1986 Giants 37 - 1972 Steelers 20

This was a tight white knuckle game going into the 4th quarter, as these two defensive powerhouses swapped leads. As the 4th opened however, Terry Bradshaw was sacked for a safety. After the ensuing free kick the Steelers committed back to back personal fouls, which set up a Giants TD to basicallty salt the game away. Terry Bradshaw had performed quite well in the early going, but went stone cold in the final quarter, failing to complete as much as a single pass after the Steelers were down two scores and their fearsome running game was more or less out of the equation.

1972 Pittsburgh 20, 1986 New York NFC 37
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1972 Pittsburgh	3	10	7	0	0	20
1986 New York NFC	0	14	7	16	0	37

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	8:58	1972 Pittsburgh	R.Gerela 44 yd. field goal	3-0 PIA
2	13:02	1972 Pittsburgh	F.Harris 3 yd. run (R.Gerela kick)	10-0 PIA
2	7:50	1986 New York NFC	M.Bavaro 33 yd. pass from P.Simms (R.Allegre kick)	10-7 PIA
2	3:58	1986 New York NFC	P.Simms 1 yd. run (R.Allegre kick)	14-10 NYN
2	1:22	1972 Pittsburgh	R.Gerela 40 yd. field goal	14-13 NYN
3	9:52	1972 Pittsburgh	R.Shanklin 25 yd. pass from T.Bradshaw (R.Gerela kick)	20-14 PIA
3	8:28	1986 New York NFC	J.Morris 37 yd. run (R.Allegre kick)	21-20 NYN
4	14:43	1986 New York NFC	Safety, T.Bradshaw sacked by C.Banks in the end zone.	23-20 NYN
4	11:48	1986 New York NFC	J.Morris 7 yd. pass from P.Simms (R.Allegre kick)	30-20 NYN
4	1:15	1986 New York NFC	P.Simms 4 yd. run (R.Allegre kick)	37-20 NYN

Team Statistics
	1972 Pittsburgh	1986 New York NFC
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	7-11-1-19	6-12-1-19
Third Down Efficiency	6-15-40%	8-15-53%
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-3-33%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	7-7-100%	21-21-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	325-70-4.6	318-64-5.0
Total Net Yards Rushing	175	119
Total Rushes	35	38
Average Per Rush	5.0	3.1
Passes Completed/Attempted	14/30 (46.7%)	16/24 (66.7%)
Net Yards Passing	150	199
Avg Yards Per Pass	6.5	8.7
Sacked/Yards Lost	5/44	2/10
Punts/Average	3/41.7	7/37.9
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/13	1/2
Kickoffs/Returns	4/102	6/103
Interceptions/Returns	1/32	2/12
Penalties/Yards	8/70	6/55
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	1/1	1/1
Time of Possession	31 mins 14 secs	29 mins 1 secs
Average Drive Start	PIA 28	NYN 38

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1972 Pittsburgh
Terry Bradshaw	27	13	181	48.1	6.7	1	3.7	2	7.4	30	5/44	51.6
Joe Gilliam	3	1	13	33.3	4.3	0	0	0	0	13	0/0	47.9
1986 New York NFC
Phil Simms	24	16	209	66.7	8.7	2	8.3	1	4.2	35	2/10	104.3

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1972 Pittsburgh
Franco Harris	16	112	7.0	41	1	0	0/0
Frenchy Fuqua	10	39	3.9	15	0	0	0/0
Terry Bradshaw	4	14	3.5	6	0	0	0/0
Preston Pearson	2	6	3.0	7	0	0	0/0
Warren Bankston	2	5	2.5	4	0	0	0/0
Steve Davis	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0/0
1986 New York NFC
Joe Morris	20	60	3.0	37	1	0	1/1
Ottis Anderson	5	20	4.0	6	0	0	0/0
Phil Simms	5	11	2.2	5	2	0	0/0
Lee Rouson	4	19	4.8	8	0	0	0/0
Maurice Carthon	4	9	2.3	5	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1972 Pittsburgh
Ron Shanklin	7	92	13.1	30	1	0
Frenchy Fuqua	2	21	10.5	14	0	0
Franco Harris	2	26	13.0	13	0	0
Frank Lewis	2	25	12.5	13	0	0
Al Young	1	30	30.0	30	0	0
1986 New York NFC
Mark Bavaro	6	103	17.2	33	1	0
Phil McConkey	2	14	7.0	13	0	0
Bobby L. Johnson	2	16	8.0	10	0	0
Stacy Robinson	2	41	20.5	35	0	0
Joe Morris	2	18	9.0	11	1	0
Lee Rouson	1	1	1.0	1	0	0
Zeke Mowatt	1	16	16.0	16	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1972 Pittsburgh
Roy Gerela	0/0	0/0	0/0	2/2	0/0	2/2	100
1986 New York NFC

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1972 Pittsburgh
Bobby Walden	3	41.7	41.0	0	2	45	0
1986 New York NFC
Sean Landeta	7	37.9	36.0	0	4	45	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1972 Pittsburgh
Preston Pearson	4	102	25.5	42	0
1986 New York NFC
Mark Collins	4	77	19.3	22	0
Phil McConkey	2	26	13.0	26	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1972 Pittsburgh
Glen Edwards	1	1	13	13.0	13	0
1986 New York NFC
Phil McConkey	1	1	2	2.0	2	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1972 Pittsburgh
Jack Ham	9	0	0
L.C. Greenwood	8	0	0
Mike Wagner	6	0	0
Mel Blount	6	0	0
"Mean" Joe Greene	5	2	0
Henry Davis	4	0	0
Andy Russell	4	0	1
Ben McGee	3	0	0
John Rowser	2	0	0
John Dockery	1	0	0
Brian Stenger	1	0	0
Ralph Anderson	1	0	0
1986 New York NFC
Carl Banks	10	1	0
Lawrence Taylor	7	3	0
Terry Kinard	6	0	0
Jim Burt	5	0	0
Harry Carson	5	0	0
Elvis Patterson	4	0	0
Kenny Hill	4	0	0
Gary Reasons	4	1	0
George Martin	3	0	0
Jerome Sally	1	0	0
Perry L. Williams	1	0	0
Mark Collins	1	0	0
Leonard Marshall	1	0	0
Phil McConkey	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1972 Pittsburgh
Mel Blount	1	32	32.0	32	0
1986 New York NFC
Lawrence Taylor	1	6	6.0	6	0
Perry L. Williams	1	6	6.0	6	0

Game Story

Mark Bavaro was locked in as New York NFC topped Pittsburgh by the score of 37 to 20. Bavaro received 6 passes for 103 receiving yards and added a touchdown. Phil Simms threw 24 times for 209 yards and 2 touchdowns. New York NFC was great on third down, converting on 8 of 15 opportunities. New York NFC led at halftime 14 to 13. They led after three quarters 21 to 20. Franco Harris carried the ball 16 times gaining 112 yards and added a touchdown for Pittsburgh , but it wasn't enough.

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