1979 Pittsburgh Steelers 12-4 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1979 Pittsburgh 94 131 104 83 0 412 Opponent 89 101 56 47 3 296 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 412 296 1-0 31 @New England 20 72ø 0-10 First Downs 305 262 2-0 31 Houston 14 72ø 0-5 Rush 130 106 3-0 35 @St.Louis 21 81ø Pass 165 143 3-1 38 Baltimore 41 68ø 5-15 Pen 10 13 4-1 27 @Philadelphia 10 58ø Penalties 89 73 5-1 28 @Cleveland 23 67ø 10-20 Yards 592 529 6-1 35 @Cincinnati 10 53ø 5-15 7-1 21 Denver 20 65ø 10-20 Rushing Att 574 526 7-2 14 Dallas 20 39ø 10-20 Yards 2664 1817 8-2 38 Washington 7 40ø 0-10 Ave 4.6 3.5 8-3 7 @Kansas City 30 51ø 10-20 TD 28 16 8-4 7 @San Diego 33 84ø 9-4 42 Cleveland 24 35ø 0-10 Passing Att 432 462 10-4 14 Cincinnati 7 33ø 5-15 Comp 237 232 11-4 27 @Houston 3 70ø % 54.9 50.2 12-4 17 Buffalo 13 21ø Light Snow Int 20 20 % 4.6 4.3 TD 25 12 % 5.8 2.6 Yards 3298 2876 Sacked 19 35 Punt Return 50 40 Yards 315 406 Ave 6.3 10.2 Kick Return 63 81 Yards 1154 1668 Ave 18.3 20.6 Punts 58 74 Yards 2414 3010 Ave 41.6 40.7 FG Att 15 28 Made 9 19 % 60.0 67.9 Third Downs 218 235 Made 104 93 % 47.7 39.6 Fourth Downs 42 31 Made 23 16 % 54.8 51.6 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 33 25 Lost 17 12 Turnovers 37 32 Net Offense 5838 4484 Per Play 5.7 4.4 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Harris, F. 277 1339 4.8 30 61 82 13 Stallworth 71 6 1311 18.5 14 57 58 12 Bleier 105 548 5.2 10 24 57 5 Swann 39 3 659 16.9 6 33 57 5 Thornton 86 418 4.9 13 19 59 8 Cunningham 34 3 417 12.3 0 26 24 5 Hawthorne 48 167 3.5 5 9 15 1 Bleier 30 0 235 7.8 0 12 19 2 Bradshaw 28 86 3.1 4 10 11 1 Harris 22 1 214 9.7 1 11 26 1 Smith, J. 4 42 10.5 3 3 12 0 Thornton 14 2 171 12.2 0 9 22 0 Moser 14 30 2.1 0 2 5 0 Smith 10 3 106 10.6 0 4 21 0 Kruczek 5 28 5.6 2 1 11 0 Grossman 7 0 85 12.1 0 7 16 0 Anderson,A 3 12 4.0 0 0 6 0 Bell 3 0 55 18.3 1 2 28 0 Swann 2 6 3.0 0 1 9 0 Hawthorne 3 0 33 11.0 0 2 15 0 Grossman 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Moser 3 1 13 4.3 0 2 5 0 Colquitt 1 -12-12.0 0 0 0 0 Courson 1 0 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 574 2664 4.6 67 130 82 28 237 19 3298 13.9 22 165 58 25 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Bradshaw 391 212 54.2 3038 14.3 58 41 22 19 4.9 10 25 6.4 80.7 Kruczek 41 25 61.0 260 10.4 17 5 0 1 2.4 9 0 0.0 69.2 432 237 54.9 3298 13.9 58 46 22 20 4.6 19 25 5.8 79.6 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Bahr, M. 55 55 100.0 15 9 60.0 33.3 0.0 42 82 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Colquitt 58 2414 59 3 1 10 40 406 33.6 41.6 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Hawthorne 1 26 26.0 26 0 Smith, J. 8 0 57 7.1 14 0 Anderson,L 33 710 21.5 43 0 Bell, T. 42 1 258 6.1 18 0 Anderson,A 28 411 14.7 25 0 50 1 315 6.3 18 0 Moser 1 7 7.0 7 0 Valentine 1 0 0.0 0 0 Bleier 1 0 0.0 0 0 63 1154 18.3 43 0 Fumbles Harris, 11 Thornton 2 Bell, T. 2 Anderson 2 Bleier 1 Grossman 1 Bradshaw 7 Hawthorn 2 Stallwor 2 Kruczek 2 Smith, J 1 Bell, T. 2 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Ham 7 Banaszak 14 Ham 11 Ham 11 Ham 6 Bradshaw 2 Greenwoo 6 Furness 13 Lambert 10 Blount 11 Greenwoo 3 Bleier 2 Banaszak 4 Greenwoo 11 Winston 8 Shell, D 11 Greene 2 Grossman 2 Lambert 4 White 3 Banaszak 5 Lambert 6 Lambert 2 Bell, T. 2 Greene 3 Lambert 2 Greenwoo 5 Johnson, 6 Wagner 2 Webster 2 Furness 3 Toews 2 White 5 Furness 5 Dunn 2 Greenwoo 2 Graves 2 Shell, D 1 Furness 5 Toews 4 Winston 2 Banaszak 2 Johnson, 1 Dunn 1 Greene 4 Wagner 4 Johnson, 1 Lambert 2 Blount 1 Greene 1 Dunn 2 Winston 3 White 1 Harris, 1 Shell, D 1 Johnson, 1 Greenwoo 2 Banaszak 1 Smith, J 1 Dunn 1 Cole 1 Banaszak 2 Valentin 1 Stallwor 1 White 1 Graves 1 Dunn 2 Woodruff 1 Greene 1 Toews 1 White 2 Furness 1 Greene 2 Brown 1 Blount 1 Wagner 1 Winston 1 Thomas 1 Davis,S. 1 Tackles Blount 97 Wagner 71 Johnson, 42 Thomas 23 Dunn 20 Cole 12 Lambert 93 Greenwoo 57 Banaszak 41 White 23 Graves 19 Valentin 11 Ham 84 Greene 56 Anderson 27 Toews 22 Beasley 18 Shell, D 78 Winston 49 Furness 23 Woodruff 22 Dornbroo 14 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Blount 4 0 0.0 0 0 Shell, D. 4 0 0.0 0 0 Lambert 3 19 6.3 16 0 Ham 2 27 13.5 27 0 Wagner 2 0 0.0 0 0 Johnson,R 1 21 21.0 21 0 Banaszak 1 0 0.0 0 0 White 1 0 0.0 0 0 Winston 1 39 39.0 39 1 Anderson, 1 13 13.0 13 0 20 119 6.0 39 1 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers Coach: Chuck Noll Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Bradshaw, Terry 5 B 1 3 QB Kruczek, Mike 2 O 1 3 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Harris, Franco 1 1 4 267 1186 71 4.4 5 36 291 21 8.1 RB Thornton, Sidney 2 1 4 118 585 75 5.0 3 16 231 32 14.4 RB Bleier, Rocky 3 1 5 92 434 70 4.7 4 31 277 28 8.9 RB Hawthorne, Greg 2 1 4 28 123 19 4.4 1 8 47 17 5.9 KR RB Anderson, Anthony 2 1 5 18 118 31 6.6 0 0 0 0 0.0 KR RB Moser, Rick 2 1 5 11 33 8 3.0 1 1 6 6 6.0 KR WR Stallworth, John 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 8 70 1183 65 16.9 WR Swann, Lynn 0 0 4 1 9 9 9.0 6 41 808 65 19.7 PR WR Smith, Jim 0 0 4 1 12 12 12.0 2 17 243 25 14.3 PR WR Bell, Theo 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 1 3 61 31 20.3 PR TE Cunningham, Bennie 4 2 4 0 0 0 0.0 5 36 512 28 14.2 TE Grossman, Randy 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 2 12 217 54 18.1 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Webster, Mike 10 10 5 G Mullins, Gerry 8 8 4 G Davis, Sam 6 6 4 G Courson, Steve 4 4 5 T Kolb, John 9 9 4 T Brown, Larry 7 7 4 C-T Peterson, Ted 4 4 5 C-G Dornbrook, Thom 4 4 5 PR LS Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Greene, Joe 10 10 0 2 4 5 0 DE Greenwood, L.C. 9 8 0 4 3 7 0 DE White, Dwight 4 4 0 1 3 1 0 DL Furness, Steve 5 4 0 4 3 7 0 DL Banaszak, John 5 4 0 3 5 6 1 DL Dunn, Gary 5 5 0 2 5 5 0 DL Beasley, Tom 4 4 0 1 4 1 0 ILB Lambert, Jack 10 8 3 2 5 4 6 OLB Ham, Jack 10 8 3 3 4 5 2 OLB Toews, Loren 5 3 2 1 3 1 0 OLB Cole, Robin 4 4 1 1 4 2 0 KR OLB Valentine, Zack 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 LB Winston, Dennis 6 3 3 0 5 1 3 LB Graves, Tom 3 2 1 0 3 0 0 CB Blount, Mel 9 0 9 0 5 0 3 CB Johnson, Ron 5 0 5 0 3 0 1 CB Anderson, Larry 4 0 4 0 5 0 1 KR S Shell, Donnie 10 1 9 2 5 4 5 S Wagner, Mike 6 1 5 0 2 0 4 S Thomas, JT 6 1 5 0 4 0 0 DB Woodruff, Dwayne 5 1 4 0 5 0 1 Special Teams K Bahr, Matt P Colquitt, Craig