NFL game summary for 10/04/1976:

Minnesota defensive back Nate Allen took the ball from the Steelers and Chuck Foreman took it across the goal line to give the defending Super Bowl champions their third loss in three games. Foreman, who gained a career high 148 yards, scored in the second quarter after Allen intercepted a Terry Bradshaw pass. Allen's fourth period fumble recovery of a punt snap set up Foreman's four-yard TD burst. Allen had another interception and blocked a conversion attempt.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Pittsburgh Steelers	OFFENSE	195.3  (4)	188.7  (9)	384.0  (5)	10
	DEFENSE	134.3  (13)	255.3  (28)	389.7  (25)	12
Minnesota Vikings	OFFENSE	121.0  (23)	205.7  (6)	326.7  (12)	4
	DEFENSE	137.3  (14)	121.7  (5)	259.0  (6)	8

Line: Steelers by 4

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Pittsburgh Steelers (1-3-0)	6	0	0	0	6
Minnesota Vikings (3-0-1)	0	7	0	10	17

( 6- 0) PIT Bennie Cunningham 1 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (kick failed)
( 6- 7) MIN Chuck Foreman 8 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)
( 6-14) MIN Chuck Foreman 4 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)
( 6-17) MIN Fred Cox 43 yard field goal

                     PIT             MIN
First Downs:         12              11
Rushes-yards:        40-173          40-152
Yards/rush:          4.3             3.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-22-90-4      4-11-41-2
Sacked-yards:        5-38            2-15
Net pass yards:      52              26
Net yards/pass:      1.9             2.0
Total net yards:     225             178
Total plays:         67 (59% run)    53 (75% run)  
Yards/play:          3.4             3.4
Fumbles-lost:        4-2             2-2
Turnovers:           6               4
Penalties-yards:     7-64            4-33

Attendance: 47,809

Passing:
PIT: Terry Bradshaw, 10 of 22 for 90 yards and 1 TD (4 int)
MIN: Bob Lee, 4 of 11 for 41 yards (2 int)

Rushing:
PIT: Franco Harris, 17 for 34 yards; Rocky Bleier, 16 for 85 yards; Terry Bradshaw, 5 for 47 yards; Bobby Walden, 2 for 7 yards
MIN: Chuck Foreman, 27 for 148 yards and 2 TDs; Brent McClanahan, 7 for -4 yards; Robert Miller, 4 for 6 yards; Bob Lee, 2 for 2 yards

Receiving:
PIT: Franco Harris, 4 for 38 yards; Lynn Swann, 2 for 29 yards; Bennie Cunningham, 2 for 14 yards and 1 TD; Rocky Bleier, 2 for 9 yards
MIN: Sammy White, 2 for 23 yards; Ahmad Rashad, 1 for 13 yards; Robert Miller, 1 for 5 yards

Kick returns:
PIT: Ernest Pough, 2 for 43 yards; Jack Deloplaine, 2 for 35 yards
MIN: Leonard Willis, 2 for 47 yards

Punt returns:
PIT: John Fuqua, 2 for 14 yards; Jack Deloplaine, 1 for 2 yards

Interceptions:
PIT: Glen Edwards, 1 for 55 yards; Jack Lambert, 1 for 10 yards
MIN: Nate Allen, 2 for 39 yards; Jeff Siemon, 1 for 0 yards; Nate Wright, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
PIT: Bobby Walden, 3 for 115 yards
MIN: Neil Clabo, 5 for 224 yards

Field Goals:
PIT: Roy Gerela, 0/2
MIN: Fred Cox, 1/2

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