1980 Pittsburgh Steelers: 9-7-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (201 points scored, 141 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (151 points scored, 172 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Noll
352 points scored (10th of 28 teams), 313 points allowed (15th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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: 250 484 3,568 ( 6) 6.85 26 24 512 1,986 (15) 3.9 15 5,554 ( 6) 42
Defense: 280 532 3,372 (22) 6.13 25 26 486 1,762 ( 7) 3.6 9 5,134 (12) 40
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 5 Craig Colquitt P 16 6'2 182 26 3 Tennessee 9 Matt Bahr K 16 5'10 185 24 2 Penn State 12 Terry Bradshaw QB 15 6'3 215 32 11 Louisiana Tech 16 Mark Malone QB 1 6'4 223 21 R Arizona State 18 Cliff Stoudt QB 6 6'4 218 25 1 Youngstown State 20 Rocky Bleier RB 16 5'11 210 34 11 Notre Dame 23 Mike Wagner DB 15 6'1 190 31 10 Western Illinois 24 J.T. Thomas DB 16 6'2 196 29 7 Florida State 25 Marvin Cobb DB 6 6'0 188 27 6 Southern California 27 Greg Hawthorne RB 15 6'2 225 24 2 Baylor 29 Ron Johnson DB 16 5'10 200 24 3 Eastern Michigan 30 Larry Anderson DB 4 5'11 177 24 3 Louisiana Tech 31 Donnie Shell DB 16 5'11 190 28 7 South Carolina State 32 Franco Harris RB 13 6'2 225 30 9 Penn State 38 Sidney Thornton RB 12 5'11 230 26 4 Northwestern State-Louisiana 41 Tom Moriarty DB 4 6'0 180 27 4 Bowling Green 44 Frank Pollard RB 16 5'10 210 23 R Baylor 45 Russell Davis RB 14 6'1 215 24 1 Michigan 47 Mel Blount DB 16 6'3 205 32 11 Southern 49 Dwayne Woodruff DB 16 5'11 189 23 2 Louisville 51 Loren Toews LB 16 6'3 222 28 8 California 52 Mike Webster C 16 6'1 255 28 7 Wisconsin 53 Dennis Winston LB 14 6'0 228 25 4 Arkansas 54 Zack Valentine LB 16 6'2 225 23 2 East Carolina 55 Jon Kolb OT 7 6'2 262 33 12 Oklahoma State 56 Robin Cole LB 14 6'2 220 25 4 New Mexico 58 Jack Lambert LB 14 6'4 220 28 7 Kent State 59 Jack Ham LB 16 6'3 225 31 10 Penn State 61 Tyrone McGriff OG 16 6'0 273 22 R Florida A&M 62 Tunch Ilkin OG 10 6'3 253 23 R Indiana State 64 Steve Furness DT 16 6'4 255 29 9 Rhode Island 65 Tom Beasley DE 15 6'5 253 26 3 Virginia Tech 66 Ted Petersen OT 16 6'5 244 25 4 Eastern Illinois 67 Gary Dunn DT 16 6'3 247 27 4 Miami 68 L.C. Greenwood DE 15 6'5 250 34 12 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 73 Craig Wolfley OG 16 6'1 258 22 R Syracuse 74 Ray Pinney OG 16 6'4 250 26 4 Washington 75 Joe Greene DT 15 6'4 260 34 12 North Texas State 76 John Banaszak DE 12 6'3 244 30 6 Eastern Michigan 77 Steve Courson OG 8 6'1 260 25 3 South Carolina 78 Dwight White DE 7 6'4 255 31 10 East Texas State 79 Larry Brown OT 16 6'4 265 31 10 Kansas 82 John Stallworth WR 3 6'2 183 28 7 Alabama A&M 83 Theo Bell WR 14 5'11 180 26 4 Arizona 84 Randy Grossman TE 15 6'1 215 28 7 Temple 85 Calvin Sweeney WR 15 6'2 180 25 1 Southern California 86 Jim Smith WR 12 6'2 205 25 4 Michigan 88 Lynn Swann WR 13 6'0 180 28 7 Southern California 89 Bennie Cunningham TE 15 6'4 247 25 5 Clemson
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Terry Bradshaw 424 218 51.4 3,339 7.88 15.3 24 5.7 22 5.2 33 245 75.0
Cliff Stoudt 60 32 53.3 493 8.22 15.4 2 3.3 2 3.3 4 19 78.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Lynn Swann 44 710 16.1 7 Jim Smith 37 711 19.2 9 Franco Harris 30 196 6.5 2 Theo Bell 29 748 25.8 2 Randy Grossman 23 293 12.7 0 Rocky Bleier 21 174 8.3 1 Bennie Cunningham 18 232 12.9 2 Sidney Thornton 15 131 8.7 1 Calvin Sweeney 12 282 23.5 1 Greg Hawthorne 12 158 13.2 0 John Stallworth 9 197 21.9 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Franco Harris 208 789 3.8 4 Rocky Bleier 78 340 4.4 1 Sidney Thornton 78 325 4.2 3 Greg Hawthorne 63 226 3.6 4 Russell Davis 33 132 4.0 1 Terry Bradshaw 36 111 3.1 2 Cliff Stoudt 9 35 3.9 0 Craig Colquitt 1 17 17.0 0 Frank Pollard 4 16 4.0 0 Jim Smith 1 -1 -1.0 0 Lynn Swann 1 -4 -4.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Frank Pollard 22 494 22.5 0 Larry Anderson 14 379 27.1 0 Greg Hawthorne 9 169 18.8 0 Russell Davis 9 160 17.8 0 Theo Bell 3 50 16.7 0 Calvin Sweeney 3 42 14.0 0 Marvin Cobb 1 19 19.0 0 Sidney Thornton 1 15 15.0 0 Dennis Winston 1 13 13.0 0 Mel Blount 1 9 9.0 0 Zack Valentine 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Theo Bell 34 339 10.0 6 0 Jim Smith 7 28 4.0 0 0 Marvin Cobb 3 19 6.3 0 0 Frank Pollard 1 5 5.0 0 0 |
1980 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 28 QB Mark Malone 73 Arizona State 2 35 LB Bob Kohrs 55 Arizona State [pick acquired from NYG] 2 56 DE John Goodman 64 Oklahoma 3 83 TE Ray Sydnor Wisconsin 4 110 QB Bill Hurley 23 Syracuse 5 138 OG Craig Wolfley 153 Syracuse 6 165 OT Tunch Ilkin 177 Indiana State 7 193 WR Nate Johnson 16 Hillsdale 8 221 DB Ted Walton Connecticut 9 249 WR Ron McCall Arkansas-Pine Bluff 10 250 DB Woodrow Wilson North Carolina State [pick acquired from SF] 10 277 OG Ken Fritz Ohio State 11 305 RB Frank Pollard 111 Baylor 12 306 DB Charles Vaclavik Texas [pick acquired from SF] 12 333 OG Tyrone McGriff 36 Florida A&M
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 04-30-1980 | traded Willie Fry to 49ers for San Francisco's #12 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 07-28-1980 | traded Mike Kruczek to Redskins for Los Angeles' #7 pick in the 1982 draft and Washington's #5 pick in the 1983 draft |
| 08-26-1980 | Bengals claimed Fred Anderson on waivers |
1980 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/07/80 vs Houston Oilers W 31-17 1-0-0 09/14/80 at Baltimore Colts W 20-17 2-0-0 09/21/80 at Cincinnati Bengals L 28-30 2-1-0 09/28/80 vs Chicago Bears W 38-3 3-1-0 10/05/80 at Minnesota Vikings W 23-17 4-1-0 10/12/80 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 16-17 4-2-0 10/20/80 vs Oakland Raiders L 34-45 4-3-0 10/26/80 at Cleveland Browns L 26-27 4-4-0 11/02/80 vs Green Bay Packers W 22-20 5-4-0 11/09/80 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 24-21 6-4-0 11/16/80 vs Cleveland Browns W 16-13 7-4-0 11/23/80 at Buffalo Bills L 13-28 7-5-0 11/30/80 vs Miami Dolphins W 23-10 8-5-0 12/04/80 at Houston Oilers L 0-6 8-6-0 12/14/80 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 21-16 9-6-0 12/22/80 at San Diego Chargers L 17-26 9-7-0
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