| Houston Oilers at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 23, 1977 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 48517 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 57 F Humidty: 39% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Mike Barber 5 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Franco Harris 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | John Stallworth 49 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick failed) | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 46 FG | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bennie Cunningham 2 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Franco Harris 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 89 | WR | Eddie Foster |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 64 | LOG | George Reihner |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 75 | ROG | Elbert Drungo |
| 70 | ROT | Conway Hayman |
| 88 | TE | Jimmie Giles |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 47 | RB | Ronnie Coleman |
| 45 | RB | Tim Wilson |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | James Young |
| 71 | MG | Ken Kennard |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Kiner |
| 54 | RILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 22 | LCB | Zeke Moore |
| 20 | LS | Bill Currier |
| 37 | RS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 19 | RCB | Willie Alexander |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | John Stallworth |
| 88 | WR | Lynn Swann |
| 55 | LOT | Jon Kolb |
| 57 | LOG | Sam Davis |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 50 | ROG | Jim Clack |
| 79 | ROT | Larry Brown |
| 89 | TE | Bennie Cunningham |
| 12 | QB | Terry Bradshaw |
| 20 | RB | Rocky Bleier |
| 32 | RB | Franco Harris |
| Offense | ||
| 68 | LDE | L.C. Greenwood |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Greene |
| 64 | RDT | Steve Furness |
| 75 | RDE | Dwight White |
| 59 | LLB | Jack Ham |
| 58 | MLB | Jack Lambert |
| 51 | RLB | Loren Toews |
| 24 | LCB | J.T. Thomas |
| 31 | LS | Donnie Shell |
| 27 | RS | Glen Edwards |
| 24 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 26 | 114 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Tim Wilson | 11 | 19 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Franco Harris | 23 | 77 | 3.3 | 40 | 2 |
| Rocky Bleier | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| John Stallworth | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Laverne Smith | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sidney Thornton | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Walden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 5 | 32 | 2.1 | 1 | 25.0 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 1 | 227 | 9.5 | 2 | 107.5 | |||
| Neil Graff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Mike Barber | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Swann | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 0 | |
| Bennie Cunningham | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 1 | |
| John Stallworth | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 1 | |
| Franco Harris | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Mike Reinfeldt | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dwight White | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Jack Lambert | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jack Ham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donnie Shell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 6 | 261 | 43.5 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 5 | 183 | 36.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Jim Smith | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| Lynn Swann | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Warren Anderson | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Laverne Smith | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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