1975 Pittsburgh Steelers roster and stats

1975 Pittsburgh Steelers: 12-2-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (193 points scored, 93 allowed) Road record: 6-1-0 (180 points scored, 69 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Noll 373 points scored (5th of 26 teams), 162 points allowed (2nd) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 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: 191 337 2,254 (14) 6.12 21 12 581 2,633 ( 2) 4.5 22 4,887 ( 7) 32 Defense: 183 396 1,836 ( 5) 4.18 9 27 431 1,825 ( 8) 4.2 8 3,661 ( 5) 37

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 5 Terry Hanratty QB 1 6'1 205 27 7 Notre Dame 10 Roy Gerela K 14 5'10 190 27 7 New Mexico State 12 Terry Bradshaw QB 14 6'3 210 27 6 Louisiana Tech 17 Joe Gilliam QB 4 6'2 187 24 4 Tennessee State 20 Rocky Bleier RB 11 5'11 210 29 6 Notre Dame 23 Mike Wagner DB 12 6'1 210 26 5 Western Illinois 24 J.T. Thomas DB 14 6'2 196 24 3 Florida State 27 Glen Edwards DB 14 6'0 185 28 5 Florida A&M 31 Donnie Shell DB 14 5'11 195 23 2 South Carolina State 32 Franco Harris RB 14 6'2 230 25 4 Penn State 33 Frenchy Fuqua RB 14 5'11 200 29 7 Morgan State 34 Andy Russell LB 14 6'3 220 34 11 Missouri 36 Dave Brown DB 13 6'1 200 22 R Michigan 38 Ed Bradley LB 13 6'2 232 25 4 Wake Forest 39 Bobby Walden P 14 6'0 197 37 12 Georgia 43 Frank Lewis WR 10 6'1 196 28 5 Grambling 44 Mike Collier RB 14 5'11 200 22 R Morgan State 45 Jimmy Allen DB 14 6'2 194 23 2 UCLA 46 Reggie Harrison RB 14 5'11 215 24 2 Cincinnati 47 Mel Blount DB 14 6'3 200 27 6 Southern 50 Jim Clack OG 14 6'3 250 28 5 Wake Forest 51 Loren Toews LB 14 6'3 222 23 3 California 52 Mike Webster C 14 6'1 245 23 2 Wisconsin 54 Marv Kellum LB 14 6'2 225 23 2 Wichita State 55 Jon Kolb OT 14 6'2 262 28 7 Oklahoma State 56 Ray Mansfield C 14 6'3 260 34 13 Washington 57 Sam Davis OG 14 6'1 250 31 9 Allen 58 Jack Lambert LB 14 6'4 220 23 2 Kent State 59 Jack Ham LB 14 6'3 225 26 5 Penn State 63 Ernie Holmes DT 13 6'3 260 27 4 Texas Southern 64 Steve Furness DE 14 6'4 255 24 4 Rhode Island 68 L.C. Greenwood DE 14 6'5 245 29 7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 71 Gordon Gravelle OT 14 6'5 255 26 4 Brigham Young 72 Gerry Mullins OG 14 6'3 240 26 5 Southern California 74 Dave Reavis OT 10 6'5 254 25 2 Arkansas 75 Joe Greene DT 10 6'4 275 29 7 North Texas State 76 John Banaszak DT 14 6'3 232 25 1 Eastern Michigan 78 Dwight White DE 14 6'4 255 26 5 East Texas State 82 John Stallworth WR 11 6'2 185 23 2 Alabama A&M 84 Randy Grossman TE 14 6'1 215 23 2 Temple 86 Reggie Garrett WR 14 6'1 175 23 2 Eastern Michigan 87 Larry Brown TE 14 6'4 230 26 5 Kansas 88 Lynn Swann WR 14 6'0 180 23 2 Southern California

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Terry Bradshaw 286 165 57.7 2,055 7.19 12.5 18 6.3 9 3.1 31 290 88.0 Joe Gilliam 48 24 50.0 450 9.38 18.8 3 6.2 3 6.2 0 0 77.6 Bobby Walden 3 2 66.7 39 13.00 19.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 109.7

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Lynn Swann             49    781   15.9   11
Franco Harris          28    214    7.6    1
John Stallworth        20    423   21.1    4
Frenchy Fuqua          18    146    8.1    0
Frank Lewis            17    308   18.1    2
Larry Brown            16    244   15.2    1
Rocky Bleier           15     65    4.3    0
Reggie Garrett         13    178   13.7    1
Randy Grossman         11    135   12.3    1
Donnie Shell            2     39   19.5    0
Mike Collier            1      7    7.0    0
Reggie Harrison         1      4    4.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Franco Harris         262  1,246    4.8   10
Rocky Bleier          140    528    3.8    2
Frenchy Fuqua          74    285    3.9    1
Terry Bradshaw         35    210    6.0    3
Reggie Harrison        43    191    4.4    3
Mike Collier           21    124    5.9    3
Frank Lewis             2     36   18.0    0
Lynn Swann              3     13    4.3    0
Terry Hanratty          1      0    0.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Mike Collier           22    523   23.8    1
Mel Blount              8    139   17.4    0
Dave Brown              6    126   21.0    0
Franco Harris           1     27   27.0    0
Frenchy Fuqua           1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Glen Edwards           25    267   10.7    3    0
Dave Brown             22    217    9.9    9    0
Lynn Swann              7     64    9.1    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Bobby Walden 69 2,717 39.4 0 0 1 0 0 38.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Roy Gerela 4/4 7/7 5/7 1/2 0/1 17/21 44/46 95 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Jimmy Allen 2 0 0 John Banaszak 2.0 Mel Blount 11 121 0 Glen Edwards 3 68 0 Steve Furness 6.5 Joe Greene 3.0 L.C. Greenwood 6.0 Jack Ham 3.0 1 2 0 Ernie Holmes 8.5 Jack Lambert 1.0 2 35 0 Andy Russell 3.0 Donnie Shell 1 29 0 J.T. Thomas 3 44 0 Loren Toews 2.5 Mike Wagner 4 122 0 Dwight White 7.5

1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 26 DB Dave Brown 216 Michigan 2 51 DE Bob Barber 60 Grambling 3 78 TE Walter White 63 Maryland 4 104 LB Harold Evans Houston 5 130 DB Brent Sexton 11 Elon 6 156 OT Marvin Crenshaw Nebraska 7 182 OT Wayne Mattingly Colorado 8 190 LB Tom Kropp Kearney State [pick acquired from KC] 8 208 DE Al Humphrey Tulsa 9 222 OG Eugene Clark UCLA [pick acquired from NE] 9 234 RB Bruce Reimer North Dakota State 10 247 DT Kirt Heyer Kearney State [pick acquired from NE] 10 260 WR Archie Gray Wyoming 11 286 TE Randy Little West Liberty 12 312 DE Greg Murphy Penn State 13 337 WR Bob Gaddis 2 Mississippi Valley 14 364 RB Mike Collier 36 Morgan State 15 371 WR James Thatcher Langston (Ok.) [pick acquired from KC] 15 390 DT Marty Smith 14 Louisville 16 415 TE Miller Bassler Houston 17 442 OG Stan Hegener Nebraska

Traded draft picks: none

Transactions:

04-14-1975	traded the rights to Ed George to Colts for Baltimore's #2 and #4 picks in the 1976 draft
08-1975	Chiefs claimed Walter White on waivers
08-12-1975	traded Steve Davis to Jets for the Jets' #3 pick in the 1977 draft
08-21-1975	traded John McMakin to Lions for Detroit's #5 pick in the 1977 draft
08-25-1975	traded Ron Shanklin to Bears for Chicago's #2 pick in the 1976 draft and #4 pick in the 1977 draft
09-02-1975	placed Bob Gaddis on injured reserve
09-15-1975	traded Charlie Davis to Cardinals for San Diego's #6 pick in the 1976 draft

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/27/75    vs Baltimore Colts         W 28-10
01/04/76    vs Oakland Raiders         W 16-10
Super Bowl X
01/18/76    at Dallas Cowboys          W 21-17

1975 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/21/75    at San Diego Chargers      W 37-0        1-0-0
09/28/75    vs Buffalo Bills           L 21-30       1-1-0
10/05/75    at Cleveland Browns        W 42-6        2-1-0
10/12/75    vs Denver Broncos          W 20-9        3-1-0
10/19/75    vs Chicago Bears           W 34-3        4-1-0
10/26/75    at Green Bay Packers       W 16-13       5-1-0
11/02/75    at Cincinnati Bengals      W 30-24       6-1-0
11/09/75    vs Houston Oilers          W 24-17       7-1-0
11/16/75    vs Kansas City Chiefs      W 28-3        8-1-0
11/24/75    at Houston Oilers          W 32-9        9-1-0
11/30/75    at New York Jets           W 20-7        10-1-0
12/07/75    vs Cleveland Browns        W 31-17       11-1-0
12/13/75    vs Cincinnati Bengals      W 35-14       12-1-0
12/20/75    at Los Angeles Rams        L 3-10        12-2-0

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