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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos - December 24th, 1977
Pittsburgh Steelers 21 at Denver Broncos 34
Saturday, December 24, 1977
Pittsburgh Steelers 21, Denver Broncos 34| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (9-6-0) | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Denver Broncos (13-2-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
Scoring
| PIT | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Rob Lytle 7 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | PIT | Terry Bradshaw 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 7 | 7 |
| DEN | Otis Armstrong 10 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| PIT | Franco Harris 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 14 | 14 | |
| 3rd | DEN | Riley Odoms 30 yard pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 4th | PIT | Larry Brown 1 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 21 | 21 |
| DEN | Jim Turner 44 yard field goal | 21 | 24 | |
| DEN | Jim Turner 25 yard field goal | 21 | 27 | |
| DEN | Jack Dolbin 34 yard pass from Craig Morton (Jim Turner kick) | 21 | 34 |
Team Stats
| PIT | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-127-2 | 37-103-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-37-177-1-3 | 11-23-164-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 1-9 |
| Net pass yards | 177 | 155 |
| Total yards | 304 | 258 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-67 | 3-20 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Franco Harris | PIT | 28 | 92 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 19 | 37 | 177 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| John Stallworth | PIT | 4 | 80 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Bennie Cunningham | PIT | 3 | 42 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 7 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Alvin Maxson | PIT | 3 | 11 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Randy Grossman | PIT | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Larry Brown | PIT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Craig Morton | DEN | 11 | 23 | 164 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Otis Armstrong | DEN | 11 | 44 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Jim D. Jensen | DEN | 4 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 29 | ||||||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 2 | 45 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 5 | 43 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Jack Dolbin | DEN | 1 | 34 | 1 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Rob Lytle | DEN | 12 | 26 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Jon Keyworth | DEN | 5 | 20 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Bennie Cunningham | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Greene | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Alvin Maxson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Jim Smith | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Steve Foley | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Randy Gradishar | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bernard Jackson | DEN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Jackson | DEN | 2 | 49 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||||||
| John Schultz | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bill Thompson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Pittsburgh Steelers Starting Lineup
| Terry Bradshaw | QB |
| Rocky Bleier | RB |
| Franco Harris | FB |
| John Stallworth | WR |
| Lynn Swann | WR |
| Larry Brown | TE |
| Jon Kolb | LT |
| Sam Davis | LG |
| Mike Webster | C |
| Jim Clack | RG |
| Ray Pinney | RT |
| Steve Furness | LDE |
| Joe Greene | LDT |
| Ernie Holmes | RDT |
| Dwight White | RDE |
| Jack Ham | LLB |
| Jack Lambert | MLB |
| Loren Toews | RLB |
| J.T. Thomas | LCB |
| Jimmy Allen | RCB |
| Donnie Shell | SS |
| Glen Edwards | FS |
Denver Broncos Starting Lineup
| Craig Morton | QB |
| Rob Lytle | RB |
| Jon Keyworth | FB |
| Jack Dolbin | WR |
| Haven Moses | WR |
| Riley Odoms | TE |
| Andy Maurer | LT |
| Tom Glassic | LG |
| Mike Montler | C |
| Paul Howard | RG |
| Claudie Minor | RT |
| Barney Chavous | LDE |
| Rubin Carter | NT |
| Lyle Alzado | RDE |
| Bob Swenson | LOLB |
| Randy Gradishar | LILB |
| Tom Jackson | RILB |
| Joe Rizzo | ROLB |
| Louis Wright | LCB |
| Steve Foley | RCB |
| Bill Thompson | SS |
| Bernard Jackson | FS |