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Record: 11 - 3 (pythagorean: 12 - 2, .872) Coaching: Chuck Noll 11 - 3 (playoffs:1 - 1) 1972 Pro Bowl Players: RB - Franco Harris DE - Dwight White DT - Joe Greene LB - Andy Russell K - Roy Gerela 1972 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-13 (13) - Franco Harris, Penn State, RB   2-12 (38) - Gordon Gravelle, Brigham Young, T   3-11 (63) - John McMakin, Clemson, TE   4-2 (80) - Lorenzo Brinkley, Missouri, DB   4-10 (88) - Ed Bradley, Wake Forest, LB   5-9 (113) - Steve Furness, Rhode Island, DE   6-13 (143) - Dennis Meyer, Arkansas State, DB   7-3 (159) - Joe Colquitt, Kansas State, DE   7-12 (168) - Robert Kelly, Jackson State, DB   8-11 (193) - Stahle Vincent, Rice, RB   9-9 (217) - Don Kelley, Clemson, DB   10-9 (243) - Bob Brown, Tampa, DT   11-13 (273) - Joe Gilliam, Tennessee State, QB   12-12 (298) - Ron Curl, Michigan State, T   13-11 (323) - Ernie Mesmer, Villanova, T   14-10 (348) - Tom Durrance, Florida, RB   15-4 (368) - John Hulecki, Massachusetts, G   15-9 (373) - Charles Harrington, Wichita State, G   16-13 (403) - Nate Hawkins, Nevada-Las Vegas, WR   17-12 (428) - Ron Linehan, Idaho, LB
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 OAK 28 at PIT 34 Week 2 PIT 10 at CIN 15 Week 3 PIT 25 at SLC 19 Week 4 PIT 13 at DAL 17 Week 5 HOO 7 at PIT 24 Week 6 NWE 3 at PIT 33 Week 7 PIT 38 at BUF 21 Week 8 CIN 17 at PIT 40 Week 9 KAN 7 at PIT 16 Week 10 PIT 24 at CLE 26 Week 11 MIN 10 at PIT 23 Week 12 CLE 0 at PIT 30 Week 13 PIT 9 at HOO 3 Week 14 PIT 24 at SDG 2 AFC Divisional Playoff OAK 7 at PIT 13 AFC Championship MIA 21 at PIT 17
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 343 4231 37 131 79 18 228   324 156 1958 12 12 32 247   497 2520 22   81 728 27 14 -- DEFENSE 175 3771 18 88 116 24 228   411 206 2393 9 28 40 337   445 1715 6   77 712 37 -- 20     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 30 262 0   OPP: 37 169 0   OWN: 33 760 0   OPP: 54 1190 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 66 2875 0 2 0   OPP: 74 2982   OWN: 35 37 28 41   OPP: 17 18 16 27
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Terry Bradshaw 14 308 147 47.7 1887 6.13 12 12 29 237 64.1   58 346 6.0 7 20t   0 0 0.0 0 0 Joe Gilliam 2 11 7 63.6 48 4.36 0 0 2 8 73.3   2 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Terry Hanratty 7 4 2 50.0 23 5.75 0 0 1 2 67.7   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Bobby Walden 14 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Franco Harris 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   188 1055 5.6 10 75t   21 180 8.6 1 29 John Fuqua 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   150 665 4.4 4 47   18 152 8.4 0 28 Preston Pearson 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   67 264 3.9 0 21   11 79 7.2 0 15 Steve Davis 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   20 85 4.3 1 28t   1 5 5.0 0 5 Warren Bankston 7 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   7 20 2.9 0 11   1 5 5.0 0 5 Frank Lewis 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   3 68 22.7 0 41   27 391 14.5 5 52 John Mcmakin 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 0 0.0 0 0   21 277 13.2 1 78t Rocky Bleier 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 17 17.0 0 17   0 0 0.0 0 0 Ron Shanklin 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   38 669 17.6 3 57 Dave Smith 6 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   10 98 9.8 0 25 Al Young 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   6 86 14.3 0 33 Gerry Mullins 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 3 3.0 1 3t Larry Brown 9 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 13 13.0 1 13t   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Glen Edwards 12 22 202 9.2 19 54 0   1 18 18.0 18 0 Frank Lewis 13 5 56 11.2 1 26 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Rocky Bleier 14 2 1 0.5 0 1 0   2 40 20.0 20 0 Preston Pearson 11 1 3 3.0 0 3 0   13 292 22.5 42 0 Franco Harris 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   8 183 22.9 32 0 Steve Davis 11 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   7 207 29.6 82 0 John Mcmakin 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Roy Gerela 14 1 29 29 0 0 0 0.0 29.0   9/9 8/10 8/12 3/9 0/1 49 28 41 35 36 Bobby Walden 14 65 2846 72 2 0 0 0.0 43.8   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Ralph Anderson 14 0.0 0   3 68 41 0 Mel Blount 14 0.0 0   3 75 34 0 Henry Davis 14 0.0 0   2 32 28 0 Jack Ham 14 0.0 0   7 83 32t 1 John Rowser 14 0.0 0   4 30 23 0 Mike Wagner 14 0.0 0   6 77 35 0 Glen Edwards 12 0.0 0   1 14 14 0 Chuck Beatty 8 0.0 0   2 16 16 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Ralph Anderson 14 0 0 3 0 0 Warren Bankston 7 0 1 0 0 0 Chuck Beatty 8 0 0 0 0 0 Rocky Bleier 14 1 0 0 0 0 Mel Blount 14 0 0 2 35 1 Ed Bradley 12 0 0 0 0 0 Terry Bradshaw 14 4 2 0 -9 0 Larry Brown 9 0 0 1 0 0 Lee Calland 7 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Clack 14 0 0 0 0 0 Henry Davis 14 0 0 0 0 0 Sam Davis 11 0 1 0 0 0 Steve Davis 11 3 0 0 0 0 John Dockery 6 0 0 0 0 0 Glen Edwards 12 4 1 0 0 0 John Fuqua 13 1 0 0 -2 0 Steve Furness 2 0 0 0 0 0 Roy Gerela 14 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Gilliam 2 0 0 0 0 0 Gordon Gravelle 14 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Greene 14 0 0 1 0 0 L.C. Greenwood 13 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Ham 14 1 0 4 0 0 Craig Hanneman 13 0 0 0 0 0 Terry Hanratty 7 1 1 0 0 0 Franco Harris 14 7 1 0 -5 0 Ernie Holmes 14 0 0 1 0 0 Mel Holmes 14 0 1 0 0 0 Jon Kolb 14 0 0 0 0 0 Frank Lewis 13 1 1 0 0 0 Ray Mansfield 14 0 0 0 0 0 Ben Mcgee 14 0 0 1 0 0 John Mcmakin 14 0 0 0 0 0 Gerry Mullins 14 0 1 0 0 0 Preston Pearson 11 4 1 0 0 0 John Rowser 14 0 0 0 0 0 Andy Russell 14 0 0 4 0 0 Ron Shanklin 14 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Smith 6 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Stenger 14 0 0 0 0 0 Bruce Van Dyke 13 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Wagner 14 0 0 0 0 0 Bobby Walden 14 0 0 0 0 0 George Webster 6 0 0 0 0 0 Dwight White 14 0 0 3 9 0 Carl Winfrey 1 0 0 0 0 0 Al Young 14 0 0 0 0 0

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