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Sunday, September 26, 1976
Scoring
| NWE | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Steelers | Franco Harris 3 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Patriots | John Smith 42 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| Patriots | John Smith 40 yard field goal | 6 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Steelers | Roy Gerela 32 yard field goal | 6 | 10 |
| Patriots | John Smith 26 yard field goal | 9 | 10 | |
| Steelers | Roy Gerela 41 yard field goal | 9 | 13 | |
| 3rd | Steelers | Franco Harris 2 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 9 | 20 |
| Patriots | Russ Francis 38 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 16 | 20 | |
| Patriots | Darryl Stingley 58 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 23 | 20 | |
| 4th | Patriots | Steve Grogan 6 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 30 | 20 |
| Steelers | Randy Grossman 11 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 30 | 27 |
Team Stats
| NWE | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 40-142-1 | 37-169-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-32-257-2-2 | 20-39-291-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 3-44 |
| Net pass yards | 257 | 247 |
| Total yards | 399 | 416 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-2 | 7-6 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 6 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-52 | 8-70 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 13 | 32 | 257 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 23 | ||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 6 | 139 | 1 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 18 | 45 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Darryl Stingley | NWE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 72 | 1 | 58 | ||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 12 | 39 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 5 | 24 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 20 | 39 | 291 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Lynn Swann | PIT | 4 | 97 | 0 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Frank Lewis | PIT | 5 | 95 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Rocky Bleier | PIT | 11 | 49 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 19 | 78 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Randy Grossman | PIT | 7 | 67 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Walden | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Ricky Feacher | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 164 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mike Haynes | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mel Blount | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jack Deloplaine | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 189 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Glen Edwards | PIT | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Fuqua | PIT | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Mike Patrick | NWE | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 0 | ||||
| John Smith | NWE | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Gerela | PIT | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walden | PIT | 5 | 223 | 44.6 | 0 | ||||
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