1969 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 4th place Eastern Conference Century Division 1-13-0 .071 |
| Head Coach: Chuck Noll |
| John Bridgers | Offensive Backs |
| Max Coley | Offensive Ends |
| Bob Fry | Offensive Line |
| Walt Hackett | Defensive Line |
| Charlie Sumner | Defensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/16/1969 | N | St. Louis Cardinals | 13-27 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 13815 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1969 | A | New Orleans Saints | 34-24 | W | Baton Rouge, LA | Tiger Stadium | 40000 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1969 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 13-23 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 28732 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1969 | A | Green Bay Packers | 19-31 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50861 | |
| Thu | 9/11/1969 | N | New York Giants | 17-13 | W | Montreal, QC | Jarry Park | 12724 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1969 | H | Detroit Lions | 16-13 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 51360 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1969 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-41 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60658 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1969 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 14-27 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 45011 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1969 | A | New York Giants | 7-10 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62987 | |
| Sat | 10/18/1969 | A | Cleveland Browns | 31-42 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 84078 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1969 | H | Washington Redskins | 7-14 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 36557 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1969 | H | Green Bay Packers | 34-38 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 46403 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1969 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-38 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45856 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1969 | H | Cleveland Browns | 3-24 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 47670 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1969 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 14-52 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47202 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1969 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 10-47 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 43721 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1969 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 7-10 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 24990 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1969 | H | New York Giants | 17-21 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 21067 | |
| Sun | 12/21/1969 | A | New Orleans Saints | 24-27 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 72256 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 85 | Bill Adams | TE | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | San Mateo JC; Pacific | 14 | 1 |
| 83 | Don Alley | WR | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Adams State | 8 | 0 |
| 71 | Dick Arndt | LDT-RDT-LDE | 6-5 | 265 | 25 | Stanford; Idaho | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | Warren Bankston | RB | 6-4 | 230 | 22 | Tulane | 14 | 4 |
| 37 | Chuck Beatty | LS | 6-2 | 203 | 23 | North Texas | 7 | 7 |
| 74 | John Brown | ROT | 6-2 | 250 | 30 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| 44 | Lee Calland | LCB-RCB-LS-RS | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Louisville | 8 | 3 |
| 23 | Bob Campbell | RB | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Penn State | 14 | 0 |
| 53 | John Campbell | LLB | 6-3 | 222 | 31 | Minnesota | 3 | 0 |
| 89 | Marshall Cropper | WR | 6-3 | 205 | 25 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 4 | 4 |
| 57 | Sam Davis | LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 245 | 25 | Allen | 12 | 2 |
| 54 | Doug Fisher | LLB-MLB-RLB | 6-1 | 225 | 22 | Reedley JC; San Diego State | 6 | 1 |
| 79 | Larry Gagner | LOG | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | Florida | 12 | 12 |
| 75 | Joe Greene | LDT | 6-4 | 270 | 23 | North Texas | 14 | 14 |
| 68 | L.C. Greenwood | LDE-RDE | 6-6 | 246 | 23 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 12 | 0 |
| 38 | Earl Gros | RB | 6-3 | 224 | 29 | Louisiana State | 13 | 11 |
| 76 | Mike Haggerty | LOT-ROT | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 5 |
| 5 | Terry Hanratty | QB | 6-1 | 206 | 21 | Notre Dame | 8 | 5 |
| 24 | Jon Henderson | WR-LCB | 6-0 | 198 | 25 | Colorado State | 9 | 3 |
| 69 | Jerry Hillebrand | LLB | 6-3 | 240 | 29 | Colorado | 10 | 10 |
| 82 | John Hilton | TE | 6-5 | 222 | 27 | Richmond | 11 | 11 |
| 64 | Chuck Hinton | RDT | 6-5 | 257 | 30 | North Carolina Central | 14 | 14 |
| 42 | Dick Hoak | RB | 5-11 | 191 | 30 | Penn State | 14 | 13 |
| 29 | Bob Hohn | LCB | 6-0 | 187 | 28 | Nebraska | 11 | 11 |
| 87 | Roy Jefferson | WR | 6-2 | 194 | 26 | Utah | 14 | 14 |
| 55 | Jon Kolb | C | 6-2 | 240 | 22 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 0 |
| 56 | Ray Mansfield | C | 6-3 | 252 | 28 | Washington | 14 | 14 |
| 20 | Paul Martha | RS | 6-0 | 186 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
| 59 | Ray May | MLB | 6-1 | 233 | 24 | Los Angeles CC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| 36 | Don McCall | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Los Angeles CC; Southern California | 13 | 0 |
| 60 | Ben McGee | RDE | 6-2 | 255 | 30 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| 11 | Gene Mingo | K | 6-1 | 199 | 31 | none | 14 | 0 |
| 10 | Kent Nix | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Texas Christian | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | Clancy Oliver | RCB-LCB-LS | 6-1 | 180 | 22 | Orange Coast JC; San Diego State | 9 | 3 |
| 34 | Andy Russell | RLB | 6-2 | 217 | 28 | Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| 17 | Dick Shiner | QB | 6-0 | 197 | 27 | Maryland | 12 | 9 |
| 21 | Jim Shorter | RCB-LCB | 5-11 | 184 | 31 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | 11 |
| 61 | Brian Stenger | LLB-RLB | 6-4 | 233 | 22 | Notre Dame | 14 | 3 |
| 77 | Mike Taylor | ROT | 6-4 | 247 | 24 | San Francisco CC; Southern California | 9 | 9 |
| 66 | Bruce Van Dyke | ROG | 6-2 | 248 | 25 | Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| 65 | Lloyd Voss | LDE | 6-4 | 256 | 27 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| 39 | Bobby Walden | P | 6-0 | 192 | 31 | Georgia | 14 | 0 |
| 67 | Clarence Washington | LDT-RDT | 6-3 | 265 | 23 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 13 | 0 |
| 62 | Ralph Wenzel | LOG | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | Foothill JC; San Diego State | 8 | 0 |
| 86 | J.R. Wilburn | WR-TE | 6-2 | 190 | 26 | South Carolina | 10 | 9 |
| 43 | Erwin Williams | WR | 6-5 | 215 | 22 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 9 | 0 |
| 52 | Sid Williams | LLB-RLB-MLB | 6-2 | 235 | 27 | Southern University | 7 | 0 |
| 47 | Marv Woodson | LS-RCB | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | Indiana | 8 | 7 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Joe Greene | DT | North Texas |
| 2 | 30 | Terry Hanratty | QB | Notre Dame |
| 2 | 42 | Warren Bankston | RB | Tulane |
| 3 | 56 | Jon Kolb | C | Oklahoma State |
| 4 | 82 | Bob Campbell | RB | Penn State |
| 7 | 160 | Chuck Beatty | DB | North Texas |
| 7 | 175 | Chad Brown | T | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 8 | 186 | Joe Cooper | FL | Tennessee State |
| 9 | 212 | John Sodaski | DB | Villanova |
| 10 | 238 | L.C. Greenwood | DE | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
| 11 | 264 | Clarence Washington | DT | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
| 12 | 290 | Doug Fisher | LB | San Diego State |
| 13 | 315 | John Lynch | LB | Drake |
| 14 | 342 | Bob Houmard | RB | Ohio University |
| 15 | 368 | Ken Liberto | SE | Louisiana Tech |
| 16 | 394 | Dock Mosley | FL | Alcorn State |
| 17 | 420 | Bill Eppright | K | Kent State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 57 | 47 | 35 | 79 | |
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 114 | 85 | 142 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 210 | 81 | 115 | 14 | / % | / % | 67 | 659 | |
| Opponents Totals | 260 | 101 | 142 | 17 | / % | / % | 79 | 793 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Mingo | 0 | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 12 | 26 | 46.2 | 0 | 62 |
| Roy Jefferson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Earl Gros | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Jon Henderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dick Hoak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Warren Bankston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don McCall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Shiner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Erwin Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 26 | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 12 | 26 | 46.2 | 0 | 218 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 49 | 50 | 98.0 | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 2 | 404 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Mingo | 12 | 26 | 46.2 | 1 | 41 | 5/6 | 1/4 | 4/7 | 2/9 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 26 | 46.2 | 1 | 41 | 5/6 | 1/4 | 4/7 | 2/9 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 3/3 | 5/7 | 6/9 | 3/6 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Hoak | 151 | 531 | 3.5 | 13 | 2 |
| Earl Gros | 116 | 343 | 3.0 | 16t | 4 |
| Warren Bankston | 62 | 259 | 4.2 | 15 | 1 |
| Terry Hanratty | 10 | 106 | 10.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Don McCall | 30 | 98 | 3.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Kent Nix | 10 | 70 | 7.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dick Shiner | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 18t | 1 |
| Roy Jefferson | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 22 | 0 |
| J.R. Wilburn | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Bob Campbell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 400 | 1542 | 3.9 | 35 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 455 | 1732 | 3.8 | 54 | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Shiner | 209 | 97 | 97 | 102 | 1422 | 6.8 | 14.7 | 63 | 7 | 3.3 | 10 | 4.8 | 24 | 157 | 1265 | 60.3 |
| Terry Hanratty | 126 | 52 | 52 | 61 | 716 | 5.7 | 13.8 | 41 | 8 | 6.3 | 13 | 10.3 | 20 | 168 | 548 | 41.7 |
| Kent Nix | 53 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 290 | 5.5 | 11.6 | 47t | 2 | 3.8 | 6 | 11.3 | 7 | 39 | 251 | 37.2 |
| Dick Hoak | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 10.0 | 15.0 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 99.3 |
| Team Totals | 391 | 176 | 176 | 186 | 2458 | 6.3 | 14.0 | 63 | 17 | 4.3 | 29 | 7.4 | 52 | 374 | 2084 | 49.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 410 | 227 | 227 | 158 | 2973 | 7.3 | 13.1 | 58 | 27 | 6.6 | 25 | 6.1 | 33 | 304 | 2669 | 75.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Jefferson | 67 | 1079 | 16.1 | 63 | 9 |
| J.R. Wilburn | 20 | 373 | 18.7 | 53 | 0 |
| Dick Hoak | 20 | 190 | 9.5 | 26 | 1 |
| Earl Gros | 17 | 131 | 7.7 | 20 | 3 |
| John Hilton | 12 | 231 | 19.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Jon Henderson | 12 | 188 | 15.7 | 45 | 3 |
| Marshall Cropper | 9 | 116 | 12.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Adams | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Warren Bankston | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Erwin Williams | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 6t | 1 |
| Don McCall | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Campbell | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Don Alley | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 176 | 2458 | 14.0 | 63 | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 227 | 2973 | 13.1 | 58 | 27 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hohn | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Paul Martha | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Shorter | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Brian Stenger | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Andy Russell | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Ray May | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lee Calland | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Hillebrand | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Chuck Hinton | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Marv Woodson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 257 | 10.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 535 | 18.4 | 77 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walden | 77 | 3254 | 42.3 | 61 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 396 | 36.1 | |
| Team Totals | 77 | 3254 | 42.3 | 61 | 0 | 396 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 2608 | 40.1 | 56 | 0 | 165 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Campbell | 28 | 7 | 133 | 4.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Roy Jefferson | 4 | 2 | 23 | 5.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Paul Martha | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Hoak | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Sam Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Beatty | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 37 | 13 | 165 | 4.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 396 | 9.7 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don McCall | 21 | 532 | 25.3 | 101t | 1 | |
| Bob Campbell | 26 | 522 | 20.1 | 46 | 0 | |
| Warren Bankston | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 41 | 0 | |
| Roy Jefferson | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Sam Davis | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marv Woodson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Jon Kolb | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1241 | 20.7 | 101t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 962 | 20.9 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Bankston | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Campbell | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marshall Cropper | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Earl Gros | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Hanratty | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Hillebrand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Hinton | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Hoak | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Hohn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Roy Jefferson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Kolb | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Mansfield | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Martha | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don McCall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kent Nix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clancy Oliver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Shiner | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Shorter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 0 |
| Mike Taylor | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Van Dyke | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd Voss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarence Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marv Woodson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 53 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 1 |
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