1972 Pittsburgh Steelers Game Log

Record: 11-3-0, 1st in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Chuck Noll (11-3-0)

Points For: 343 (24.5/g) 5th of 26

Points Against: 175 (12.5/g) 2nd of 26

Expected W-L: 11.6-2.4

SRS: 10.04 (2nd of 26), SOS: -1.96

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 13-7 vs. Oakland Raiders
Lost Conference Championship 17-21 vs. Miami Dolphins

Defensive Coordinator: Bud Carson

Other Notable Asst.: Bob Fry (Offensive Line), George Perles (Defensive Line), Charlie Sumner (Defensive Backfield) and Lionel Taylor (Receivers)

Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner/President: Art Rooney

Director of Player Personnel/de facto General Manager: Dick Haley

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: St. Vincent College (Latrobe, Pennsylvania)

Game Logs

Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Sun	September 17	boxscore	W			Oakland Raiders	34	28	7	17	106	1	3	3	18	7.3	5.3	41.2	42.4	41	141	3.4	2	2	2	4	4	5	242
2	Sun	September 24	boxscore	L		@	Cincinnati Bengals	10	15	18	34	131	0	0	4	39	5.0	3.4	52.9	62.3	24	74	3.1	1	1	4	1	1	6	290
3	Sun	October 1	boxscore	W		@	St. Louis Cardinals	25	19	25	40	209	1	1	2	20	5.7	5.0	62.5	73.9	32	153	4.8	1	3	3	2	2	4	150
4	Sun	October 8	boxscore	L		@	Dallas Cowboys	13	17	12	39	142	0	1	3	24	4.3	3.4	30.8	32.2	26	130	5.0	0	2	4	1	1	5	219
5	Sun	October 15	boxscore	W			Houston Oilers	24	7	9	19	46	1	0	3	24	3.7	2.1	47.4	71.6	48	249	5.2	2	1	2	3	3	7	275
6	Sun	October 22	boxscore	W			New England Patriots	33	3	9	14	183	1	0	2	13	14.0	11.4	64.3	131.5	40	243	6.1	1	4	5	3	3	2	99
7	Sun	October 29	boxscore	W		@	Buffalo Bills	38	21	9	17	93	1	1	0	0	5.5	5.5	52.9	64.1	33	216	6.5	4	1	1	5	5	3	130
8	Sun	November 5	boxscore	W			Cincinnati Bengals	40	17	11	24	185	3	0	2	10	8.1	7.1	45.8	112.0	30	230	7.7	2	2	2	4	4	4	158
9	Sun	November 12	boxscore	W			Kansas City Chiefs	16	7	8	20	80	0	3	2	12	4.6	3.6	40.0	12.5	40	238	6.0	1	3	5	1	1	3	107
10	Sun	November 19	boxscore	L		@	Cleveland Browns	24	26	10	21	103	1	1	4	33	6.5	4.1	47.6	58.2	29	211	7.3	2	1	1	3	3	6	259
11	Sun	November 26	boxscore	W			Minnesota Vikings	23	10	7	19	86	1	1	1	7	4.9	4.3	36.8	47.3	34	206	6.1	2	1	2	2	3	7	339
12	Sun	December 3	boxscore	W			Cleveland Browns	30	0	9	17	153	1	0	1	9	9.5	8.5	52.9	103.3	43	184	4.3	2	3	3	3	3	3	120
13	Sun	December 10	boxscore	W		@	Houston Oilers	9	3	10	19	63	0	0	3	17	4.2	2.9	52.6	59.8	38	130	3.4	0	3	3	0	0	6	279
14	Sun	December 17	boxscore	W		@	San Diego Chargers	24	2	12	24	131	1	1	2	21	6.3	5.0	50.0	63.0	39	115	2.9	2	1	4	3	3	5	208

Playoffs Game Logs Table
							Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT	Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
15	Sat	December 23	boxscore	W		Oakland Raiders	13	7	11	25	144	1	1	3	31	7.0	5.1	44.0	59.4	36	108	3.0	0	2	3	1	1	7	236
16	Sun	December 31	boxscore	L		Miami Dolphins	17	21	10	20	122	1	2	2	15	6.9	5.5	50.0	46.2	26	128	4.9	0	1	2	2	2	4	82

Opponent Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Sun	September 17	boxscore	W			Oakland Raiders	34	28	17	33	273	3	3	2	17	8.8	7.8	51.5	71.9	30	97	3.2	1	0	0	4	4	7	156
2	Sun	September 24	boxscore	L		@	Cincinnati Bengals	10	15	13	27	148	0	1	1	9	5.8	5.3	48.1	49.6	39	121	3.1	0	5	5	0	0	4	72
3	Sun	October 1	boxscore	W		@	St. Louis Cardinals	25	19	15	35	190	0	4	2	9	5.7	5.1	42.9	20.8	22	58	2.6	1	2	2	1	2	4	73
4	Sun	October 8	boxscore	L		@	Dallas Cowboys	13	17	12	30	176	1	2	2	21	6.6	5.5	40.0	43.2	40	191	4.8	1	1	4	2	2	4	65
5	Sun	October 15	boxscore	W			Houston Oilers	24	7	10	22	0	0	1	5	40	1.8	.0	45.5	33.5	25	108	4.3	0	0	0	1	1	10	381
6	Sun	October 22	boxscore	W			New England Patriots	33	3	16	32	149	0	3	7	76	7.0	3.8	50.0	24.1	24	127	5.3	0	1	1	0	0	5	91
7	Sun	October 29	boxscore	W		@	Buffalo Bills	38	21	18	29	164	2	4	1	4	5.8	5.5	62.1	60.8	38	254	6.7	1	0	1	3	3	2	146
8	Sun	November 5	boxscore	W			Cincinnati Bengals	40	17	17	28	221	1	1	2	9	8.2	7.4	60.7	82.6	33	145	4.4	1	1	1	2	2	5	98
9	Sun	November 12	boxscore	W			Kansas City Chiefs	16	7	17	36	108	0	1	5	53	4.5	2.6	47.2	42.4	29	75	2.6	0	0	2	1	1	7	224
10	Sun	November 19	boxscore	L		@	Cleveland Browns	24	26	14	25	172	1	2	3	22	7.8	6.1	56.0	57.4	38	217	5.7	1	4	5	2	2	3	297
11	Sun	November 26	boxscore	W			Minnesota Vikings	23	10	24	44	225	1	1	1	10	5.3	5.0	54.5	67.0	38	95	2.5	0	1	2	1	1	6	161
12	Sun	December 3	boxscore	W			Cleveland Browns	30	0	9	20	27	0	1	4	32	3.0	1.1	45.0	31.2	29	99	3.4	0	0	1	0	0	6	151
13	Sun	December 10	boxscore	W		@	Houston Oilers	9	3	13	24	87	0	0	4	29	4.8	3.1	54.2	62.3	30	72	2.4	0	1	3	0	0	6	148
14	Sun	December 17	boxscore	W		@	San Diego Chargers	24	2	11	26	116	0	4	1	6	4.7	4.3	42.3	16.3	30	56	1.9	0	0	0	0	0	5	110

Opponent Playoffs Game Logs Table
							Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT	Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
15	Sat	December 23	boxscore	W		Oakland Raiders	13	7	12	30	78	0	2	4	24	3.4	2.3	40.0	20.1	31	138	4.5	1	0	0	1	1	7	221
16	Sun	December 31	boxscore	L		Miami Dolphins	17	21	10	16	121	1	1	0	0	7.6	7.6	62.5	80.5	49	193	3.9	2	0	0	3	3	4	57