Sidney Thornton
Position: RB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: September 2, 1954 in New Orleans, LA
College: NW State (LA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2nd round (48th overall) of the 1977 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 14 (5899th overall since 1950)
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1979 Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1979-09-03 | 25-001 | PIT | @ | NWE | W 16-13 | 12 | 44 | 3.67 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 13.67 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | 2 | 1979-09-09 | 25-007 | PIT | HOU | W 38-7 | 7 | 20 | 2.86 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1979-09-16 | 25-014 | PIT | @ | STL | W 24-21 | 7 | 28 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1979-09-23 | 25-021 | PIT | BAL | W 17-13 | 13 | 129 | 9.92 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 5 | 1979-09-30 | 25-028 | PIT | @ | PHI | L 14-17 | 16 | 88 | 5.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1979-10-07 | 25-035 | PIT | @ | CLE | W 51-35 | 18 | 98 | 5.44 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | 7 | 1979-10-14 | 25-042 | PIT | @ | CIN | L 10-34 | 6 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 1979-10-22 | 25-050 | PIT | DEN | W 42-7 | 9 | 27 | 3.00 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 11.25 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |
| 9 | 9 | 1979-10-28 | 25-056 | PIT | DAL | W 14-3 | 14 | 68 | 4.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 10 | 1979-11-04 | 25-063 | PIT | WAS | W 38-7 | 6 | 13 | 2.17 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 16 | 1979-12-16 | 25-105 | PIT | BUF | W 28-0 | 10 | 51 | 5.10 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 27.50 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 11 Games | 118 | 585 | 4.96 | 6 | 16 | 231 | 14.44 | 4 | 10 | 60 | |||||||
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | |||
| 1 | 17 | 1979-12-30 | 25-119 | PIT | MIA | W 34-14 | 12 | 52 | 4.33 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 11.33 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | 18 | 1980-01-06 | 25-126 | PIT | HOU | W 27-13 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 19 | 1980-01-20 | 25-140 | PIT | N | RAM | W 31-19 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 Games | 17 | 55 | 3.24 | 1 | 4 | 56 | 14.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||