1979 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result				Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/4/1979	A	Buffalo Bills	15	7	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	34370
Sat	8/11/1979	H	New York Giants	10	3	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	46624
Fri	8/17/1979	A	New York Jets	27	14	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	46159
Sat	8/25/1979	A	Dallas Cowboys	14	16	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	64543
Mon	9/3/1979	A	New England Patriots	16	13	W	OT	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60978
Sun	9/9/1979	H	Houston Oilers	38	7	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49792
Sun	9/16/1979	A	St. Louis Cardinals	24	21	W		St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	50416
Sun	9/23/1979	H	Baltimore Colts	17	13	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49483
Sun	9/30/1979	A	Philadelphia Eagles	14	17	L		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	70352
Sun	10/7/1979	A	Cleveland Browns	51	35	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	81260
Sun	10/14/1979	A	Cincinnati Bengals	10	34	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	52381
Mon	10/22/1979	H	Denver Broncos	42	7	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49699
Sun	10/28/1979	H	Dallas Cowboys	14	3	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50199
Sun	11/4/1979	H	Washington Redskins	38	7	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49462
Sun	11/11/1979	A	Kansas City Chiefs	30	3	W		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	70132
Sun	11/18/1979	A	San Diego Chargers	7	35	L		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	52426
Sun	11/25/1979	H	Cleveland Browns	33	30	W	OT	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48773
Sun	12/2/1979	H	Cincinnati Bengals	37	17	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	46521
Mon	12/10/1979	A	Houston Oilers	17	20	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	55293
Sun	12/16/1979	H	Buffalo Bills	28	0	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48002
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	12/30/1979	H	Miami Dolphins	34	14	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50214
AFC Championship
Sun	1/6/1980	H	Houston Oilers	27	13	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50475
Super Bowl XIV
Sun	1/20/1980	H	Los Angeles Rams	31	19	W		Pasadena, CA	Rose Bowl	103985

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Anthony Anderson	33	RB	6-0	197	23	Temple	16	0
Larry Anderson	30	CB	5-11	188	23	Louisiana Tech	16	0
Matt Bahr	9	K	5-10	175	23	Penn State	16	0
John Banaszak	76	RDE	6-3	242	29	Eastern Michigan	16	16
Tom Beasley	65	LDE-DT	6-5	248	25	Virginia Tech	13	5
Theo Bell	83	WR	5-11	180	26	Arizona	13	1
Rocky Bleier	20	RB-FB	5-11	205	33	Notre Dame	16	7
Mel Blount	47	RCB	6-3	205	31	Southern University	16	16
Terry Bradshaw	12	QB	6-3	210	31	Louisiana Tech	16	16
Larry Brown	79	ROT	6-4	270	30	Kansas	15	14
Robin Cole	56	RLB	6-2	225	24	New Mexico	13	8
Craig Colquitt	5	P	6-2	183	25	Cleveland State JC; Tennessee	16	0
Steve Courson	77	ROG-LOG	6-1	270	24	South Carolina	16	9
Bennie Cunningham	89	TE	6-4	260	25	Clemson	15	7
Sam Davis	57	LOG	6-1	245	35	Allen	13	12
Jack Deloplaine	35	RB	5-10	205	25	Salem	1	0
Thom Dornbrook	63	LOG-C	6-2	240	23	Kentucky	16	1
Gary Dunn	67	RDT-LDT	6-3	270	26	Miami (Florida)	16	15
Steve Furness	64	RDT	6-4	255	29	Rhode Island	12	2
Tom Graves	50	LB	6-3	228	24	Michigan State	11	0
Joe Greene	75	LDT	6-4	270	33	North Texas	15	15
L.C. Greenwood	68	LDE	6-6	246	33	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	12	11
Randy Grossman	84	TE	6-1	225	27	Temple	16	9
Jack Ham	59	LLB	6-3	224	31	Penn State	15	15
Franco Harris	32	FB	6-2	225	29	Penn State	15	15
Greg Hawthorne	27	RB	6-2	230	23	Baylor	15	0
Ron Johnson	29	LCB	5-10	200	23	Eastern Michigan	11	11
Jon Kolb	55	LOT	6-2	240	32	Oklahoma State	14	12
Mike Kruczek	14	QB	6-1	205	26	Boston College	8	0
Jack Lambert	58	MLB	6-4	220	27	Kent State	16	15
Rick Moser	38	RB	6-0	210	23	Rhode Island	16	0
Gerry Mullins	72	ROG	6-3	244	30	Southern California	15	10
Ted Petersen	66	LOT-ROT-C	6-5	241	24	Eastern Illinois	16	6
Donnie Shell	31	SS	5-11	198	27	South Carolina State	16	16
Jim Smith	86	WR	6-2	205	24	Michigan	15	4
John Stallworth	82	WR	6-2	202	27	Alabama A&M	16	16
Lynn Swann	88	WR	6-0	180	27	Southern California	13	11
J.T. Thomas	24	FS-LCB	6-2	196	28	Florida State	14	13
Sidney Thornton	38	RB	5-11	230	25	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	13	10
Loren Toews	51	LB	6-3	220	28	California	11	0
Zack Valentine	54	LB	6-2	222	22	East Carolina	16	0
Mike Wagner	23	FS	6-1	200	30	Western Illinois	8	7
Mike Webster	52	C	6-2	260	27	Wisconsin	16	16
Dwight White	78	DE	6-4	253	30	East Texas A&M	11	0
Dennis Winston	53	RLB-MLB	6-0	228	24	Arkansas	16	10
Dwayne Woodruff	48	LCB	5-11	195	22	Louisville	16	1

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	28	Greg Hawthorne	RB	Baylor
2	56	Zack Valentine	LB	East Carolina
4	86	Russell Davis	RB	Michigan
4	110	Calvin Sweeney	WR	Southern California
5	137	Dwaine Board	DE	North Carolina A&T State
6	157	Bill Murrell	TE	Winston-Salem State
6	161	Dwayne Woodruff	DB	Louisville
6	165	Matt Bahr	K	Penn State
7	192	Bruce Kimball	G	Massachusetts
8	220	Tom Graves	LB	Michigan State
9	248	Rick Kirk	DE	Denison
10	275	Tod Thompson	TE	Brigham Young
11	303	Charlie Moore	C	Wichita State
12	322	Ed Smith	LB	Vanderbilt
12	330	Mike Almond	WR	Northwestern State (Louisiana)

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	89	114	62	145	6	416
Opponents Totals	57	104	53	48	0	262

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		337	141	179	17	106/235 45.1%	/ %	108	866
Opponents Totals		260	95	135	30	76/247 30.8%	/ %	94	732

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Matt Bahr	0	50	52	96.2	18	30	60.0	104
Franco Harris	12	0	0		0	0		72
Sidney Thornton	10	0	0		0	0		60
John Stallworth	8	0	0		0	0		48
Lynn Swann	6	0	0		0	0		36
Rocky Bleier	4	0	0		0	0		24
Bennie Cunningham	4	0	0		0	0		24
Jim Smith	2	0	0		0	0		12
Anthony Anderson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Larry Brown	1	0	0		0	0		6
Randy Grossman	1	0	0		0	0		6
Greg Hawthorne	1	0	0		0	0		6
Rick Moser	1	0	0		0	0		6
Dennis Winston	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	52	50	52	96.2	18	30	60.0	416
Opponents Totals	31	28	31	90.3	16	26	61.5	262

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Matt Bahr	18	30	60.0	1	47	0/0	5/5	6/11	7/13	0/1
Team Totals	18	30	60.0	1	46	0/0	5/5	6/11	7/13	0/1
Opponents Totals	16	26	61.5			0/0	7/8	5/8	4/9	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Franco Harris	267	1186	4.4	71t	11
Sidney Thornton	118	585	5.0	75	6
Rocky Bleier	92	434	4.7	70t	4
Greg Hawthorne	28	123	4.4	19	1
Anthony Anderson	18	118	6.6	31	1
Terry Bradshaw	21	83	4.0	28	0
Rick Moser	11	33	3.0	8	1
Mike Kruczek	4	20	5.0	22	0
Jim Smith	1	12	12.0	12	0
Lynn Swann	1	9	9.0	9t	1
Team Totals	561	2603	4.6	75	25
Opponents Totals	506	1709	3.4	34	9

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Terry Bradshaw	472	259	54.9	188	3724	7.9	14.4	65t	26	5.5	25	5.3	24	196	3528	77.0
Mike Kruczek	20	13	65.0	6	153	7.7	11.8	31	0	0.0	1	5.0	3	26	127	67.3
Team Totals	492	272	55.3	194	3877	7.9	14.3	65t	26	5.3	26	5.3	27	222	3655	76.6
Opponents Totals	480	226	47.1	227	2912	6.1	12.9	64t	19	4.0	27	5.6	49	351	2561	56.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Stallworth	70	1183	16.9	65t	8
Lynn Swann	41	808	19.7	65	5				0
Bennie Cunningham	36	512	14.2	28t	4			0	0
Franco Harris	36	291	8.1	21	1			0
Rocky Bleier	31	277	8.9	28	0			0
Jim Smith	17	243	14.3	25	2			0
Sidney Thornton	16	231	14.4	32	4			0
Randy Grossman	12	217	18.1	54	1				0
Greg Hawthorne	8	47	5.9	17	0		0	0
Theo Bell	3	61	20.3	31	0			0
Rick Moser	1	6	6.0	6	0		0	0	0
Larry Brown	1	1	1.0	1t	1	1	0	0	0
Team Totals	272	3877	14.3	65t	26
Opponents Totals	226	2912	12.9	64t	19

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jack Lambert	6	29	4.8	23	0
Donnie Shell	5	10	2.0	8	0
Mike Wagner	4	31	7.8	19	0
Dennis Winston	3	48	16.0	41t	1
Mel Blount	3	1	0.3	1	0
Jack Ham	2	8	4.0	6	0
Dwayne Woodruff	1	31	31.0	31	0
Ron Johnson	1	20	20.0	20	0
Larry Anderson	1	19	19.0	19	0
John Banaszak	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	27	200	7.4	51*	1
Opponents Totals	26	401	15.4	77t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Craig Colquitt	68	2733	40.2	61	8	19	276	2297	33.8
Team Totals	68	2733	40.2	61	8	19	276	2297	33.8
Opponents Totals	100	3995	40.0	59	6	22	523	3352	33.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Jim Smith	16	1	146	9.1	38
Theo Bell	45	7	378	8.4	27
Lynn Swann	1	3	-1	-1.0	-1
Thom Dornbrook	1	0	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	63	11	523	8.3	38
Opponents Totals	31	10	276	8.9	68

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Larry Anderson	34	732	21.5	44
Anthony Anderson	13	200	15.4	26
Greg Hawthorne	2	46	23.0	23
Rick Moser	1	6	6.0	6
Robin Cole	1	3	3.0	3
Team Totals	51	987	19.4	44
Opponents Totals	81	1668	20.6	38

SACKS	NO	YDS
Steve Furness	7.0
L.C. Greenwood	6.5
John Banaszak	5.5
Gary Dunn	5.0
Joe Greene	5.0
Jack Ham	4.5
Donnie Shell	4.0
Jack Lambert	3.5
Robin Cole	2.5
Loren Toews	2.0
Dwight White	1.0
Dennis Winston	1.0
Tom Beasley	1.0
Zack Valentine	0.5
Team Totals	49.0	351.0
Opponents Totals	27.0	222.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Anthony Anderson	1		0	1	1	0	0
Larry Anderson	4		1	0	1	0	0
John Banaszak	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Theo Bell	1		2	0	2	22	0
Rocky Bleier	4		0	0	0	0	0
Mel Blount	0	0	0	1	1	15	0
Terry Bradshaw	10		4	0	4	-10	0
Larry Brown	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Robin Cole	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Courson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bennie Cunningham	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Thom Dornbrook	1		0	0	0	0	0
Gary Dunn	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Steve Furness	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Ham	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Franco Harris	11		0	0	0	0	0
Greg Hawthorne	2		1	0	1	0	0
Ron Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Kruczek	1		0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Mullins	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Donnie Shell	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jim Smith	1		1	0	1	0	0
John Stallworth	4		3	0	3	0	0
Sidney Thornton	7		1	0	1	0	0
Mike Webster	0	0	2	0	2	2	0
Dwight White	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dennis Winston	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Team Totals	47	28	19	15	34	29	0
Opponents Totals	32	15	16	26	42		2

Rollie Dotsch	Offensive Line
Dick Hoak	Offensive Backs
Tom Moore	Receivers
George Perles	Defensive Coordinator
Paul Uram	Administrative Assistant
Dick Walker	Defensive Assistant
Woody Widenhofer	Linebackers/Secondary