1977 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/6/1977	H	Buffalo Bills	28-24	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49600
Sat	8/13/1977	A	Kansas City Chiefs	21-23	L		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	28584
Sat	8/20/1977	A	New York Jets	26-13	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	33408
Sun	8/28/1977	A	New England Patriots	10-13	L	OT	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	43779
Fri	9/2/1977	H	Philadelphia Eagles	21-13	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49548
Thu	9/8/1977	A	Dallas Cowboys	0-30	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	49824
Mon	9/19/1977	H	San Francisco 49ers	27-0	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48046
Sun	9/25/1977	H	Oakland Raiders	7-16	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50398
Sun	10/2/1977	A	Cleveland Browns	28-14	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	79021
Sun	10/9/1977	A	Houston Oilers	10-27	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	47777
Mon	10/17/1977	H	Cincinnati Bengals	20-14	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	47950
Sun	10/23/1977	H	Houston Oilers	27-10	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48517
Sun	10/30/1977	A	Baltimore Colts	21-31	L		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60225
Sun	11/6/1977	A	Denver Broncos	7-21	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74697
Sun	11/13/1977	H	Cleveland Browns	35-31	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	47055
Sun	11/20/1977	H	Dallas Cowboys	28-13	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49761
Sun	11/27/1977	A	New York Jets	23-20	W		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	47385
Sun	12/4/1977	H	Seattle Seahawks	30-20	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	45429
Sat	12/10/1977	A	Cincinnati Bengals	10-17	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	36133
Sun	12/18/1977	A	San Diego Chargers	10-9	W		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	50727
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	12/24/1977	A	Denver Broncos	21-34	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	75011

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
45	Jimmy Allen	RS-LS-RCB-LCB	6-2	194	25	Los Angeles Pierce JC; UCLA	12	5
76	John Banaszak	LDE-RDE	6-3	242	27	Eastern Michigan	8	0
20	Rocky Bleier	RB	5-11	205	31	Notre Dame	13	13
24	Mel Blount	RCB	6-3	205	29	Southern University	14	13
12	Terry Bradshaw	QB	6-3	210	29	Louisiana Tech	14	14
79	Larry Brown	ROT	6-4	270	28	Kansas	14	13
50	Jim Clack	ROG-LOG	6-3	250	30	Wake Forest	14	14
56	Robin Cole	LDE-MLB-RLB-LLB-RDE	6-2	225	22	New Mexico	8	1
60	Brad Cousino	LLB	6-0	215	24	Miami (Ohio)	3	0
89	Bennie Cunningham	TE	6-4	260	23	Clemson	12	10
57	Sam Davis	LOG	6-1	245	33	Allen	11	9
35	Jack Deloplaine	RB	5-10	205	23	Salem	8	0
21	Tony Dungy	RS-LS-QB	6-0	190	22	Minnesota	14	0
27	Glen Edwards	RS	6-0	185	30	Florida A&M	13	9
17	Rick Engles	P	5-11	170	23	Tulsa	1	0
64	Steve Furness	RDT-LDE	6-4	255	27	Rhode Island	14	14
10	Roy Gerela	K	5-10	185	29	New Mexico State	14	0
16	Neil Graff	QB	6-3	200	27	Wisconsin	4	0
75	Joe Greene	LDT	6-4	270	31	North Texas	13	13
68	L.C. Greenwood	LDE	6-6	246	31	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	9	8
84	Randy Grossman	TE	6-1	225	25	Temple	13	3
59	Jack Ham	LLB	6-3	224	29	Penn State	14	14
32	Franco Harris	RB	6-2	225	27	Penn State	14	14
46	Reggie Harrison	RB	5-11	220	26	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Cincinnati	14	1
63	Ernie Holmes	RDT	6-3	260	29	Texas Southern	13	6
55	Jon Kolb	LOT	6-2	240	30	Oklahoma State	13	12
15	Mike Kruczek	QB	6-1	205	24	Boston College	2	0
54	Dave LaCrosse	RLB-LLB	6-3	210	22	Wake Forest	14	0
58	Jack Lambert	MLB	6-4	220	25	Kent State	11	10
43	Frank Lewis	WR	6-1	196	30	Grambling State	10	0
28	Alvin Maxson	RB	5-11	201	26	Southern Methodist	7	0
72	Gerry Mullins	ROG	6-3	244	28	Southern California	12	5
66	Ted Petersen	C-ROG-ROT-LOT	6-5	241	22	Eastern Illinois	14	0
74	Ray Pinney	LOT-ROT-C	6-4	274	23	Washington	14	3
85	Ernie Pough	WR	6-1	174	25	Texas Southern	14	0
29	Brent Sexton	LCB-RCB	6-1	190	24	Elon	11	0
31	Donnie Shell	LS-RS	5-11	198	25	South Carolina State	12	12
86	Jim Smith	WR	6-2	205	22	Michigan	14	0
37	Laverne Smith	RB	5-10	193	23	Kansas	7	0
82	John Stallworth	WR	6-2	202	25	Alabama A&M	14	14
88	Lynn Swann	WR	6-0	180	25	Southern California	14	14
24	J.T. Thomas	LCB	6-2	196	26	Florida State	14	14
38	Sidney Thornton	RB	5-11	230	23	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	13	0
51	Loren Toews	RLB	6-3	220	26	California	14	14
23	Mike Wagner	S	6-1	200	28	Western Illinois	3	3
39	Bobby Walden	P	6-0	192	39	Georgia	13	0
52	Mike Webster	C	6-2	260	25	Wisconsin	14	14
75	Dwight White	RDE	6-4	253	28	Texas A&M-Commerce	14	14
53	Dennis Winston	MLB	6-0	228	22	Arkansas	13	4

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	21	Robin Cole	LB	New Mexico
2	48	Sidney Thornton	RB	Northwestern State (Louisiana)
3	60	Tom Beasley	DT	Virginia Tech
3	75	Jim Smith	WR	Michigan
4	93	Ted Petersen	C	Eastern Illinois
4	99	Laverne Smith	RB	Kansas
4	106	Dan Audick	G	Hawaii
5	121	Cliff Stoudt	QB	Youngstown State
5	125	Steve Courson	G	South Carolina
5	132	Dennis Winston	LB	Arkansas
6	159	Paul Harris	LB	Alabama
7	186	Randy Frisch	DT	Missouri
8	217	Phil August	WR	Miami (Florida)
9	244	Roosevelt Kelly	TE	Eastern Kentucky
10	253	Al Cowans	DB	Florida
10	271	Dave LaCrosse	LB	Wake Forest
11	298	Lou West	DB	Cincinnati
12	310	Jimmy Stephens	TE	Florida

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	30	109	47	97
Opponents Totals	59	71	44	69

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		266	122	124	20	75/203 36.9%	/ %	122	973
Opponents Totals		228	80	112	36	64/193 33.2%	/ %	82	784

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Franco Harris	11	0	0		0	0		66
Roy Gerela	0	34	37	91.9	9	14	64.3	61
John Stallworth	7	0	0		0	0		42
Lynn Swann	7	0	0		0	0		42
Rocky Bleier	4	0	0		0	0		24
Terry Bradshaw	3	0	0		0	0		18
Bennie Cunningham	2	0	0		0	0		12
Sidney Thornton	2	0	0		0	0		12
Frank Lewis	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	37	34	37	91.9	9	14	64.3	283
Opponents Totals	29	27	29	93.1	14	21	66.7	243

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Roy Gerela	9	14	64.3	0	49	0/0	4/5	2/2	3/6	0/1
Team Totals	9	14	64.3	0	49	0/0	4/5	2/2	3/6	0/1
Opponents Totals	14	21	66.7			1/1	6/8	2/4	5/8	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Franco Harris	300	1162	3.9	61t	11
Rocky Bleier	135	465	3.4	16	4
Reggie Harrison	36	175	4.9	33	0
Terry Bradshaw	31	171	5.5	26	3
Sidney Thornton	27	103	3.8	18	2
Alvin Maxson	18	56	3.1	8	0
Laverne Smith	14	55	3.9	16	0
John Stallworth	6	47	7.8	15	0
Tony Dungy	3	8	2.7	6	0
Jack Deloplaine	2	7	3.5	5	0
Lynn Swann	2	6	3.0	14	0
Neil Graff	5	3	0.6	4	0
Mike Kruczek	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bobby Walden	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	581	2258	3.9	61t	20
Opponents Totals	493	1723	3.5	39	9

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Terry Bradshaw	314	162	162	133	2523	8.0	15.6	65t	17	5.4	19	6.1	26	235	2288	71.4
Neil Graff	12	6	6	6	47	3.9	7.8	21	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	10	37	60.1
Mike Kruczek	7	2	2	5	19	2.7	9.5	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	19	39.6
Tony Dungy	8	3	3	3	43	5.4	14.3	18	0	0.0	2	25.0	0	0	43	16.1
Team Totals	341	173	173	147	2632	7.7	15.2	65t	17	5.0	21	6.2	27	245	2387	67.5
Opponents Totals	357	157	157	169	2254	6.3	14.4	65t	16	4.5	31	8.7	32	285	1969	43.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lynn Swann	50	789	15.8	46	7
John Stallworth	44	784	17.8	49	7
Bennie Cunningham	20	347	17.4	43t	2
Rocky Bleier	18	161	8.9	30	0
Frank Lewis	11	263	23.9	65t	1
Franco Harris	11	62	5.6	15	0
Alvin Maxson	5	70	14.0	34	0
Randy Grossman	5	57	11.4	20	0
Jim Smith	4	80	20.0	26	0
Reggie Harrison	3	11	3.7	7	0
Sidney Thornton	1	5	5.0	5	0
Ernie Pough	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	173	2632	15.2	65t	17
Opponents Totals	157	2254	14.4	65t	16

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mel Blount	6	65	10.8	37	0
Jimmy Allen	5	76	15.2	48	0
Jack Ham	4	17	4.3	9	0
Glen Edwards	3	116	38.7	51	0
Tony Dungy	3	37	12.3	29	0
Donnie Shell	3	14	4.7	8	0
Dwight White	2	27	13.5	19	0
J.T. Thomas	2	10	5.0	12	0
Dennis Winston	2	7	3.5	7	0
Jack Lambert	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	31	374	12.1	51	0
Opponents Totals	21	299	14.2	47t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Bobby Walden	67	2482	37.0	65	1	5	13	380	2002	29.4
Rick Engles	5	169	33.8	48	0	0	1	0	169	33.8
Team Totals	73	2651	36.3	65	1	5	14	380	2171	29.7
Opponents Totals	79	3180	40.3	63	0	7	15	389	2651	33.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Smith	36	0	294	8.2	30	0
Lynn Swann	9	0	88	9.8	31	0
Jack Deloplaine	1	0	7	7.0	7	0
Team Totals	46	0	389	8.5	31	0
Opponents Totals	34	12	380	11.2	87t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Jim Smith	16	381	23.8	37
Laverne Smith	16	365	22.8	33
Ernie Pough	7	111	15.9	22
Alvin Maxson	5	120	24.0	43
Jack Deloplaine	1	18	18.0	18
Team Totals	45	995	22.1	43
Opponents Totals	48	1080	22.5	48

SACKS	NO	YDS
Steve Furness	8.5
Dwight White	6.5
Ernie Holmes	4.5
Joe Greene	4.0
John Banaszak	2.5
L.C. Greenwood	2.5
Robin Cole	1.5
Jack Ham	1.0
Loren Toews	1.0
Team Totals	32.0	285.0
Opponents Totals	27.0	245.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Jimmy Allen	2		0	2	2	0	0
Rocky Bleier	6		1	0	1	0	0
Mel Blount	0	0	0	1	1	15	0
Terry Bradshaw	10		4	0	4	-3	0
Larry Brown	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Robin Cole	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Brad Cousino	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tony Dungy	1		0	0	0	-2	0
Glen Edwards	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Furness	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Roy Gerela	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Joe Greene	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Ham	1		0	1	1	0	0
Franco Harris	10		0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Harrison	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Kruczek	1		0	0	0	-3	0
Dave LaCrosse	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Alvin Maxson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Donnie Shell	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Smith	3		0	0	0	0	0
Laverne Smith	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Stallworth	1		0	0	0	0	0
Lynn Swann	1		0	0	0	0	0
Sidney Thornton	1		0	0	0	0	0
Loren Toews	0	0	2	1	3	0	0
Bobby Walden	2		1	0	1	-9	0
Team Totals	41	30	11	13	24	-2	0
Opponents Totals	28	13	15	28	43		1

Bud Carson	Defensive Coordinator
Dick Hoak	Offensive Backs
Tom Moore	Receivers
George Perles	Defensive Line
Dan Radakovich	Offensive Line
Lou Riecke	Strength
Paul Uram	Flexibility
Woody Widenhofer	Linebackers