NFL game summary for 09/27/1970:

Denver kept its 1970 record unmarred with a victory over Pittsburgh before the largest crowd to see a sports event in Colorado. Steve Tensi's successful pass to Billy Van Heusen provided the winning margin and a field goal miss by Gene Mingo from 27 yards with 1:52 left prevented the Steelers from tying. A pass from punt formation by Bobby Walden set up the Steeler's only TD, a 4-yard run by Dick Hoak.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Pittsburgh Steelers	OFFENSE	71.0  (22)	143.0  (14)	214.0  (22)	1
	DEFENSE	172.0  (22)	133.0  (12)	305.0  (19)	0
Denver Broncos	OFFENSE	136.0  (10)	146.0  (12)	282.0  (14)	3
	DEFENSE	93.0  (9)	56.0  (1)	149.0  (2)	4

Line: n/a

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Pittsburgh Steelers (0-2-0)	0	10	3	0	13
Denver Broncos (2-0-0)	7	0	9	0	16

( 0- 7) DEN Willis Crenshaw 1 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick)
( 7- 7) PIT Dick Hoak 4 yard rush (Gene Mingo kick)
(10- 7) PIT Gene Mingo 9 yard field goal
(13- 7) PIT Gene Mingo 13 yard field goal
(13- 9) DEN Safety, Terry Bradshaw tackled in end zone by Dave Washington
(13-16) DEN Billy Van Heusen 38 yard pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick)

                     PIT             DEN
First Downs:         14              12
Rushes-yards:        28-18           35-82
Yards/rush:          0.6             2.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-31-260-1     12-25-178-2
Sacked-yards:        3-33            4-34
Net pass yards:      227             144
Net yards/pass:      6.7             5.0
Total net yards:     245             226
Total plays:         62 (45% run)    64 (54% run)  
Yards/play:          4.0             3.5
Fumbles-lost:        4-2             2-2
Turnovers:           3               4
Penalties-yards:     5-41            10-51

Attendance: 50,705

Passing:
PIT: Terry Bradshaw, 13 of 26 for 211 yards (1 int); Terry Hanratty, 2 of 4 for 29 yards; Bobby Walden, 1 of 1 for 20 yards
DEN: Steve Tensi, 8 of 14 for 140 yards and 1 TD (2 int); Pete Liske, 4 of 11 for 38 yards

Rushing:
PIT: Preston Pearson, 13 for 8 yards; Dick Hoak, 5 for 4 yards and 1 TD; Terry Cole, 4 for 2 yards; Terry Bradshaw, 3 for 9 yards; Frenchy Fuqua, 1 for 3 yards; Terry Hanratty, 1 for 0 yards; Dennis Hughes, 1 for -8 yards
DEN: Floyd Little, 24 for 54 yards; Willis Crenshaw, 9 for 22 yards and 1 TD; Bobby Anderson, 2 for 6 yards

Receiving:
PIT: Ron Shanklin, 6 for 123 yards; Dennis Hughes, 5 for 63 yards; Dave Smith, 4 for 68 yards; Terry Cole, 1 for 6 yards
DEN: Jim Whalen, 4 for 65 yards; Al Denson, 4 for 59 yards; Billy Van Heusen, 2 for 47 yards and 1 TD; Mike Haffner, 1 for 9 yards; Floyd Little, 1 for -2 yards

Kick returns:
DEN: Floyd Little, 1 for 23 yards; Bill Thompson, 1 for 20 yards; Bobby Anderson, 1 for 18 yards

Punt returns:
PIT: Hubie Bryant, 5 for 33 yards
DEN: Floyd Little, 2 for 9 yards; Bill Thompson, 1 for 6 yards

Interceptions:
PIT: John Rowser, 2 for 23 yards
DEN: Paul Martha, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
PIT: Bobby Walden, 5 for 226 yards
DEN: Billy Van Heusen, 7 for 305 yards

Field Goals:
PIT: Gene Mingo, 2/4
DEN: Bobby Howfield, 0/2

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