AFC Championship Game * Playoff * 06-29-2005 Temp:30 Wind:0-5 MVP:Bradshaw 1972 Denver Broncos (0-1) 10 14 0 7 31 1972 Pittsburgh Steelers (1-0) 6 7 14 21 48 1 Pittsburgh FG Gerela 23 (7-57-2:49) 9:39 0-3 1 Denver FG Turner,J 18 (8-53-2:14) 7:07 3-3 1 Pittsburgh FG Gerela 26 (6-48-2:18) 1:17 3-6 1 Denver TD Johnson,C 18 pass to Sherman (Turner,J) (3-28-0:25) 0:33 10-6 2 Pittsburgh TD Bradshaw 3 run (Gerela) (10-68-3:26) 11:56 10-13 2 Denver TD Montgomery 95 kick return (Turner,J) (0-0-0:00) 11:39 17-13 2 Denver TD Johnson,C 4 pass to Little (Turner,J) (9-73-2:51) 0:14 24-13 3 Pittsburgh TD Harris,F 1 run (Gerela) (12-66-6:14) 8:38 24-20 3 Pittsburgh TD Bradshaw 9 pass to Lewis,F (Gerela) (7-39-3:26) 5:07 24-27 4 Pittsburgh TD Bradshaw 12 pass to Lewis,F (Gerela) (11-69-5:00) 12:23 24-34 4 Pittsburgh TD Bradshaw 2 pass to McMakin (Gerela) (1-2-0:06) 11:55 24-41 4 Denver TD Johnson,C 8 pass to Sherman (Turner,J) (9-80-1:47) 4:50 31-41 4 Pittsburgh TD Bradshaw 5 run (Gerela) (7-66-2:58) 1:48 31-48 Den Pit First Downs 20 34 Rushes 15-80 50-232 Passes 35-20-238 28-20-260 Sacked 1-6 3-20 Fumble 4 2 Penalties 7-57 6-55 Turnovers 4 1 Time 19:53 40:07 Third Down 2-7 10-17 Fourth Down 1-1 2-2 Net Offense 312 472 Injuries: 1972 Denver Broncos Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Little 5 35 7.0 1 1 15 0 Masters 5 0 47 9.4 0 3 14 0 Van Heusen 1 18 18.0 1 0 18 0 Sherman 5 1 81 16.2 0 5 22 2 Dawkins 7 17 2.4 0 0 8 0 Little 4 0 40 10.0 0 3 21 1 Anderson,B 1 8 8.0 0 0 8 0 Odoms 3 0 33 11.0 0 2 15 0 Johnson,C 1 2 2.0 0 0 2 0 Dawkins 1 0 6 6.0 0 1 6 0 15 80 5.3 2 1 18 0 Krieg 1 0 12 12.0 0 1 12 0 Anderson,B 1 0 19 19.0 0 1 19 0 20 1 238 11.9 0 16 22 3 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Johnson,C 35 20 57.1 238 11.9 22 1 0 2 5.7 1 3 8.6 82.8 35 20 57.1 238 11.9 22 1 0 2 5.7 1 3 8.6 82.8 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Turner,J 4 4 100.0 2 1 50.0 0.0 0.0 18 7 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Van Heusen 2 75 40 0 0 0 1 7 34.0 37.5 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Montgomery 7 259 37.0 95 1 Sherman 2 0 13 6.5 8 0 Dawkins 1 17 17.0 17 0 2 0 13 6.5 8 0 8 276 34.5 95 1 Fumbles Johnson, 2 Montgome 1 Van Heus 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Duranko 3 Smith,P 1 Duranko 4 Duranko 1 Myrtle 1 Duranko 1 Smith,P 2 Greer 1 Smith,P 1 Johnson, 1 Myrtle 1 Mitchell 1 Montgome 1 Alzado 1 Tackles Myrtle 11 Greer 8 Forsberg 4 Thompson 4 Geddes,B 1 Hoffma Duranko 9 Alzado 8 Mitchell 4 Gordon 2 Simone 1 Voss Graham 8 Preece 5 Smith,P 4 Domres,T 2 Montgome 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD 0 0 0.0 0 0 1972 Pittsburgh Steelers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Harris,F 24 124 5.2 3 5 14 1 Lewis,F 6 0 78 13.0 0 6 17 2 Bradshaw 14 42 3.0 2 6 12 2 McMakin 6 0 112 18.7 3 5 30 1 Fuqua 9 28 3.1 0 2 7 0 Fuqua 3 1 21 7.0 0 1 11 0 Lewis,F 1 27 27.0 1 1 27 0 Harris,F 2 0 22 11.0 0 1 13 0 Pearson,P 2 11 5.5 0 1 6 0 Shanklin 2 0 16 8.0 0 1 10 0 50 232 4.6 6 16 27 3 Pearson,P 1 0 11 11.0 0 1 11 0 20 1 260 13.0 3 15 30 3 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Bradshaw 28 20 71.4 260 13.0 30 1 3 0 0.0 3 3 10.7 136.0 28 20 71.4 260 13.0 30 1 3 0 0.0 3 3 10.7 136.0 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Gerela 6 6 100.0 2 2 100.0 0.0 0.0 26 12 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Walden 3 135 54 1 0 0 2 13 34.0 45.0 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Davis,St 5 131 26.2 36 0 Edwards,G 1 1 7 7.0 7 0 Harris,F 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 1 7 7.0 7 0 5 131 26.2 36 0 Fumbles Bradshaw 1 Harris,F 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec McGee 1 Greenwoo 1 Greene 2 Greene 2 Anderson 1 Ham 1 Ham 1 McGee 1 Greenwoo 2 Beatty 1 Mansfiel 1 Blount 1 Ham 1 Rowser 1 Rowser 1 McGee 1 Wagner 1 Tackles Anderson 8 Edwards, 4 Wagner 3 Webster 2 Stenger 1 Rowser Ham 5 Dockery 3 McGee 2 White 2 Blount 1 Greene 4 Davis,H 3 Bradley, 2 Russell 1 Beatty 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Rowser 1 2 2.0 2 0 Wagner 1 17 17.0 17 0 2 19 9.5 17 0 1st Quarter KO 15:00 Den Montgomery return of 24 KO-deep 1 10 own29 14:50 Den Johnson,C sacked by McGee F S-hitch bas-Z/Bz2 2 16 own23 14:04 Den Anderson,B 8 draw bas-Z/Bz2 3 8 own31 13:17 Den Johnson,C 2 Fmb M-out pas-Z 4 6 own33 12:34 Den Punt Van Heusen 40,Edwards, Pt-deep 1 10 own27 12:28 Pit Bradshaw 5 B-fly key-Z 2 5 own32 11:54 Pit Fuqua 3 dive run-Z 3 2 own35 11:13 Pit Bradshaw to McMakin 30 M-out run-Z dlO 1 10 opp20 11:03 Pit Bradshaw to Harris,F X M-hitch bas-M 2 10 opp20 10:56 Pit Harris,F 7 sweepR bas-M 3 3 opp13 10:14 Pit Bradshaw -3 bootleg key-sZ 4 6 opp16 9:39 Pit FG Gerela 23 good FG 0-3 KO 9:35 Den Montgomery return of 31 KO-deep 1 10 own36 9:21 Den Johnson,C to Anderson,B 19 S-slant goa-tZ 1 10 opp45 9:08 Den Dawkins 8 draw goa-tZ 2 2 opp37 8:20 Den Johnson,C to Dawkins 6 S-out pas-M 1 10 opp31 8:14 Den Johnson,C to Sherman X L-slant bas-M/Bz1 2 10 opp31 8:09 Den Pen-Pit15 S-slant bas-M 1 10 opp16 8:02 Den Johnson,C to Masters 6 S-cross bas-M 2 4 opp10 7:23 Den Dawkins -1 draw bas-tZ 3 5 opp11 7:15 Den Johnson,C to Masters X M-out pas-tZ 4 5 opp11 7:07 Den FG Turner 18 good FG 3-3 KO 7:03 Pit Davis,St return of 29 KO-deep 1 10 own32 6:55 Pit Pen-Pit15 sweepR key-M 1 25 own17 6:46 Pit Harris,F 5 pitchR bas-M 2 20 own22 6:37 Pit Fuqua 7 pitchR bas-M 3 13 own29 5:56 Pit Harris,F -3 pitchR pas-Z 4 16 own26 5:22 Pit Punt Walden 41,Sherman 5 Pt-deep 1 10 own38 5:17 Den Johnson,C to Little X M-straight pas-Z/Bz2 2 10 own38 5:09 Den Pen-Den5 pitchL bas-Z 2 15 own33 5:09 Den Little 7 draw pas-Z 3 8 own40 4:26 Den Dawkins -1 pitchR pas-Z 4 9 own39 3:41 Den Punt Van Heusen 35,Edwards, Pt-deep 1 10 own33 3:35 Pit Bradshaw to McMakin 14 M-straight bas-M 1 10 own47 3:00 Pit Bradshaw to Lewis,F 17 M-slant bas-Z 1 10 opp36 2:21 Pit Pen-Den10 M-out bas-Z/Bz1 1 10 opp26 2:17 Pit Bradshaw to McMakin X M-hitch key-Z 2 10 opp26 2:06 Pit Harris,F 7 pitchR bas-Z 3 3 opp19 1:22 Pit Bradshaw to Brown,L X S-out bas-sZ con d 4 3 opp19 1:17 Pit FG Gerela 26 good FG 3-6 KO 1:13 Den Montgomery return of 70 KO-deep 1 10 opp28 0:58 Den Little 5 sweepL key-Z 2 5 opp23 0:50 Den Pen-Pit5 sweepR pas-tZ 1 10 opp18 0:50 Den Dawkins 0 sweepR goa-tZ 2 10 opp18 0:43 Den Johnson,C to Sherman 18 TD M-out pas-tZ 10-6 KO 0:33 Pit Davis,St return of 30 KO-deep 1 10 own32 0:22 Pit Bradshaw 11 S-hitch bas-Z 2nd Quarter 1 10 own43 15:00 Pit Bradshaw to Lewis,F 11 M-seam bas-Z 1 10 opp46 14:24 Pit Pen-Den12 M-seam bas-M 1 10 opp34 14:15 Pit Bradshaw to Shanklin 10 S-out bas-M 1 10 opp24 14:08 Pit Bradshaw to Harris,F X S-hitch bas-M dlO 2 10 opp24 14:05 Pit Bradshaw to Harris,F 9 S-hitch run-M dlO 3 1 opp15 13:34 Pit Fuqua 1 overtop goa-tM 4 0 opp14 12:55 Pit Bradshaw 1 overtop goa-tZ 1 10 opp13 12:14 Pit Harris,F 10 pitchR bas-Z 1 3 opp3 12:05 Pit Bradshaw 3 TD bootleg goa-tZ 10-13 KO 11:56 Den Montgomery return of 95 TD KO-deep 17-13 KO 11:39 Pit Davis,St return of 7 KO-deep 1 10 own7 11:34 Pit Bradshaw 8 S-hitch bas-tZ 2 2 own15 10:53 Pit Bradshaw sacked by Duranko S-hitch bas-tM 3 8 own9 10:14 Pit Harris,F 7 pitchR key-Z dlO 4 1 own16 9:35 Pit Bradshaw to McMakin 26 M-out run-Z 1 10 own42 9:26 Pit Bradshaw to Fuqua 4 S-slant bas-Z 2 6 own46 8:46 Pit Fuqua 5 trapL bas-M 3 1 opp49 8:05 Pit Bradshaw to Harris,F 13 S-hitch run-tM 1 10 opp36 7:21 Pit Bradshaw -4 Fmb pitchR bas-M 1 10 own42 7:13 Den Dawkins 5 sweepL bas-M 2 5 own47 6:23 Den Pen-Pit5 draw goa-tM 1 10 opp48 6:23 Den Little 5 pitchL bas-M 2 5 opp43 5:35 Den Dawkins -1 draw goa-tM 3 6 opp44 4:48 Den Johnson,C to Little 4 S-slant pas-Z 4 2 opp40 4:05 Den FG Turner 47 no good FG 1 10 own20 4:00 Pit Bradshaw to Fuqua X S-hitch bas-Z 2 10 own20 3:55 Pit Fuqua -1 sweepR bas-Z dlO 3 11 own19 3:46 Pit Harris,F 8 pitchR pas-Z 4 3 own27 3:10 Pit Punt Walden 54,Sherman 8 Pt-deep 1 10 own27 3:05 Den Dawkins 7 offtackleR pas-Z 2 3 own34 2:17 Den Johnson,C to Sherman 22 M-out goa-tZ 1 10 opp44 2:05 Den Johnson,C to Sherman X L-slant key-Z 2 10 opp44 2:00 Den Johnson,C to Masters X M-out bas-M 3 10 opp44 1:53 Den Johnson,C to Masters 14 M-slant bas-M 1 10 opp30 1:19 Den Little 3 pitchL key-Z 2 7 opp27 0:56 Den Johnson,C to Masters 11 S-cross bas-M 1 10 opp16 0:32 Den Johnson,C to Krieg 12 M-slant key-Z 1 4 opp4 0:22 Den Johnson,C to Little 4 TD S-out goa-tZ 24-13 KO 0:14 Pit Davis,St return of 36 KO-deep 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 Pit Davis,St return of 29 KO-deep 1 10 own34 14:52 Pit Harris,F 14 pitchR bas-Z 1 10 own48 14:38 Pit Bradshaw to Fuqua 11 S-hitch bas-Z 1 10 opp41 14:01 Pit Bradshaw -2 bootleg bas-M 2 12 opp43 13:19 Pit Harris,F 11 pitchR bas-Z dlO 3 1 opp32 12:35 Pit Fuqua 1 overtop pas-Z 1 10 opp31 11:53 Pit Harris,F 0 dive bas-Z 2 10 opp31 11:20 Pit Harris,F 8 offtackleL bas-Z dlO 3 2 opp23 10:45 Pit Fuqua 3 dive key-tZ 1 10 opp20 10:08 Pit Fuqua 3 pitchL bas-Z 2 7 opp17 9:59 Pit Bradshaw to Lewis,F 15 M-seam bas-Z 1 2 opp2 9:26 Pit Harris,F 1 overtop goa-tZ 2 1 opp1 8:47 Pit Harris,F 1 TD overtop goa-tZ agg d 24-20 KO 8:38 Pit Kolb return of 0 KO-onside 1 10 opp39 8:33 Pit Bradshaw sacked by Duranko S-hitch run-Z 2 17 opp46 7:58 Pit Harris,F 0 Fmb sweepR bas-Z con 3 17 opp46 7:24 Pit Lewis,F 27 endaround pas-Z con 1 10 opp19 6:40 Pit Fuqua 6 dive bas-Z 2 4 opp13 6:07 Pit Bradshaw 4 bootleg run-Z 1 9 opp9 5:23 Pit Bradshaw to McMakin X M-seam goa-tZ 2 9 opp9 5:12 Pit Bradshaw to Lewis,F 9 TD M-seam goa-tZ 24-27 KO 5:07 Den Dawkins return of 17 KO-deep 1 10 own20 4:58 Den Johnson,C to Little 11 S-cross key-Z 1 10 own31 4:25 Den Little 15 draw bas-M/Bz2 ag 1 10 own46 3:30 Den Johnson,C to Masters X M-out key-M 2 10 own46 3:21 Den Johnson,C to Masters X S-slant key-Z 3 10 own46 3:16 Den Johnson,C to Masters 5 M-seam pas-Z/Bz2 4 5 opp49 2:33 Den Van Heusen 18 Fmb fakerun bas-Z 1 10 own31 2:23 Pit Bradshaw to Harris,F X S-hitch bas-M 2 10 own31 2:20 Pit Harris,F 9 sweepR bas-M con 3 1 own40 2:11 Pit Harris,F 1 overtop pas-tZ 1 10 own41 1:32 Pit Bradshaw to Fuqua 6 S-hitch bas-Z 2 4 own47 1:03 Pit Bradshaw 12 S-hitch bas-M 1 10 opp41 0:23 Pit Bradshaw to Shanklin 6 S-slant bas-tM 4th Quarter 2 4 opp35 15:00 Pit Harris,F 6 offtackleL bas-Mi 1 10 opp29 14:26 Pit Harris,F -3 pitchR run-M 2 13 opp32 13:49 Pit Bradshaw to McMakin 13 M-hitch bas-tM 1 10 opp19 13:14 Pit Harris,F 7 dive bas-Z 2 3 opp12 12:33 Pit Bradshaw to Lewis,F 12 TD M-slant run-Z 24-34 KO 12:23 Den Montgomery return of 12 KO-deep 1 10 own13 12:13 Den Johnson,C to Dawkins INT Wa S-out pas-sZ 1 2 opp2 12:01 Pit Bradshaw to McMakin 2 TD M-out goa-tZ 24-41 KO 11:55 Den Montgomery return of 18 KO-angle 1 10 own33 11:45 Den Johnson,C to Sherman X M-out pas-Z/Bz2 2 10 own33 11:38 Den Johnson,C to Masters 11 M-seam pas-Z/Bz1 1 10 own44 11:06 Den Johnson,C to Sherman X M-slant pas-Z 2 10 own44 11:03 Den Johnson,C to Odoms X M-straight pas-Z 3 10 own44 11:00 Den Johnson,C to Odoms 15 M-seam pas-Z 1 10 opp41 10:28 Den Johnson,C to Odoms INT Rows M-out pas-Z 1 10 own31 10:10 Pit Bradshaw to Pearson,P 11 B-fly bas-Z 1 10 own42 9:37 Pit Pearson,P 6 dive bas-M 2 4 own48 8:58 Pit Pearson,P 5 offtackleR bas-M 1 10 opp47 8:17 Pit Bradshaw 4 bootleg run-Z 2 6 opp43 7:41 Pit Pen-Den5 Screen bas-Z 2 1 opp38 7:41 Pit Bradshaw sacked by Duranko L-out bas-Z 3 8 opp45 6:59 Pit Pen-Den5 dive bas-Z con dl 3 3 opp40 6:51 Pit Bradshaw to McMakin X M-hitch run-Z 4 3 opp40 6:42 Pit Punt Walden 40,Sherman 0 Pt-side 1 10 own20 6:37 Den Johnson,C to Sherman X L-out pas-Z 2 10 own20 6:31 Den Johnson,C to Odoms 13 M-straight pas-sZ 1 10 own33 6:20 Den Johnson,C to Odoms 5 M-straight pas-Z 2 5 own38 6:05 Den Johnson,C to Little 21 M-out key-Z 1 10 opp41 5:55 Den Johnson,C to Masters X M-out pas-Z 2 10 opp41 5:47 Den Johnson,C to Sherman 13 M-straight pas-Z 1 10 opp28 5:26 Den Johnson,C to Sherman 20 M-seam pas-Z/Bz8 1 8 opp8 5:02 Den Johnson,C to Sherman X M-out pas-tZ 2 8 opp8 4:54 Den Johnson,C to Sherman 8 TD S-cross key-Z 31-41 KO 4:50 Pit Harris,F return of 0 KO-onside 1 10 own34 4:46 Pit Pen-Den5 M-straight bas-Z 1 5 own39 4:46 Pit Bradshaw to Lewis,F 14 M-hitch bas-tM 1 10 opp47 4:12 Pit Pen-Pit5 dive bas-M 1 15 own48 4:12 Pit Harris,F 6 trapL bas-M 2 9 opp46 3:34 Pit Harris,F 6 dive bas-M 3 3 opp40 2:54 Pit Bradshaw to McMakin 27 M-hitch run-M 1 10 opp13 2:11 Pit Harris,F 8 dive bas-Z 2 2 opp5 2:00 Pit Harris,F 0 dive goa-tZ 3 2 opp5 1:55 Pit Bradshaw 5 TD bootleg goa-tZ 31-48 KO 1:48 Pit Montgomery return of 9 Fmb KO-squib 1 10 opp24 1:44 Pit Harris,F 8 dive bas-Z 2 2 opp16 1:00 Pit Bradshaw -1 qbkneel bas-Z 3 3 opp17 0:19 Pit Bradshaw -1 qbkneel bas-Z