1979 Pittsburgh Steelers 9-5 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Pittsburgh 23 148 45 91 0 307 Opponent 52 86 50 76 0 264 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 307 264 First Downs 250 234 Rush 80 77 Pass 152 139 Pen 18 18 Penalties 73 83 Yards 594 582 Rushing Att 436 387 Yards 1701 1283 Ave 3.9 3.3 TD 9 9 Passing Att 388 440 Comp 235 253 % 60.6 57.5 Int 14 19 % 3.6 4.3 TD 24 18 % 6.2 4.1 Yards 3417 3260 Sacked 23 26 Punt Return 47 21 Yards 360 305 Ave 7.7 14.5 Kick Return 47 66 Yards 993 1339 Ave 21.1 20.3 Punts 61 66 Yards 2430 2760 Ave 39.8 41.8 FG Att 30 27 Made 21 20 % 70.0 74.1 Third Downs 170 182 Made 47 56 % 27.6 30.8 Fourth Downs 17 23 Made 6 8 % 35.3 34.8 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 35 16 Lost 14 10 Turnovers 28 29 Net Offense 4961 4345 Per Play 5.9 5.1
1979 Pittsburgh Steelers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Harris,F 236 913 3.9 14 40 42 7 Stallworth 62 6 1089 17.6 10 45 73 10 Thornton 116 488 4.2 10 23 47 1 Swann 48 2 706 14.7 5 31 53 4 Bleier 50 229 4.6 4 11 70 0 Cunningham 38 3 521 13.7 5 26 52 4 Hawthorne 9 37 4.1 1 3 11 1 Harris,F 34 1 341 10.0 3 17 29 0 Marino 23 18 0.8 1 1 15 0 Thornton 19 1 263 13.8 2 11 47 3 Smith,J 1 12 12.0 1 1 12 0 Smith,J 16 1 243 15.2 3 10 42 1 Swann 1 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Bleier 9 1 150 16.7 2 6 36 2 436 1701 3.9 31 79 70 9 Grossman 6 1 94 15.7 0 6 21 0 Hawthorne 3 0 10 3.3 0 0 8 0 235 16 3417 14.5 30152 73 24 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Marino 388 235 60.6 3417 14.5 73 33 30 14 3.6 23 24 6.2 94.8 388 235 60.6 3417 14.5 73 33 30 14 3.6 23 24 6.2 94.8 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Bahr,M 34 32 94.1 30 21 70.0 63.6 0.0 46 95 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Colquitt 61 2430 59 5 0 18 21 305 33.2 39.8 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Anderson,L 44 933 21.2 46 0 Bell,T 47 3 360 7.7 15 0 Anderson,A 2 41 20.5 21 0 47 3 360 7.7 15 0 Smith,J 1 19 19.0 19 0 Brown 1 0 0.0 0 0 47 993 21.1 46 0 Fumbles Harris,F 11 Thornton 5 Marino 3 Cunningh 1 Anderson 9 Bleier 4 Stallwor 2 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Greenwoo 9 Greene 18 Greene 12 Shell,D 12 Blount 2 Kolb 4 Greene 6 Greenwoo 14 Lambert 12 Blount 11 Greene 2 Swann 3 Ham 4 Ham 5 Greenwoo 11 Thomas 9 Lambert 2 Webster 3 Lambert 3 Dunn 3 Ham 10 Greene 7 Shell,D 2 Marino 3 White 3 Lambert 3 Winston 7 Johnson, 6 Bell,T 1 Cunningh 2 Banaszak 1 White 3 Banaszak 5 Ham 5 Dunn 1 Lambert 2 Furness 2 Wagner 5 Graves 1 Davis,S 2 Dunn 1 Greenwoo 3 Smith,J 1 Harris,F 2 Dunn 3 Thomas 1 Winston 2 White 3 Valentin 1 Johnson, 2 Winston 3 White 1 Stallwor 1 Lambert 2 Winston 1 Banaszak 1 Woodruff 2 Thomas 1 Anderson 1 Greene 1 Mullins 1 Shell,D 1 Tackles Lambert 94 Shell,D 63 Winston 47 Graves 18 Bell,T 13 Furness 6 Ham 81 Blount 53 Anderson 34 Valentin 17 Cole 13 Woodruff 2 Greene 66 Thomas 50 Banaszak 23 Beasley 15 Smith,J 11 Toews 1 Greenwoo 66 Johnson, 47 Wagner 21 Dunn 14 White 10 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Winston 5 69 13.8 44 1 Shell,D 3 11 3.7 7 0 Blount 3 0 0.0 0 0 Johnson,R 2 38 19.0 21 0 Wagner 2 16 8.0 11 0 Lambert 2 7 3.5 7 0 Ham 1 0 0.0 0 0 Banaszak 1 0 0.0 0 0 19 141 7.4 44 1
1979 Pittsburgh Steelers Coach:Craig Rice Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Bradshaw,Terry 5 O 2 1 QB Kruczek,Mike 2 O 2 1 QB Marino, Dan 5 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Anderson,Anthony 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Bleier,Rocky 2 0 5 B 3 4 RB Harris,Franco 1 0 4 B 3 3 RB Hawthorne,Greg 1 0 4 B 3 3 KR RB Moser,Rick 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Thornton,Sidney 1 0 4 B 3 4 WR Bell,Theo 0 0 4 O 1 1 PR WR Smith,Jim 0 0 4 O 1 3 PR WR Stallworth,John 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Swann,Lynn 0 0 4 O 1 1 PR TE Cunningham,Bennie 2 0 4 O 1 1 TE Grossman,Randy 3 0 5 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Courson,Steve 4 4 5 G Davis,Sam 6 6 4 G Mullins,Gerry 8 8 4 T Brown,Larry 7 7 4 T Kolb,John 9 9 4 C Webster,Mike 10 10 5 C-G Dornbrook,Thom 4 4 5 PR C-T Peterson,Ted 4 4 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Beasley,Tom 4 3 0 1 4 DT Greene,Joe 9 6 0 3 4 DL Banaszak,John 5 4 0 1 5 DL Dunn,Gary 5 4 0 1 5 DL Furness,Steve 5 4 0 1 3 DE Greenwood,L.C. 9 6 0 3 3 DE White,Dwight 5 4 0 1 3 ILB Lambert,Jack 10 6 3 1 5 LB Graves,Tom 3 2 1 0 3 LB Winston,Dennis 5 3 2 0 5 OLB Cole,Robin 5 2 1 2 4 KR OLB Ham,Jack 10 6 3 1 4 OLB Toews,Loren 4 3 1 0 3 OLB Valentine,Zack 3 2 1 0 5 CB Anderson,Larry 4 0 4 0 5 KR CB Blount,Mel 9 0 9 0 5 CB Johnson,Ron 5 0 5 0 3 DB Woodruff,Dwayne 5 0 5 0 5 S Shell,Donnie 10 1 9 0 5 S Thomas,JT 6 1 5 0 4 S Wagner,Mike 6 1 5 0 2 Special Teams K Bahr,Matt P Colquitt,Craig
CB Taylor,Ken 4 0 4 0 5 RET