NFL game summary for 11/28/1971:

Denver inflicted the first home loss on the Steelers with Floyd Little scoring two TDs and Steve Ramsey winning his first start as the Bronco quarterback. Pittsburgh made up a 10-point half-time deficit behind substitute QB Terry Hanratty before the Broncos marched 74 yards on their only sustained drive for the winning TD. Little carried 5 times on the drive for 56 yards. When the Broncos RB fumbled at the Denver 25 on the first play of the second half, Hanratty hit Preston Pearson with a 8-yard scoring pass 5 plays later.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Denver Broncos	OFFENSE	147.5  (8)	148.7  (13)	296.2  (10)	29
	DEFENSE	130.0  (14)	141.9  (7)	271.9  (9)	28
Pittsburgh Steelers	OFFENSE	121.4  (15)	170.8  (7)	292.2  (12)	28
	DEFENSE	99.4  (4)	211.8  (26)	311.2  (21)	28

Line: Steelers by 7

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Denver Broncos (3-7-1)	0	10	0	12	22
Pittsburgh Steelers (5-6-0)	0	0	10	0	10

( 7- 0) DEN Floyd Little 3 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)
(10- 0) DEN Jim Turner 32 yard field goal
(10- 7) PIT Preston Pearson 8 yard pass from Terry Hanratty (Roy Gerela kick)
(10-10) PIT Roy Gerela 19 yard field goal
(17-10) DEN Floyd Little 16 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)
(19-10) DEN Safety, Bobby Walden tackled in end zone by Fran Lynch
(22-10) DEN Jim Turner 12 yard field goal

                     DEN             PIT
First Downs:         14              12
Rushes-yards:        37-126          33-158
Yards/rush:          3.4             4.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-25-161-1     9-29-100-1
Sacked-yards:        2-11            4-33
Net pass yards:      150             67
Net yards/pass:      5.6             2.0
Total net yards:     276             225
Total plays:         64 (57% run)    66 (50% run)  
Yards/play:          4.3             3.4
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             5-2
Turnovers:           2               3
Penalties-yards:     2-30            2-15

Attendance: 39,710

Passing:
DEN: Steve Ramsey, 14 of 25 for 161 yards (1 int)
PIT: Terry Bradshaw, 6 of 17 for 68 yards; Terry Hanratty, 3 of 12 for 32 yards and 1 TD (1 int)

Rushing:
DEN: Floyd Little, 22 for 91 yards and 2 TDs; Bobby Anderson, 13 for 38 yards; Billy Masters, 1 for 0 yards; Clem Turner, 1 for -3 yards
PIT: Preston Pearson, 18 for 93 yards; Warren Bankston, 11 for 35 yards; Terry Bradshaw, 3 for 16 yards; Bobby Walden, 1 for 14 yards

Receiving:
DEN: Jack Gehrke, 4 for 57 yards; Floyd Little, 4 for 38 yards; Billy Masters, 3 for 36 yards; Bobby Anderson, 3 for 30 yards
PIT: Preston Pearson, 3 for 35 yards and 1 TD; Warren Bankston, 3 for 35 yards; Ron Shanklin, 1 for 18 yards; Jon Staggers, 1 for 7 yards; Bob Adams, 1 for 5 yards

Kick returns:
DEN: Bill Thompson, 2 for 50 yards; Fred Forsberg, 1 for 19 yards
PIT: Jon Staggers, 4 for 102 yards; Preston Pearson, 1 for 19 yards

Punt returns:
DEN: Charlie Greer, 2 for 5 yards; Bill Thompson, 1 for 14 yards
PIT: Jon Staggers, 4 for 31 yards

Interceptions:
DEN: Bill Thompson, 1 for 42 yards
PIT: Mel Blount, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
DEN: Billy Van Heusen, 8 for 309 yards
PIT: Bobby Walden, 6 for 233 yards

Field Goals:
DEN: Jim Turner, 2/2
PIT: Roy Gerela, 1/2

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