1976 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-4-0, 1st in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Chuck Noll (10-4-0)

Points For: 342 (24.4/g) 5th of 28

Points Against: 138 (9.9/g) 1st of 28

Expected W-L: 12.5-1.5

SRS: 15.34 (1st of 28), SOS: .77

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 40-14 vs. Baltimore Colts
Lost Conference Championship 7-24 vs. Oakland Raiders

Defensive Coordinator: Bud Carson

Other Notable Asst.: George Perles (Defensive Line), Dan Radakovich (Offensive Line), Lionel Taylor (Receivers) and Woody Widenhofer (Linebackers)

Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner/President: Art Rooney

VP of Player Personnel/de facto General Manager: Art Rooney Jr.

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: St. Vincent College (Latrobe, Pennsylvania)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	342	4637	957	4.8	31	19	271	143	277	1666	10	12	5.5	94	653	2971	33	4.5	163	111	836	14
Opp. Stats	138	3323	866	3.8	46	24	182	158	373	1866	9	22	4.5	96	452	1457	5	3.2	69	80	630	17
Lg Rank Offense	5	9			7	18	6		28	22	21	3	13		1	1	1	3
Lg Rank Defense	1	1			5	3	1		16	6	3	9	6		4	1	1	1

1976 Regular Season

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1976 Regular Season Table
							Score				Passing										Rushing				Total Offense			Kicking				Punting			Penalties		Turnovers
Rk	Gtm	Week	Date	Day		Opp	Rslt	Pts	PtsO	OT	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Y/A	AY/A	Rate	Sk	Yds	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	Ply	Tot	Y/P	FGA	FGM	XPA	XPM	Pnt	Yds	1stD	Pen	Yds	FL	Int	TO
1	1	1	1976-09-12	Sun	@	OAK	L	28	31		15	27	55.6	242	1	9.0	8.04	82.6	2	11	42	196	3	4.7	71	438	6.17	1	0	4	4	6	252	24	8	69	2	1	3
2	2	2	1976-09-19	Sun		CLE	W	31	14		7	23	30.4	77	2	3.3	5.09	70.4	0	0	45	221	2	4.9	68	298	4.38	1	1	4	4	6	261	16	5	27	1	0	1
3	3	3	1976-09-26	Sun		NWE	L	27	30		20	39	51.3	247	1	6.3	6.85	79.8	3	44	37	169	2	4.6	79	416	5.27	3	2	3	3	5	223	24	8	70	6	0	6
4	4	4	1976-10-04	Mon	@	MIN	L	6	17		10	22	45.5	52	1	2.4	-4.91	28.0	5	38	40	173	0	4.3	67	225	3.36	2	0	1	0	3	105	12	7	64	2	4	6
5	5	5	1976-10-10	Sun	@	CLE	L	16	18		13	23	56.5	85	0	3.7	1.74	46.5	4	49	25	111	2	4.4	52	196	3.77	2	1	2	1	7	285	13	8	63	2	1	3
6	6	6	1976-10-17	Sun		CIN	W	23	6		5	12	41.7	52	0	4.3	0.58	20.1	1	6	55	201	2	3.7	68	253	3.72	3	3	2	2	4	149	16	9	45	1	1	2
7	7	7	1976-10-24	Sun	@	NYG	W	27	0		12	19	63.2	101	0	5.3	5.32	76.9	3	19	47	230	3	4.9	69	331	4.80	3	2	3	3	6	260	18	15	120		0	0
8	8	8	1976-10-31	Sun		SDG	W	23	0		11	25	44.0	106	1	4.2	3.24	53.1	2	18	52	255	2	4.9	79	361	4.57	1	1	3	2	9	334	20	6	49	2	1	3
9	9	9	1976-11-07	Sun	@	KAN	W	45	0		8	17	47.1	121	1	7.1	5.65	66.1	2	31	54	330	5	6.1	73	451	6.18	3	1	6	6	4	185	26	10	62		1	1
10	10	10	1976-11-14	Sun		MIA	W	14	3		4	8	50.0	96	0	12.0	12.00	93.7	1	6	48	258	2	5.4	57	354	6.21	0	0	2	2	5	192	19	4	28		0	0
11	11	11	1976-11-21	Sun		HOU	W	32	16		8	13	61.5	105	0	8.1	4.62	55.0	2	27	48	143	3	3.0	63	248	3.94	4	3	3	3	5	160	17	10	84	1	1	2
12	12	12	1976-11-28	Sun	@	CIN	W	7	3		10	15	66.7	143	0	9.5	6.53	69.6	2	20	49	204	1	4.2	66	347	5.26	2	0	1	1	5	195	20	6	40	1	1	2
13	13	13	1976-12-05	Sun		TAM	W	42	0		12	15	80.0	163	2	10.9	13.53	151.5	0	0	58	222	4	3.8	73	385	5.27	0	0	6	6	4	102	26	5	35	1	0	1
14	14	14	1976-12-11	Sat	@	HOU	W	21	0		8	19	42.1	76	1	4.0	2.68	49.5	0	0	53	258	2	4.9	72	334	4.64	1	0	3	3	7	270	20	10	80		1	1
							10-4	342	138		143	277	51.6	1666	10	6.0	4.79	64.1	27	269	653	2971	33	4.5	957	4637	4.85	26	14	43	40	76	2973	271	111	836	19	12	31

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	Awards
1	Terry Bradshaw	28	QB	10	8	4-4-0	92	192	47.9	1177	10	5.2	9	4.7	50	6.1	5.06	12.8	117.7	65.4	16	164	7.69	4.87	3.88
2	Mike Kruczek	23	QB	10	6	6-0-0	51	85	60.0	758	0	0.0	3	3.5	64	8.9	7.33	14.9	75.8	74.5	11	105	11.46	6.80	5.40	AP ORoY-3
	Team Totals			14	14	10-4-0	143	277	51.6	1666	10	3.6	12	4.3	64	7.0	5.76	13.5	119.0	68.2	27	269	8.88	5.48	4.36

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1	Terry Bradshaw	28	QB	2	2	1-1-0	28	53	52.8	440	3	5.7	1	1.9	76	8.3	8.58	15.7	220.0	91.7	4	18	7.02	7.40	7.67
2	Mike Kruczek	23	QB	1	0		5	6	83.3	44	0	0.0	0	0.0	15	7.3	7.33	8.8	44.0	97.2	0	0	0.00	7.33	7.33
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	33	59	55.9	466	3	5.1	1	1.7	76	5.0	8.46	14.7	233.0	44.5	4	18	6.35	4.34	3.16

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Rocky Bleier	30	RB	14	14	220	1036	5	28	4.7	74.0	15.7	24	294	12.3	0	32	1.7	21.0	244	5.5	1330	5	4
2	Franco Harris	26	FB	14	14	289	1128	14	30	3.9	80.6	20.6	23	151	6.6	0	39	1.6	10.8	312	4.1	1279	14	8	PB
3	Lynn Swann	24	WR	12	10	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0.1	28	516	18.4	3	47	2.3	43.0	29	17.9	518	3	0
4	Frank Lewis	29	WR	12	12	2	24	1	16	12.0	2.0	0.2	17	306	18.0	1	64	1.4	25.5	19	17.4	330	2	0
5	Reggie Harrison	25	RB	12	0	54	235	4	27	4.4	19.6	4.5	2	19	9.5	0	10	0.2	1.6	56	4.5	254	4	1
6	Terry Bradshaw	28	QB	10	8	31	219	3	17	7.1	21.9	3.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	31	7.1	219	3	7
7	Randy Grossman	24	TE	14	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	15	181	12.1	1	35	1.1	12.9	15	12.1	181	1	0
8	Ernest Pough	24	WR	14	2	2	8	0	6	4.0	0.6	0.1	8	161	20.1	1	50	0.6	11.5	10	16.9	169	1	1
9	John Stallworth	24	WR	8	3	0	47	1	47		5.9	0.0	9	111	12.3	2	25	1.1	13.9	9	17.6	158	3	0
10	Mike Kruczek	23	QB	10	6	18	106	2	22	5.9	10.6	1.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	18	5.9	106	2	2	AP ORoY-3
11	Larry Brown	27	TE	13	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	97	13.9	0	35	0.5	7.5	7	13.9	97	0	0
12	Jack Deloplaine	22	RB	14	0	17	91	2	19	5.4	6.5	1.2	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.1	0.2	18	5.2	94	2	3
13	John Fuqua	30	RB	14	0	15	63	1	12	4.2	4.5	1.1	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.1	0.3	16	4.2	67	1	2
14	Bennie Cunningham	22	TE	12	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	49	9.8	1	20	0.4	4.1	5	9.8	49	1	0
15	Theo Bell	23	WR	13	1	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1	3	43	14.3	1	19	0.2	3.3	4	12.0	48	1	5
16	Bobby Walden	38	P	14	0	3	7	0	7	2.3	0.5	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	2.3	7	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	653	2971	33	47	4.5	212.2	46.6	143	1935	13.5	10	64	10.2	138.2	796	6.2	4906	43	34

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Franco Harris	26	FB	1	1	18	132	0	50	7.3	132.0	18.0	3	24	8.0	0	15	3.0	24.0	21	7.4	156	0	0
2	Lynn Swann	24	WR	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	135	16.9	2	30	4.0	67.5	8	16.9	135	2	0
3	Reggie Harrison	25	RB	2	1	21	84	3	14	4.0	42.0	10.5	6	47	7.8	0	18	3.0	23.5	27	4.9	131	3	1
4	John Fuqua	30	RB	2	0	19	78	0	13	4.1	39.0	9.5	4	45	11.3	0	31	2.0	22.5	23	5.3	123	0	0
5	Frank Lewis	29	WR	2	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	114	38.0	1	76	1.5	57.0	3	38.0	114	1	0
6	Bennie Cunningham	22	TE	1	1	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	1.0	4	36	9.0	0	29	4.0	36.0	5	7.2	36	0	1
7	Larry Brown	27	TE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	32	32.0	0	32	1.0	32.0	1	32.0	32	0	0
8	John Stallworth	24	WR	2	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	26	13.0	0	18	1.0	13.0	2	13.0	26	0	0
9	Theo Bell	23	WR	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	25	12.5	0	13	2.0	25.0	2	12.5	25	0	0
10	Terry Bradshaw	28	QB	1	1	1	4	0	4	4.0	4.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	4.0	4	0	0
11	Rocky Bleier	30	RB	1	1	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-1.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-1.0	-1	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	61	297	3	50	4.9	148.5	30.5	33	484	14.7	3	76	16.5	242.0	94	8.3	781	6	2

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Defense & Fumbles

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Rocky Bleier	30	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Mel Blount	28	RCB	14	14	6	75	0	28	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
3	Glen Edwards	29	FS	14	14	6	95	0	55	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	PB,AP-2
4	Joe Greene	30	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	0	PB,AP-2
5	Jack Ham	28	LLB	14	14	2	13	0	13	0	2	17	0	4.5	0	PB,AP-1
6	Franco Harris	26	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
7	Ernie Holmes	28	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.0	0
8	Jon Kolb	29	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Jack Lambert	24	MLB	14	14	2	32	0	22	0	8	36	0	3.5	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-2,AP DPoY-1
10	J.T. Thomas	25	LCB	14	14	2	43	0	38	1	0	27	0	0.0	0	PB
11	Mike Wagner	27	SS	14	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	PB,AP-2
12	Mike Webster	24	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	-15	0	0.0	0
13	L.C. Greenwood	30	LDE	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.5	0	PB
14	Gerry Mullins	27	RT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Andy Russell	35	RLB	14	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
16	Terry Bradshaw	28	QB	10	8	0	0	0	0	7	2	-4	0	0.0	0
17	Larry Brown	27	TE	13	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	0
18	Jim Clack	29	RG	11	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Ray Mansfield	35	C	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Dwight White	27	RDE	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
21	Mike Kruczek	23	QB	10	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	AP ORoY-3
22	John Banaszak	26	RDE	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.0	0
23	Steve Furness	26	DT	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	0	2.5	0
24	Ernest Pough	24	WR	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Loren Toews	25	LB	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	1
26	Theo Bell	23	WR	13	1	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	0.0	0
27	Jimmy Allen	24	DB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
28	Bennie Cunningham	22	TE	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Jack Deloplaine	22	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	John Fuqua	30	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
31	Reggie Harrison	25	RB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
32	Donnie Shell	24	DB	14	0	1	4	0	4	0	1	0	0	1.5	0
33	Bobby Walden	38	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-12	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	22	262	0	55	40	42	54	0	41.0	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Mike Wagner	27	SS	2	2	1	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
2	Bennie Cunningham	22	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Glen Edwards	29	FS	1	1	1	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Joe Greene	30	LDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
5	L.C. Greenwood	30	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
6	Ernie Holmes	28	RDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
7	Andy Russell	35	RLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
8	John Fuqua	30	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Reggie Harrison	25	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Ernest Pough	24	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
11	Loren Toews	25	LB	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	2	38	0	26	0	3	1	0	0	7.0	0	0

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