Monday October 18, 1971
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All NFL game summaries for 10/18/1971:



The Chiefs spotted Pittsburgh the margin of three successive field goals by Roy Gerela, then went on to a victory in which Len Dawson reached the 200th passing TD mark. He connected twice to Otis Taylor, once to Elmo Wright. Taylor caught six passes for 190 yards, his single-game high. Emmitt Thomas added the final KC score on a TD interception of 32 yards, his third lifetime.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE134.5  (11)151.5  (16)286.0  (14)12
DEFENSE93.2  (6)199.5  (23)292.8  (14)12
OFFENSE127.2  (12)138.8  (21)266.0  (18)7
DEFENSE61.0  (1)177.8  (20)238.8  (4)11

Line: n/a

Team1234F
Pittsburgh Steelers (2-3-0)900716
Kansas City Chiefs (4-1-0)02801038

( 3- 0) PIT Roy Gerela 32 yard field goal ( 6- 0) PIT Roy Gerela 40 yard field goal ( 9- 0) PIT Roy Gerela 35 yard field goal ( 9- 7) KC Otis Taylor 5 yard pass from Len Dawson (Jan Stenerud kick) ( 9-14) KC Otis Taylor 27 yard pass from Len Dawson (Jan Stenerud kick) ( 9-21) KC Elmo Wright 5 yard pass from Len Dawson (Jan Stenerud kick) ( 9-28) KC Ed Podolak 1 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) ( 9-31) KC Jan Stenerud 11 yard field goal (16-31) PIT Frenchy Fuqua 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) (16-38) KC Emmitt Thomas 32 yard interception return (Jan Stenerud kick)
                     PIT             KC
First Downs:         18              15
Rushes-yards:        26-71           35-63
Yards/rush:          2.7             1.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     20-39-269-2     14-26-290-1
Sacked-yards:        2-18            1-5
Net pass yards:      251             285
Net yards/pass:      6.1             10.6
Total net yards:     322             348
Total plays:         67 (38% run)    62 (56% run)  
Yards/play:          4.8             5.6
Fumbles-lost:        3-2             2-1
Turnovers:           4               2
Penalties-yards:     6-56            5-66

Attendance: 49,533

Passing:
PIT: Terry Bradshaw, 20 of 39 for 269 yards (2 int) KC: Len Dawson, 14 of 26 for 290 yards and 3 TDs (1 int)
Rushing:
PIT: Terry Bradshaw, 9 for 37 yards; Frenchy Fuqua, 9 for 0 yards and 1 TD; Preston Pearson, 8 for 34 yards KC: Ed Podolak, 20 for 43 yards and 1 TD; Warren McVea, 5 for 12 yards; Wendell Hayes, 5 for 5 yards; Robert Holmes, 3 for 0 yards; Mike Livingston, 1 for 3 yards; Len Dawson, 1 for 0 yards
Receiving:
PIT: Dave Smith, 5 for 93 yards; Ron Shanklin, 5 for 88 yards; Preston Pearson, 3 for 60 yards; Frenchy Fuqua, 3 for 11 yards; Bob Adams, 2 for -4 yards; Jon Staggers, 1 for 11 yards; Warren Bankston, 1 for 10 yards KC: Otis Taylor, 6 for 190 yards and 2 TDs; Ed Podolak, 4 for 19 yards; Elmo Wright, 2 for 52 yards and 1 TD; Morris Stroud, 2 for 29 yards
Kick returns:
PIT: Glen Edwards, 3 for 79 yards; Jim Brumfield, 1 for 24 yards; Warren Bankston, 1 for 23 yards KC: Warren McVea, 3 for 37 yards; Robert Holmes, 1 for 22 yards; Mike Sensibaugh, 1 for 11 yards
Punt returns:
PIT: Jon Staggers, 3 for 25 yards KC: Dennis Homan, 4 for 26 yards
Interceptions:
PIT: Mel Blount, 1 for 16 yards KC: Emmitt Thomas, 1 for 32 yards and 1 TD; Buck Buchanan, 1 for 9 yards
Punting:
PIT: Bobby Walden, 4 for 186 yards KC: Jerrel Wilson, 6 for 279 yards
Field Goals:
PIT: Roy Gerela, 3/4 KC: Jan Stenerud, 1/2


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