NFL game summary for 11/27/1977:

Terry Bradshaw hurled three touchdown passes and Pittsburgh made five interceptions as the Steelers beat the Jets 23-20. Bradshaw's passing set up Franco Harris' one yard touchdown run that broke a 13-13 second period deadlock and gave the Steelers excellent field position for what proved to be the winning points, a 37-yard field goal by Roy Gerela with 5:56 left in the game.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Pittsburgh Steelers	OFFENSE	169.6  (6)	167.5  (4)	337.1  (3)	39
	DEFENSE	116.9  (3)	129.1  (8)	246.0  (5)	27
New York Jets	OFFENSE	112.5  (26)	159.8  (6)	272.3  (19)	25
	DEFENSE	160.8  (22)	182.4  (28)	343.2  (27)	22

Line: Steelers by 15

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Pittsburgh Steelers (7-4-0)	6	14	0	3	23
New York Jets (2-9-0)	6	7	0	7	20

( 0- 3) NYJ Pat Leahy 33 yard field goal
( 6- 3) PIT John Stallworth 37 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (kick failed)
( 6- 6) NYJ Pat Leahy 47 yard field goal
(13- 6) PIT Lynn Swann 5 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)
(13-13) NYJ Scott Dierking 5 yard pass from Matt Robinson (Pat Leahy kick)
(20-13) PIT Franco Harris 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick)
(23-13) PIT Roy Gerela 37 yard field goal
(23-20) NYJ Bruce Harper 4 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick)

                     PIT             NYJ
First Downs:         15              21
Rushes-yards:        32-114          46-209
Yards/rush:          3.6             4.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-28-143-1     9-25-88-5
Sacked-yards:        2-19            3-29
Net pass yards:      124             59
Net yards/pass:      4.1             2.1
Total net yards:     238             268
Total plays:         62 (51% run)    74 (62% run)  
Yards/play:          3.8             3.6
Fumbles-lost:        2-0             2-1
Turnovers:           1               6
Penalties-yards:     6-50            4-40

Attendance: 47,385

Passing:
PIT: Terry Bradshaw, 10 of 28 for 143 yards and 2 TDs (1 int)
NYJ: Matt Robinson, 7 of 19 for 80 yards and 1 TD (3 int); Richard Todd, 2 of 6 for 8 yards and 1 TD (2 int)

Rushing:
PIT: Franco Harris, 21 for 83 yards and 1 TD; Rocky Bleier, 8 for 28 yards; Terry Bradshaw, 3 for 3 yards
NYJ: Scott Dierking, 23 for 107 yards; Clark Gaines, 12 for 44 yards; Matt Robinson, 4 for 26 yards; Bruce Harper, 4 for 24 yards; Wesley Walker, 2 for 14 yards; Rich Caster, 1 for -6 yards

Receiving:
PIT: Lynn Swann, 4 for 54 yards and 1 TD; John Stallworth, 2 for 51 yards and 1 TD; Randy Grossman, 2 for 22 yards; Rocky Bleier, 2 for 16 yards
NYJ: Scott Dierking, 3 for 26 yards and 1 TD; Jerome Barkum, 2 for 17 yards; Bruce Harper, 2 for 8 yards and 1 TD; Wesley Walker, 1 for 19 yards; Clark Gaines, 1 for 18 yards

Kick returns:
PIT: Jim Smith, 4 for 100 yards
NYJ: Bruce Harper, 2 for 64 yards; Bob Raba, 2 for 32 yards; Billy Hardee, 1 for 20 yards

Punt returns:
PIT: Jim Smith, 1 for 21 yards
NYJ: Bruce Harper, 2 for 16 yards; Ken Schroy, 1 for 17 yards

Interceptions:
PIT: Glen Edwards, 2 for 75 yards; Tony Dungy, 1 for 29 yards; Dirt Winston, 1 for 7 yards; Jimmy Allen, 1 for 3 yards
NYJ: Greg Buttle, 1 for 10 yards

Punting:
PIT: Bobby Walden, 6 for 191 yards
NYJ: Chuck Ramsey, 2 for 89 yards

Field Goals:
PIT: Roy Gerela, 1/2
NYJ: Pat Leahy, 2/2

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