1971 Pittsburgh Steelers roster and stats

1971 Pittsburgh Steelers: 6-8-0
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Home record: 5-2-0 (132 points scored, 110 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (114 points scored, 182 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Noll 246 points scored (17th of 26 teams), 292 points allowed (17th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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: 214 414 2,124 (14) 4.71 15 26 416 1,758 (13) 4.2 10 3,882 (17) 42 Defense: 235 408 2,766 (26) 6.27 16 17 440 1,482 ( 5) 3.4 13 4,248 (18) 35

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 2 Jon Staggers WR 14 5'10 186 22 2 Missouri 5 Terry Hanratty QB 6 6'1 210 23 3 Notre Dame 10 Roy Gerela K 14 5'10 185 23 3 New Mexico State 12 Terry Bradshaw QB 14 6'3 218 23 2 Louisiana Tech 16 Bob Leahy QB 1 6'2 205 24 1 Emporia State 20 Rocky Bleier RB 6 5'11 205 25 2 Notre Dame 23 Mike Wagner DB 12 6'1 196 22 R Western Illinois 25 Ron Shanklin WR 14 6'1 180 23 2 North Texas State 26 Preston Pearson RB 14 6'1 190 26 5 Illinois 27 Glen Edwards DB 8 6'0 185 24 1 Florida A&M 28 Ocie Austin DB 14 6'3 200 24 4 Utah State 31 Al Young WR 1 6'1 195 22 R South Carolina State 33 Frenchy Fuqua RB 12 5'11 200 25 3 Morgan State 34 Andy Russell LB 14 6'3 225 30 7 Missouri 36 Jim Brumfield RB 14 6'1 195 24 1 Indiana State 37 Chuck Beatty DB 3 6'2 200 25 3 North Texas State 39 Bobby Walden P 14 6'0 190 33 8 Georgia 43 Frank Lewis WR 9 6'1 196 24 R Grambling 44 Lee Calland DB 13 6'0 190 30 9 Louisville 46 Warren Bankston RB 14 6'4 230 24 3 Tulane 47 Mel Blount DB 14 6'3 205 23 2 Southern 48 John Rowser DB 12 6'1 185 27 5 Michigan 49 Ralph Anderson DB 7 6'2 180 22 R West Texas State 50 Jim Clack C 14 6'3 250 24 R Wake Forest 51 Bobby Maples C 3 6'3 245 28 7 Baylor 53 Henry Davis LB 14 6'3 235 28 4 Grambling 55 Jon Kolb OT 14 6'2 262 24 3 Oklahoma State 56 Ray Mansfield C 14 6'3 255 30 9 Washington 57 Sam Davis OG 12 6'1 255 27 5 Allen 58 Chuck Allen LB 10 6'1 227 32 11 Washington 59 Jack Ham LB 14 6'3 220 22 R Penn State 60 Ben McGee DE 13 6'2 260 32 8 Jackson State 61 Brian Stenger LB 14 6'4 230 24 3 Notre Dame 65 Lloyd Voss DT 13 6'4 255 29 8 Nebraska 66 Bruce Van Dyke OG 12 6'2 255 27 6 Missouri 68 L.C. Greenwood DE 14 6'5 240 25 3 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 72 Gerry Mullins OG 14 6'3 235 22 R Southern California 73 Rick Sharp OT 3 6'3 265 23 2 Washington 74 John Brown OT 14 6'2 255 32 10 Syracuse 75 Joe Greene DT 14 6'4 280 25 3 North Texas State 76 Bert Askson DE 11 6'3 220 25 1 Texas Southern 77 Mel Holmes OG 14 6'3 250 21 R North Carolina A&T 78 Dwight White DE 14 6'4 250 22 R East Texas State 82 Dennis Hughes TE 7 6'1 220 23 2 Georgia 85 Bob Adams TE 14 6'2 225 25 3 Pacific 87 Larry Brown TE 13 6'4 225 22 R Kansas 88 Dave Smith WR 14 6'2 205 24 2 Indiana (Pa.)

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Terry Bradshaw 373 203 54.4 2,259 6.06 11.1 13 3.5 22 5.9 33 287 59.7 Terry Hanratty 29 7 24.1 159 5.48 22.7 2 6.9 3 10.3 3 32 33.3 Bob Leahy 11 3 27.3 18 1.64 6.0 0 0.0 1 9.1 1 3 1.7 Bobby Walden 1 1 100.0 10 10.00 10.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 108.3

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Ron Shanklin           49    652   13.3    6
Frenchy Fuqua          49    427    8.7    1
Dave Smith             47    663   14.1    5
Preston Pearson        20    246   12.3    2
Bob Adams              20    160    8.0    0
Warren Bankston        17    148    8.7    0
Jon Staggers            8    103   12.9    0
Frank Lewis             3     44   14.7    0
Larry Brown             1      3    3.0    1

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Frenchy Fuqua         155    625    4.0    4
Preston Pearson       131    605    4.6    0
Warren Bankston        70    274    3.9    0
Terry Bradshaw         53    247    4.7    5
Bobby Walden            1     14   14.0    0
Jon Staggers            1      5    5.0    0
Terry Hanratty          1      3    3.0    1
Ron Shanklin            2      1    0.5    0
Bob Leahy               1     -6   -6.0    0
Dave Smith              1    -10  -10.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Jim Brumfield          12    271   22.6    0
Jon Staggers           10    261   26.1    0
Glen Edwards            9    198   22.0    0
Preston Pearson         7    205   29.3    0
Warren Bankston         5     76   15.2    0
Mel Blount              4     76   19.0    0
Rocky Bleier            1     21   21.0    0
Jim Clack               1     12   12.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Jon Staggers           31    262    8.5   14    1
Mike Wagner             2      2    1.0    3    0
Glen Edwards            1      0    0.0    0    0
Frenchy Fuqua           1      0    0.0    0    0
Rocky Bleier            0      0      ?    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Bobby Walden 79 3,455 43.7 0 0 0 0 0 43.7 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Roy Gerela 5/6 5/7 4/7 3/6 0/1 17/27 27/27 78 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Chuck Allen 3 45 0 Ralph Anderson 1 14 0 Mel Blount 2 16 0 Lee Calland 2 0 0 Glen Edwards 1 20 0 Joe Greene 5.5 L.C. Greenwood 11.0 Jack Ham 1.0 2 4 0 Ben McGee 2.0 John Rowser 4 94 1 Andy Russell 2.0 Lloyd Voss 3.0 Mike Wagner 2 53 0 Dwight White 9.0

1971 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 8 WR Frank Lewis 155 Grambling 2 34 LB Jack Ham 162 Penn State 3 60 RB Steve Davis 65 Delaware State 4 86 TE Gerry Mullins 124 USC 4 104 DE Dwight White 126 East Texas State [pick acquired from BAL] 5 106 TE Larry Brown 167 Kansas [pick acquired from NO] 5 112 OT Mel Holmes 29 North Carolina A&T 5 126 DB Ralph Anderson 34 West Texas State [pick acquired from MIA] 5 128 LB Fred Brister Mississippi [pick acquired from MIN] 6 138 OT Craig Hanneman 47 Oregon State 7 164 OT Worthy McClure Mississippi 8 184 RB Larry Crowe 6 Texas Southern [pick acquired from NO] 8 190 K Paul Rogers Nebraska 8 203 DT Ernie Holmes 84 Texas Southern [pick acquired from MIA] 9 216 LB Mike Anderson LSU 10 242 TE Jim O'Shea Boston College 11 268 DB Mike Wagner 119 Western Illinois 13 320 WR Al Young 15 South Carolina State 14 346 DB McKinney Evans New Mexico Highlands 15 372 OG Ray Makin Kentucky 16 398 DB Walter Huntley Trinity 17 424 RB Danny Ehle Howard Payne

Traded draft picks: #12 to BAL (Bobby Wuensch)

Transactions:

07-01-1971	Packers claimed Jon Staggers on waivers
07-08-1971	traded Mike Haggerty to Patriots for Marty Schottenheimer and a #14 pick in the 1972 draft
07-27-1971	traded Worthy McClure to Oilers for Houston's #15 pick in the 1972 draft
07-31-1971	traded Larry Gagner to Giants for the Giants' #4 and #7 picks in the 1972 draft
08-09-1971	traded Ara Person to Patriots for Jim Clack
08-27-1971	traded Marty Schottenheimer to Colts for a #10 pick in the 1972 draft
09-02-1971	Vikings claimed Jerry Hillebrand on waivers
10-01-1971	traded Phil Clark to Patriots for Rocky Bleier

1971 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/19/71    at Chicago Bears           L 15-17       0-1-0
09/26/71    vs Cincinnati Bengals      W 21-10       1-1-0
10/03/71    vs San Diego Chargers      W 21-17       2-1-0
10/10/71    at Cleveland Browns        L 17-27       2-2-0
10/18/71    at Kansas City Chiefs      L 16-38       2-3-0
10/24/71    vs Houston Oilers          W 23-16       3-3-0
10/31/71    at Baltimore Colts         L 21-34       3-4-0
11/07/71    vs Cleveland Browns        W 26-9        4-4-0
11/14/71    at Miami Dolphins          L 21-24       4-5-0
11/21/71    vs New York Giants         W 17-13       5-5-0
11/28/71    vs Denver Broncos          L 10-22       5-6-0
12/05/71    at Houston Oilers          L 3-29        5-7-0
12/12/71    at Cincinnati Bengals      W 21-13       6-7-0
12/19/71    vs Los Angeles Rams        L 14-23       6-8-0

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