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Sunday December 3, 1972
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NFL game summary for 12/03/1972:



Franco Harris rushed for his sixth straight 100-yard game (20 carries, 102 yards) and tied Jim Brown's record in that category as the Steelers reversed an earlier decision by the Browns. Harris also tallied twice and another rookie, tight end John McMakin, caught his first TD pass.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Cleveland BrownsOFFENSE126.5  (19)144.5  (18)271.1  (18)20
DEFENSE161.2  (22)129.0  (4)290.2  (15)21
Pittsburgh SteelersOFFENSE190.1  (2)124.0  (22)314.1  (8)23
DEFENSE135.3  (13)166.0  (20)301.3  (17)37

Line: Steelers by 7½

Team1234F
Cleveland Browns (8-4-0)00000
Pittsburgh Steelers (9-3-0)3771330

( 0- 3) PIT Roy Gerela 36 yard field goal
( 0-10) PIT Franco Harris 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)
( 0-17) PIT Franco Harris 11 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)
( 0-24) PIT John McMakin 78 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)
( 0-27) PIT Roy Gerela 44 yard field goal
( 0-30) PIT Roy Gerela 37 yard field goal
                     CLE             PIT
First Downs:         11              19
Rushes-yards:        29-99           43-184
Yards/rush:          3.4             4.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     9-20-59-1       9-17-162-0
Sacked-yards:        4-32            1-9
Net pass yards:      27              153
Net yards/pass:      1.1             8.5
Total net yards:     126             337
Total plays:         53 (54% run)    61 (70% run)  
Yards/play:          2.4             5.5
Fumbles-lost:        3-2             1-1
Turnovers:           3               1
Penalties-yards:     1-5             6-60

Attendance: 50,350
Passing:
CLE: Mike Phipps, 9 of 20 for 59 yards (1 int)
PIT: Terry Bradshaw, 9 of 17 for 162 yards and 1 TD

Rushing:
CLE: Leroy Kelly, 11 for 40 yards; Bo Scott, 10 for 31 yards; Mike Phipps, 7 for 29 yards; Billy Lefear, 1 for -1 yards
PIT: Franco Harris, 20 for 102 yards and 2 TDs; Frenchy Fuqua, 12 for 31 yards; Terry Bradshaw, 5 for 27 yards; Preston Pearson, 3 for 7 yards; Steve Davis, 2 for 0 yards; Rocky Bleier, 1 for 17 yards

Receiving:
CLE: Fair Hooker, 3 for 22 yards; Leroy Kelly, 3 for 12 yards; Milt Morin, 1 for 24 yards; Ken Brown, 1 for 6 yards; Bo Scott, 1 for -5 yards
PIT: Franco Harris, 4 for 26 yards; John McMakin, 3 for 113 yards and 1 TD; Ron Shanklin, 2 for 23 yards

Kick returns:
CLE: Billy Lefear, 2 for 51 yards; Ken Brown, 1 for 16 yards
PIT: Steve Davis, 1 for 15 yards

Punt returns:
CLE: Bobby Majors, 1 for 5 yards; Leroy Kelly, 1 for 4 yards
PIT: Glen Edwards, 2 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
PIT: Jack Ham, 1 for 18 yards

Punting:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 6 for 251 yards
PIT: Bobby Walden, 3 for 120 yards

Field Goals:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 0/1
PIT: Roy Gerela, 3/3




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