1977 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-5
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Chuck Noll (9-5)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1977 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 9-5
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Chuck Noll (9-5)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1977 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1977 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
Chuck Noll coached the team. The 1977 Pittsburgh Steelers lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Terry Bradshaw | 314 | 162 | 51.6 | 2523 | 8.0 | 17 | 5.4 | 19 | 6.1 | 65 | 26 | 235 | 71.4 | Neil Graff | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 47 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 60.1 | Tony Dungy | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 43 | 5.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 16.1 | Mike Kruczek | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 341 | 173 | 50.7 | 2632 | 7.7 | 17 | 5.0 | 21 | 6.2 | 65 | 27 | 245 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Franco Harris | 300 | 1162 | 3.9 | 61 | 11 | Rocky Bleier | 135 | 465 | 3.4 | 16 | 4 | Reggie Harrison | 36 | 175 | 4.9 | 33 | 0 | Terry Bradshaw | 31 | 171 | 5.5 | 26 | 3 | Sidney Thornton | 27 | 103 | 3.8 | 18 | 2 | Alvin Maxson | 18 | 56 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 | Laverne Smith | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 16 | 0 | John Stallworth | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 15 | 0 | Tony Dungy | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 | Jack Deloplaine | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | Lynn Swann | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 | Neil Graff | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 4 | 0 | Bobby Walden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Kruczek | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 581 | 2258 | 3.9 | 61 | 20 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Lynn Swann | 50 | 789 | 15.8 | 46 | 7 | John Stallworth | 44 | 784 | 17.8 | 49 | 7 | Bennie Cunningham | 20 | 347 | 17.4 | 43 | 2 | Rocky Bleier | 18 | 161 | 8.9 | 30 | 0 | Frank Lewis | 11 | 263 | 23.9 | 65 | 1 | Franco Harris | 11 | 62 | 5.6 | 15 | 0 | Alvin Maxson | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 34 | 0 | Randy Grossman | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 20 | 0 | Jim Smith | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 26 | 0 | Reggie Harrison | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 | Sidney Thornton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Ernest Pough | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 173 | 2632 | 15.2 | 65 | 17 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Bobby Walden | 67 | 2482 | 37.0 | 65 | Rick Engles | 5 | 169 | 33.8 | 48 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 72 | 2651 | 36.8 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jim Smith | 36 | 294 | 8.2 | 30 | 0 | Lynn Swann | 9 | 88 | 9.8 | 31 | 0 | Jack Deloplaine | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
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| Totals | 46 | 389 | 8.5 | 31 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jim Smith | 16 | 381 | 23.8 | 37 | 0 | Laverne Smith | 16 | 365 | 22.8 | 33 | 0 | Alvin Maxson | 5 | 120 | 24.0 | 43 | 0 | Ernest Pough | 7 | 111 | 15.9 | 22 | 0 | Jack Deloplaine | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
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| Totals | 45 | 995 | 22.1 | 43 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mel Blount | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 37 | 0 | Jimmy Allen | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 48 | 0 | Jack Ham | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 9 | 0 | Glen Edwards | 3 | 116 | 38.7 | 51 | 0 | Tony Dungy | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 29 | 0 | Donnie Shell | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 | Dwight White | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 | J.T. Thomas | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 | Dirt Winston | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | Jack Lambert | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
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| Totals | 31 | 374 | 12.1 | 51 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Terry Bradshaw | 10 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | Loren Toews | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Robin Cole | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmy Allen | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Reggie Harrison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brad Cousino | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Ham | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mel Blount | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Dave LaCrosse | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rocky Bleier | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Greene | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roy Gerela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Walden | 2 | 1 | -9 | 0 | 0 | Larry Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Furness | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Glen Edwards | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Donnie Shell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Dungy | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | Lynn Swann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Franco Harris | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alvin Maxson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Laverne Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Stallworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Kruczek | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | Sidney Thornton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 41 | 24 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Franco Harris | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | Roy Gerela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 34 | 0 | 61 | John Stallworth | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Lynn Swann | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Rocky Bleier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Terry Bradshaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Bennie Cunningham | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Sidney Thornton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Frank Lewis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 20 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 283 |
