1979 Pittsburgh Steelers: 12-4-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 8-0-0 (247 points scored, 84 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (169 points scored, 178 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Noll 416 points scored (1st of 28 teams), 262 points allowed (7th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 272 492 3,655 ( 2) 7.04 26 26 561 2,603 ( 2) 4.6 25 6,258 ( 1) 52 Defense: 226 480 2,561 (10) 4.84 19 27 506 1,709 ( 4) 3.4 9 4,270 ( 2) 42
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 5 Craig Colquitt P 16 6'2 182 25 2 Tennessee 9 Matt Bahr K 16 5'10 165 23 R Penn State 12 Terry Bradshaw QB 16 6'3 215 31 10 Louisiana Tech 15 Mike Kruczek QB 8 6'1 205 26 4 Boston College 20 Rocky Bleier RB 16 5'11 210 33 10 Notre Dame 23 Mike Wagner DB 8 6'1 200 30 9 Western Illinois 24 J.T. Thomas DB 14 6'2 196 28 6 Florida State 27 Greg Hawthorne RB 15 6'2 225 23 R Baylor 29 Ron Johnson DB 11 5'10 200 23 2 Eastern Michigan 30 Larry Anderson DB 16 5'11 177 23 2 Louisiana Tech 31 Donnie Shell DB 16 5'11 190 27 6 South Carolina State 32 Franco Harris RB 15 6'2 225 29 8 Penn State 33 Anthony Anderson RB 16 6'0 197 23 R Temple 35 Jack Deloplaine RB 1 5'10 205 25 4 Salem 38 Sidney Thornton RB 13 5'11 230 25 3 Northwestern State-Louisiana 39 Rick Moser RB 16 6'0 210 22 2 Rhode Island 47 Mel Blount DB 16 6'3 205 31 10 Southern 49 Dwayne Woodruff DB 16 5'11 189 22 R Louisville 50 Tom Graves LB 11 6'3 228 23 R Michigan State 51 Loren Toews LB 11 6'3 222 27 7 California 52 Mike Webster C 16 6'1 250 27 6 Wisconsin 53 Dennis Winston LB 16 6'0 228 24 3 Arkansas 54 Zack Valentine LB 16 6'2 220 22 R East Carolina 55 Jon Kolb OT 14 6'2 262 32 11 Oklahoma State 56 Robin Cole LB 13 6'2 220 24 3 New Mexico 57 Sam Davis OG 13 6'1 255 35 13 Allen 58 Jack Lambert LB 16 6'4 220 27 6 Kent State 59 Jack Ham LB 15 6'3 225 30 9 Penn State 63 Thom Dornbrook OG 16 6'2 240 22 R Kentucky 64 Steve Furness DE 12 6'4 255 28 8 Rhode Island 65 Tom Beasley DT 13 6'5 253 25 2 Virginia Tech 66 Ted Petersen OT 16 6'5 244 24 3 Eastern Illinois 67 Gary Dunn DT 16 6'3 247 26 3 Miami 68 L.C. Greenwood DE 12 6'5 250 33 11 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 72 Gerry Mullins OG 15 6'3 244 30 9 Southern California 75 Joe Greene DT 15 6'4 260 33 11 North Texas State 76 John Banaszak DT 16 6'3 244 29 5 Eastern Michigan 77 Steve Courson OG 16 6'1 260 24 2 South Carolina 78 Dwight White DE 11 6'4 255 30 9 East Texas State 79 Larry Brown OT 15 6'4 245 30 9 Kansas 82 John Stallworth WR 16 6'2 183 27 6 Alabama A&M 83 Theo Bell WR 13 5'11 180 25 3 Arizona 84 Randy Grossman TE 16 6'1 215 27 6 Temple 86 Jim Smith WR 15 6'2 205 24 3 Michigan 88 Lynn Swann WR 13 6'0 180 27 6 Southern California 89 Bennie Cunningham TE 15 6'4 247 24 4 Clemson
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Terry Bradshaw 472 259 54.9 3,724 7.89 14.4 26 5.5 25 5.3 24 196 77.0 Mike Kruczek 20 13 65.0 153 7.65 11.8 0 0.0 1 5.0 3 26 67.3
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD John Stallworth 70 1,183 16.9 8 Lynn Swann 41 808 19.7 5 Bennie Cunningham 36 512 14.2 4 Franco Harris 36 291 8.1 1 Rocky Bleier 31 277 8.9 0 Jim Smith 17 243 14.3 2 Sidney Thornton 16 231 14.4 4 Randy Grossman 12 217 18.1 1 Greg Hawthorne 8 47 5.9 0 Theo Bell 3 61 20.3 0 Rick Moser 1 6 6.0 0 Larry Brown 1 1 1.0 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Franco Harris 267 1,186 4.4 11 Sidney Thornton 118 585 5.0 6 Rocky Bleier 92 434 4.7 4 Greg Hawthorne 28 123 4.4 1 Anthony Anderson 18 118 6.6 1 Terry Bradshaw 21 83 4.0 0 Rick Moser 11 33 3.0 1 Mike Kruczek 4 20 5.0 0 Jim Smith 1 12 12.0 0 Lynn Swann 1 9 9.0 1 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Larry Anderson 34 732 21.5 0 Anthony Anderson 13 200 15.4 0 Greg Hawthorne 2 46 23.0 0 Rick Moser 1 6 6.0 0 Robin Cole 1 3 3.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Theo Bell 45 378 8.4 7 0 Jim Smith 16 146 9.1 1 0 Thom Dornbrook 1 0 0.0 0 0 Lynn Swann 1 -1 -1.0 3 0 |
1979 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 28 RB Greg Hawthorne 105 Baylor 2 56 LB Zack Valentine 56 East Carolina 4 86 RB Russell Davis 42 Michigan [pick acquired from TB via DET] 4 110 WR Calvin Sweeney 102 USC 5 137 DE Dwaine Board 121 North Carolina A&T 6 157 TE Bill Murrell 12 Winston-Salem [pick acquired from SD] 6 161 DB Dwayne Woodruff 157 Louisville [pick acquired from NE] 6 165 K Matt Bahr 235 Penn State 7 192 OG Bruce Kimball 25 Massachusetts 8 220 LB Tom Graves 11 Michigan State 9 248 DE Rick Kirk Denison 10 275 TE Tod Thompson Brigham Young 11 303 C Charlie Moore Wichita State 12 322 LB Ed Smith 32 Vanderbilt [pick acquired from PHI] 12 330 WR Mike Almond N.W. Louisiana
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 08-20-1979 | placed Ed Smith on injured reserve |
| 08-20-1979 | placed Fred Anderson on injured reserve |
| 08-21-1979 | traded Tony Dungy to 49ers for San Francisco's #10 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 08-28-1979 | 49ers claimed Dwaine Board on waivers |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/30/79 vs Miami Dolphins W 34-14 01/06/80 vs Houston Oilers W 27-13 Super Bowl XIV 01/20/80 at Los Angeles Rams W 31-19
1979 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/03/79 at New England Patriots W 16-13 (OT) 1-0-0 09/09/79 vs Houston Oilers W 38-7 2-0-0 09/16/79 at St. Louis Cardinals W 24-21 3-0-0 09/23/79 vs Baltimore Colts W 17-13 4-0-0 09/30/79 at Philadelphia Eagles L 14-17 4-1-0 10/07/79 at Cleveland Browns W 51-35 5-1-0 10/14/79 at Cincinnati Bengals L 10-34 5-2-0 10/22/79 vs Denver Broncos W 42-7 6-2-0 10/28/79 vs Dallas Cowboys W 14-3 7-2-0 11/04/79 vs Washington Redskins W 38-7 8-2-0 11/11/79 at Kansas City Chiefs W 30-3 9-2-0 11/18/79 at San Diego Chargers L 7-35 9-3-0 11/25/79 vs Cleveland Browns W 33-30 (OT) 10-3-0 12/02/79 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 37-17 11-3-0 12/10/79 at Houston Oilers L 17-20 11-4-0 12/16/79 vs Buffalo Bills W 28-0 12-4-0