1976 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	7/23/1976	A	College All-Stars	24-0	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	52895
Sat	7/31/1976	A	New Orleans Saints	24-14	W	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	56039
Mon	8/9/1976	A	Philadelphia Eagles	14-7	W	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	16823
Sat	8/14/1976	A	Washington Redskins	27-7	W	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	45527
Fri	8/20/1976	H	New York Giants	0-17	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50199
Sat	8/28/1976	A	Dallas Cowboys	10-20	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	64264
Sat	9/4/1976	H	New York Jets	41-6	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50246
Sun	9/12/1976	A	Oakland Raiders	28-31	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	51371
Sun	9/19/1976	H	Cleveland Browns	31-14	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49169
Sun	9/26/1976	H	New England Patriots	27-30	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	47379
Mon	10/4/1976	A	Minnesota Vikings	6-17	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47809
Sun	10/10/1976	A	Cleveland Browns	16-18	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	75769
Sun	10/17/1976	H	Cincinnati Bengals	23-6	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48311
Sun	10/24/1976	A	New York Giants	27-0	W	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	69783
Sun	10/31/1976	H	San Diego Chargers	23-0	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	45484
Sun	11/7/1976	A	Kansas City Chiefs	45-0	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	60760
Sun	11/14/1976	H	Miami Dolphins	14-3	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48945
Sun	11/21/1976	H	Houston Oilers	32-16	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	47947
Sun	11/28/1976	A	Cincinnati Bengals	7-3	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55142
Sun	12/5/1976	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	42-0	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	43385
Sat	12/11/1976	A	Houston Oilers	21-0	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	44743
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	12/19/1976	A	Baltimore Colts	40-14	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60020
AFC Championship
Sun	12/26/1976	A	Oakland Raiders	7-24	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53739

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Jimmy Allen	45	LCB-RCB	6-2	194	24	Los Angeles Pierce JC; UCLA	10	0
John Banaszak	76	RDE	6-3	242	26	Eastern Michigan	13	5
Theo Bell	83	WR	5-11	180	23	Arizona	13	1
Greg Blankenship	53	LLB-RLB	6-1	212	22	Hayward State	6	0
Rocky Bleier	20	RB	5-11	205	30	Notre Dame	14	14
Mel Blount	47	RCB	6-3	205	28	Southern University	14	14
Terry Bradshaw	12	QB	6-3	210	28	Louisiana Tech	10	8
Larry Brown	87	TE	6-4	270	27	Kansas	13	8
Jim Clack	50	ROG	6-3	250	29	Wake Forest	11	8
Bennie Cunningham	89	TE	6-4	260	22	Clemson	12	0
Sam Davis	57	LOG	6-1	245	32	Allen	14	12
Jack Deloplaine	35	RB	5-10	205	22	Salem	14	0
Gary Dunn	67	LDT-RDT	6-3	270	23	Miami (Florida)	5	0
Glen Edwards	217	RS	6-0	185	29	Florida A&M	14	14
John Fuqua	33	RB	5-11	200	30	Morgan State	14	0
Steve Furness	64	RDE-LDE-LDT-RDT	6-4	255	26	Rhode Island	9	3
Roy Gerela	10	K	5-10	185	28	New Mexico State	14	0
Gordon Gravelle	71	OT	6-5	255	27	Brigham Young	6	2
Joe Greene	75	LDT	6-4	270	30	North Texas	14	14
L.C. Greenwood	68	LDE	6-6	246	30	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	13	13
Randy Grossman	84	TE	6-1	225	24	Temple	14	6
Jack Ham	59	LLB	6-3	224	28	Penn State	14	14
Franco Harris	32	RB	6-2	225	26	Penn State	14	14
Reggie Harrison	46	RB	5-11	220	25	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Cincinnati	12	0
Ernie Holmes	63	RDT	6-3	260	28	Texas Southern	14	14
Marv Kellum	54	MLB	6-2	225	24	Wichita State	14	0
Jon Kolb	55	LOT	6-2	240	29	Oklahoma State	14	14
Mike Kruczek	15	QB	6-1	205	23	Boston College	10	6
Jack Lambert	58	MLB	6-4	220	24	Kent State	14	14
Frank Lewis	43	WR	6-1	196	29	Grambling State	12	12
Ray Mansfield	56	C	6-3	252	35	Washington	14	7
Gerry Mullins	72	ROT-OG	6-3	244	27	Southern California	14	13
Ray Pinney	74	C-LOT-ROT	6-4	274	22	Washington	14	0
Ernie Pough	85	WR	6-1	174	24	Texas Southern	14	2
Andy Russell	34	RLB	6-2	217	35	Missouri	14	12
Donnie Shell	31	LS-RS	5-11	198	24	South Carolina State	14	0
John Stallworth	82	WR	6-2	202	24	Alabama A&M	8	3
Lynn Swann	88	WR	6-0	180	24	Southern California	12	10
J.T. Thomas	24	LCB	6-2	196	25	Florida State	14	14
Loren Toews	51	RLB	6-3	220	25	California	14	2
Mike Wagner	23	LS	6-1	200	27	Western Illinois	14	14
Bobby Walden	39	P	6-0	192	38	Georgia	14	0
Mike Webster	52	C	6-2	260	24	Wisconsin	14	14
Dwight White	78	RDE	6-4	253	27	Texas A&M-Commerce	9	7

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	28	Bennie Cunningham	TE	Clemson
2	37	Ray Pinney	C	Washington
2	47	Mike Kruczek	QB	Boston College
2	56	Jim Files	C	McNeese State
3	70	Ron Coder	DT	Penn State
3	88	Ernie Pough	WR	Texas Southern
4	112	Wonderful Monds	DB	Nebraska
4	120	Theo Bell	WR	Arizona
5	152	Rodney Norton	LB	Rice
6	159	Gary Dunn	DT	Miami (Florida)
6	182	Jack Deloplaine	RB	Salem
7	209	Barry Burton	TE	Vanderbilt
8	237	Ed McAleney	DT	Massachusetts
9	265	Wentford Gaines	DB	Cincinnati
10	291	Gary Campbell	LB	Colorado
11	319	Rolland Fuchs	RB	Arkansas
12	347	Bill Carroll	WR	Texas A&M-Commerce
13	375	Larry Kain	TE	Ohio State
14	403	Wayne Fields	DB	Florida
15	431	Mel Davis	DE	North Texas
16	459	Randy Butts	RB	Nebraska-Kearney
17	487	Kelvin Kirk	WR	Dayton

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	44	85	90	123	342
Opponents Totals	15	44	29	50	138

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		271	163	94	14	83/211 39.3%	/ %	111	836
Opponents Totals		182	69	96	17	60/212 28.3%	/ %	80	630

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Franco Harris	14	0	0		0	0		0	84
Roy Gerela	0	40	43	93.0	14	26	53.8	0	82
Rocky Bleier	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Reggie Harrison	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Terry Bradshaw	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
John Stallworth	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Lynn Swann	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jack Deloplaine	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Mike Kruczek	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Frank Lewis	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Theo Bell	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bennie Cunningham	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Fuqua	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Randy Grossman	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ernie Pough	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Loren Toews	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	43	40	43	93.0	14	26	53.8	1	342
Opponents Totals	14	12	14	85.7	14	24	58.3	0	138

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Roy Gerela	14	26	53.8	4	47	2/2	2/6	6/10	4/7	0/1
Team Totals	14	26	53.8	4	47	2/2	2/6	6/10	4/7	0/1
Opponents Totals	14	24	58.3			1/1	4/5	0/2	8/13	1/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Franco Harris	289	1128	3.9	30	14
Rocky Bleier	220	1036	4.7	28	5
Reggie Harrison	54	235	4.4	27	4
Terry Bradshaw	31	219	7.1	17	3
Mike Kruczek	18	106	5.9	22t	2
Jack Deloplaine	17	91	5.4	19	2
John Fuqua	15	63	4.2	12	1
John Stallworth	0	47		47Lt	1
Frank Lewis	2	24	12.0	16t	1
Ernie Pough	2	8	4.0	6	0
Bobby Walden	3	7	2.3	7	0
Theo Bell	1	5	5.0	5	0
Lynn Swann	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	653	2971	4.5	63t*	33
Opponents Totals	452	1457	3.2	24	5

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Terry Bradshaw	192	92	47.9	91	1177	6.1	12.8	50	10	5.2	9	4.7	16	164	1013	65.4
Mike Kruczek	85	51	60.0	31	758	8.9	14.9	64	0	0.0	3	3.5	11	105	653	74.5
Team Totals	277	143	51.6	122	1935	7.0	13.5	64	10	3.6	12	4.3	27	269	1666	68.2
Opponents Totals	373	158	42.4	193	2179	5.8	13.8	69t	9	2.4	22	5.9	41	313	1866	45.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lynn Swann	28	516	18.4	47	3
Rocky Bleier	24	294	12.3	32	0
Franco Harris	23	151	6.6	39	0
Frank Lewis	17	306	18.0	64	1
Randy Grossman	15	181	12.1	35	1
John Stallworth	9	111	12.3	25	2
Ernie Pough	8	161	20.1	50	1
Larry Brown	7	97	13.9	35	0
Bennie Cunningham	5	49	9.8	20	1
Theo Bell	3	43	14.3	19	1
Reggie Harrison	2	19	9.5	10	0
Jack Deloplaine	1	3	3.0	3	0
John Fuqua	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	143	1935	13.5	64	10
Opponents Totals	158	2179	13.8	69t	9

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Glen Edwards	6	95	15.8	55
Mel Blount	6	75	12.5	28
J.T. Thomas	2	43	21.5	38
Jack Lambert	2	32	16.0	22
Jack Ham	2	13	6.5	13
Mike Wagner	2	0	0.0	0
Donnie Shell	1	4	4.0	4
Andy Russell	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	22	262	11.9	55
Opponents Totals	12	106	8.8	30

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Bobby Walden	76	2982	39.2	58	0	13	22	206	2516	33.1
Team Totals	76	2982	39.2	58	0	13	22	206	2516	33.1
Opponents Totals	94	3522	37.5	63	1	4	11	636	2806	29.9

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Theo Bell	39	2	390	10.0	35
Jack Deloplaine	17	0	150	8.8	36
John Fuqua	11	0	77	7.0	13
Lynn Swann	3	0	11	3.7	7
Glen Edwards	1	0	8	8.0	8
Team Totals	71	2	636	9.0	36
Opponents Totals	36	4	206	5.7	32

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Jack Deloplaine	17	385	22.6	39
Ernie Pough	18	369	20.5	29
John Fuqua	4	75	18.8	26
Reggie Harrison	1	26	26.0	26
Jim Clack	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	41	855	20.9	39
Opponents Totals	61	1284	21.0	47

SACKS	NO	YDS
Joe Greene	6.0
L.C. Greenwood	4.5
Jack Ham	4.5
Ernie Holmes	4.0
Jack Lambert	3.5
John Banaszak	3.0
Andy Russell	3.0
Dwight White	3.0
Steve Furness	2.5
Loren Toews	2.5
Mike Wagner	2.0
Donnie Shell	1.5
Jimmy Allen	0.5
Glen Edwards	0.5
Team Totals	41.0	313.0
Opponents Totals	27.0	269.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
John Banaszak	0	0	0	2	2	0
Theo Bell	5		4	0	4	0
Rocky Bleier	4		0	0	0	0
Mel Blount	1		0	1	1	0
Terry Bradshaw	7		2	0	2	-4
Larry Brown	0	0	2	2	4	0
Jim Clack	1		0	0	0	0
Bennie Cunningham	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jack Deloplaine	3		0	0	0	0
John Fuqua	2		0	0	0	0
Steve Furness	1		0	3	3	5
L.C. Greenwood	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jack Ham	0	0	0	2	2	17
Franco Harris	8		2	0	2	0
Reggie Harrison	1		1	0	1	0
Ernie Holmes	0	0	0	2	2	0
Jon Kolb	0	0	1	0	1	0
Mike Kruczek	2		2	0	2	0
Jack Lambert	0	0	1	7	8	36
Ray Mansfield	0	0	1	0	1	0
Gerry Mullins	0	0	1	0	1	0
Ernie Pough	1		0	1	1	0
Donnie Shell	0	0	0	1	1	0
J.T. Thomas	1		0	0	0	27
Bobby Walden	1		1	0	1	-12
Mike Webster	2		0	0	0	-15
Dwight White	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team Totals	40	22	18	24	42	54
Opponents Totals	42	24	15	18	33

Bud Carson	Defensive Coordinator
Dick Hoak	Offensive Backs
George Perles	Defensive Line
Dan Radakovich	Offensive Line
John Spezzaferro	Offensive Assistant
Lionel Taylor	Receivers
Woody Widenhofer	Linebackers