1976 Pro Bowl Roster
AFC
qb
Ken Anderson - cin
Bert Jones - bal
Ken Stabler - oak
rb
Otis Armstrong - den
Franco Harris - pit
Lydell Mitchell - bal
Greg Pruitt - cle
O.J. Simpson - buf
wr
Cliff Branch - oak
Roger Carr - bal
Isaac Curtis - cin
Charlie Joiner - sdg
Rick Upchurch - den
te
Dave Casper - oak
Russ Francis - nwe
ol
Joe DeLamielleure - buf
Leon Gray - nwe
John Hannah - nwe
George Kunz - bal
Jim Langer - mia
Jack Rudnay - kan
Art Shell - oak
Gene Upshaw - oak
dl
Coy Bacon - cin
Curley Culp - hou
John Dutton - bal
Joe Greene - pit
L.C. Greenwood - pit
Jerry Sherk - cle
lb
Robert Brazile - hou
Jack Ham - pit
Jack Lambert - pit
Jim LeClair - cin
Phil Villapiano - oak
db
Mel Blount - pit
Tommy Casanova - cin
Glen Edwards - pit
Mike Haynes - nwe
Lemar Parrish - cin
J.T. Thomas - pit
Mike Wagner - pit
all 4 steelers made the team from the defensive backfield..
Journeyman said:
No.. I grew up outside of Detroit .
We always got the Buffalo games as the AFC game on TV. So I grew up a huge O.J. fan.. Watched almost every game of his 2000 yard season.
I was always more a fan of players than a fan of teams. But If I had to pick a team that I always pulled for in the 70's it would have been the Raiders .
Stabler was the man..
Bert Jones was a phenom out of LSU, NFL offensive player of the year in 1976, his career was just taking off when he met Al Bubba Baker and the Silverdome astroturf, was a ferocious hit, in a pre season game of all things....The Balto Colts and his career were never the same, he never recovered from that shoulder injury.
The AFC was loaded with dominant teams in the 70's the Colts were not quite to that elite level, the best shot they had was 1977 losing in the overtime thriller to Oakland 37-31, one of the greatest games in NFL history....Occasionally Madden will mention it as he did on MNF last week.
I'm sure you recall that one WNO....That damn game was blacked out here in Md. Today is the 28th anniversary of that game.
Dec 24th 1977
The AFC was loaded with dominant teams in the 70's the Colts were not quite to that elite level, the best shot they had was 1977 losing in the overtime thriller to Oakland 37-31, one of the greatest games in NFL history....Occasionally Madden will mention it as he did on MNF last week.
I'm sure you recall that one WNO....That damn game was blacked out here in Md. Today is the 28th anniversary of that game.
Dec 24th 1977
I recall that Dikta heaped lots of praise on the baltimore d, even placing them ahead of the 85 bears.
Bears had many strengths on offense, which allowed the defense plenty of rest time. I'd also rank the Buc superbowl defense in front of Chicago.
A more relevant debate is the 85 vs 05 bear defenses. The latter will prevail if they win this year's superbowl (a formidable task),.
Bears had many strengths on offense, which allowed the defense plenty of rest time. I'd also rank the Buc superbowl defense in front of Chicago.
A more relevant debate is the 85 vs 05 bear defenses. The latter will prevail if they win this year's superbowl (a formidable task),.
