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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 342 points (24.4/g), 5th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 138 points (9.9/g), 1st.
Differential of 204 points (14.6/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 12.5-1.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +15 (1.1/g), 2nd.
Coached by Chuck Noll (10-4-0)
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1976 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 12 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 28 | 31 | 24 | 438 | 242 | 196 | 3 | 28 | 440 | 324 | 116 | 4 |
| 2 | Sun | September 19 | box | W | 1-1 | Cleveland Browns | 31 | 14 | 16 | 298 | 77 | 221 | 1 | 16 | 330 | 185 | 145 | 4 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 26 | box | L | 1-2 | New England Patriots | 27 | 30 | 24 | 416 | 247 | 169 | 6 | 18 | 399 | 257 | 142 | 4 | |
| 4 | Mon | October 4 | box | L | 1-3 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 6 | 17 | 12 | 225 | 52 | 173 | 6 | 11 | 178 | 26 | 152 | 4 |
| 5 | Sun | October 10 | box | L | 1-4 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 18 | 13 | 196 | 85 | 111 | 3 | 15 | 326 | 179 | 147 | 2 |
| 6 | Sun | October 17 | box | W | 2-4 | Cincinnati Bengals | 23 | 6 | 16 | 253 | 52 | 201 | 2 | 11 | 171 | 96 | 75 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 24 | box | W | 3-4 | @ | New York Giants | 27 | 0 | 18 | 331 | 101 | 230 | 10 | 151 | 63 | 88 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 31 | box | W | 4-4 | San Diego Chargers | 23 | 0 | 20 | 361 | 106 | 255 | 3 | 7 | 134 | 90 | 44 | 5 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 7 | box | W | 5-4 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 45 | 0 | 26 | 451 | 121 | 330 | 1 | 14 | 257 | 223 | 34 | 6 |
| 10 | Sun | November 14 | box | W | 6-4 | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 3 | 19 | 354 | 96 | 258 | 14 | 224 | 108 | 116 | |||
| 11 | Sun | November 21 | box | W | 7-4 | Houston Oilers | 32 | 16 | 17 | 248 | 105 | 143 | 2 | 12 | 225 | 124 | 101 | 4 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 28 | box | W | 8-4 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 7 | 3 | 20 | 347 | 143 | 204 | 2 | 9 | 225 | 115 | 110 | 2 |
| 13 | Sun | December 5 | box | W | 9-4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 42 | 0 | 26 | 385 | 163 | 222 | 1 | 8 | 105 | 11 | 94 | 4 | |
| 14 | Sat | December 11 | box | W | 10-4 | @ | Houston Oilers | 21 | 0 | 20 | 334 | 76 | 258 | 1 | 9 | 158 | 65 | 93 | 2 |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sun | December 19 | box | W | 11-4 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 40 | 14 | ||||||||||
| ConfChamp | Sun | December 26 | box | L | 11-5 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 7 | 24 | ||||||||||