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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: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- 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
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Bobby Walden 67 2,482 37.0 5 13 1 33 380 29.4 Rick Engles 5 169 33.8 0 1 0 1 0 33.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Roy Gerela 0/0 4/5 2/2 3/6 0/1 9/14 34/37 61 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Jimmy Allen 5 76 0 John Banaszak 2.5 Mel Blount 6 65 0 Robin Cole 1.5 Tony Dungy 3 37 0 Glen Edwards 3 116 0 Steve Furness 8.5 Joe Greene 4.0 L.C. Greenwood 2.5 Jack Ham 1.0 4 17 0 Ernie Holmes 4.5 Jack Lambert 1 5 0 Donnie Shell 3 14 0 J.T. Thomas 2 10 0 Loren Toews 1.0 Dwight White 6.5 2 27 0 Dennis Winston 2 7 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:
08-17-1977traded Dan Audick to Browns for a draft pick
08-30-1977traded Gordon Gravelle to Giants for the Giants' #2 pick in the 1980 draft
09-01-1977Buccaneers claimed Paul Harris on waivers
09-11-1977traded 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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