1982 Pittsburgh Steelers: 6-3-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 4-0-0 (135 points scored, 69 allowed) Road record: 2-3-0 (69 points scored, 77 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Noll 204 points scored (8th of 28 teams), 146 points allowed (4th) NFL Averages: 20.2 points/game (181.4 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: 141 275 1,783 (17) 6.06 17 16 289 1,187 ( 8) 4.1 7 2,970 ( 8) 25 Defense: 176 329 2,112 (23) 5.82 12 17 236 762 ( 1) 3.2 5 2,874 (17) 25
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Gary Anderson K 9 5'11 156 23 R Syracuse 12 Terry Bradshaw QB 9 6'3 210 34 13 Louisiana Tech 17 John Goodson P 9 6'3 204 22 R Texas 18 Cliff Stoudt QB 6 6'4 218 27 3 Youngstown State 20 Ernest French DB 3 5'11 195 23 R Alabama A&M 22 Rick Woods DB 5 6'0 196 22 R Boise State 23 Fred Bohannon DB 7 6'0 201 24 1 Mississippi Valley State 27 Greg Hawthorne RB 9 6'2 225 26 4 Baylor 29 Ron Johnson DB 9 5'10 200 26 5 Eastern Michigan 31 Donnie Shell DB 9 5'11 190 30 9 South Carolina State 32 Franco Harris RB 9 6'2 225 32 11 Penn State 34 Walter Abercrombie RB 6 5'11 201 23 R Baylor 36 Guy Ruff LB 2 6'1 215 22 R Syracuse 37 Frank Wilson TE 1 6'2 233 24 1 Rice 38 Sidney Thornton RB 4 5'11 230 28 6 Northwestern State-Louisiana 39 Rick Moser RB 6 6'0 210 25 5 Rhode Island 41 Sam Washington DB 4 5'8 180 22 R Mississippi Valley State 42 Anthony Washington DB 9 6'1 204 24 2 Fresno State 44 Frank Pollard RB 9 5'10 210 25 3 Baylor 45 Russell Davis RB 7 6'1 231 26 3 Michigan 47 Mel Blount DB 9 6'3 205 34 13 Southern 49 Dwayne Woodruff DB 9 5'11 198 25 4 Louisville 50 David Little LB 9 6'1 220 23 2 Florida 51 Loren Toews LB 9 6'3 220 30 10 California 52 Mike Webster C 9 6'1 255 30 9 Wisconsin 53 Bryan Hinkle LB 9 6'1 214 23 1 Oregon 54 Craig Bingham LB 6 6'2 211 23 R Syracuse 55 Rick Donnalley C 5 6'2 257 23 1 North Carolina 56 Robin Cole LB 9 6'2 220 27 6 New Mexico 57 Mike Merriweather LB 9 6'2 215 21 R Pacific 58 Jack Lambert LB 8 6'4 220 30 9 Kent State 59 Jack Ham LB 8 6'3 220 33 12 Penn State 61 Tyrone McGriff OG 8 6'0 267 24 3 Florida A&M 62 Tunch Ilkin OT 8 6'3 253 25 3 Indiana State 64 Edmund Nelson DE 8 6'3 263 22 R Auburn 65 Tom Beasley DE 7 6'5 248 28 5 Virginia Tech 66 Ted Petersen OT 7 6'5 256 27 6 Eastern Illinois 67 Gary Dunn DT 9 6'3 260 29 6 Miami 71 Emil Boures C 5 6'1 252 22 R Pittsburgh 73 Craig Wolfley OG 9 6'1 265 24 3 Syracuse 74 Ray Pinney OT 9 6'4 256 28 6 Washington 77 Steve Courson OG 8 6'1 260 27 5 South Carolina 79 Larry Brown OT 8 6'4 270 33 12 Kansas 82 John Stallworth WR 9 6'2 191 30 9 Alabama A&M 83 Willie Sydnor WR 8 5'11 170 23 R Syracuse 85 Calvin Sweeney WR 7 6'2 190 27 3 Southern California 86 Jim Smith WR 8 6'2 205 27 6 Michigan 87 John Rodgers TE 7 6'2 220 22 R Louisiana Tech 88 Lynn Swann WR 9 6'0 180 30 9 Southern California 89 Bennie Cunningham TE 9 6'4 260 27 7 Clemson 90 Bob Kohrs LB 9 6'3 245 23 2 Arizona State 93 Keith Willis DE 9 6'1 251 23 R Northeastern 95 John Goodman DE 9 6'6 250 23 2 Oklahoma
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Terry Bradshaw 240 127 52.9 1,768 7.37 13.9 17 7.1 11 4.6 18 131 81.4 Cliff Stoudt 35 14 40.0 154 4.40 11.0 0 0.0 5 14.3 1 8 14.2
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Franco Harris 31 249 8.0 0 John Stallworth 27 441 16.3 7 Bennie Cunningham 21 277 13.2 2 Lynn Swann 18 265 14.7 0 Jim Smith 17 387 22.8 4 Greg Hawthorne 12 182 15.2 3 Frank Pollard 6 39 6.5 0 Calvin Sweeney 5 50 10.0 0 Walter Abercrombie 1 14 14.0 0 Russell Davis 1 11 11.0 0 Sidney Thornton 1 4 4.0 0 Ray Pinney 1 3 3.0 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Franco Harris 140 604 4.3 2 Frank Pollard 62 238 3.8 2 Walter Abercrombie 21 100 4.8 2 Russell Davis 24 72 3.0 0 Greg Hawthorne 15 68 4.5 0 Sidney Thornton 6 33 5.5 1 Cliff Stoudt 11 28 2.5 0 Lynn Swann 1 25 25.0 0 Terry Bradshaw 8 10 1.2 0 John Stallworth 1 9 9.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Fred Bohannon 14 329 23.5 0 Walter Abercrombie 7 139 19.9 0 Ernest French 2 38 19.0 0 Willie Sydnor 2 37 18.5 0 Rick Moser 1 18 18.0 0 Rick Donnalley 1 8 8.0 0 Lynn Swann 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Willie Sydnor 22 172 7.8 3 0 Rick Woods 13 142 10.9 2 0 Mike Merriweather 1 3 3.0 0 0 |
1982 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 12 RB Walter Abercrombie 84 Baylor 2 43 OT John Meyer Arizona State 3 70 LB Mike Merriweather 149 Pacific 4 97 DB Rick Woods 71 Boise State 5 124 OT Ken Dallafior 87 Minnesota 6 155 DT Mike Perko 9 Utah State 6 167 LB Craig Bingham 40 Syracuse [pick acquired from SF via NO] 7 172 DT Edmund Nelson 84 Auburn [pick acquired from LA] 7 182 C Emil Boures 35 Pittsburgh 8 209 P John Goodson 9 Texas 9 236 TE Mike Hirn Central Michigan 10 267 LB Sal Sunseri Pittsburgh 11 293 OG Mikal Abdul-Saboor Morgan State 12 320 DE Al Hughes Western Michigan
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 02-10-1982 | Joe Greene retired |
| 02-17-1982 | Jon Kolb retired |
| 04-27-1982 | traded Dennis Winston to Saints for San Francisco's #6 pick in the 1982 draft |
| 07-19-1982 | Randy Grossman retired |
| 08-31-1982 | traded Zack Valentine to Colts for a conditional #12 pick in the 1983 draft |
| 09-07-1982 | claimed Gary Anderson on waivers from Bills |
| 09-08-1982 | Colts claimed Larry Anderson on waivers |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 01/09/83 vs San Diego Chargers L 28-31
1982 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/13/82 at Dallas Cowboys W 36-28 1-0-0 09/19/82 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 26-20 (OT) 2-0-0 11/21/82 at Houston Oilers W 24-10 3-0-0 11/28/82 at Seattle Seahawks L 0-16 3-1-0 12/05/82 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 35-14 4-1-0 12/12/82 at Buffalo Bills L 0-13 4-2-0 12/19/82 at Cleveland Browns L 9-10 4-3-0 12/26/82 vs New England Patriots W 37-14 5-3-0 01/02/83 vs Cleveland Browns W 37-21 6-3-0