NFL game summary for 12/11/1976:

Terry Bradshaw passed for one touchdown and ran for another while the Pittsburgh defense picked up its fifth shutout of the season as the Steelers clinched their third straight AFC Central title. Mel Blount intercepted Dan Pastorini at the Houston 41 yard line and returned it 28 yards to set up Bradshaw's 21-yard touchdown pass to Lynn Swann with 2:59 left in the first half. Franco Harris gave Pittsburgh a two touchdown lead on an 11-yard run in the third quarter and, along with Rocky Bleier, rushed for over 100 yards, both going over 1,000 yards for the season.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Pittsburgh Steelers	OFFENSE	208.7  (1)	122.3  (21)	331.0  (9)	30
	DEFENSE	104.9  (1)	138.5  (7)	243.5  (1)	44
Houston Oilers	OFFENSE	108.1  (26)	154.4  (14)	262.5  (24)	31
	DEFENSE	139.5  (12)	141.5  (8)	281.0  (10)	27

Line: Steelers by 13

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Pittsburgh Steelers (10-4-0)	0	7	7	7	21
Houston Oilers (5-9-0)	0	0	0	0	0

( 7- 0) PIT Lynn Swann 21 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)
(14- 0) PIT Franco Harris 11 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)
(21- 0) PIT Terry Bradshaw 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)

                     PIT             HOU
First Downs:         20              9
Rushes-yards:        53-258          26-93
Yards/rush:          4.9             3.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     8-19-76-1       13-29-95-1
Sacked-yards:        0-0             3-30
Net pass yards:      76              65
Net yards/pass:      4.0             2.0
Total net yards:     334             158
Total plays:         72 (73% run)    58 (44% run)  
Yards/play:          4.6             2.7
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             2-1
Turnovers:           1               2
Penalties-yards:     10-80           6-50

Attendance: 52,437

Passing:
PIT: Terry Bradshaw, 8 of 19 for 76 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
HOU: Dan Pastorini, 13 of 29 for 95 yards (1 int)

Rushing:
PIT: Franco Harris, 23 for 104 yards and 1 TD; Rocky Bleier, 22 for 107 yards; Terry Bradshaw, 4 for 35 yards and 1 TD; Frenchy Fuqua, 2 for 9 yards; Reggie Harrison, 2 for 3 yards
HOU: Ronnie Coleman, 14 for 49 yards; Fred Willis, 11 for 49 yards; Billy Johnson, 1 for -5 yards

Receiving:
PIT: Lynn Swann, 2 for 34 yards and 1 TD; Rocky Bleier, 2 for 28 yards; Franco Harris, 2 for 12 yards; Larry Brown, 1 for 4 yards; John Stallworth, 1 for -2 yards
HOU: Ken Burrough, 3 for 44 yards; Billy Johnson, 3 for 19 yards; John Sawyer, 2 for 13 yards; Ronnie Coleman, 2 for -5 yards; Mack Alston, 1 for 9 yards; Altie Taylor, 1 for 8 yards; Fred Willis, 1 for 7 yards

Kick returns:
PIT: Ernest Pough, 1 for 21 yards
HOU: Billy Johnson, 2 for 35 yards; Altie Taylor, 1 for 15 yards

Punt returns:
PIT: Theo Bell, 4 for 53 yards; Lynn Swann, 2 for 4 yards; Jack Deloplaine, 1 for 5 yards
HOU: Billy Johnson, 2 for 12 yards

Interceptions:
PIT: Mel Blount, 1 for 28 yards
HOU: Gregg Bingham, 1 for 3 yards

Punting:
PIT: Bobby Walden, 7 for 270 yards
HOU: Leroy Clark, 10 for 335 yards; Dan Pastorini, 1 for 43 yards

Field Goals:
PIT: Roy Gerela, 0/1
HOU: Skip Butler, 0/1

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