| AFC Divisional Playoff - Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 24, 1977 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 75011 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 45 F Humidty: 31% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Denver Broncos | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Rob Lytle 7 run (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Terry Bradshaw 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Otis Armstrong 10 run (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Franco Harris 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Riley Odoms 30 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Larry Brown 1 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Jim Turner 44 FG | 21 | 24 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Jim Turner 25 FG | 21 | 27 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Jack Dolbin 34 pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 21 | 34 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 28 | 92 | 3.3 | 20 | 1 |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 11 | 1 |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 11 | 44 | 4.0 | 29 | 1 |
| DEN | Rob Lytle | 12 | 26 | 2.2 | 7t | 1 |
| DEN | Jon Keyworth | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DEN | Jim Jensen | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 37 | 19 | 51.4 | 3 | 177 | 4.8 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
| DEN | Craig Morton | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 0 | 164 | 7.1 | 34t | 2 | 1 | 9 | 100.6 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | John Stallworth | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 48 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PIT | Bennie Cunningham | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 |
| PIT | Alvin Maxson | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Randy Grossman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Lynn Swann | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PIT | Larry Brown | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| DEN | Riley Odoms | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 30t | 1 |
| DEN | Haven Moses | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 27 | 0 |
| DEN | Jim Jensen | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 29 | 0 |
| DEN | Jack Dolbin | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34t | 1 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DEN | Tom Jackson | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 32 | 0 |
| DEN | Bernie Jackson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PIT | Rick Engles | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 55 | 1 |
| DEN | Bucky Dilts | 5 | 188 | 37.6 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Jim Smith | 4 | 1 | 31 | 7.8 | 17 | 0 |
| DEN | Billy Thompson | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DEN | John Schultz | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Jim Smith | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 34 | 0 |
| PIT | Alvin Maxson | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 26 | 0 |
| DEN | John Schultz | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| PIT | Jim Smith | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 34 | 0 |
| PIT | Alvin Maxson | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| DEN | Rick Upchurch | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 26 | 0 |
| DEN | John Schultz | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| PIT | Steve Furness | 1.0 |
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