1985 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 2nd place • American Football Conference • Central Division • 7-9-0 .438 |
| Head Coach: Chuck Noll |
| Ron Blackledge | Offensive Line-Tackles/Tight Ends |
| Tony Dungy | Defensive Coordinator |
| Walt Evans | Conditioning |
| Dennis Fitzgerald | Inside Linebackers |
| Dick Hoak | Offensive Backs |
| Jed Hughes | Outside Linebackers |
| Hal Hunter | Offensive Line-Guards/Center |
| Jon Kolb | Defensive Line |
| Tom Moore | Offensive Coordinator |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/10/1985 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 42-27 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 47447 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1985 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 34-41 | L | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 56887 | |
| Fri | 8/23/1985 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 6-14 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 36237 | |
| Fri | 8/30/1985 | H | New York Giants | 14-24 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 54039 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1985 | H | Indianapolis Colts | 45-3 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 57279 | |
| Mon | 9/16/1985 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-17 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 79042 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1985 | H | Houston Oilers | 20-0 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 58752 | |
| Mon | 9/30/1985 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 24-37 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 59541 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1985 | A | Miami Dolphins | 20-24 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 72820 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1985 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 13-27 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 62932 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1985 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 23-10 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 56478 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1985 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 21-26 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55421 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1985 | H | Cleveland Browns | 10-9 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 51976 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1985 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 36-28 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 46126 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1985 | A | Houston Oilers | 30-7 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 45977 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1985 | H | Washington Redskins | 23-30 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 59293 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1985 | H | Denver Broncos | 23-31 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 56797 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1985 | A | San Diego Chargers | 44-54 | L | San Diego, CA | Jack Murphy Stadium | 52098 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1985 | H | Buffalo Bills | 30-24 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 35953 | |
| Sat | 12/21/1985 | A | New York Giants | 10-28 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 66785 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Walter Abercrombie | 34 | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 26 | Baylor | 16 | 16 |
| Gary Anderson | 1 | K | 5-11 | 181 | 26 | Syracuse | 16 | 0 |
| Emil Boures | 71 | ROG-LOG | 6-1 | 258 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 5 |
| Chris Brown | 23 | CB-S | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | Notre Dame | 6 | 0 |
| Scott Campbell | 10 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Purdue | 16 | 2 |
| Gregg Carr | 91 | ROLB | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | Auburn | 16 | 2 |
| Mark Catano | 78 | NT | 6-3 | 267 | 23 | Hudson Valley JC; Valdosta State | 15 | 6 |
| Harvey Clayton | 33 | RCB | 5-9 | 175 | 24 | Florida State | 14 | 14 |
| Robin Cole | 56 | RILB | 6-2 | 225 | 30 | New Mexico | 16 | 16 |
| Bennie Cunningham | 89 | TE | 6-4 | 260 | 31 | Clemson | 11 | 11 |
| Gary Dunn | 67 | NT | 6-3 | 270 | 32 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | 7 |
| Dave Edwards | 42 | S | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Illinois | 14 | 0 |
| Rich Erenberg | 24 | RB | 5-10 | 205 | 23 | Colgate | 14 | 0 |
| Keith Gary | 92 | RDE | 6-3 | 269 | 26 | Ferrum JC; Oklahoma | 12 | 7 |
| John Goodman | 95 | RDE-NT | 6-6 | 254 | 27 | Oklahoma | 12 | 6 |
| Preston Gothard | 86 | TE | 6-4 | 242 | 23 | Alabama | 16 | 0 |
| Bryan Hinkle | 53 | ROLB | 6-1 | 224 | 26 | Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| Glen Howe | 76 | OT | 6-7 | 298 | 24 | Southern Mississippi | 2 | 0 |
| Tunch Ilkin | 62 | ROT | 6-3 | 267 | 28 | Indiana State | 16 | 16 |
| Bob Kohrs | 90 | LB | 6-3 | 240 | 27 | Arizona State | 11 | 0 |
| Louis Lipps | 83 | WR | 5-10 | 188 | 23 | Southern Mississippi | 16 | 16 |
| David Little | 50 | LILB | 6-1 | 240 | 26 | Florida | 16 | 16 |
| Terry Long | 74 | ROG | 5-11 | 272 | 26 | East Carolina | 15 | 14 |
| Mark Malone | 16 | QB | 6-4 | 220 | 27 | Arizona State | 10 | 8 |
| Mike Merriweather | 57 | LOLB | 6-2 | 221 | 25 | Pacific | 16 | 16 |
| Steve Morse | 47 | RB | 5-11 | 214 | 22 | Virginia | 16 | 0 |
| Darrell Nelson | 81 | TE | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Memphis | 5 | 5 |
| Edmund Nelson | 84 | RDE-NT | 6-3 | 270 | 25 | Auburn | 6 | 6 |
| Harry Newsome | 18 | P | 6-0 | 186 | 22 | Wake Forest | 16 | 0 |
| Ray Pinney | 65 | LOT | 6-4 | 274 | 31 | Washington | 15 | 11 |
| Frank Pokorny | 80 | WR | 6-0 | 198 | 22 | Youngstown State | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Pollard | 30 | FB | 5-10 | 220 | 28 | Baylor | 16 | 16 |
| Randy Rasmussen | 60 | C-OG | 6-1 | 254 | 25 | Minnesota | 11 | 0 |
| Pete Rostosky | 63 | LOT | 6-4 | 265 | 24 | Connecticut | 16 | 5 |
| Donnie Shell | 31 | SS | 5-11 | 198 | 33 | South Carolina State | 16 | 16 |
| Darryl Sims | 99 | DE | 6-3 | 278 | 24 | Wisconsin | 16 | 0 |
| Fred Small | 54 | LB | 5-11 | 227 | 22 | Washington | 16 | 0 |
| Ray Snell | 72 | OT | 6-4 | 265 | 27 | Wisconsin | 5 | 0 |
| Todd Spencer | 36 | RB | 5-11 | 209 | 23 | Southern California | 16 | 0 |
| John Stallworth | 82 | WR | 6-2 | 202 | 33 | Alabama A&M | 16 | 16 |
| John Swain | 26 | RCB | 6-1 | 197 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 1 |
| Calvin Sweeney | 85 | WR | 6-2 | 192 | 30 | Riverside CC; UC Riverside; Southern California | 16 | 0 |
| Weegie Thompson | 87 | WR | 6-6 | 213 | 24 | Florida State | 16 | 0 |
| Anthony Tuggle | 25 | S-CB | 6-1 | 211 | 22 | Southern University; Nicholls State | 2 | 0 |
| Dan Turk | 51 | C | 6-4 | 281 | 23 | Drake; Wisconsin | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Washington | 41 | CB | 5-9 | 180 | 25 | Mississippi Valley State | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Webster | 52 | C | 6-2 | 260 | 33 | Wisconsin | 16 | 16 |
| Eric Williams | 21 | FS | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | North Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| Keith Willis | 93 | LDE | 6-1 | 263 | 26 | Northeastern | 16 | 16 |
| Blake Wingle | 61 | OG | 6-2 | 267 | 25 | UCLA | 3 | 0 |
| Dennis Winston | 55 | LB | 6-0 | 228 | 30 | Arkansas | 10 | 0 |
| Craig Wolfley | 73 | LOG | 6-1 | 268 | 27 | Syracuse | 13 | 13 |
| David Woodley | 19 | QB | 6-2 | 211 | 27 | Louisiana State | 9 | 6 |
| Dwayne Woodruff | 49 | LCB | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | Louisville | 12 | 10 |
| Rick Woods | 22 | LCB-FS-RCB | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Boise State | 16 | 9 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 20 | Darryl Sims | DE | Wisconsin |
| 2 | 47 | Mark Behning | T | Nebraska |
| 3 | 74 | Liffort Hobley | DB | Louisiana State |
| 4 | 101 | Dan Turk | C | Wisconsin |
| 5 | 136 | Cam Jacobs | LB | Kentucky |
| 6 | 160 | Gregg Carr | LB | Auburn |
| 7 | 187 | Alan Andrews | TE | Rutgers |
| 8 | 214 | Harry Newsome | P | Wake Forest |
| 9 | 241 | Fred Small | LB | Washington |
| 9 | 242 | Andre Harris | DB | Minnesota |
| 10 | 268 | Oliver White | TE | Kentucky |
| 11 | 300 | Terry Matichak | DB | Missouri |
| 12 | 327 | Jeff Sanchez | DB | Georgia |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 58 | 134 | 83 | 104 | 379 |
| Opponents Totals | 72 | 129 | 53 | 101 | 355 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30:52 | 315 | 125 | 165 | 25 | 91/236 38.6% | 7/13 53.8% | 85 | 665 |
| Opponents Totals | 29:08 | 273 | 105 | 144 | 24 | 71/209 34.0% | 5/12 41.7% | 89 | 679 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Anderson | 0 | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 33 | 42 | 78.6 | 0 | 139 |
| Louis Lipps | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | ||
| Walter Abercrombie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| John Stallworth | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Rich Erenberg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Frank Pollard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| David Woodley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mark Malone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Merriweather | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Weegie Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 40 | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 33 | 42 | 78.6 | 0 | 379 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 40 | 43 | 93.0 | 19 | 25 | 76.0 | 0 | 355 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Anderson | 33 | 42 | 78.6 | 0 | 52 | 1/1 | 12/13 | 14/15 | 5/9 | 1/4 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 42 | 78.6 | 0 | 52 | 1/1 | 12/13 | 14/15 | 5/9 | 1/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 25 | 76.0 | 2/2 | 2/3 | 11/12 | 4/5 | 0/3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Pollard | 233 | 991 | 4.3 | 56 | 3 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 227 | 851 | 3.7 | 32t | 7 |
| Mark Malone | 15 | 80 | 5.3 | 25 | 1 |
| David Woodley | 17 | 71 | 4.2 | 13 | 2 |
| Rich Erenberg | 17 | 67 | 3.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Todd Spencer | 13 | 56 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Scott Campbell | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Morse | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Louis Lipps | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 541 | 2177 | 4.0 | 56 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 470 | 1876 | 4.0 | 77t | 19 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Malone | 233 | 117 | 50.2 | 109 | 1428 | 6.1 | 12.2 | 45t | 13 | 5.6 | 7 | 3.0 | 10 | 80 | 1348 | 75.5 |
| David Woodley | 183 | 94 | 51.4 | 75 | 1357 | 7.4 | 14.4 | 69 | 6 | 3.3 | 14 | 7.7 | 13 | 84 | 1273 | 54.8 |
| Scott Campbell | 96 | 43 | 44.8 | 47 | 612 | 6.4 | 14.2 | 51 | 4 | 4.2 | 6 | 6.3 | 10 | 60 | 552 | 53.8 |
| Team Totals | 512 | 254 | 49.6 | 231 | 3397 | 6.6 | 13.4 | 69 | 23 | 4.5 | 27 | 5.3 | 33 | 224 | 3173 | 64.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 484 | 287 | 59.3 | 177 | 3088 | 6.4 | 10.8 | 75t | 18 | 3.7 | 20 | 4.1 | 36 | 305 | 2783 | 73.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Stallworth | 75 | 937 | 12.5 | 41 | 5 |
| Louis Lipps | 59 | 1134 | 19.2 | 51 | 12 |
| Rich Erenberg | 33 | 326 | 9.9 | 35 | 3 |
| Frank Pollard | 24 | 250 | 10.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Walter Abercrombie | 24 | 209 | 8.7 | 27 | 2 |
| Calvin Sweeney | 16 | 234 | 14.6 | 69 | 0 |
| Weegie Thompson | 8 | 138 | 17.3 | 42 | 1 |
| Preston Gothard | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Bennie Cunningham | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Todd Spencer | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 254 | 3397 | 13.4 | 69 | 23 |
| Opponents Totals | 287 | 3088 | 10.8 | 75t | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwayne Woodruff | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Eric Williams | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Donnie Shell | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Mike Merriweather | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 35t | 1 |
| John Swain | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| David Little | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Robin Cole | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 211 | 10.6 | 35t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 409 | 15.1 | 57t | 5 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Newsome | 78 | 3088 | 39.6 | 59 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 380 | 2568 | 32.5 |
| Team Totals | 79 | 3088 | 39.1 | 59 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 380 | 2568 | 32.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 86 | 3515 | 40.9 | 65 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 483 | 2832 | 32.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Lipps | 36 | 2 | 437 | 12.1 | 71t | 2 |
| Rick Woods | 13 | 2 | 46 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 49 | 4 | 483 | 9.9 | 71t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 8 | 380 | 8.8 | 31 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Spencer | 27 | 0 | 617 | 22.9 | 40 | 0 |
| Rich Erenberg | 21 | 0 | 441 | 21.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Louis Lipps | 13 | 0 | 237 | 18.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Sam Washington | 3 | 0 | 34 | 11.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Anthony Tuggle | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 65 | 0 | 1337 | 20.6 | 40 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 0 | 1566 | 24.1 | 95 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Keith Willis | 5.5 | |
| Bryan Hinkle | 5.0 | |
| Mike Merriweather | 4.0 | |
| Keith Gary | 3.0 | |
| Robin Cole | 3.0 | |
| Mark Catano | 3.0 | |
| Gary Dunn | 2.5 | |
| Darryl Sims | 2.0 | |
| John Goodman | 2.0 | |
| Rick Woods | 1.0 | |
| Edmund Nelson | 1.0 | |
| David Little | 1.0 | |
| Gregg Carr | 1.0 | |
| (Team) | 2.0 | |
| Team Totals | 36.0 | 305.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 33.0 | 224.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Abercrombie | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Campbell | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gregg Carr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Catano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Robin Cole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Dunn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Erenberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -12 | 0 | |
| Keith Gary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Preston Gothard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tunch Ilkin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Lipps | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| David Little | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Mark Malone | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 | |
| Mike Merriweather | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Morse | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Pollard | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Donnie Shell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Spencer | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Calvin Sweeney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Webster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Wolfley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Woodley | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 10 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 14 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 27 | 1 |
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