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Sunday November 17, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/17/1974:



Franco Harris gained 156 yards on 23 carries and Roy Gerela booted four field goals to help the Steelers widen their AFC Central lead to 1½ games with a victory over the Browns. There were 13 turnovers including a touchdown by J. T. Thomas on a lateral from Joe Greene who recovered a Billy Lefear fumble. Terry Hanratty started his first game of the season as the Pittsburgh quarterback. Gerela's 14 points put him on top in the AFC scoring race.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Pittsburgh SteelersOFFENSE164.7  (5)172.7  (6)337.3  (4)23
DEFENSE119.2  (8)118.9  (3)238.1  (4)31
Cleveland BrownsOFFENSE145.7  (12)119.3  (25)265.0  (19)18
DEFENSE155.7  (21)176.0  (18)331.7  (23)24

Line: Steelers by 7

Team1234F
Pittsburgh Steelers (7-2-1)7601326
Cleveland Browns (3-7-0)3310016

( 0- 3) CLE Don Cockroft 44 yard field goal
( 7- 3) PIT Ron Shanklin 28 yard pass from Terry Hanratty (Roy Gerela kick)
(10- 3) PIT Roy Gerela 32 yard field goal
(10- 6) CLE Don Cockroft 35 yard field goal
(13- 6) PIT Roy Gerela 32 yard field goal
(13-13) CLE Van Green 36 yard interception return (Don Cockroft kick)
(13-16) CLE Don Cockroft 18 yard field goal
(16-16) PIT Roy Gerela 23 yard field goal
(23-16) PIT J.T. Thomas 14 yard fumble return (Roy Gerela kick)
(26-16) PIT Roy Gerela 22 yard field goal
                     PIT             CLE
First Downs:         10              13
Rushes-yards:        41-233          31-80
Yards/rush:          5.7             2.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     3-19-81-3       15-35-162-3
Sacked-yards:        0-0             4-24
Net pass yards:      81              138
Net yards/pass:      4.3             3.5
Total net yards:     314             218
Total plays:         60 (68% run)    70 (44% run)  
Yards/play:          5.2             3.1
Fumbles-lost:        4-3             6-4
Turnovers:           6               7
Penalties-yards:     9-111           2-20

Attendance: 77,195
Passing:
PIT: Terry Hanratty, 2 of 15 for 63 yards and 1 TD (3 int); Joe Gilliam, 1 of 4 for 18 yards
CLE: Brian Sipe, 15 of 30 for 162 yards (3 int); Mike Phipps, 0 of 5 for 0 yards

Rushing:
PIT: Franco Harris, 23 for 156 yards; Steve Davis, 9 for 52 yards; Frenchy Fuqua, 8 for 31 yards; Terry Hanratty, 1 for -6 yards
CLE: Hugh McKinnis, 14 for 49 yards; Greg Pruitt, 6 for -2 yards; Ken Brown, 5 for 16 yards; Billy Lefear, 4 for 0 yards; Brian Sipe, 2 for 17 yards

Receiving:
PIT: Ron Shanklin, 3 for 81 yards and 1 TD
CLE: Milt Morin, 6 for 59 yards; Greg Pruitt, 3 for 12 yards; Dave Sullivan, 2 for 49 yards; Steve Holden, 2 for 27 yards; Ken Brown, 1 for 12 yards; Hugh McKinnis, 1 for 3 yards

Kick returns:
PIT: Mel Blount, 3 for 103 yards; Steve Davis, 1 for 20 yards; Jimmy Allen, 1 for 7 yards
CLE: Billy Lefear, 4 for 94 yards; Greg Pruitt, 1 for 26 yards; Eddie Brown, 1 for 17 yards

Punt returns:
PIT: Dick Conn, 2 for 11 yards; Glen Edwards, 1 for 0 yards
CLE: Billy Lefear, 2 for 1 yard; Thom Darden, 1 for 3 yards; Greg Pruitt, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
PIT: J.T. Thomas, 2 for 0 yards; Joe Greene, 1 for 26 yards
CLE: Van Green, 1 for 36 yards and 1 TD; Clarence Scott, 1 for 25 yards; Bob Babich, 1 for 4 yards

Punting:
PIT: Bobby Walden, 4 for 152 yards
CLE: Don Cockroft, 6 for 259 yards

Field Goals:
PIT: Roy Gerela, 4/5
CLE: Don Cockroft, 3/3




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