| Houston Oilers at Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 21, 1976 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 47947 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 44 F Humidty: 35% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 10 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 32 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Rocky Bleier 10 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 37 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Safety, Skip Butler punt blocked out of end zone by Loren Toews | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Burrough 69 pass from John Hadl (Skip Butler kick) | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 35 FG | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 43 FG | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Reggie Harrison 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Roy Gerela 18 FG | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Reggie Harrison 1 run (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | John Sawyer 2 pass from John Hadl (Skip Butler pass failed) | 16 | 32 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 84 | WR | Billy Johnson |
| 72 | LOT | Kevin Hunt |
| 70 | LOG | Conway Hayman |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 75 | ROT | Elbert Drungo |
| 81 | TE | John Sawyer |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 47 | RB | Ronnie Coleman |
| 44 | RB | Fred Willis |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Al Burton |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Kiner |
| 54 | RILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 27 | LCB | Greg Stemrick |
| 37 | LS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 38 | RS | C.L. Whittington |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | Frank Lewis |
| 88 | WR | Lynn Swann |
| 55 | LOT | Jon Kolb |
| 57 | LOG | Sam Davis |
| 52 | C | Mike Webster |
| 50 | ROG | Jim Clack |
| 72 | ROT | Gerry Mullins |
| 87 | TE | Larry Brown |
| 15 | QB | Mike Kruczek |
| 20 | RB | Rocky Bleier |
| 32 | RB | Franco Harris |
| Offense | ||
| 68 | LDE | L.C. Greenwood |
| 75 | LDT | Joe Greene |
| 63 | RDT | Ernie Holmes |
| 76 | RDE | John Banaszak |
| 59 | LLB | Jack Ham |
| 58 | MLB | Jack Lambert |
| 34 | RLB | Andy Russell |
| 24 | LCB | J.T. Thomas |
| 23 | LS | Mike Wagner |
| 217 | RS | Glen Edwards |
| 47 | RCB | Mel Blount |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5/15 | / | 10 | 77 | 3 | 2 | |
| PIT | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6/16 | / | 10 | 84 | 3 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Fred Willis | 15 | 53 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 12 | 33 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Skip Butler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 101 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Rocky Bleier | 19 | 66 | 3.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Reggie Harrison | 15 | 44 | 2.9 | 2 | |
| Franco Harris | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Ernie Pough | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Lynn Swann | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Deloplaine | 2 | -12 | -6.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 48 | 143 | 3.0 | 3 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 20 | 9 | 45.0 | 2 | 134 | 6.7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 61.2 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 2 | 134 | 5.8 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 51.7 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Mike Kruczek | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | 1 | 132 | 10.2 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 63.6 | |
| Team Totals | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | 1 | 132 | 10.2 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 63.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 1 | |
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| John Sawyer | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 134 | 14.9 | 2 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Larry Brown | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | |
| Rocky Bleier | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | |
| Lynn Swann | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Franco Harris | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 132 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| C.L. Whittington | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jack Ham | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Andy Russell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||
| Skip Butler | 6 | 194 | 32.3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 194 | 27.7 | 0 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||
| Bobby Walden | 5 | 160 | 32.0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 160 | 32.0 | ||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Theo Bell | 5 | 1 | 43 | 8.6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 29 | 0 | |
| Don Hardeman | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ernie Pough | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Jack Deloplaine | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Jim Clack | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Team Totals | 2.0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Team Totals | 1.0 |