1978 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result				Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/5/1978	A	Baltimore Colts	22	10	W		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	37437
Sat	8/12/1978	H	Atlanta Falcons	13	7	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	46444
Sat	8/19/1978	A	New York Giants	6	13	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	43339
Sat	8/26/1978	A	Dallas Cowboys	13	16	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	59747
Sun	9/3/1978	A	Buffalo Bills	28	17	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	64147
Sun	9/10/1978	H	Seattle Seahawks	21	10	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48277
Sun	9/17/1978	A	Cincinnati Bengals	28	3	W		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	50260
Sun	9/24/1978	H	Cleveland Browns	15	9	W	OT	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49573
Sun	10/1/1978	A	New York Jets	28	17	W		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	52058
Sun	10/8/1978	H	Atlanta Falcons	31	7	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48202
Sun	10/15/1978	A	Cleveland Browns	34	14	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	81302
Mon	10/23/1978	H	Houston Oilers	17	24	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48021
Sun	10/29/1978	H	Kansas City Chiefs	27	24	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48185
Sun	11/5/1978	H	New Orleans Saints	20	14	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48525
Sun	11/12/1978	A	Los Angeles Rams	7	10	L		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	63089
Sun	11/19/1978	H	Cincinnati Bengals	7	6	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	47578
Mon	11/27/1978	A	San Francisco 49ers	24	7	W		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	51657
Sun	12/3/1978	A	Houston Oilers	13	3	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	54261
Sat	12/9/1978	H	Baltimore Colts	35	13	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	41957
Sat	12/16/1978	A	Denver Broncos	21	17	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74104
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	12/30/1978	H	Denver Broncos	33	10	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48921
AFC Championship
Sun	1/7/1979	H	Houston Oilers	34	5	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49417
Super Bowl XIII
Sun	1/21/1979	A	Dallas Cowboys	35	31	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	79484

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Fred Anderson	69	DE-DT	6-4	250	24	Oregon State; Prairie View A&M	16	0
Larry Anderson	30	RCB	5-11	188	22	Louisiana Tech	16	1
John Banaszak	76	RDT-RDE-LDE	6-3	242	28	Eastern Michigan	16	15
Tom Beasley	65	RDT-LDE	6-5	248	24	Virginia Tech	15	2
Theo Bell	83	WR	5-11	180	25	Arizona	16	0
Rocky Bleier	20	RB	5-11	205	32	Notre Dame	16	16
Mel Blount	47	RCB	6-3	205	30	Southern University	16	16
Terry Bradshaw	12	QB	6-3	210	30	Louisiana Tech	16	16
Larry Brown	79	ROT	6-4	270	29	Kansas	8	5
Robin Cole	56	RLB-LLB	6-2	225	23	New Mexico	16	8
Craig Colquitt	5	P	6-2	183	24	Cleveland State JC; Tennessee	16	0
Steve Courson	77	ROG	6-1	270	23	South Carolina	16	1
Bennie Cunningham	89	TE	6-4	260	24	Clemson	6	6
Sam Davis	57	LOG	6-1	245	34	Allen	16	16
Jack Deloplaine	35	RB	5-10	205	24	Salem	10	0
Tony Dungy	21	FS	6-0	190	23	Minnesota	16	2
Gary Dunn	67	RDT	6-3	270	25	Miami (Florida)	16	1
Steve Furness	64	RDT	6-4	255	28	Rhode Island	10	5
Wentford Gaines	36	CB	6-0	185	25	Ferrum JC; Tennessee Tech; Cincinnati	1	0
Roy Gerela	10	K	5-10	185	30	New Mexico State	16	0
Joe Greene	75	LDT	6-4	270	32	North Texas	16	16
L.C. Greenwood	68	LDE	6-6	246	32	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	14	14
Randy Grossman	84	TE	6-1	225	26	Temple	16	10
Jack Ham	59	LLB	6-3	224	30	Penn State	14	14
Franco Harris	32	RB	6-2	225	28	Penn State	16	16
Ron Johnson	29	LCB	5-10	200	22	Eastern Michigan	16	16
Jon Kolb	55	LOT	6-2	240	31	Oklahoma State	16	16
Mike Kruczek	15	QB	6-1	205	25	Boston College	9	0
Jack Lambert	58	MLB	6-4	220	26	Kent State	16	16
Jim Mandich	87	TE	6-2	214	30	Michigan	10	0
Alvin Maxson	28	RB	5-11	201	27	Southern Methodist	5	0
Rick Moser	39	RB	6-0	210	22	Rhode Island	15	0
Gerry Mullins	72	ROG	6-3	244	29	Southern California	16	15
Ray Oldham	25	S	5-11	192	27	Middle Tennessee State	4	0
Ted Petersen	66	C-OT	6-5	241	23	Eastern Illinois	15	0
Ray Pinney	74	ROT	6-4	274	24	Washington	13	11
Randy Reutershan	40	WR	5-10	182	23	Pittsburgh	11	0
Donnie Shell	31	SS	5-11	198	26	South Carolina State	16	16
Jim Smith	86	WR	6-2	205	23	Michigan	9	0
John Stallworth	82	WR	6-2	202	26	Alabama A&M	16	16
Lynn Swann	88	WR	6-0	180	26	Southern California	16	16
Nat Terry	41	CB	5-11	165	22	Florida State	6	0
Sidney Thornton	38	RB	5-11	230	24	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	16	0
Loren Toews	51	RLB	6-3	220	27	California	11	10
Mike Wagner	23	FS	6-1	200	29	Western Illinois	14	14
Mike Webster	52	C	6-2	260	26	Wisconsin	16	16
Dwight White	78	RDE	6-4	253	29	East Texas A&M	15	11
Dennis Winston	53	LB	6-0	228	23	Arkansas	16	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	22	Ron Johnson	DB	Eastern Michigan
2	49	Willie Fry	DE	Notre Dame
3	76	Craig Colquitt	P	Tennessee
4	101	Larry Anderson	DB	Louisiana Tech
6	160	Randy Reutershan	WR	Pittsburgh
7	187	Mark Dufresne	TE	Nebraska
8	208	Rick Moser	RB	Rhode Island
8	214	Andre Keys	WR	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
9	241	Lance Reynolds	OT	Brigham Young
10	268	Doug Becker	LB	Notre Dame
10	276	Tom Jurich	K	Northern Arizona
11	279	Nat Terry	DB	Florida State
11	300	Tom Brzoza	C	Pittsburgh
12	327	Brad Carr	LB	Maryland

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	63	135	76	76	6	356
Opponents Totals	6	63	57	69	0	195

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		316	133	149	34	111/233 47.6%	/ %	109	948
Opponents Totals		265	106	119	40	90/231 39.0%	/ %	109	987

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Roy Gerela	0	44	45	97.8	12	26	46.2	80
Lynn Swann	11	0	0		0	0		66
John Stallworth	9	0	0		0	0		54
Franco Harris	8	0	0		0	0		48
Rocky Bleier	6	0	0		0	0		36
Sidney Thornton	3	0	0		0	0		18
Bennie Cunningham	2	0	0		0	0		12
Jim Smith	2	0	0		0	0		12
Larry Anderson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Theo Bell	1	0	0		0	0		6
Terry Bradshaw	1	0	0		0	0		6
Randy Grossman	1	0	0		0	0		6
Donnie Shell	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	46	44	45	97.8	12	26	46.2	356
Opponents Totals	22	21	22	95.5	14	26	53.8	195

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Roy Gerela	12	26	46.2	1	44	1/1	5/6	3/9	3/8	0/2
Team Totals	12	26	46.2	1	44	1/1	5/6	3/9	3/8	0/2
Opponents Totals	14	26	53.8			0/0	8/9	7/11	3/6	1/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Franco Harris	310	1082	3.5	37	8
Rocky Bleier	165	633	3.8	24	5
Sidney Thornton	71	264	3.7	27	2
Rick Moser	42	153	3.6	15	0
Terry Bradshaw	32	93	2.9	17	1
Jack Deloplaine	11	49	4.5	19	0
Alvin Maxson	4	9	2.3	7	0
Lynn Swann	1	7	7.0	7	0
Mike Kruczek	5	7	1.4	8	0
Team Totals	641	2297	3.6	37	16
Opponents Totals	513	1774	3.5	30	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Terry Bradshaw	368	207	56.3	141	2915	7.9	14.1	70	28	7.6	20	5.4	21	222	2693	84.7
Mike Kruczek	11	5	45.5	4	46	4.2	9.2	21	0	0.0	2	18.2	4	40	6	17.8
Franco Harris	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	380	212	55.8	146	2961	7.8	14.0	70	28	7.4	22	5.8	25	262	2699	81.5
Opponents Totals	442	221	50.0	194	2755	6.2	12.5	49	10	2.3	27	6.1	44	361	2394	51.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lynn Swann	61	880	14.4	62	11				0
John Stallworth	41	798	19.5	70	9
Randy Grossman	37	448	12.1	26	1			0
Franco Harris	22	144	6.5	15	0		0	0
Rocky Bleier	17	168	9.9	32	1			0
Bennie Cunningham	16	321	20.1	48	2
Jim Smith	6	83	13.8	29t	2			0
Theo Bell	6	53	8.8	15t	1		0	0	0
Sidney Thornton	5	66	13.2	24	1			0
Rick Moser	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0	0
Terry Bradshaw	0	1		1L	0		0	0
Team Totals	212	2961	14.0	70	28
Opponents Totals	221	2755	12.5	49	10

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Tony Dungy	6	95	15.8	65
Mel Blount	4	55	13.8	35
Jack Lambert	4	41	10.3	24
Ron Johnson	4	24	6.0	21
Donnie Shell	3	21	7.0	20
Jack Ham	3	7	2.3	7
Mike Wagner	2	34	17.0	20
Loren Toews	1	12	12.0	12
Team Totals	27	289	10.7	65
Opponents Totals	22	212	9.6	31

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Craig Colquitt	66	2642	40.0	58	0	4	14	239	2323	35.2
Team Totals	66	2642	40.0	58	0	4	14	239	2323	35.2
Opponents Totals	82	3228	39.4	60	1	6	18	451	2657	32.4

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Randy Reutershan	20	0	148	7.4	18
Theo Bell	21	2	152	7.2	18
Jim Smith	9	0	65	7.2	13
Nat Terry	7	0	80	11.4	24
Donnie Shell	1	0	6	6.0	6
Team Totals	58	2	451	7.8	24
Opponents Totals	38	9	239	6.3	42

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Larry Anderson	37	930	25.1	95t	1
Alvin Maxson	2	33	16.5	21	0
Sidney Thornton	1	37	37.0	37	0
Jack Deloplaine	1	19	19.0	19	0
Jim Smith	1	16	16.0	16	0
Rick Moser	1	8	8.0	8	0
Gerry Mullins	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	44	1043	23.7	95t	1
Opponents Totals	60	1336	22.3	42	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
L.C. Greenwood	8.5
Joe Greene	4.5
Loren Toews	4.5
Gary Dunn	4.0
Jack Ham	4.0
Jack Lambert	3.5
Donnie Shell	3.0
John Banaszak	3.0
Robin Cole	2.0
Mike Wagner	2.0
Dwight White	2.0
Dennis Winston	1.0
Tom Beasley	1.0
Ray Oldham	1.0
Team Totals	44.0	361.0
Opponents Totals	25.0	262.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Larry Anderson	2		0	0	0	0	0
Theo Bell	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Rocky Bleier	6		1	0	1	0	0
Terry Bradshaw	8		1	0	1	-3	0
Steve Courson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bennie Cunningham	1		0	0	0	0	0
Sam Davis	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tony Dungy	0	0	0	2	2	8	0
Gary Dunn	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Furness	0	0	0	1	1	12	0
Joe Greene	0	0	0	5	5	0	0
L.C. Greenwood	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Randy Grossman	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jack Ham	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Franco Harris	4		1	0	1	0	0
Ron Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jon Kolb	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Kruczek	1		1	0	1	0	0
Jack Lambert	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Alvin Maxson	2		0	0	0	0	0
Rick Moser	3		2	0	2	0	0
Gerry Mullins	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ray Pinney	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Donnie Shell	0	0	0	5	5	21	1
Jim Smith	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Stallworth	2		1	0	1	0	0
Sidney Thornton	3		1	0	1	0	0
Mike Webster	1		0	0	0	-2	0
Dwight White	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dennis Winston	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	35	20	15	21	36	36	1
Opponents Totals	33	21	12	17	29		1

Dick Hoak	Offensive Backs
Tom Moore	Receivers
George Perles	Defensive Coordinator
Lou Riecke	Strength
Paul Uram	Administrative Assistant
Dick Walker	Defensive Assistant
Woody Widenhofer	Linebackers/Secondary