1976 Baltimore 27, 1976 Pittsburgh 24

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total
1976 Baltimore

0

7

3

17

0

27
1976 Pittsburgh

0

10

7

7

0

24
Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Team Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
2 12:20 1976 Pittsburgh L.Swann 8 yd. pass from M.Kruczek (R.Gerela kick) 7-0 PIA
2 4:22 1976 Baltimore D.McCauley 1 yd. run (T.Linhart kick) 7-7 PIA
2 0:01 1976 Pittsburgh R.Gerela 44 yd. field goal 10-7 PIA
3 11:41 1976 Baltimore T.Linhart 37 yd. field goal 10-10 PIA
3 0:00 1976 Pittsburgh L.Swann 31 yd. pass from M.Kruczek (R.Gerela kick) 17-10 PIA
4 10:19 1976 Baltimore L.Mitchell 10 yd. pass from B.Jones (T.Linhart kick) 17-17 PIA
4 9:30 1976 Baltimore L.Mitchell 17 yd. run (T.Linhart kick) 24-17 BAA
4 7:17 1976 Baltimore T.Linhart 45 yd. field goal 27-17 BAA
4 3:32 1976 Pittsburgh R.Bleier 20 yd. run (R.Gerela kick) 27-24 BAA

Team Statistics
1976 Baltimore 1976 Pittsburgh
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 9-14-2-25 8-8-2-18
Third Down Efficiency 8-15-53% 1-11-9%
Fourth Down Efficiency 0-0-0% 2-2-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 27-35-77% 7-7-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 385-75-5.1 308-61-5.0
Total Net Yards Rushing 134 174
Total Rushes 38 34
Average Per Rush 3.5 5.1
Passes Completed/Attempted 22/36 (61.1%) 10/22 (45.5%)
Net Yards Passing 251 134
Avg Yards Per Pass 7.3 7.0
Sacked/Yards Lost 1/11 5/21
Punts/Average 5/41.8 7/36.1
Punts Received/Return Yardage 5/11 4/40
Kickoffs/Returns 3/63 6/107
Interceptions/Returns 0/0 1/0
Penalties/Yards 7/65 4/37
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 5/3 4/3
Time of Possession 34 mins 35 secs 25 mins 25 secs
Average Drive Start BAA 36 PIA 27

Passing Stats
Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1976 Baltimore
Bert Jones 36 22 262 61.1 7.3 1 2.8 1 2.8 39 1/11 81.0
1976 Pittsburgh
Mike Kruczek 22 10 155 45.5 7.0 2 9.1 0 0 47 5/21 99.6

Rushing Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1976 Baltimore
Lydell Mitchell 19 78 4.1 18 1 0 1/0
Bert Jones 9 33 3.7 11 0 0 0/0
Roosevelt Leaks 5 10 2.0 3 0 0 0/0
Don McCauley 5 13 2.6 5 1 0 1/1
1976 Pittsburgh
Franco Harris 19 81 4.3 15 0 0 1/1
Rocky Bleier 13 83 6.4 20 1 0 1/1
Frenchy Fuqua 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0/0
Mike Kruczek 1 10 10.0 10 0 0 1/0

Receiving Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1976 Baltimore
Lydell Mitchell 7 60 8.6 13 1 0
Raymond Chester 5 63 12.6 21 0 0
Glenn Doughty 4 88 22.0 39 0 0
Roger Carr 3 29 9.7 16 0 0
Don McCauley 2 15 7.5 11 0 0
Roosevelt Leaks 1 7 7.0 7 0 0
1976 Pittsburgh
Lynn Swann 5 110 22.0 47 2 0
Franco Harris 1 11 11.0 11 0 0
Frank Lewis 1 9 9.0 9 0 0
Randy Grossman 1 9 9.0 9 0 0
John Stallworth 1 12 12.0 12 0 0
Rocky Bleier 1 4 4.0 4 0 0

Field Goals
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1976 Baltimore
Toni Linhart 0/0 0/0 1/1 1/1 0/0 2/2 100
1976 Pittsburgh
Roy Gerela 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/2 0/0 1/2 50.0

Punting
No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1976 Baltimore
David Lee 5 41.8 33.8 0 2 52 0
1976 Pittsburgh
Bobby Walden 7 36.1 34.6 0 2 39 0

Kickoff Returns
No Yds Avg Long TD
1976 Baltimore
Howard Stevens 2 42 21.0 22 0
Bruce Laird 1 21 21.0 21 0
1976 Pittsburgh
Ernest Pough 6 107 17.8 25 0

Punt Returns
Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1976 Baltimore
Howard Stevens 5 1 11 2.2 4 0
1976 Pittsburgh
Theo Bell 3 0 35 11.7 15 0
Jack Deloplaine 1 0 5 5.0 5 0

Individual Defense
Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1976 Baltimore
Jim Cheyunski 10 1 0
Lloyd Mumphord 9 0 0
Derrel Luce 9 0 0
Joe Ehrmann 6 2 0
Jackie Wallace 4 0 0
Stan White 3 0 1
Fred Cook 2 1 1
John Dutton 1 1 0
Mike Barnes 1 0 0
Bruce Laird 1 0 1
Ken Mendenhall 0 0 1
Lydell Mitchell 0 0 1
1976 Pittsburgh
Andy Russell 11 0 0
Jack Lambert 7 0 0
Jack Ham 6 0 1
Mike Wagner 6 0 0
"Mean" Joe Greene 6 0 0
Ernie Holmes 4 0 0
Glen Edwards 4 0 0
J.T. Thomas 4 0 0
L.C. Greenwood 3 0 0
Dwight White 2 1 0
Mel Blount 2 0 0
Rocky Bleier 0 0 1
Frank Lewis 0 0 2

Interceptions
No Yds Avg Long TD
1976 Baltimore
1976 Pittsburgh
J.T. Thomas 1 0 0.0 0 0

Game Story
It was a disheartening defeat for the home team, as the visiting team from Baltimore edged Pittsburgh by the score of 27 to 24. Bert Jones passed 36 times for 262 yards with a touchdown. Baltimore was great on third down, converting on 8 of 15 opportunities. They won the air battle out-passing Pittsburgh 262 to 155 yards. Baltimore had the advantage in time of possession, having the ball for 34:35. Pittsburgh took the lead into the locker room at the half 10 to 7. They led after three quarters 17 to 10.