of the Sun Bowl...

     (Turner kick)23–13

Week 11 (Sunday November 25, 1973): 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...

 

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...


  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 67,773
  • 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:

Game summary

'Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – Shanklin 9 pass from Gilliam
    Joe Gilliam
    Joseph Gilliam, Jr. was an American football player.-Biography:Joe Gilliam was born in Charleston, West Virginia, and was the third of four children of Ruth and Joe Gilliam, Sr....

     (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
  • Cleveland – Phipps
    Mike Phipps
    Michael Elston Phipps is a former professional American football quarterback who played collegiately for the Purdue University Boilermakers , and professionally for both the Cleveland Browns and Chicago Bears .-College career:After playing high school for Columbus High School in Columbus,...

     1 run (Cockroft
    Don Cockroft
    Donald Lee Cockroft is a former American football punter and placekicker who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns...

     kick)7–7
  • Cleveland – Pruitt
    Greg Pruitt
    Gregory Donald Pruitt is a former American football running back in the NFL from 1973 through 1984. He was selected to five Pro Bowls, four as a member of the Cleveland Browns and one as a member of the Los Angeles Raiders, the last one as a kick returner...

     15 pass from Phipps (Cockroft
    Don Cockroft
    Donald Lee Cockroft is a former American football punter and placekicker who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns...

     kick)7–14
  • 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....

     24 10–14
  • 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....

     14 13–14
  • 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....

     20 16–14
  • Cleveland – Pruitt
    Greg Pruitt
    Gregory Donald Pruitt is a former American football running back in the NFL from 1973 through 1984. He was selected to five Pro Bowls, four as a member of the Cleveland Browns and one as a member of the Los Angeles Raiders, the last one as a kick returner...

     19 run (Cockroft
    Don Cockroft
    Donald Lee Cockroft is a former American football punter and placekicker who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns...

     kick)21–16

Week 12 (Monday December 3, 1973): 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...

 

at the Miami Orange Bowl
Miami Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl, formerly Burdine Stadium, was an outdoor athletic stadium in Miami, Florida, west of downtown in Little Havana. Considered a landmark, it was the home stadium for the Miami Hurricanes college football team...

, Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...


  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 68,901
  • 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: Howard Cosell,Don Meredith,Frank Gifford

Game summary

'Scoring Drives:
  • Miami – Anderson
    Dick Anderson
    Richard Paul Anderson is a former American football safety for the AFL's and NFL's Miami Dolphins, where he played for his entire ten year career from 1968 to 1977 missing one of those seasons with a knee injury....

     27 interception return (Yepremian
    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)7–0
  • Miami – FG Yepremian
    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...

     28 10–0
  • Miami – FG Yepremian
    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...

     46 13–0
  • Miami – Mandich
    Jim Mandich
    James Michael "Mad Dog" Mandich was a professional American football tight end with the Miami Dolphins. Mandich was an All-American at the University of Michigan. In 2004 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. As color commentator for the Miami Dolphins , he was teamed with Jimmy...

     2 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...

     (Yepremian
    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)20–0
  • Miami – Anderson
    Dick Anderson
    Richard Paul Anderson is a former American football safety for the AFL's and NFL's Miami Dolphins, where he played for his entire ten year career from 1968 to 1977 missing one of those seasons with a knee injury....

     38 interception return (Yepremian
    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)27–0
  • 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....

     37 27–3
  • Miami – FG Yepremian
    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...

     14 30–3
  • Pittsburgh – P. 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...

     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)30–10
  • Pittsburgh – Harris
    Franco Harris
    Franco Harris is a former American football player. He played his NFL career with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks.In the 1972 NFL Draft he was chosen by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round, the 13th selection overall...

     21 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)30–17
  • Pittsburgh – B. Pearson
    Barry Pearson
    Barry Lynn Pearson is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for four seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs .-References:...

     17 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) 30–24
  • Pittsburgh – Safety, White
    Dwight White
    Dwight Lynn White was an American football defensive end who played for ten seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League and was a member of the famed Steel Curtain defense....

     tackled 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...

     in end zone 30–26

Week 13 (Sunday December 9, 1973): Houston Oilers 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 38,004
  • Referee: Bob Frederic
  • TV announcers:

Game summary

'Scoring Drives:
  • 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....

     49 3–0
  • Houston – Alston
    Mack Alston
    Mack C. Alston, Jr. is a former professional American football player. A 6'2", . tight end from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Alston played 11 seasons from 1970-1980 in the National Football League....

     11 pass from Pastorini
    Dan Pastorini
    Dante "Dan" Anthony Pastorini is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Rams, and the Philadelphia Eagles.-NFL career:...

     (Butler
    Skip Butler
    William Foster "Skip" Butler is a former professional American football placekicker in the National Football League. He played seven seasons for the New Orleans Saints, the New York Giants, and the Houston Oilers....

     kick)7–3
  • Pittsburgh – B. Pearson
    Barry Pearson
    Barry Lynn Pearson is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for four seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs .-References:...

     15 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)10–7
  • Pittsburgh – Steve Davis
    Steve Davis (American football)
    Steve Davis is a retired professional American football running back. He played for five seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Jets....

     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)17–7
  • 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....

     31 20–7
  • Pittsburgh – Ham recovered fumble in end zone (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)27–7
  • 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....

     20 30–7
  • 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....

     42 33–7

Week 14 (Saturday December 15, 1973): San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

 

at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...


  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 52,252
  • 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:

Game summary

John Brodie's number was retired prior to game

'Scoring Drives:
  • 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....

     71 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)7–0
  • San Francisco – Hall
    Windlan Hall
    Windlan Edsel Hall is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Arizona State University and was drafted in the fourth round of the 1972 NFL Draft....

     recovered blocked punt in end zone (Gossett
    Bruce Gossett
    Bruce Gossett is a former National Football League placekicker from 1964-1974....

     kick)7–7
  • Pittsburgh – P. 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...

     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)14–7
  • 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....

     27 17–7
  • 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....

     27 20–7
  • Pittsburgh – Lewis 50 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)27–7
  • 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....

     35 30–7
  • Pittsburgh – Steve Davis
    Steve Davis (American football)
    Steve Davis is a retired professional American football running back. He played for five seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Jets....

     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)37–7
  • San Francisco – Atkins 3 run (Gossett
    Bruce Gossett
    Bruce Gossett is a former National Football League placekicker from 1964-1974....

     kick)37–14

Standings

AFC Central
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Cincinnati Bengals
1973 Cincinnati Bengals season
The 1973 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 6th year in professional football and its 4th with the National Football League.The Bengals split their first eight games, then swept their last six to win their second AFC Central Division title....

10 4 0 .714 286 231 W-6
Pittsburgh Steelers 10 4 0 .714 347 210 W-2
Cleveland Browns
1973 Cleveland Browns season
The 1973 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 24th season with the National Football League.-NFL Draft:The following were selected in the 1973 NFL Draft.-Exhibition schedule:-Regular season schedule:-Standings:-References:...

7 5 2 .571 234 255 L-2
Houston Oilers
1973 Houston Oilers season
The 1973 Houston Oilers season was the 4th season in league and the 14th overall. The team matched their previous season's output of 1–13. They missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...

1 13 0 .071 199 447 L-6

Week 15 (Sunday December 23, 1973): Oakland Raiders
Oakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...


  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 50,094
  • 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:

Game summary

'Scoring Drives:
  • Oakland – Hubbard
    Marv Hubbard
    Marvin "Marv" Hubbard was an American college and professional American football player. Originally from Randolph, New York, Hubbard attended Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. He played for the Hartford Knights of the Atlantic Coast Football League...

     1 run (Blanda
    George Blanda
    George Frederick Blanda was a collegiate and professional football quarterback and placekicker...

     kick)7–0
  • Oakland – FG Blanda
    George Blanda
    George Frederick Blanda was a collegiate and professional football quarterback and placekicker...

     25 10–0
  • Pittsburgh – B. Pearson
    Barry Pearson
    Barry Lynn Pearson is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for four seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs .-References:...

     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)10–7
  • Oakland – FG Blanda
    George Blanda
    George Frederick Blanda was a collegiate and professional football quarterback and placekicker...

     31 13–7
  • Oakland – FG Blanda
    George Blanda
    George Frederick Blanda was a collegiate and professional football quarterback and placekicker...

     22 16–7
  • Oakland – Brown 54 interception return (Blanda
    George Blanda
    George Frederick Blanda was a collegiate and professional football quarterback and placekicker...

     kick)23–7
  • Oakland – FG Blanda
    George Blanda
    George Frederick Blanda was a collegiate and professional football quarterback and placekicker...

     10 26–7
  • Pittsburgh – Lewis 26 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...

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    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)26–14
  • Oakland – Hubbard
    Marv Hubbard
    Marvin "Marv" Hubbard was an American college and professional American football player. Originally from Randolph, New York, Hubbard attended Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. He played for the Hartford Knights of the Atlantic Coast Football League...

     1 run (Blanda
    George Blanda
    George Frederick Blanda was a collegiate and professional football quarterback and placekicker...

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