1970 Pittsburgh Steelers: 5-9-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 4-3-0 (126 points scored, 116 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (84 points scored, 156 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Noll 210 points scored (21st of 26 teams), 272 points allowed (16th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 150 384 2,037 (18) 4.94 12 32 432 1,715 (12) 4.0 13 3,752 (20) 48 Defense: 191 393 2,317 (17) 5.53 21 23 487 1,679 (12) 3.4 8 3,996 (14) 38
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 2 Jon Staggers WR 12 5'10 186 21 R Missouri 5 Terry Hanratty QB 13 6'1 200 22 2 Notre Dame 12 Terry Bradshaw QB 13 6'3 218 22 R Louisiana Tech 14 Allen Watson K 4 5'10 165 25 1 Newport (Wales) 21 Gene Mingo K 10 6'1 210 32 10 None 24 Kenny Graham DB 3 6'0 205 28 7 Washington State 25 Ron Shanklin WR 14 6'1 180 22 R North Texas State 26 Preston Pearson RB 14 6'1 190 25 4 Illinois 27 Clancy Oliver DB 14 6'1 180 22 2 San Diego State 28 Ocie Austin DB 7 6'3 200 23 3 Utah State 29 Fred Barry DB 9 5'10 184 22 R Boston University 30 Terry Cole RB 10 6'1 220 25 3 Indiana 31 Carl Crennel LB 3 6'1 230 22 R West Virginia 32 Hubie Bryant WR 14 5'10 175 24 1 Minnesota 33 Frenchy Fuqua RB 14 5'11 200 24 2 Morgan State 34 Andy Russell LB 14 6'3 225 29 6 Missouri 37 Chuck Beatty DB 12 6'2 200 24 2 North Texas State 39 Bobby Walden P 13 6'0 190 32 7 Georgia 42 Dick Hoak RB 12 5'11 190 30 10 Penn State 44 Lee Calland DB 14 6'0 190 29 8 Louisville 46 Warren Bankston RB 4 6'4 225 23 2 Tulane 47 Mel Blount DB 14 6'3 205 22 R Southern 48 John Rowser DB 7 6'1 180 26 4 Michigan 49 John Sodaski DB 3 6'1 197 22 1 Villanova 53 Henry Davis LB 14 6'3 235 27 3 Grambling 54 Doug Fisher LB 4 6'1 225 23 2 San Diego State 55 Jon Kolb C 14 6'2 220 23 2 Oklahoma State 56 Ray Mansfield C 14 6'3 240 29 8 Washington 57 Sam Davis OG 14 6'1 245 26 4 Allen 58 Chuck Allen LB 14 6'1 225 31 10 Washington 60 Ben McGee DE 14 6'2 250 31 7 Jackson State 61 Brian Stenger LB 7 6'4 220 23 2 Notre Dame 62 Ralph Wenzel OG 14 6'3 250 27 5 San Diego State 64 Chuck Hinton DT 14 6'5 248 31 7 North Carolina Central 65 Lloyd Voss DE 14 6'4 256 28 7 Nebraska 66 Bruce Van Dyke OG 14 6'2 225 26 5 Missouri 67 Clarence Washington DT 14 6'3 265 23 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 68 L.C. Greenwood DE 12 6'5 240 24 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 69 Jerry Hillebrand LB 12 6'3 240 30 8 Colorado 71 Dick Arndt DT 14 6'5 265 26 4 Idaho 73 Rick Sharp OT 14 6'3 262 22 R Washington 74 John Brown OT 14 6'2 255 31 9 Syracuse 75 Joe Greene DT 14 6'4 270 24 2 North Texas State 76 Mike Haggerty OT 14 6'4 240 25 4 Miami 82 Dennis Hughes TE 11 6'1 220 22 R Georgia 84 Dave Kalina WR 2 6'3 205 23 R Miami 85 Bob Adams TE 14 6'2 225 24 2 Pacific 86 J.R Wilburn WR 6 6'2 190 27 5 South Carolina 88 Dave Smith WR 14 6'2 205 23 R Indiana (Pa.)
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Terry Bradshaw 218 83 38.1 1,410 6.47 17.0 6 2.8 24 11.0 25 242 30.4 Terry Hanratty 163 64 39.3 842 5.17 13.2 5 3.1 8 4.9 3 33 46.1 Dick Hoak 2 2 100.0 40 20.00 20.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 0 0 158.3 Bobby Walden 1 1 100.0 20 20.00 20.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ron Shanklin 30 691 23.0 4 Dave Smith 30 458 15.3 2 Dennis Hughes 24 332 13.8 3 Frenchy Fuqua 23 289 12.6 2 Hubie Bryant 8 154 19.2 0 Warren Bankston 7 30 4.3 0 Jon Staggers 6 118 19.7 1 J.R Wilburn 6 77 12.8 0 Preston Pearson 6 71 11.8 0 Dick Hoak 4 25 6.2 0 Bob Adams 3 36 12.0 0 Terry Cole 3 31 10.3 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Frenchy Fuqua 138 691 5.0 7 Preston Pearson 173 503 2.9 2 Terry Bradshaw 32 233 7.3 1 Warren Bankston 26 122 4.7 2 Dick Hoak 40 115 2.9 1 Hubie Bryant 3 25 8.3 0 J.R Wilburn 5 25 5.0 0 Terry Cole 9 8 0.9 0 Dave Smith 1 6 6.0 0 Terry Hanratty 4 -5 -1.2 0 Dennis Hughes 1 -8 -8.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Mel Blount 18 535 29.7 0 Jon Staggers 14 333 23.8 0 Preston Pearson 4 114 28.5 0 Rick Sharp 1 9 9.0 0 Ralph Wenzel 1 6 6.0 0 Clarence Washington 1 0 0.0 0 Lee Calland 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Hubie Bryant 37 159 4.3 7 0 Jon Staggers 13 70 5.4 12 0 Mel Blount 1 52 52.0 0 0 |
1970 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 1 QB Terry Bradshaw 168 Louisiana Tech 2 28 WR Ron Shanklin 72 North Texas 3 53 DB Mel Blount 200 Southern 4 80 OT Ed George 56 Wake Forest 4 90 RB Jim Evenson Oregon [pick acquired from NYG] 5 105 WR Jon Staggers 70 Missouri 6 131 LB Manuel Barrera Kansas State 6 155 OT Clarence Kegler South Carolina State [pick acquired from MIN] 7 157 RB Danny Griffin Texas-Arlington 8 184 WR Dave Smith 44 Indiana (Pa.) 9 209 LB Carl Crennel 3 West Virginia 10 236 DB Isaiah Brown Stanford 11 261 C Calvin Hunt 21 Baylor 12 288 DT Rick Sharp 29 Washington 13 313 RB Billy Main Oregon State 14 340 LB Bert Askson 54 Texas Southern 15 365 DT Glen Keppy Wisconsin-Platteville 16 392 DT Frank Yanossy Tennessee 17 417 TE Harry Key Mississippi Valley
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 02-10-1970 | traded Don Alley to Chargers for Chuck Allen |
| 03-01-1970 | traded John Hilton to Packers for John Rowser |
| 04-30-1970 | traded Dick Shiner to Giants for Henry Davis and Frenchy Fuqua |
| 06-23-1970 | traded Paul Martha to Broncos for Walt Highsmith and Wallace Dickey |
| 07-01-1970 | traded Ray May and Pittsburgh's #12 pick in the 1971 draft to Colts for Preston Pearson and Ocie Austin |
| 07-09-1970 | claimed Bob DeMarco on waivers from Cardinals |
| 08-10-1970 | Lions claimed Glenn Keppy on waivers |
| 08-21-1970 | traded Roy Jefferson to Colts for Willie Richardson and Baltimore's #4 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 08-31-1970 | traded Bob DeMarco to Dolphins for Miami's #8 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 09-01-1970 | traded Earl Gros to Saints for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 09-02-1970 | traded Kent Nix to Vikings for Minnesota's #5 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 09-09-1970 | Vikings claimed Jon Henderson on waivers |
| 09-15-1970 | received Miami's #5 pick in the 1971 draft from Dolphins as compensation for Willie Richardson |
| 09-16-1970 | claimed Terry Cole on waivers from Colts |
| 09-16-1970 | claimed Ara Person on waivers from Colts |
| 12-10-1970 | traded Don McCall to Saints for New Orleans' #5 pick in the 1971 draft |
1970 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/20/70 vs Houston Oilers L 7-19 0-1-0 09/27/70 at Denver Broncos L 13-16 0-2-0 10/03/70 at Cleveland Browns L 7-15 0-3-0 10/11/70 vs Buffalo Bills W 23-10 1-3-0 10/18/70 at Houston Oilers W 7-3 2-3-0 10/25/70 at Oakland Raiders L 14-31 2-4-0 11/02/70 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 21-10 3-4-0 11/08/70 vs New York Jets W 21-17 4-4-0 11/15/70 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 14-31 4-5-0 11/22/70 at Cincinnati Bengals L 7-34 4-6-0 11/29/70 vs Cleveland Browns W 28-9 5-6-0 12/06/70 vs Green Bay Packers L 12-20 5-7-0 12/13/70 at Atlanta Falcons L 16-27 5-8-0 12/20/70 at Philadelphia Eagles L 20-30 5-9-0