NFL game summary for 11/13/1977:

Terry Bradshaw hit 13 of 21 passes for a season-high 283 yards and three touchdowns and the Steelers held off a fourth-quarter rally to beat the Browns 35-31. It also was a season high point total for the 5-4 Steelers, who jumped into a first place tie with the Browns in the AFC Central. Touchdown runs of 2 and 18 yards by Rocky Bleier and Franco Harris, respectively, and a 38-yard scoring pass from Bradshaw to John Stallworth helped the Steelers to a 28-3 halftime lead. The Browns trailed 35-10 in the final quarter before backup quarterback Dave Mays combined with Larry Poole for three touchdown passes.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	160.5 (10)	142.6 (14)	303.1 (10)	27
DEFENSE	140.8 (17)	133.8 (11)	274.5 (13)	23
OFFENSE	162.1 (8)	166.8 (7)	328.9 (5)	34
DEFENSE	111.9 (3)	100.9 (4)	212.8 (2)	21

Line: Steelers by 5

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Cleveland Browns (5-4-0)	3	0	7	21	31
Pittsburgh Steelers (5-4-0)	7	21	0	7	35

( 3- 0) CLE Don Cockroft 44 yard field goal ( 3- 7) PIT Lynn Swann 39 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) ( 3-14) PIT Rocky Bleier 2 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) ( 3-21) PIT John Stallworth 38 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) ( 3-28) PIT Franco Harris 16 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) (10-28) CLE Cleo Miller 5 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) (10-35) PIT Franco Harris 9 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) (17-35) CLE Larry Poole 5 yard pass from Dave Mays (Don Cockroft kick) (24-35) CLE Larry Poole 13 yard pass from Dave Mays (Don Cockroft kick) (31-35) CLE Larry Poole 3 yard pass from Dave Mays (Don Cockroft kick)

                     CLE             PIT
First Downs:         23              25
Rushes-yards:        31-138          46-171
Yards/rush:          4.5             3.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     21-40-293-3     15-23-277-0
Sacked-yards:        1-10            3-28
Net pass yards:      283             249
Net yards/pass:      6.9             9.6
Total net yards:     421             420
Total plays:         72 (43% run)    72 (63% run)  
Yards/play:          5.8             5.8
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             5-4
Turnovers:           4               4
Penalties-yards:     6-54            5-30

Attendance: 47,055

Passing:
CLE: Dave Mays, 17 of 32 for 269 yards and 3 TDs (2 int); Brian Sipe, 4 of 8 for 24 yards (1 int) PIT: Terry Bradshaw, 13 of 21 for 283 yards and 3 TDs; Neil Graff, 2 of 2 for -6 yards
Rushing:
CLE: Greg Pruitt, 19 for 108 yards; Cleo Miller, 6 for 18 yards and 1 TD; Larry Poole, 4 for 7 yards; Brian Sipe, 1 for 3 yards; Dave Mays, 1 for 2 yards PIT: Franco Harris, 28 for 99 yards and 1 TD; Rocky Bleier, 16 for 73 yards and 1 TD; Neil Graff, 2 for -1 yards
Receiving:
CLE: Larry Poole, 6 for 50 yards and 3 TDs; Reggie Rucker, 4 for 104 yards; Paul Warfield, 4 for 52 yards; Cleo Miller, 3 for 22 yards; Greg Pruitt, 2 for 32 yards; Gary Parris, 1 for 24 yards; Dave Logan, 1 for 9 yards PIT: John Stallworth, 6 for 126 yards and 2 TDs; Lynn Swann, 5 for 129 yards and 1 TD; Franco Harris, 2 for 1 yard; Bennie Cunningham, 1 for 21 yards; Rocky Bleier, 1 for 0 yards
Kick returns:
CLE: Mike Pruitt, 4 for 94 yards; Brian Duncan, 2 for 34 yards PIT: Jim Smith, 5 for 121 yards
Punt returns:
CLE: Rolly Woolsey, 2 for 12 yards PIT: Jim Smith, 3 for 27 yards
Interceptions:
PIT: Jack Ham, 2 for 8 yards; Jimmy Allen, 1 for 18 yards
Punting:
CLE: Greg Coleman, 5 for 204 yards PIT: Bobby Walden, 5 for 185 yards
Field Goals:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 1/1