1979 79 Pittsburgh Steelers 7-9 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 79 Pittsburgh 67 69 61 129 0 326 Opponent 82 80 75 80 0 317 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 326 317 First Downs 308 241 Rush 124 77 Pass 170 152 Pen 14 12 Penalties 90 90 Yards 651 678 Rushing Att 505 445 Yards 2663 1714 Ave 5.3 3.9 TD 21 6 Passing Att 478 471 Comp 266 234 % 55.6 49.7 Int 9 21 % 1.9 4.5 TD 13 22 % 2.7 4.7 Yards 3255 3095 Sacked 45 25 Punt Return 51 43 Yards 356 615 Ave 7.0 14.3 Kick Return 63 74 Yards 1139 1776 Ave 18.1 24.0 Punts 82 83 Yards 3314 3467 Ave 40.4 41.8 FG Att 35 43 Made 28 33 % 80.0 76.7 Third Downs 220 216 Made 89 64 % 40.5 29.6 Fourth Downs 8 13 Made 2 6 % 25.0 46.2 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 45 12 Lost 21 2 Turnovers 30 23 Net Offense 5626 4640 Per Play 5.5 4.9
1979 79 Pittsburgh Steelers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Harris,F 246 923 3.8 23 48 74 9 Stallworth 76 5 980 12.9 6 46 65 1 Young 79 762 9.6 40 37 39 4 Swann 51 4 703 13.8 5 40 38 3 Thornton 107 616 5.8 15 27 71 5 Cunningham 41 4 460 11.2 4 24 29 1 Bleier 67 340 5.1 7 11 62 3 Harris,F 29 4 243 8.4 1 14 26 3 Smith,J 1 16 16.0 1 1 16 0 Thornton 27 0 354 13.1 3 15 35 2 Hawthorne 4 12 3.0 0 0 5 0 Smith,J 18 3 210 11.7 1 10 26 0 Swann 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 0 0 Bleier 14 0 167 11.9 0 10 24 2 505 2663 5.3 86 124 74 21 Grossman 8 0 111 13.9 0 8 21 1 Bell,T 2 0 27 13.5 0 2 14 0 266 22 3255 12.2 20170 65 13 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Young 469 263 56.1 3222 12.3 65 42 20 7 1.5 44 13 2.8 80.5 Bradshaw 9 3 33.3 33 11.0 14 1 0 2 22.2 1 0 0.0 5.6 478 266 55.6 3255 12.2 65 43 20 9 1.9 45 13 2.7 78.1 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Vinatieri 34 34 100.0 35 28 80.0 46.2 33.3 53 118 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Colquitt 82 3314 72 9 0 11 43 615 30.7 40.4 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Anderson,L 60 1099 18.3 36 0 Bell,T 51 5 356 7.0 16 0 Bell,T 1 15 15.0 15 0 51 5 356 7.0 16 0 Anderson,A 2 25 12.5 15 0 Davis,S 1 0 0.0 0 0 63 1139 18.1 36 0 Fumbles Harris,F 16 Anderson 7 Thornton 4 Smith,J 1 Bell,T 2 Young 9 Stallwor 5 Bell,T 2 Bleier 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Greenwoo 9 Greenwoo 16 Ham 17 Blount 18 Shell,D 2 Davis,S 4 Greene 7 Greene 13 Lambert 12 Shell,D 17 Graves 1 Webster 4 Cole 3 Cole 4 Greenwoo 11 Thomas 11 Greene 1 Harris,F 3 Banaszak 2 Banaszak 3 Greene 6 Hayes 9 Greenwoo 1 Kolb 2 Ham 2 Dunn 2 Banaszak 5 Greenwoo 8 Ham 1 Mullins 2 Dunn 1 Lambert 2 Cole 4 Lambert 5 Lambert 1 Stallwor 2 Lambert 1 Ham 1 Dunn 2 Greene 5 Furness 1 Swann 2 Winston 1 Wagner 3 Smith,J 1 Greene 2 Dunn 1 Thomas 1 Cole 1 Ham 1 Wagner 1 Brown 1 Johnson, 1 White 1 Thornton 1 Woodruff 1 Smith,J 1 Cole 1 Young 1 Tackles Ham 108 Blount 64 Smith,J 41 Dunn 25 Valentin 12 Johnson, 4 Lambert 96 Hayes 58 Thomas 32 Graves 24 White 10 Toews 3 Greenwoo 71 Greene 55 Banaszak 31 Beasley 18 Woodruff 6 Winston 3 Shell,D 71 Cole 48 Anderson 29 Wagner 16 Furness 6 Harris,F 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Hayes 5 74 14.8 26 0 Lambert 4 3 0.8 3 0 Blount 3 2 0.7 2 0 Ham 3 3 1.0 2 0 Wagner 2 18 9.0 10 0 Shell,D 2 0 0.0 0 0 Banaszak 1 5 5.0 5 0 Johnson,R 1 1 1.0 1 0 21 106 5.0 26 0
1979 79 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 Young,Steve 5 B 2 3 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 CB Hayes,Lester 10 0 10 0 5 KR 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 K Vinatieri,Adam