Box Score

1971 Pittsburgh 21, 1971 New York NFC 7
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1971 Pittsburgh	0	0	14	7	0	21
1971 New York NFC	0	7	0	0	0	7

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
2	14:24	1971 New York NFC	R.Houston 79 yd. pass from F.Tarkenton (P.Gogolak kick)	7-0 NYN
3	13:30	1971 Pittsburgh	P.Pearson 10 yd. pass from T.Bradshaw (R.Gerela kick)	7-7 NYN
3	10:48	1971 Pittsburgh	J.Staggers 79 yd. return (R.Gerela kick)	14-7 PIA
4	0:45	1971 Pittsburgh	R.Shanklin 33 yd. pass from T.Bradshaw (R.Gerela kick)	21-7 PIA

Team Statistics
	1971 Pittsburgh	1971 New York NFC
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	1-8-1-10	3-12-2-17
Third Down Efficiency	2-11-18%	4-15-27%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-0-0%	1-2-50%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	7-14-50%	0-0-0%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	255-49-5.2	335-70-4.8
Total Net Yards Rushing	77	100
Total Rushes	23	29
Average Per Rush	3.3	3.4
Passes Completed/Attempted	12/24 (50.0%)	19/37 (51.4%)
Net Yards Passing	178	235
Avg Yards Per Pass	8.2	7.2
Sacked/Yards Lost	2/18	4/30
Punts/Average	8/43.6	9/42.4
Punts Received/Return Yardage	4/79	3/25
Kickoffs/Returns	2/44	1/22
Interceptions/Returns	2/36	2/10
Penalties/Yards	7/70	10/70
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	2/0	4/0
Time of Possession	26 mins 3 secs	33 mins 57 secs
Average Drive Start	PIA 28	NYN 28

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1971 Pittsburgh
Terry Bradshaw	24	12	196	50.0	8.2	2	8.3	2	8.3	49	2/18	70.8
1971 New York NFC
Fran Tarkenton	37	19	265	51.4	7.2	1	2.7	2	5.4	79	4/30	61.2

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1971 Pittsburgh
Frenchy Fuqua	9	30	3.3	6	0	0	0/0
Preston Pearson	7	29	4.1	8	0	0	0/0
Jim Brumfield	4	9	2.3	7	0	0	0/0
Terry Bradshaw	3	9	3.0	6	0	0	0/0
1971 New York NFC
Bobby Duhon	14	56	4.0	27	0	0	3/0
Ron A. Johnson	7	18	2.6	7	0	0	1/0
Fran Tarkenton	3	7	2.3	9	0	0	0/0
Tucker Frederickson	3	13	4.3	7	0	0	0/0
Joe Morrison	2	6	3.0	8	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1971 Pittsburgh
Dave L. Smith	4	91	22.8	49	0	0
Preston Pearson	2	22	11.0	12	1	0
Jon Staggers	2	26	13.0	13	0	0
Frenchy Fuqua	2	5	2.5	8	0	0
Bob Adams	1	19	19.0	19	0	0
Ron Shanklin	1	33	33.0	33	1	0
1971 New York NFC
Don Herrmann	8	79	9.9	19	0	0
Rich Houston	6	137	22.8	79	1	0
Bob Tucker	2	28	14.0	19	0	0
Joe Morrison	1	7	7.0	7	0	0
Bobby Duhon	1	8	8.0	8	0	0
Coleman Zeno	1	6	6.0	6	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1971 Pittsburgh
Roy Gerela	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/1	0.0
1971 New York NFC
Pete Gogolak	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/1	0.0

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1971 Pittsburgh
Bobby Walden	8	43.6	40.5	0	0	49	0
1971 New York NFC
Tom Blanchard	9	42.4	27.0	3	3	50	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1971 Pittsburgh
Jim Brumfield	2	44	22.0	23	0
1971 New York NFC
Bobby Duhon	1	22	22.0	22	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1971 Pittsburgh
Jon Staggers	4	1	79	19.8	79	1
1971 New York NFC
Bobby Duhon	3	4	25	8.3	9	0
Spider Lockhart	0	1	0		0	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1971 Pittsburgh
Andy Russell	8	0	0
John Rowser	6	0	0
Chuck Allen	6	0	0
Mel Blount	5	0	0
Ocie Austin	4	1	0
Mike Wagner	4	0	0
Dwight White	4	0	0
Lloyd Voss	3	1	0
Jack Ham	3	0	0
"Mean" Joe Greene	3	2	0
L.C. Greenwood	2	0	0
Ralph Anderson	1	0	1
Jon Staggers	0	0	1
1971 New York NFC
Jim Files	10	0	0
Henry Reed	6	1	0
Ron Hornsby	6	0	0
Spider Lockhart	5	0	0
Willie A. Williams	3	0	0
Roland Lakes	2	0	0
John L. Douglas	1	0	0
Scott Eaton	1	0	0
Fred Dryer	1	1	0
Fran Tarkenton	0	0	1
Bobby Duhon	0	0	1
Willie J. Young	0	0	2

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1971 Pittsburgh
Mel Blount	1	20	20.0	20	0
Ocie Austin	1	16	16.0	16	0
1971 New York NFC
John L. Douglas	1	10	10.0	10	0
Spider Lockhart	1	0	0.0	0	0

Game Story
With a solid effort the visiting team from Pittsburgh bested New York NFC by the score of 21 to 7. Pittsburgh had 196 yards passing and 77 yards running for the game. Pittsburgh led after three quarters 14 to 7. Fran Tarkenton passed 37 times for 265 yards adding a touchdown for New York NFC, in a losing effort.

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