Exhibition Week 3, 1975

played in St. Louis, MO

71 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

Pittsburgh Steelers	7	7	3	0	-	17
St. Louis Cardinals	0	7	3	0	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:26 PIT - Don Calhoun 7 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Mark Moseley extra point)
2Q: 10:05 PIT - Bob Windsor 11 pass from Bill Troup (Mark Moseley extra point)
2Q: 07:31 STL - Bubba O'Neil 17 pass from Jeff Gainey (John Leypoldt extra point)
3Q: 07:47 PIT - Mark Moseley 37 field goal
3Q: 02:09 STL - John Leypoldt 26 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:26 PIT - Don Calhoun 7 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Mark Moseley extra point)
2Q: 10:05 PIT - Bob Windsor 11 pass from Bill Troup (Mark Moseley extra point)
2Q: 07:31 STL - Bubba O'Neil 17 pass from Jeff Gainey (John Leypoldt extra point)
3Q: 07:47 PIT - Mark Moseley 37 field goal
3Q: 02:09 STL - John Leypoldt 26 field goal

Team Statistics PIT STL
Record 2-0 0-2
First Downs 24 15
- by Rushing 6 5
- by Passing 17 8
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 380 264
- Offensive Plays 66 56
- Yards per Play 5.76 4.71
Net Rushing Yards 119 81
- Rushing Attempts 29 24
- Yards per Rush 4.10 3.38
Net Passing Yards 261 183
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 36 - 25 - 0 32 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 267 183
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 7.05 5.72
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/12 5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.9 7.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/2
Penalties/Yards 7/55 6/47
Punt Returns/Yards 1/7 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 1/18 2/98
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 27
Time of Possession 33:43 26:17

Team Statistics	PIT	STL
Record	2-0	0-2
First Downs	24	15
- by Rushing	6	5
- by Passing	17	8
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	380	264
- Offensive Plays	66	56
- Yards per Play	5.76	4.71
Net Rushing Yards	119	81
- Rushing Attempts	29	24
- Yards per Rush	4.10	3.38
Net Passing Yards	261	183
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	36 - 25 - 0	32 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	267	183
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	7.05	5.72
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/12	5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.9	7.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/2
Penalties/Yards	7/55	6/47
Punt Returns/Yards	1/7	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	1/18	2/98
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 27
Time of Possession	33:43	26:17

Drive Charts

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:41	OWN 20	12	80	Touchdown
1	7:12	3:08	OWN 43	5	19	Punt
2	14:18	4:22	OWN 38	9	62	Touchdown
2	7:23	1:47	OWN 20	5	34	Punt
2	2:00	2:00	OWN 6	4	26	Half
3	13:13	5:31	OWN 30	9	50	Field Goal
3	2:04	3:04	OWN 31	6	27	Punt
4	11:42	4:44	OWN 20	9	38	Punt
4	5:15	2:54	OWN 42	7	15	Punt
4	0:03	0:03	OPP 49	1	-1	Game

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:19	2:07	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
1	4:04	4:46	OWN 20	10	49	Missed FG
2	9:56	2:33	OWN 44	5	56	Touchdown
2	5:36	3:36	OWN 20	9	33	Punt
3	15:00	1:47	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
3	7:42	5:38	OPP 39	9	30	Field Goal
4	14:00	2:18	OWN 20	5	27	Punt
4	6:58	1:43	OWN 20	4	3	Punt
4	2:21	2:18	OWN 20	10	29	Downs

Game MVP: Bill Troup, Pittsburgh Steelers

Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Ed Jenkins	14	70	5.00	16	2
Franco Harris	12	46	3.83	15	2
Don Calhoun	2	4	2.00	4	0
Bill Troup	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Terry Metcalf	11	41	3.73	9
Warren Bankston	7	20	2.86	9
Jeff Gainey	5	19	3.80	8
Norm Bulaich	1	1	1.00	1

Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bill Troup	25	16	171	1/6	1	21	0	97.3
Terry Bradshaw	11	9	96	0/0	1	27	0	133.3

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jeff Gainey	23	17	126	0/0	1	17	0	100.9
Jim Hart	9	8	57	0/0	0	15	0	93.0

Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Bob Windsor	6	7	57	9.50	6	18	1
WR Reuben Gant	5	10	65	13.00	1	27	0
RB Franco Harris	3	3	23	7.67	7	14	0
WR John Stallworth	3	4	49	16.33	12	21	0
WR Lynn Swann	3	4	31	10.33	0	12	0
RB Don Calhoun	2	2	8	4.00	4	7	1
FB Don Nottingham	2	2	24	12.00	7	14	0
WR Mel Gray	1	3	10	10.00	0	10	0
RB Ed Jenkins	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Terry Metcalf	9	9	42	4.67	19	13	0
TE Rich Caster	3	4	22	7.33	0	13	0
WR Ray Jarvis	3	4	26	8.67	2	15	0
FB Matt Braxton	3	3	34	11.33	19	15	0
WR Bubba O'Neil	2	3	18	9.00	1	17	1
WR Alfred Jenkins	2	6	15	7.50	0	11	0
RB Warren Bankston	1	1	7	7.00	0	7	0
FB Norm Bulaich	1	1	3	3.00	2	3	0
WR Cotton Speyrer	1	1	16	16.00	6	16	0

Interception Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Ed Jenkins	1	0	0	0
Dave Simonson	0	1	0	0

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Mike Weger	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
David Lee	5	211	42.2	22.2	46	0

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Al Blake	5	208	41.6	36.2	53	1

Kicking Statistics

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mark Moseley	1/1	0/0	0/0	37	2/2

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Leypoldt	1/2	0/1	0/0	26	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lynn Swann	1	7	7.0	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
John Stallworth	1	18	18.0	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jim Tolbert	2	98	49.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Pete Barnes	8	0	19	17
ILB Frank Nunley	6	5	20	29
S Chris Fletcher	6	3	20	29
S Charlie Phillips	5	1	16	27
OLB Dale Mitchell	4	1	11	19
CB Lloyd Mumphord	3	2	18	28
OLB Andy Russell	3	0	15	14
CB Mel Blount	2	4	19	29
CB Charlie Stukes	2	1	19	28
ILB Bob Thornbladh	2	1	4	3
OLB Steve Kiner	2	0	8	5
DT Dave Costa	1	1	20	27
S John Sanders	1	1	7	11
DT Robert Brown	1	0	23	29
DE Sean Clark	1	0	5	4
DT Joe Greene	0	3	19	28
ILB Jerry Patton	0	1	1	7

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Jim Tolbert	8	0	1.0	24	35
S Mike Weger	7	4	0.0	27	35
ILB Will Foster	6	0	0.0	25	36
CB Al Clark	5	1	0.0	19	33
DT John Grant	5	1	0.0	27	35
CB Hugh Rodgers	5	0	0.0	26	35
OLB Dwight Lewis	4	6	0.0	26	35
DE Ron Yankowski	4	2	0.0	27	37
CB Ray Easterling	2	1	0.0	12	9
CB Roger Wehrli	2	0	0.0	24	36
DT Dale Norman	1	1	0.0	11	5
ILB Mark Cooney	1	0	0.0	4	1
OLB Willie Harper	1	0	0.0	3	2
DE Billy Howard	1	0	0.0	26	32
OLB Jim Merlo	0	1	0.0	10	5
DT Eric Kasay	0	1	0.0	16	28
S Tony Peters	0	1	0.0	2	2

Pass Rush Statistics

Pittsburgh	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Joe Greene	0.0	1	2	2	28

St. Louis	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
S Jim Tolbert	1.0	0	0	35
DT Eric Kasay	0.0	1	0	28
DE Ron Yankowski	0.0	0	2	37
DE Billy Howard	0.0	0	1	32

Pass Defense Statistics

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Chris Fletcher	3	0	29
CB Lloyd Mumphord	3	0	28
OLB Dale Mitchell	3	0	19
CB Mel Blount	2	1	29
OLB Pete Barnes	2	0	17
ILB Frank Nunley	2	0	29
CB Charlie Stukes	2	0	28
ILB Bob Thornbladh	2	0	3
S Charlie Phillips	2	0	27
OLB Steve Kiner	1	0	5
OLB Andy Russell	1	0	14
S John Sanders	1	0	11
ILB Jerry Patton	1	0	7

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Roger Wehrli	4	2	36
CB Al Clark	4	0	33
OLB Dwight Lewis	4	0	35
CB Hugh Rodgers	4	0	35
S Jim Tolbert	3	1	35
S Mike Weger	2	0	35
DE Ron Yankowski	2	0	37
CB Ray Easterling	1	0	9
OLB Willie Harper	1	0	2

Blocking Statistics

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jim Yarbrough	4	5	18	0	27
Bobby Maples	2	6	19	0	32
Mick Tinglehoff	1	6	27	0	25
Dave Simonson	1	5	25	0	28
Elmer Collett	1	2	17	0	15
Richie Evans	0	3	12	0	22
Bob Windsor	0	1	24	0	33
Rufus Mayes	0	0	15	1	19

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Ron Mikolajczyk	2	4	21	17
Len Hauss	2	3	10	20
Dan Dierdorf	1	2	9	22
Jabar Green	1	2	11	13
Tom Funchess	1	1	14	22
Glen Holloway	0	3	14	19
Revie Sorey	0	2	18	25
Jim Arneson	0	1	16	14
Rich Caster	0	1	16	22

Special Teams Tackles

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Mel Gray	1	15
Dale Mitchell	1	13

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Ray Easterling	1	16
Charlie Smith	1	16

Participation

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bob Windsor	24	33	---	---	4	61
Dave Simonson	25	28	---	---	6	59
Mel Gray	17	25	---	---	15	57
Bobby Maples	19	32	---	---	6	57
Reuben Gant	18	28	---	---	10	56
Mick Tinglehoff	27	25	---	---	3	55
Robert Brown	---	---	23	29	2	54
Chris Fletcher	---	---	20	29	5	54
Charlie Stukes	---	---	19	28	6	53
Mel Blount	---	---	19	29	3	51
Frank Nunley	---	---	20	29	2	51
Dave Costa	---	---	20	27	2	49
Joe Greene	---	---	19	28	2	49
Lloyd Mumphord	---	---	18	28	3	49
Jim Yarbrough	18	27	---	---	---	45
Charlie Phillips	---	---	16	27	1	44
John Stallworth	16	21	---	---	6	43
Bill Troup	16	26	---	---	1	43
Dale Mitchell	---	---	11	19	13	43
Ed Jenkins	16	20	---	---	6	42
Don Calhoun	10	12	---	---	18	40
Richie Evans	12	22	---	---	6	40
Pete Barnes	---	---	19	17	3	39
Elmer Collett	17	15	---	---	6	38
Don Nottingham	14	13	---	---	9	36
Rufus Mayes	15	19	---	---	---	34
Lynn Swann	14	14	---	---	5	33
Guy Dennis	12	17	---	---	3	32
Andy Russell	---	---	15	14	1	30
Franco Harris	12	16	---	---	---	28
John Sanders	---	---	7	11	7	25
Terry Bradshaw	13	11	---	---	---	24
Mercury Harzstark	---	---	7	6	10	23
Steve Kiner	---	---	8	5	7	20
J.T. Galles	4	3	---	---	12	19
Jerry Patton	---	---	1	7	8	16
Tim Rudnick	---	---	5	3	6	14
Ted Washington	---	---	3	3	5	11
Bob Thornbladh	---	---	4	3	2	9
Sean Clark	---	---	5	4	---	9
Teddy Rivers	---	---	4	3	1	8
David Lee	0	0	---	---	5	5
Mark Moseley	0	0	---	---	5	5
Joe Harris	---	---	0	0	5	5
Barney Chavous	---	---	1	3	---	4
Ethan Leaskey	0	0	---	---	---	0

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Hugh Rodgers	---	---	26	35	9	70
Jim Tolbert	---	---	24	35	6	65
Roger Wehrli	---	---	24	36	5	65
Ron Yankowski	---	---	27	37	1	65
John Grant	---	---	27	35	1	63
Mike Weger	---	---	27	35	1	63
Will Foster	---	---	25	36	1	62
Dwight Lewis	---	---	26	35	1	62
Billy Howard	---	---	26	32	1	59
Al Clark	---	---	19	33	2	54
Revie Sorey	18	25	---	---	5	48
Eric Kasay	---	---	16	28	3	47
Ron Mikolajczyk	21	17	---	---	7	45
Rich Caster	16	22	---	---	5	43
Jeff Gainey	19	23	---	---	---	42
Terry Metcalf	15	23	---	---	2	40
Cotton Speyrer	11	16	---	---	12	39
Bubba O'Neil	15	20	---	---	3	38
Ray Easterling	---	---	12	9	16	37
Len Hauss	10	20	---	---	7	37
Jim Arneson	16	14	---	---	6	36
Tom Funchess	14	22	---	---	---	36
Alfred Jenkins	14	22	---	---	---	36
Ray Jarvis	15	19	---	---	---	34
Glen Holloway	14	19	---	---	---	33
Dan Dierdorf	9	22	---	---	---	31
Warren Bankston	8	7	---	---	14	29
Larry Brown	8	7	---	---	14	29
Norm Bulaich	8	11	---	---	8	27
Jabar Green	11	13	---	---	3	27
Matt Braxton	9	13	---	---	3	25
Sam Davis	7	8	---	---	7	22
Willie Harper	---	---	3	2	14	19
Charlie Smith	0	0	---	---	16	16
Dale Norman	---	---	11	5	---	16
Jim Merlo	---	---	10	5	---	15
Jim Hart	5	9	---	---	---	14
Mark Cooney	---	---	4	1	7	12
Tony Peters	---	---	2	2	8	12
Stan Hindman	---	---	5	5	---	10
Ken Payne	1	0	---	---	9	10
Sammy Danko	---	---	2	0	8	10
Al Blake	0	0	---	---	7	7
Bob Breunig	---	---	3	1	3	7
John Leypoldt	0	0	---	---	5	5
Jack Concannon	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	13	2.6
Middle	12	38	3.2
Right	11	69	6.3
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	14	3.5
Middle	16	46	2.9
Right	4	21	5.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bill Troup	25	16	1	1	2	2	3	0	0
Terry Bradshaw	11	9	1	0	1	1	0	0	0

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jeff Gainey	23	17	0	3	0	0	2	2	0
Jim Hart	9	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	8	2.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	13	119	8.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	9	113	8.1
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	27	5.4

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	27	5.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	13	63	4.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	93	8.5
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Reuben Gant	10	5	2	65	1	28
TE Bob Windsor	7	6	1	57	0	33
WR John Stallworth	4	3	0	49	1	21
WR Lynn Swann	4	3	0	31	0	14
WR Mel Gray	3	1	0	10	0	25
RB Franco Harris	3	3	0	23	0	16
RB Don Calhoun	2	2	0	8	0	12
FB Don Nottingham	2	2	0	24	0	13
RB Ed Jenkins	1	0	0	0	0	20

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Yards	PPlay
WR Terry Metcalf	9	9	42	23
WR Alfred Jenkins	6	2	15	22
TE Rich Caster	4	3	22	22
WR Ray Jarvis	4	3	26	19
FB Matt Braxton	3	3	34	13
WR Bubba O'Neil	3	2	18	20
RB Warren Bankston	1	1	7	7
FB Norm Bulaich	1	1	3	11
WR Cotton Speyrer	1	1	16	16

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Franco Harris	2	2	1.00	3.83
Ed Jenkins	2	6	3.00	5.00

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Warren Bankston	1	-1	-1.00	2.86
Norm Bulaich	1	1	1.00	1.00
Terry Metcalf	1	6	6.00	3.73

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Terry Bradshaw	1	1	7	7.00	8.73
Bill Troup	1	1	11	11.00	6.84

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jeff Gainey	2	2	22	11.00	5.48

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Don Calhoun	1	1	7	7.00	4.00
TE Bob Windsor	1	1	11	11.00	8.14

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Rich Caster	1	1	5	5.00	5.50
WR Bubba O'Neil	1	1	17	17.00	6.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Ed Jenkins	2	1
Franco Harris	1	1

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Warren Bankston	2	2
Jeff Gainey	2	0
Norm Bulaich	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bill Troup	6	3	2
Terry Bradshaw	2	2	2

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jeff Gainey	6	5	1
Jim Hart	4	3	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Bob Windsor	5	4	3
WR Reuben Gant	1	0	0
FB Don Nottingham	1	1	1
WR Lynn Swann	1	0	0

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Terry Metcalf	4	4	1
WR Alfred Jenkins	3	1	0
TE Rich Caster	1	1	0
FB Matt Braxton	1	1	1
WR Bubba O'Neil	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 62,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,000 (21,400)
End Zone 13,800 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,100 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	62,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,000 (21,400)
End Zone	13,800 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,100 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,300)