1971 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Infobox NFL season
team = Pittsburgh Steelers
year = 1971
record = 6-8
division_place = 2nd AFC Central
coach = Chuck Noll
stadium = Three Rivers Stadium
playoffs = none
previous = 1970
next = 1972

Offseason

NFL Draft

Preseason

Schedule

Game Summaries

Regular Season

Schedule

Game Summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 19, 1971): Chicago Bears

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=6
R3=6
R4=3
Home=Bears
H1=0
H2=3
H3=14
H4=0"at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 55,049
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Pearson fumble recovery in end zone (kick failed)
* Chicago - FG Percival 33
* Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 32
* Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 29
* Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 42
* Chicago - Brupbacher 30 fumble return (Percival kick)
* Chicago - Farmer 8 pass from Nix (Percival kick)

Week 2 (Sunday September 26, 1971): Cincinnati Bengals

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Bengals
R1=3
R2=0
R3=7
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=7
H2=0
H3=7
H4=7"at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 48,448
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Cincinnati - FG Muhlmann 33
* Pittsburgh - Smity 16 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)
* Cincinnati - Parrish 14 fumble return (Muhlmann kick)
* Pittsburgh - Staggers 67 punt return (Gerela kick)
* Pittsburgh - Pearson 13 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)

Week 3 (Sunday October 3, 1971): San Diego Chargers

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Chargers
R1=3
R2=7
R3=7
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=7
H2=0
H3=7
H4=7"at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 44,339
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* San Diego - FG Partee 21
* Pittsburgh - Fuqua 5 run (Gerela kick)
* San Diego - Parks 16 pass from Hadl (Partee kick)
* Pittsburgh - Fuqua 1 run (Gerela kick)
* San Diego - Garrett 4 run (Partee kick)
* Pittsburgh - Bradshaw 5 run (Gerela kick)

Week 4 (Sunday October 10, 1971): Cleveland Browns

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=7
R3=3
R4=7
Home=Browns
H1=10
H2=10
H3=0
H4=7"at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 83,391
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Cleveland - FG Cockroft 25
* Cleveland - Morin 19 pass from Nelsen (Cockroft kick)
* Cleveland - Scott 18 run (Cockroft kick)
* Pittsburgh - D. Smith 22 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)
* Cleveland - FG Cockroft 20
* Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 33
* Pittsburgh - Shanklin 11 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)
* Cleveland - Kelly 7 run (Cockroft kick)

Week 5 (Monday October 18, 1971): Kansas City Chiefs

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=9
R2=0
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Chiefs
H1=0
H2=28
H3=0
H4=10"at the Municipal Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 49,533
* Referee:
* TV announcers:ABC Howard Cosell, Frank Gifford, Don Meredith

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 32
* Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 40
* Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 35
* Kansas City - Taylor 5 pass from Dawson (Stenerud kick)
* Kansas City - Taylor 27 pass from Dawson (Stenerud kick)
* Kansas City - Wright 5 pass from Dawson (Stenerud kick)
* Kansas City - Podolak 1 run (Stenerud kick)
* Kansas City - FG Stenerud 11
* Pittsburgh - Fuqua 1 run (Gerela kick)
* Kansas City - Thomas 32 interception return (Stenerud kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 24, 1971): Houston Oilers

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Oilers
R1=7
R2=3
R3=6
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=3
H2=3
H3=3
H4=14"at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 45,872
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Houston - Dawkins 1 run (Moseley kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 28
* Houston - FG Moseley 24
* Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 22
* Houston - Dawkins 1 run (kick failed)
* Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 12
* Pittsburgh - Bradshaw 1 run (Gerela kick)
* Pittsburgh - Fuqua 30 run (Gerela kick)

= Week 7 (Sunday October 31, 1971): Baltimore Colts =

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=7
R3=7
R4=7
Home=Colts
H1=7
H2=20
H3=7
H4=0"at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland"

* Game time:
* Game weather: 60,238
* Game attendance:
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Baltimore - Bulaich 1 run (O'Brien kick)
* Baltimore - FG O'Brien 20
* Baltimore - FG O'Brien 9
* Pittsburgh - Bradshaw 3 run (Gerela kick)
* Baltimore - Richardson 19 pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick)
* Baltimore - Richardson 49 pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick)
* Baltimore - Perkins 60 pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick)
* Pittsburgh - Shanklin 31 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)
* Pittsburgh - Bradshaw 1 run (Gerela kick)

Week 8 (Sunday November 7, 1971): Cleveland Browns

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Browns
R1=0
R2=2
R3=7
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=10
H2=6
H3=0
H4=10"at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 50,202
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 45
* Pittsburgh - Bradshaw 1 run (Gerela kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 23
* Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 17
* Cleveland - Safety, Houston tackled Walden in end zone
* Cleveland - Scott 1 run (Cockroft kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 13
* Pittsburgh - Smith 40 pass from Hanratty (Gerela kick)

Week 9 (Sunday 11/14/1971): Miami Dolphins

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=14
R2=7
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Dolphins
H1=3
H2=14
H3=7
H4=0"at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 66,435
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Miami - FG Yepremain 43
* Pittsburgh - Smith 30 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)
* Pittsburgh - Shanklin 28 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)
* Pittsburgh - Smith 16 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)
* Miami - Warfield 12 pass from Griese (Yepremain kick)
* Miami - Warfield 86 pass from Griese (Yepremain kick)
* Miami - Warfield 60 pass from Griese (Yepremain kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 21, 1971): New York Giants

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Giants
R1=7
R2=6
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=3
H2=7
H3=7
H4=0"at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 50,008
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* New York Giants - Houston 26 pass from Tarkenton (Gogolak kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 25
* New York Giants - FG Gogolak 25
* Pittsburgh - Rowser 70 interception return (Gerela kick)
* New York Giants - FG Gogolak 29
* Pittsburgh - Shanklin 4 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)

Week 11 (Sunday November 28, 1971): Denver Broncos

Linescore Amfootball
Road= Broncos
R1=0
R2=10
R3=0
R4=12
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=0
H3=10
H4=0"at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 39,710
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Denver - Little 3 run (J. Turner kick)
* Denver - FG J. Turner 32
* Pittsburgh - Pearson 8 pass from Hanratty (Gerela kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 19
* Denver - Little 16 run (Turner kick)
* Denver - Safety, Lynch tackled Walden in end zone
* Denver - FG J. Turner 12

Week 12 (Sunday December 5, 1971): Houston Oilers

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=3
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Oilers
H1=16
H2=6
H3=0
H4=7"at the Houston Astrodome, Houston, Texas"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 37,778
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Houston - Reed 27 pass from Pastorini (Moseley kick)
* Houston - FG Moseley 25
* Houston - Campbell 8 run (kick blocked)
* Houston - FG Moseley 37
* Houston - FG Moseley 25
* Pittsburgh - FG Gerela 15
* Houston - Holmes 4 run (Moselely kick)

Week 13 (Sunday December 12, 1971): Cincinnati Bengals

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=7
R2=0
R3=14
R4=0
Home=Bengals
H1=0
H2=7
H3=6
H4=0"at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 60,022
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Hanratty 3 run (Gerela kick)
* Cincinnati - Coslet 43 pass from Carter (Muhlmann kick)
* Cincinnati - FG Muhlmann 22
* Cincinnati - FG Muhlmann 18
* Pittsburgh - Fuqua 40 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)
* Pittsburgh - Shanklin 5 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)

Week 14 (Sunday December 19, 1971): Los Angeles Rams

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Rams
R1=13
R2=3
R3=7
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=7
H3=7
H4=0"at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 45,233
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Los Angeles - FG Ray 15
* Los Angeles - FG Ray 15
* Los Angeles - Snow 20 pass from Gabriel (Ray kick)
* Pittsburgh - L. Brown 3 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)
* Los Angeles - FG Ray 15
* Pittsburgh - Shanklin 2 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)
* Los Angeles - L. Smith 1 run (Ray kick)

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