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Sunday October 2, 1977
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NFL game summary for 10/02/1977:



Terry Bradshaw passed for three touchdowns and ran for another to drop the Browns from the undefeated ranks. Bradshaw combined with Lynn Swann (seven catches for 71 yards) on the first of two scoring passes for a 7-0 lead at 8:45 of the first quarter. Cleveland tied the game on the following series and took a 14-7 lead early in the second period on Cleo Miller's one-yard TD run. Bradshaw tied the game following the Cleveland kickoff with a 65-yard pass to Frank Lewis. It wasn't until 4:30 of the third quarter that the Steelers' quarterback struck for the winning points on his second scoring pass to Swann. Bradshaw (10 of 17 for 143 yards) went over from the 1 early in the fourth period after marching 41 yards following Jim Allen's fumble recovery.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Pittsburgh SteelersOFFENSE163.5  (6)175.0  (5)338.5  (4)6
DEFENSE111.0  (7)63.0  (2)174.0  (1)3
Cleveland BrownsOFFENSE155.0  (9)184.0  (3)339.0  (3)6
DEFENSE122.5  (13)131.5  (14)254.0  (15)5

Line: Steelers by 4

Team1234F
Pittsburgh Steelers (2-1-0)777728
Cleveland Browns (2-1-0)770014

( 7- 0) PIT Lynn Swann 5 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)
( 7- 7) CLE Dave Logan 22 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick)
( 7-14) CLE Cleo Miller 1 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick)
(14-14) PIT Frank Lewis 65 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)
(21-14) PIT Lynn Swann 14 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)
(28-14) PIT Terry Bradshaw 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)
                     PIT             CLE
First Downs:         21              16
Rushes-yards:        56-218          29-80
Yards/rush:          3.9             2.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-17-143-2     10-24-85-3
Sacked-yards:        0-0             0-0
Net pass yards:      143             85
Net yards/pass:      8.4             3.5
Total net yards:     361             165
Total plays:         73 (76% run)    53 (54% run)  
Yards/play:          4.9             3.1
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             2-2
Turnovers:           2               5
Penalties-yards:     12-104          9-82

Attendance: 79,021
Passing:
PIT: Terry Bradshaw, 10 of 17 for 143 yards and 3 TDs (2 int)
CLE: Brian Sipe, 9 of 20 for 81 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Dave Mays, 1 of 3 for 4 yards (2 int); Dave Logan, 0 of 1 for 0 yards

Rushing:
PIT: Franco Harris, 22 for 72 yards; Rocky Bleier, 15 for 67 yards; Reggie Harrison, 8 for 39 yards; Terry Bradshaw, 6 for 9 yards and 1 TD; Laverne Smith, 4 for 29 yards; Sidney Thornton, 1 for 2 yards
CLE: Greg Pruitt, 17 for 34 yards; Cleo Miller, 11 for 49 yards and 1 TD; Larry Poole, 1 for -3 yards

Receiving:
PIT: Lynn Swann, 7 for 71 yards and 2 TDs; Rocky Bleier, 2 for 7 yards; Frank Lewis, 1 for 65 yards and 1 TD
CLE: Cleo Miller, 4 for 8 yards; Oscar Roan, 3 for 43 yards; Dave Logan, 2 for 27 yards and 1 TD; Reggie Rucker, 1 for 7 yards

Kick returns:
PIT: Laverne Smith, 3 for 68 yards
CLE: Brian Duncan, 3 for 79 yards; Ricky Feacher, 1 for 24 yards

Punt returns:
PIT: Lynn Swann, 2 for 31 yards
CLE: Reggie Craig, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
PIT: J.T. Thomas, 1 for 12 yards; Mel Blount, 1 for 10 yards; Dirt Winston, 1 for 0 yards
CLE: Gerald Irons, 1 for 33 yards; Clarence Scott, 1 for 10 yards

Punting:
PIT: Bobby Walden, 3 for 93 yards
CLE: Greg Coleman, 4 for 131 yards

Field Goals:
PIT: Roy Gerela, 0/1
CLE: Don Cockroft, 0/1




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