NFL game summary for 10/23/1977:

Terry Bradshaw, playing with a protective cast on his broken left wrist, completed 16 of 24 passes for 227 yards and two touchdowns to help the Steelers whip the Oilers and maintain a share of the Central Division lead. Franco Harris rushed for 77 yards and scored two touchdowns but the play that did the most damage was a 49-yard touchdown pass from Bradshaw to John Stallworth that broke a 7-7 halftime deadlock and gave the Steelers the lead for good. The Pittsburgh defense had five sacks, forced six turnovers, and held the Oilers to minus 14 yards net passing. Dwight White's interception and Larry Brown's fumble recovery set up two Steeler touchdowns. Ronnie Coleman was the game's leading rusher with 114 yards on 26 carries.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	94.8 (27)	138.4 (19)	233.2 (23)	8
DEFENSE	140.2 (15)	142.6 (12)	282.8 (16)	20
OFFENSE	177.8 (5)	158.2 (9)	336.0 (4)	20
DEFENSE	100.6 (2)	117.6 (6)	218.2 (2)	15

Line: Steelers by 11

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Houston Oilers (3-3-0)	0	7	0	3	10
Pittsburgh Steelers (4-2-0)	0	7	6	14	27

( 7- 0) HOU Mike Butler 5 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) ( 7- 7) PIT Franco Harris 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) ( 7-13) PIT John Stallworth 49 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (kick failed) (10-13) HOU Toni Fritsch 46 yard field goal (10-20) PIT Bennie Cunningham 2 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) (10-27) PIT Franco Harris 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)

                     HOU             PIT
First Downs:         10              19
Rushes-yards:        38-133          40-125
Yards/rush:          3.5             3.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     5-15-32-5       16-25-227-1
Sacked-yards:        5-46            0-0
Net pass yards:      -14             227
Net yards/pass:      -0.7            9.1
Total net yards:     119             352
Total plays:         58 (65% run)    65 (61% run)  
Yards/play:          2.1             5.4
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             7-5
Turnovers:           6               6
Penalties-yards:     4-20            5-35

Attendance: 48,517

Passing:
HOU: Dan Pastorini, 5 of 15 for 32 yards and 1 TD (5 int) PIT: Terry Bradshaw, 16 of 24 for 227 yards and 2 TDs (1 int); Neil Graff, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
Rushing:
HOU: Ronnie Coleman, 26 for 114 yards; Tim Wilson, 11 for 19 yards; Dan Pastorini, 1 for 0 yards PIT: Franco Harris, 23 for 77 yards and 2 TDs; Rocky Bleier, 11 for 29 yards; Sidney Thornton, 2 for 2 yards; John Stallworth, 1 for 12 yards; Laverne Smith, 1 for 5 yards; Terry Bradshaw, 1 for 0 yards; Bobby Walden, 1 for 0 yards
Receiving:
HOU: Ronnie Coleman, 3 for 3 yards; Ken Burrough, 1 for 24 yards; Mike Barber, 1 for 5 yards and 1 TD PIT: Lynn Swann, 5 for 71 yards; Bennie Cunningham, 5 for 55 yards and 1 TD; John Stallworth, 4 for 92 yards and 1 TD; Franco Harris, 2 for 9 yards
Kick returns:
HOU: Warren Anderson, 3 for 78 yards; Billy Johnson, 1 for 48 yards PIT: Laverne Smith, 3 for 69 yards
Punt returns:
HOU: Billy Johnson, 3 for 24 yards PIT: Jim Smith, 4 for 36 yards; Lynn Swann, 2 for 19 yards
Interceptions:
HOU: Mike Reinfeldt, 1 for 30 yards PIT: Dwight White, 2 for 27 yards; Jack Lambert, 1 for 5 yards; Jack Ham, 1 for 0 yards; Donnie Shell, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
HOU: Cliff Parsley, 6 for 261 yards PIT: Bobby Walden, 5 for 183 yards
Field Goals:
HOU: Toni Fritsch, 1/2