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1969 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 1-13-0, Finished 4th in NFL Century Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 218 points (15.6/g), 15th of 16 in the NFL.
 Allowed 404 points (28.9/g), 16th.
 Differential of -186 points (-13.3/g), 16th.
 Expected W-L: 2.6-11.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.6/g), 10th.

Coached by Chuck Noll (1-13-0)

1969 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 21 box W 1-0 Detroit Lions 16 13 12 237 128 109 4 14 236 156 80 4
2 Sun September 28 box L 1-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 27 41 19 355 254 101 2 19 460 318 142 2
3 Sun October 5 box L 1-2 St. Louis Cardinals 14 27 20 345 245 100 5 17 344 241 103 4
4 Sun October 12 box L 1-3 @ New York Giants 7 10 19 231 84 147 4 14 208 132 76 1
5 Sat October 18 box L 1-4 @ Cleveland Browns 31 42 20 320 183 137 8 16 283 139 144 4
6 Sun October 26 box L 1-5 Washington Redskins 7 14 17 301 130 171 2 14 214 117 97 3
7 Sun November 2 box L 1-6 Green Bay Packers 34 38 19 346 204 142 4 14 318 236 82 5
8 Sun November 9 box L 1-7 @ Chicago Bears 7 38 10 86 55 31 4 25 379 107 272 4
9 Sun November 16 box L 1-8 Cleveland Browns 3 24 15 278 107 171 4 23 390 263 127 2
10 Sun November 23 box L 1-9 @ Minnesota Vikings 14 52 10 145 97 48 5 25 329 215 114 4
11 Sun November 30 box L 1-10 @ St. Louis Cardinals 10 47 10 187 110 77 4 25 401 205 196 2
12 Sun December 7 box L 1-11 Dallas Cowboys 7 10 14 217 140 77 1 13 202 109 93 3
13 Sun December 14 box L 1-12 New York Giants 17 21 14 311 206 105 2 18 297 184 113 1
14 Sun December 21 box L 1-13 @ New Orleans Saints 24 27 11 267 141 126 23 340 247 93 2

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 218 3626 843 4.3 210 176 391 2084 17 29 4.7 115 400 1542 8 3.9 81 49 20 14
Team Defense 404 4401 898 4.9 419 227 410 2669 27 25 6.0 142 455 1732 17 3.8 260 41 16 17
Lg Rank Offense 15 14 13 9 13 13 16 13 9 11 14 11 16 15
Lg Rank Defense 16 10 13 10 12 14 3 12 11 8 13 7 4 4

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Dick Shiner 27 QB 12 9 1-8-0 97 209 46.4 1422 7 3.3 10 4.8 63 6.8 5.0 14.7 118.5 60.3 24 157 5.4 3.8 10.3
Terry Hanratty 21 qb 8 5 0-5-0 52 126 41.3 716 8 6.3 13 10.3 41 5.7 1.7 13.8 89.5 41.7 20 168 3.8 0.3 13.7
Kent Nix 25 5 0 25 53 47.2 290 2 3.8 6 11.3 47 5.5 0.8 11.6 58.0 37.2 7 39 4.2 0.0 11.7
Dick Hoak 30 HB 14 0 2 3 66.7 30 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 10.0 10.0 15.0 2.1 99.3 1 10 5.0 5.0 25.0
Team Total 25.9 14 1-13-0 176 391 45.0 2458 17 4.3 29 7.4 63 6.3 3.4 14.0 175.6 49.4 52 374 4.7 2.1 11.7
Opp Total 14 227 410 55.4 2669 27 6.6 25 6.1 6.5 4.4 11.8 190.6 71.9 33 304 6.0 3.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Dick Hoak 30 HB 14 0 151 531 2 13 3.5 37.9 10.8 20 190 9.5 1 26 1.4 13.6 721 3 4
Earl Gros 29 FB 13 0 116 343 4 16 3.0 26.4 8.9 17 131 7.7 3 20 1.3 10.1 474 7 4
Warren Bankston 22 14 0 62 259 1 15 4.2 18.5 4.4 6 6 1.0 0 8 0.4 0.4 265 1 6
Don McCall 25 13 0 30 98 0 14 3.3 7.5 2.3 2 2 1.0 0 5 0.2 0.2 100 0 1
Dick Shiner 27 QB 12 9 14 55 1 18 3.9 4.6 1.2 55 1 3
Terry Hanratty 21 qb 8 5 10 106 0 31 10.6 13.3 1.3 106 0 3
Kent Nix 25 5 0 10 70 0 20 7.0 14.0 2.0 70 0 1
Roy Jefferson*+ 26 SE 14 0 4 46 0 22 11.5 3.3 0.3 67 1079 16.1 9 63 4.8 77.1 1125 9 3
J.R. Wilburn 26 FL 10 0 2 29 0 35 14.5 2.9 0.2 20 373 18.7 0 53 2.0 37.3 402 0 0
Bob Campbell 22 RET 14 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.4 0.1 1 32 32.0 0 32 0.1 2.3 37 0 5
Jon Henderson 25 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 188 15.7 3 45 1.3 20.9 188 3 0
John Hilton 27 TE 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 231 19.3 0 34 1.1 21.0 231 0 0
Marshall Cropper 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 116 12.9 0 19 2.3 29.0 116 0 0
Bob Adams 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 80 13.3 0 19 0.4 5.7 80 0 0
Erwin Williams 22 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 14 4.7 1 6 0.3 1.6 14 1 0
Don Alley 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 16 16.0 0 16 0.1 2.0 16 0 0
Team Total 25.9 14 400 1542 8 35 3.9 110.1 28.6 176 2458 14.0 17 63 12.6 175.6 4000 25 36
Opp Total 14 455 1732 17 3.8 123.7 32.5 227 2669 11.8 27 16.2 190.6 4401 44 25

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Bob Campbell 22 RET 14 0 28 133 0 23 4.8 26 522 0 46 20.1 692
Don McCall 25 13 0 21 532 1 101 25.3 632
Roy Jefferson*+ 26 SE 14 0 4 23 0 9 5.8 4 80 0 27 20.0 1228
Warren Bankston 22 14 0 4 89 0 41 22.3 354
Sam Davis 25 12 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0
Paul Martha 27 RS 14 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0
Dick Hoak 30 HB 14 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 730
Jon Kolb 22 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Marv Woodson 28 8 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 18
Team Total 25.9 14 37 165 0 23 4.5 60 1241 1 101 20.7 5406
Opp Total 14 41 1 46 962 1 20.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Bobby Walden* 31 P 14 0 77 3254 61 0 42.3
Gene Mingo 31 K 14 0 6 5 4 1 7 4 9 2 26 12 46.2% 26 26 100.0%
Team Total 25.9 14 6 5 4 1 7 4 9 2 26 12 46.2% 26 26 100.0% 77 3254 61 0 42.3
Opp Total 14 26 17 65.4% 50 49 98.0% 65 2606 40.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Bob Adams 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Warren Bankston 22 14 0 6 0 0 0
Lee Calland 28 8 0 2 0 0 0
Bob Campbell 22 RET 14 0 5 3 0 0
Marshall Cropper 25 4 0 0 2 0 0
Sam Davis 25 12 2 2 0 0 0
Earl Gros 29 FB 13 0 4 1 0 0
Terry Hanratty 21 qb 8 5 3 0 0 0
Jerry Hillebrand 29 LLB 10 0 1 14 0 14 0 1 0 0
Chuck Hinton 30 RDT 14 0 1 7 0 7 1 3 0 0
Dick Hoak 30 HB 14 0 4 0 0 0
Bob Hohn 28 LCB 11 0 5 64 0 24 0 3 3 0
Roy Jefferson*+ 26 SE 14 0 3 1 0 0
Jon Kolb 22 14 0 0 1 0 0
Ray Mansfield 28 C 14 0 0 1 0 0
Paul Martha 27 RS 14 0 5 37 0 15 3 1 0 0
Ray May 24 MLB 14 0 2 4 0 4
Don McCall 25 13 0 1 1 0 0
Kent Nix 25 5 0 1 0 0 0
Clancy Oliver 22 9 0 0 1 0 0
Andy Russell 28 RLB 14 0 2 48 0 26
Dick Shiner 27 QB 12 9 3 1 0 0
Jim Shorter 30 RCB 14 0 3 47 0 23 0 2 50 0
Brian Stenger 22 14 0 3 36 0 19
Mike Taylor 24 LT 9 0 0 2 0 0
Bruce Van Dyke 25 RG 14 0 0 3 0 0
Lloyd Voss 27 LDE 14 0 0 2 0 0
Clarence Washington 23 13 0 0 1 0 0
Marv Woodson 28 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.9 14 25 257 0 26 36 32 53 0
Opp Total 14 52 25 9 2

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Gene Mingo 31 K 14 0 26 12 62
Roy Jefferson*+ 26 SE 14 0 9 54
Earl Gros 29 FB 13 0 4 3 42
Jon Henderson 25 9 0 3 18
Dick Hoak 30 HB 14 0 2 1 18
Warren Bankston 22 14 0 1 6
Don McCall 25 13 0 1 6
Dick Shiner 27 QB 12 9 1 6
Erwin Williams 22 9 0 1 6
Team Total 25.9 14 8 17 1 26 12 218
Opp Total 14 17 27 1 1 49 17 2 404