1971 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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1971 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head Coach Chuck Noll
Home Field Three Rivers Stadium
Results
Record 6-8
Place 2nd AFC Central
Playoff Finish none
Timeline
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1970 1972

Contents

[edit] Offseason

[edit] NFL Draft

[edit] Preseason

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Game Summaries

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Game Summaries

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 6 6 3 15
Bears 0 3 14 0 17

at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 55,049
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Pearson fumble recovery in end zone (kick failed)
  • Chicago - FG Percival 33
  • Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 32
  • Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 29
  • Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 42
  • Chicago - Brupbacher 30 fumble return (Percival kick)
  • Chicago - Farmer 8 pass from Nix (Percival kick)

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 3 0 7 0 10
Steelers 7 0 7 7 21

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 48,448
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Cincinnati - FG Muhlmann 33
  • Pittsburgh - Smity 16 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)
  • Cincinnati - Parrish 14 fumble return (Muhlmann kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Staggers 67 punt return (Gerela kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Pearson 13 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Chargers 3 7 7 0 17
Steelers 7 0 7 7 21

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 44,339
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • San Diego - FG Partee 21
  • Pittsburgh - Fuqua 5 run (Gerela kick)
  • San Diego - Parks 16 pass from Hadl (Partee kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Fuqua 1 run (Gerela kick)
  • San Diego - Garrett 4 run (Partee kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Bradshaw 5 run (Gerela kick)

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 7 3 7 17
Browns 10 10 0 7 27

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 83,391
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Cleveland - FG Cockroft 25
  • Cleveland - Morin 19 pass from Nelsen (Cockroft kick)
  • Cleveland - Scott 18 run (Cockroft kick)
  • Pittsburgh - D. Smith 22 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)
  • Cleveland - FG Cockroft 20
  • Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 33
  • Pittsburgh - Shanklin 11 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)
  • Cleveland - Kelly 7 run (Cockroft kick)

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 9 0 0 7 16
Chiefs 0 28 0 10 38

at the Municipal Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 32
  • Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 40
  • Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 35
  • Kansas City - Taylor 5 pass from Dawson (Stenerud kick)
  • Kansas City - Taylor 27 pass from Dawson (Stenerud kick)
  • Kansas City - Wright 5 pass from Dawson (Stenerud kick)
  • Kansas City - Podolak 1 run (Stenerud kick)
  • Kansas City - FG Stenerud 11
  • Pittsburgh - Fuqua 1 run (Gerela kick)
  • Kansas City - Thomas 32 interception return (Stenerud kick)

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Oilers 7 3 6 0 16
Steelers 3 3 3 14 23

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 45,872
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 7 7 7 21
Colts 7 20 7 0 34

at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

  • Game time:
  • Game weather: 60,238
  • Game attendance:
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Baltimore - Bulaich 1 run (O'Brien kick)
  • Baltimore - FG O'Brien 20
  • Baltimore - FG O'Brien 9
  • Pittsburgh - Bradshaw 3 run (Gerela kick)
  • Baltimore - Richardson 19 pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick)
  • Baltimore - Richardson 49 pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick)
  • Baltimore - Perkins 60 pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Shanklin 31 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Bradshaw 1 run (Gerela kick)

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Browns 0 2 7 0 9
Steelers 10 6 0 10 26

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 50,202
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 45
  • Pittsburgh - Bradshaw 1 run (Gerela kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 23
  • Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 17
  • Cleveland - Safety, Houston tackled Walden in end zone
  • Cleveland - Scott 1 run (Cockroft kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 13
  • Pittsburgh - Smith 40 pass from Hanratty (Gerela kick)

[edit] Week 9 (Sunday 11/14/1971): Miami Dolphins

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 14 7 0 0 21
Dolphins 3 14 7 0 24

at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

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

Scoring Drives:

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 7 6 0 0 13
Steelers 3 7 7 0 17

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 50,008
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • New York Giants - Houston 26 pass from Tarkenton (Gogolak kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 25
  • New York Giants - FG Gogolak 25
  • Pittsburgh - Rowser 70 interception return (Gerela kick)
  • New York Giants - FG Gogolak 29
  • Pittsburgh - Shanklin 4 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Broncos 0 10 0 12 22
Steelers 0 0 10 0 10

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 39,710
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Denver - Little 3 run (J. Turner kick)
  • Denver - FG J. Turner 32
  • Pittsburgh - Pearson 8 pass from Hanratty (Gerela kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 19
  • Denver - Little 16 run (Turner kick)
  • Denver - Safety, Lynch tackled Walden in end zone
  • Denver - FG J. Turner 12

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 3 0 0 3
Oilers 16 6 0 7 29

at the Houston Astrodome, Houston, Texas

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 37,778
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Houston - Reed 27 pass from Pastorini (Moseley kick)
  • Houston - FG Moseley 25
  • Houston - Campbell 8 run (kick blocked)
  • Houston - FG Moseley 37
  • Houston - FG Moseley 25
  • Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 15
  • Houston - Holmes 4 run (Moselely kick)

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 0 14 0 21
Bengals 0 7 6 0 13

at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 60,022
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 13 3 7 0 23
Steelers 0 7 7 0 14

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 45,233
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Los Angeles - FG Ray 15
  • Los Angeles - FG Ray 15
  • Los Angeles - Snow 20 pass from Gabriel (Ray kick)
  • Pittsburgh - L. Brown 3 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)
  • Los Angeles - FG Ray 15
  • Pittsburgh - Shanklin 2 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)
  • Los Angeles - L. Smith 1 run (Ray kick)

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