1977 Pittsburgh Steelers: 9-5-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (174 points scored, 104 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (109 points scored, 139 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Noll
283 points scored (7th of 28 teams), 243 points allowed (17th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 173 341 2,387 ( 5) 6.49 17 21 581 2,258 ( 7) 3.9 20 4,645 ( 4) 49
Defense: 157 357 1,969 (12) 5.06 16 31 493 1,723 ( 5) 3.5 9 3,692 ( 7) 44
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Roy Gerela K 14 5'10 185 29 9 New Mexico State 12 Terry Bradshaw QB 14 6'3 215 29 8 Louisiana Tech 15 Mike Kruczek QB 2 6'1 201 24 2 Boston College 16 Neil Graff QB 4 6'3 205 27 3 Wisconsin 17 Rick Engles P 1 5'11 180 23 2 Tulsa 20 Rocky Bleier RB 13 5'11 210 31 8 Notre Dame 21 Tony Dungy DB 14 6'0 188 22 R Minnesota 23 Mike Wagner DB 3 6'1 200 28 7 Western Illinois 24 J.T. Thomas DB 14 6'2 196 26 5 Florida State 27 Glen Edwards DB 13 6'0 185 30 7 Florida A&M 28 Alvin Maxson RB 7 5'11 201 25 4 Southern Methodist 29 Brent Sexton DB 11 6'1 190 24 1 Elon 31 Donnie Shell DB 12 5'11 190 25 4 South Carolina State 32 Franco Harris RB 14 6'2 225 27 6 Penn State 35 Jack Deloplaine RB 8 5'10 205 23 2 Salem 37 Laverne Smith RB 7 5'10 193 23 R Kansas 38 Sidney Thornton RB 13 5'11 230 23 R Northwestern State-Louisiana 39 Bobby Walden P 13 6'0 197 39 14 Georgia 43 Frank Lewis WR 10 6'1 196 30 7 Grambling 45 Jimmy Allen DB 12 6'2 194 25 4 UCLA 46 Reggie Harrison RB 14 5'11 220 26 4 Cincinnati 47 Mel Blount DB 14 6'3 205 29 8 Southern 50 Jim Clack OG 14 6'3 250 30 7 Wake Forest 51 Loren Toews LB 14 6'3 222 25 5 California 52 Mike Webster C 14 6'1 250 25 4 Wisconsin 53 Dennis Winston LB 13 6'0 228 22 R Arkansas 54 Dave LaCrosse LB 14 6'3 210 21 R Wake Forest 55 Jon Kolb OT 13 6'2 262 30 9 Oklahoma State 56 Robin Cole LB 8 6'2 220 22 R New Mexico 57 Sam Davis OG 11 6'1 255 33 11 Allen 58 Jack Lambert LB 11 6'4 220 25 4 Kent State 59 Jack Ham LB 14 6'3 225 28 7 Penn State 60 Brad Cousino LB 3 6'0 215 24 3 Miami (Ohio) 63 Ernie Holmes DT 13 6'3 260 29 6 Texas Southern 64 Steve Furness DE 14 6'4 255 26 6 Rhode Island 66 Ted Petersen OT 14 6'5 244 22 R Eastern Illinois 68 L.C. Greenwood DE 9 6'5 240 31 9 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 72 Gerry Mullins OG 12 6'3 244 28 7 Southern California 74 Ray Pinney OT 14 6'4 240 23 2 Washington 75 Joe Greene DT 13 6'4 264 31 9 North Texas State 76 John Banaszak DE 8 6'3 244 27 3 Eastern Michigan 78 Dwight White DE 14 6'4 255 28 7 East Texas State 79 Larry Brown OT 14 6'4 245 28 7 Kansas 82 John Stallworth WR 14 6'2 183 25 4 Alabama A&M 84 Randy Grossman TE 13 6'1 225 25 4 Temple 85 Ernest Pough WR 14 6'1 174 25 2 Texas Southern 86 Jim Smith WR 14 6'2 205 22 R Michigan 88 Lynn Swann WR 14 6'0 180 25 4 Southern California 89 Bennie Cunningham TE 12 6'4 247 22 2 Clemson
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Terry Bradshaw 314 162 51.6 2,523 8.04 15.6 17 5.4 19 6.1 26 235 71.4
Neil Graff 12 6 50.0 47 3.92 7.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 10 60.1
Tony Dungy 8 3 37.5 43 5.38 14.3 0 0.0 2 25.0 0 0 16.1
Mike Kruczek 7 2 28.6 19 2.71 9.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Lynn Swann 50 789 15.8 7 John Stallworth 44 784 17.8 7 Bennie Cunningham 20 347 17.4 2 Rocky Bleier 18 161 8.9 0 Frank Lewis 11 263 23.9 1 Franco Harris 11 62 5.6 0 Alvin Maxson 5 70 14.0 0 Randy Grossman 5 57 11.4 0 Jim Smith 4 80 20.0 0 Reggie Harrison 3 11 3.7 0 Sidney Thornton 1 5 5.0 0 Ernest Pough 1 3 3.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Franco Harris 300 1,162 3.9 11 Rocky Bleier 135 465 3.4 4 Reggie Harrison 36 175 4.9 0 Terry Bradshaw 31 171 5.5 3 Sidney Thornton 27 103 3.8 2 Alvin Maxson 18 56 3.1 0 Laverne Smith 14 55 3.9 0 John Stallworth 6 47 7.8 0 Tony Dungy 3 8 2.7 0 Jack Deloplaine 2 7 3.5 0 Lynn Swann 2 6 3.0 0 Neil Graff 5 3 0.6 0 Mike Kruczek 1 0 0.0 0 Bobby Walden 1 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Jim Smith 16 381 23.8 0 Laverne Smith 16 365 22.8 0 Ernest Pough 7 111 15.9 0 Alvin Maxson 5 120 24.0 0 Jack Deloplaine 1 18 18.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Jim Smith 36 294 8.2 0 0 Lynn Swann 9 88 9.8 0 0 Jack Deloplaine 1 7 7.0 0 0 |
1977 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 21 LB Robin Cole 166 New Mexico 2 48 RB Sidney Thornton 74 N.W. Louisiana 3 60 DT Tom Beasley 105 Virginia Tech [pick acquired from NYJ] 3 75 WR Jim Smith 79 Michigan 4 93 C Ted Petersen 94 Eastern Illinois [pick acquired from GB] 4 99 RB Laverne Smith 7 Kansas [pick acquired from CHI] 4 106 OG Dan Audick 76 Hawaii 5 121 QB Cliff Stoudt 66 Youngstown State [pick acquired from KC] 5 125 OG Steve Courson 103 South Carolina [pick acquired from DET] 5 132 LB Dennis Winston 142 Arkansas 6 159 LB Paul Harris 20 Alabama 7 186 DT Randy Frisch Missouri 8 217 WR Phil August Miami 9 244 TE Roosevelt Kelly Eastern Kentucky 10 253 DB Alvin Cowans Florida [pick acquired from BUF] 10 271 LB Dave LaCrosse 14 Wake Forest 11 298 DB Lou West Cincinnati 12 310 TE Jimmy Stephens Florida [pick acquired from SEA]
Traded draft picks: #12 to SEA (I.V. Wilson)
Transactions:
| 08-17-1977 | traded Dan Audick to Browns for a draft pick |
| 08-30-1977 | traded Gordon Gravelle to Giants for the Giants' #2 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 09-01-1977 | Buccaneers claimed Paul Harris on waivers |
| 09-11-1977 | traded Marv Kellum to Cardinals for St. Louis' #8 pick in the 1978 draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/24/77 at Denver Broncos L 21-34
1977 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/19/77 vs San Francisco 49ers W 27-0 1-0-0 09/25/77 vs Oakland Raiders L 7-16 1-1-0 10/02/77 at Cleveland Browns W 28-14 2-1-0 10/09/77 at Houston Oilers L 10-27 2-2-0 10/17/77 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 20-14 3-2-0 10/23/77 vs Houston Oilers W 27-10 4-2-0 10/30/77 at Baltimore Colts L 21-31 4-3-0 11/06/77 at Denver Broncos L 7-21 4-4-0 11/13/77 vs Cleveland Browns W 35-31 5-4-0 11/20/77 vs Dallas Cowboys W 28-13 6-4-0 11/27/77 at New York Jets W 23-20 7-4-0 12/04/77 vs Seattle Seahawks W 30-20 8-4-0 12/10/77 at Cincinnati Bengals L 10-17 8-5-0 12/18/77 at San Diego Chargers W 10-9 9-5-0
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