Sunday October 10, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/10/1976:



Don Cockroft's four field goals and a drive engineered by first-year quarterback David Mays proved too much for Pittsburgh as the Browns dealt the Steelers their fourth loss in five games. Trailing 10-6, Mays drove Cleveland 29 yards with Cleo Miller scoring from the 1. Cockroft then kicked 50 and 40-yard field goals to give the Browns an eight-point spread, which was cut to two points on a 22-yard touchdown run by Steelers' rookie quarterback Mike Kruczek with 1:05 remaining.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE189.8  (4)154.5  (16)344.2  (9)16
DEFENSE138.8  (13)198.0  (26)336.8  (20)16
OFFENSE140.5  (16)200.5  (7)341.0  (10)11
DEFENSE130.0  (10)165.0  (16)295.0  (14)8

Line: Steelers by 10

Team1234F
Pittsburgh Steelers (1-4-0)730616
Cleveland Browns (2-3-0)339318

( 0- 3) CLE Don Cockroft 43 yard field goal ( 7- 3) PIT Franco Harris 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) ( 7- 6) CLE Don Cockroft 28 yard field goal (10- 6) PIT Roy Gerela 30 yard field goal (10-12) CLE Cleo Miller 1 yard rush (kick failed) (10-15) CLE Don Cockroft 50 yard field goal (10-18) CLE Don Cockroft 40 yard field goal (16-18) PIT Mike Kruczek 22 yard rush (kick failed)
                     PIT             CLE
First Downs:         13              15
Rushes-yards:        25-111          48-147
Yards/rush:          4.4             3.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-23-134-1     10-25-179-0
Sacked-yards:        4-49            1-0
Net pass yards:      85              179
Net yards/pass:      3.1             6.9
Total net yards:     196             326
Total plays:         52 (48% run)    74 (64% run)  
Yards/play:          3.8             4.4
Fumbles-lost:        2-2             4-2
Turnovers:           3               2
Penalties-yards:     8-63            10-84

Attendance: 75,769

Passing:
PIT: Terry Bradshaw, 10 of 18 for 75 yards (1 int); Mike Kruczek, 3 of 5 for 59 yards CLE: Brian Sipe, 4 of 14 for 80 yards; Dave Mays, 5 of 9 for 70 yards; Greg Pruitt, 1 of 1 for 29 yards; Don Cockroft, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
Rushing:
PIT: Franco Harris, 13 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Rocky Bleier, 8 for 25 yards; Mike Kruczek, 2 for 30 yards and 1 TD; Terry Bradshaw, 2 for 17 yards CLE: Cleo Miller, 23 for 57 yards and 1 TD; Greg Pruitt, 22 for 76 yards; Dave Mays, 3 for 14 yards
Receiving:
PIT: Franco Harris, 6 for 13 yards; Lynn Swann, 3 for 74 yards; Randy Grossman, 3 for 41 yards; Frank Lewis, 1 for 6 yards CLE: Reggie Rucker, 3 for 77 yards; Paul Warfield, 3 for 65 yards; Greg Pruitt, 3 for 29 yards; Cleo Miller, 1 for 8 yards
Kick returns:
PIT: Ernest Pough, 5 for 94 yards; Jack Deloplaine, 1 for 9 yards CLE: Ricky Feacher, 1 for 28 yards; Greg Pruitt, 1 for 27 yards; Brian Duncan, 1 for 22 yards; Willie Miller, 1 for 0 yards
Punt returns:
PIT: Theo Bell, 3 for 29 yards; Jack Deloplaine, 2 for 11 yards CLE: Ricky Feacher, 3 for 14 yards; Steve Holden, 3 for 8 yards
Interceptions:
CLE: Thom Darden, 1 for 7 yards
Punting:
PIT: Bobby Walden, 7 for 285 yards CLE: Don Cockroft, 5 for 188 yards
Field Goals:
PIT: Roy Gerela, 1/2 CLE: Don Cockroft, 4/6


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