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Sunday November 18, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/18/1973:



Denver came from behind to win in the last six minutes, on Jim Turner's third field goal and a two-yard scoring pass from Charley Johnson to Riley Odoms. The loss was Pittsburgh's first at home in regular season competition since 1971, breaking a 13-game streak. Two Steeler fumbles set up the winning FG and TD pass. Floyd Little carried 27 times for 88 yards and Odoms caught six passes.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Denver BroncosOFFENSE147.1  (13)201.3  (3)348.4  (2)22
DEFENSE134.7  (9)175.8  (23)310.4  (20)19
Pittsburgh SteelersOFFENSE150.2  (11)126.9  (17)277.1  (14)25
DEFENSE117.3  (5)138.9  (12)256.2  (8)34

Line: Steelers by 8

Team1234F
Denver Broncos (5-3-2)3371023
Pittsburgh Steelers (8-2-0)330713

( 3- 0) DEN Jim Turner 32 yard field goal
( 3- 3) PIT Roy Gerela 15 yard field goal
( 3- 6) PIT Roy Gerela 13 yard field goal
( 6- 6) DEN Jim Turner 11 yard field goal
(13- 6) DEN Floyd Little 10 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)
(13-13) PIT Ron Shanklin 42 yard pass from Terry Hanratty (Roy Gerela kick)
(16-13) DEN Jim Turner 46 yard field goal
(23-13) DEN Riley Odoms 2 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick)
                     DEN             PIT
First Downs:         20              12
Rushes-yards:        49-184          24-83
Yards/rush:          3.8             3.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-20-86-0      10-19-217-0
Sacked-yards:        2-13            0-0
Net pass yards:      73              217
Net yards/pass:      3.3             11.4
Total net yards:     257             300
Total plays:         71 (69% run)    43 (55% run)  
Yards/play:          3.6             7.0
Fumbles-lost:        3-0             3-3
Turnovers:           0               3
Penalties-yards:     4-37            3-45

Attendance: 48,580
Passing:
DEN: Charley Johnson, 13 of 20 for 86 yards and 1 TD
PIT: Terry Hanratty, 10 of 19 for 217 yards and 1 TD

Rushing:
DEN: Floyd Little, 27 for 88 yards and 1 TD; Joe Dawkins, 13 for 57 yards; Otis Armstrong, 4 for 30 yards; Charley Johnson, 3 for -2 yards; Oliver Ross, 2 for 11 yards
PIT: Franco Harris, 11 for 53 yards; Preston Pearson, 8 for 8 yards; Steve Davis, 4 for 23 yards; Rocky Bleier, 1 for -1 yards

Receiving:
DEN: Riley Odoms, 6 for 47 yards and 1 TD; Floyd Little, 4 for 23 yards; Jerry Simmons, 1 for 11 yards; Joe Dawkins, 1 for 7 yards; Larron Jackson, 1 for -2 yards
PIT: John McMakin, 3 for 64 yards; Ron Shanklin, 2 for 64 yards and 1 TD; Frank Lewis, 2 for 59 yards; Franco Harris, 1 for 19 yards; Preston Pearson, 1 for 9 yards; Steve Davis, 1 for 2 yards

Kick returns:
DEN: Otis Armstrong, 3 for 81 yards; Joe Dawkins, 1 for 24 yards
PIT: Preston Pearson, 3 for 50 yards; Franco Harris, 1 for 23 yards; Rocky Bleier, 1 for 15 yards; Steve Davis, 1 for 14 yards

Punt returns:
DEN: Bill Thompson, 2 for 10 yards; Charlie Greer, 1 for 11 yards
PIT: Glen Edwards, 2 for 17 yards

Interceptions:

Punting:
DEN: Billy Van Heusen, 4 for 173 yards
PIT: Bobby Walden, 3 for 130 yards

Field Goals:
DEN: Jim Turner, 3/4
PIT: Roy Gerela, 2/3




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