1978 Pittsburgh Steelers: 14-2-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 7-1-0 (173 points scored, 107 allowed) Road record: 7-1-0 (183 points scored, 88 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Noll 356 points scored (5th of 28 teams), 195 points allowed (1st) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 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: 212 380 2,699 (12) 6.66 28 22 641 2,297 (14) 3.6 16 4,996 ( 9) 39 Defense: 221 442 2,394 (12) 4.93 10 27 513 1,774 ( 2) 3.5 11 4,168 ( 3) 48
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 5 Craig Colquitt P 16 6'2 182 24 R Tennessee 10 Roy Gerela K 16 5'10 185 30 10 New Mexico State 12 Terry Bradshaw QB 16 6'3 215 30 9 Louisiana Tech 15 Mike Kruczek QB 9 6'1 205 25 3 Boston College 20 Rocky Bleier RB 16 5'11 210 32 9 Notre Dame 21 Tony Dungy DB 16 6'0 188 23 2 Minnesota 23 Mike Wagner DB 14 6'1 200 29 8 Western Illinois 24 Ray Oldham DB 6 6'0 192 27 6 Middle Tennessee State 28 Alvin Maxson RB 5 5'11 205 26 5 Southern Methodist 29 Ron Johnson DB 16 5'10 200 22 R Eastern Michigan 30 Larry Anderson DB 16 5'11 177 22 R Louisiana Tech 31 Donnie Shell DB 16 5'11 190 26 5 South Carolina State 32 Franco Harris RB 16 6'2 225 28 7 Penn State 35 Jack Deloplaine RB 10 5'10 205 24 3 Salem 36 Wentford Gaines DB 1 6'0 185 25 1 Cincinnati 38 Sidney Thornton RB 16 5'11 120 24 2 Northwestern State-Louisiana 39 Rick Moser RB 15 6'0 210 21 R Rhode Island 40 Randy Reutershan WR 11 5'10 182 23 R Pittsburgh 41 Nat Terry DB 6 5'11 165 22 R Florida State 47 Mel Blount DB 16 6'3 205 30 9 Southern 51 Loren Toews LB 11 6'3 222 26 6 California 52 Mike Webster C 16 6'1 250 26 5 Wisconsin 53 Dennis Winston LB 16 6'0 228 23 2 Arkansas 55 Jon Kolb OT 16 6'2 262 31 10 Oklahoma State 56 Robin Cole LB 16 6'2 220 23 2 New Mexico 57 Sam Davis OG 16 6'1 255 34 12 Allen 58 Jack Lambert LB 16 6'4 220 26 5 Kent State 59 Jack Ham LB 14 6'3 225 29 8 Penn State 64 Steve Furness DE 10 6'4 255 27 7 Rhode Island 65 Tom Beasley DT 15 6'5 253 24 1 Virginia Tech 66 Ted Petersen OT 15 6'5 244 23 2 Eastern Illinois 67 Gary Dunn DT 16 6'3 247 25 2 Miami 68 L.C. Greenwood DE 14 6'5 250 32 10 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 69 Fred Anderson DE 16 6'4 235 24 R Prairie View A&M 72 Gerry Mullins OG 16 6'3 244 29 8 Southern California 74 Ray Pinney OT 13 6'4 240 24 3 Washington 75 Joe Greene DT 16 6'4 264 32 10 North Texas State 76 John Banaszak DT 16 6'3 244 28 4 Eastern Michigan 77 Steve Courson OG 16 6'1 260 23 1 South Carolina 78 Dwight White DE 15 6'4 255 29 8 East Texas State 79 Larry Brown OT 8 6'4 245 29 8 Kansas 82 John Stallworth WR 16 6'2 183 26 5 Alabama A&M 83 Theo Bell WR 16 5'11 180 24 2 Arizona 84 Randy Grossman TE 16 6'1 215 26 5 Temple 86 Jim Smith WR 9 6'2 205 23 2 Michigan 87 Jim Mandich TE 10 6'3 214 30 9 Michigan 88 Lynn Swann WR 16 6'0 180 26 5 Southern California 89 Bennie Cunningham TE 6 6'4 247 23 3 Clemson
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Terry Bradshaw 368 207 56.2 2,915 7.92 14.1 28 7.6 20 5.4 21 222 84.7 Mike Kruczek 11 5 45.5 46 4.18 9.2 0 0.0 2 18.2 4 40 17.8 Franco Harris 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Lynn Swann 61 880 14.4 11 John Stallworth 41 798 19.5 9 Randy Grossman 37 448 12.1 1 Franco Harris 22 144 6.5 0 Rocky Bleier 17 168 9.9 1 Bennie Cunningham 16 321 20.1 2 Jim Smith 6 83 13.8 2 Theo Bell 6 53 8.8 1 Sidney Thornton 5 66 13.2 1 Rick Moser 1 -1 -1.0 0 Terry Bradshaw 0 1 ? 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Franco Harris 310 1,082 3.5 8 Rocky Bleier 165 633 3.8 5 Sidney Thornton 71 264 3.7 2 Rick Moser 42 153 3.6 0 Terry Bradshaw 32 93 2.9 1 Jack Deloplaine 11 49 4.5 0 Alvin Maxson 4 9 2.2 0 Lynn Swann 1 7 7.0 0 Mike Kruczek 5 7 1.4 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Larry Anderson 37 930 25.1 1 Alvin Maxson 2 33 16.5 0 Sidney Thornton 1 37 37.0 0 Jack Deloplaine 1 19 19.0 0 Jim Smith 1 16 16.0 0 Rick Moser 1 8 8.0 0 Gerry Mullins 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Theo Bell 21 152 7.2 2 0 Randy Reutershan 20 148 7.4 0 0 Jim Smith 9 65 7.2 0 0 Nat Terry 7 80 11.4 0 0 Donnie Shell 1 6 6.0 0 0 |
1978 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 22 DB Ron Johnson 91 Eastern Michigan 2 49 DE Willie Fry Notre Dame 3 76 P Craig Colquitt 97 Tennessee 4 101 DB Larry Anderson 82 Louisiana Tech 6 160 WR Randy Reutershan 11 Pittsburgh 7 187 TE Mark Dufresne Nebraska 8 208 RB Rick Moser 49 Rhode Island [pick acquired from STL] 8 214 WR Andre Keys Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 9 241 OT Lance Reynolds Brigham Young 10 268 LB Doug Becker 9 Notre Dame 10 276 K Tom Jurich 1 Northern Arizona [pick acquired from OAK via TB] 11 279 DB Nat Terry 10 Florida State [pick acquired from TB] 11 300 C Tom Brzoza Pittsburgh 12 327 LB Brad Carr Maryland
Traded draft picks: #5 to GB (Willie Wilder)
Transactions:
| 04-17-1978 | traded Jim Clack and Ernie Pough to Giants for John Hicks |
| 05-02-1978 | traded Pittsburgh's #5 pick in the 1978 draft to Packers for Dave Pureifory |
| 05-03-1978 | traded Ernie Holmes to Buccaneers for Oakland's #10 pick and Tampa's #11 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 05-19-1978 | traded Brent Sexton to Saints for future considerations |
| 07-20-1978 | traded Jimmy Allen to Lions for Tampa's #4 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 07-22-1978 | traded Rick Engles to Eagles for Philadelphia's #12 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-15-1978 | traded Frank Lewis to Bills for Paul Seymour |
| 08-15-1978 | placed Andre Keys on injured reserve |
| 08-22-1978 | traded Glen Edwards to Chargers for San Diego's #6 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-22-1978 | traded Dave Pureifory to Patriots for New England's #6 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-24-1978 | returned Paul Seymour (after faling physical) to Bills |
| 08-29-1978 | Bears claimed Doug Becker on waivers |
| 08-29-1978 | Redskins claimed Jack Deloplaine on waivers |
| 08-30-1978 | Redskins claimed Alvin Maxson on waivers |
| 09-06-1978 | traded past considerations to Bears for Alvin Maxson |
| 10-13-1978 | Lions claimed Nat Terry on waivers |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/30/78 vs Denver Broncos W 33-10 01/07/79 vs Houston Oilers W 34-5 Super Bowl XIII 01/21/79 at Dallas Cowboys W 35-31
1978 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/03/78 at Buffalo Bills W 28-17 1-0-0 09/10/78 vs Seattle Seahawks W 21-10 2-0-0 09/17/78 at Cincinnati Bengals W 28-3 3-0-0 09/24/78 vs Cleveland Browns W 15-9 (OT) 4-0-0 10/01/78 at New York Jets W 28-17 5-0-0 10/08/78 vs Atlanta Falcons W 31-7 6-0-0 10/15/78 at Cleveland Browns W 34-14 7-0-0 10/23/78 vs Houston Oilers L 17-24 7-1-0 10/29/78 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 27-24 8-1-0 11/05/78 vs New Orleans Saints W 20-14 9-1-0 11/12/78 at Los Angeles Rams L 7-10 9-2-0 11/19/78 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 7-6 10-2-0 11/27/78 at San Francisco 49ers W 24-7 11-2-0 12/03/78 at Houston Oilers W 13-3 12-2-0 12/09/78 vs Baltimore Colts W 35-13 13-2-0 12/16/78 at Denver Broncos W 21-17 14-2-0