NFL game summary for 10/18/1970:

Terry Bradshaw connected with his first TD pass to Ron Shanklin for Pittsburgh's only score in a close scoring victory over the Oilers. Houston lost the services of Charley Johnson who suffered a broken collarbone and also lost Hoyle Granger, heavy duty running back, to a knee injury. Pittsburgh's victory was its second in a row after 16 losses.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Pittsburgh Steelers	OFFENSE	98.5  (21)	134.2  (19)	232.8  (23)	8
	DEFENSE	102.0  (7)	151.8  (9)	253.8  (6)	11
Houston Oilers	OFFENSE	116.2  (16)	187.8  (7)	304.0  (7)	8
	DEFENSE	93.2  (4)	168.5  (16)	261.8  (8)	6

Line: n/a

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Pittsburgh Steelers (2-3-0)	0	7	0	0	7
Houston Oilers (2-3-0)	3	0	0	0	3

( 0- 3) HOU Roy Gerela 34 yard field goal
( 7- 3) PIT Ron Shanklin 67 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Gene Mingo kick)

                     PIT             HOU
First Downs:         11              17
Rushes-yards:        28-55           36-135
Yards/rush:          2.0             3.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-22-216-4     20-36-160-3
Sacked-yards:        3-30            2-36
Net pass yards:      186             124
Net yards/pass:      7.4             3.3
Total net yards:     241             259
Total plays:         53 (52% run)    74 (48% run)  
Yards/play:          4.5             3.5
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             2-1
Turnovers:           4               4
Penalties-yards:     5-70            8-113

Attendance: 42,799

Passing:
PIT: Terry Bradshaw, 8 of 17 for 208 yards and 1 TD (3 int); Terry Hanratty, 2 of 5 for 8 yards (1 int)
HOU: Jerry Rhome, 11 of 19 for 86 yards (2 int); Charley Johnson, 9 of 17 for 74 yards (1 int)

Rushing:
PIT: Preston Pearson, 10 for -2 yards; Dick Hoak, 6 for 32 yards; Frenchy Fuqua, 6 for 13 yards; Warren Bankston, 3 for 11 yards; Terry Bradshaw, 3 for 1 yard
HOU: Roy Hopkins, 10 for 20 yards; Woody Campbell, 9 for 29 yards; Mike Richardson, 5 for 25 yards; Hoyle Granger, 5 for 5 yards; Joe Dawkins, 3 for 29 yards; Jerry Rhome, 3 for 22 yards; Jerry LeVias, 1 for 5 yards

Receiving:
PIT: Dennis Hughes, 4 for 48 yards; Ron Shanklin, 2 for 85 yards and 1 TD; Dave Smith, 2 for 8 yards; Hubie Bryant, 1 for 63 yards; Preston Pearson, 1 for 12 yards
HOU: Woody Campbell, 5 for 30 yards; Jerry LeVias, 4 for 41 yards; Joe Dawkins, 2 for 30 yards; Mac Haik, 2 for 21 yards; Alvin Reed, 2 for 17 yards; Roy Hopkins, 2 for 12 yards; Mike Richardson, 2 for 4 yards; Jim Beirne, 1 for 5 yards

Kick returns:
PIT: Mel Blount, 1 for 27 yards
HOU: Jerry LeVias, 1 for 36 yards; Benny Johnson, 1 for 21 yards

Punt returns:
PIT: Jon Staggers, 3 for 25 yards; Hubie Bryant, 1 for -1 yards
HOU: Jerry LeVias, 5 for 47 yards; Mike Richardson, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
PIT: Ocie Austin, 1 for 22 yards; Chuck Beatty, 1 for 19 yards; Lee Calland, 1 for 2 yards
HOU: Bob Atkins, 1 for 7 yards; Ken Houston, 1 for 7 yards; Zeke Moore, 1 for 0 yards; Johnny Peacock, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
PIT: Bobby Walden, 7 for 318 yards
HOU: Spike Jones, 7 for 305 yards

Field Goals:
PIT: Gene Mingo, 0/1
HOU: Roy Gerela, 1/2

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