1972 Pittsburgh Steelers

1972 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Terry Bradshaw	308	147	47.7	1887	6.13	78t	12	3.9	12	3.9	29	237	64.1
Joe Gilliam	11	7	63.6	48	4.36	9	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	8	73.3
Terry Hanratty	4	2	50.0	23	5.75	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	2	67.7
Bobby Walden	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
TOTALS	324	156	48.1	1958	6.04	78t	12	3.7	12	3.7	0	0	64.3

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Ron Shanklin 38 669 17.6 3 57 Frank Lewis 27 391 14.5 5 52 John McMakin 21 277 13.2 1 78t Franco Harris 21 180 8.6 1 29 John Fuqua 18 152 8.4 0 28 Preston Pearson 11 79 7.2 0 15 Dave Smith 10 98 9.8 0 25 Al Young 6 86 14.3 0 33 Larry Brown 1 13 13.0 1 13t Warren Bankston 1 5 5.0 0 5 Steve Davis 1 5 5.0 0 5 Gerry Mullins 1 3 3.0 1 3t TOTALS 156 1958 12.6 12 78t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Franco Harris 188 1055 5.6 10 75t John Fuqua 150 665 4.4 4 47 Terry Bradshaw 58 346 6.0 7 20t Preston Pearson 67 264 3.9 0 21 Steve Davis 20 85 4.3 1 28t Frank Lewis 3 68 22.7 0 41 Warren Bankston 7 20 2.9 0 11 Rocky Bleier 1 17 17.0 0 17 John McMakin 1 0 0.0 0 0 Joe Gilliam 2 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 497 2520 5.1 22 75t

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Preston Pearson 13 292 22.5 0 42 Steve Davis 7 207 29.6 0 82 Franco Harris 8 183 22.9 0 32 Rocky Bleier 2 40 20.0 0 20 Warren Bankston 1 20 20.0 0 20 Glen Edwards 1 18 18.0 0 18 John McMakin 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 33 760 23.0 0 82

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Glen Edwards 22 202 9.2 19 0 54 Frank Lewis 5 56 11.2 1 0 26 Preston Pearson 1 3 3.0 0 0 3 Rocky Bleier 2 1 0.5 0 0 1 TOTALS 30 262 8.7 20 0 54

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Bobby Walden	65	2846	43.8	72	--	--	2	--	--	--
Roy Gerela	1	29	29.0	29	--	--	0	--	--	--
TOTALS	66	2875	43.6	72	0	0	2	0	0	--

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Roy Gerela	9/9	8/10	8/12	3/9	0/1	28/41	49	35/36	119
TOTALS	9/9	8/10	8/12	3/9	0/1	28/41	49	35/36	119

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Ralph Anderson	--	--	3	68	22.7	0	41
Chuck Beatty	--	--	2	16	8.0	0	16
Mel Blount	--	--	3	75	25.0	0	34
Henry Davis	--	--	2	32	16.0	0	28
Glen Edwards	--	--	1	14	14.0	0	14
Jack Ham	--	--	7	83	11.9	1	32t
John Rowser	--	--	4	30	7.5	0	23
Mike Wagner	--	--	6	77	12.8	0	35
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	28	395	14.1	1	41

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