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1971 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 6-8-0, Finished 2nd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 246 points (17.6/g), 17th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 292 points (20.9/g), 17th.
 Differential of -46 points (-3.3/g), 16th.
 Expected W-L: 5.6-8.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.5/g), 19th.

Simple Rating System: Total -3.6, Offense: -1.8, Defense: -1.8, SoS: -0.3, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Chuck Noll

Training Camp: St. Vincent College (Latrobe, Pennsylvania)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 246 3882 867 4.5 226 214 414 2124 15 26 4.7 111 416 1758 10 4.2 98 42 16 17
Team Defense 292 4248 881 4.8 225 235 408 2766 16 17 6.3 132 440 1482 13 3.4 81 35 18 12
Lg Rank Offense 17 17 14 5 14 10 18 21 20 13 18 9 17 14
Lg Rank Defense 17 18 11 23 26 15 18 24 9 5 14 3 14 6

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 19 boxscore L 0-1 @ Chicago Bears 15 17 15 352 129 223 7 8 141 96 45 4
2 Sun September 26 boxscore W 1-1 Cincinnati Bengals 21 10 15 288 208 80 3 15 253 225 28 1
3 Sun October 3 boxscore W 2-1 San Diego Chargers 21 17 16 282 157 125 1 28 427 258 169 4
4 Sun October 10 boxscore L 2-2 @ Cleveland Browns 17 27 11 222 112 110 1 20 350 219 131 3
5 Mon October 18 boxscore L 2-3 @ Kansas City Chiefs 16 38 18 322 251 71 4 15 348 285 63 2
6 Sun October 24 boxscore W 3-3 Houston Oilers 23 16 26 419 254 165 5 19 272 180 92 2
7 Sun October 31 boxscore L 3-4 @ Baltimore Colts 21 34 14 181 155 26 2 19 383 312 71 2
8 Sun November 7 boxscore W 4-4 Cleveland Browns 26 9 21 393 163 230 1 11 210 81 129 3
9 Sun November 14 boxscore L 4-5 @ Miami Dolphins 21 24 17 288 219 69 4 11 309 189 120 4
10 Sun November 21 boxscore W 5-5 New York Giants 17 13 11 175 60 115 22 419 273 146 3
11 Sun November 28 boxscore L 5-6 Denver Broncos 10 22 12 225 67 158 3 14 276 150 126 2
12 Sun December 5 boxscore L 5-7 @ Houston Oilers 3 29 10 132 59 73 3 15 275 128 147
13 Sun December 12 boxscore W 6-7 @ Cincinnati Bengals 21 13 16 272 146 126 3 14 348 222 126 5
14 Sun December 19 boxscore L 6-8 Los Angeles Rams 14 23 24 331 144 187 5 14 237 148 89

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
12 Terry Bradshaw 23 QB 14 13 5-8-0 203 373 54.4 2259 13 3.5 22 5.9 49 6.1 4.1 11.1 161.4 59.7 33 287 4.86 3.06 8.1 3 3
5 Terry Hanratty 23 qb 6 1 1-0-0 7 29 24.1 159 2 6.9 3 10.3 40 5.5 2.2 22.7 26.5 33.3 3 32 3.97 1.00 9.4
16 Bob Leahy 24 1 0 3 11 27.3 18 0 0.0 1 9.1 9 1.6 -2.5 6.0 18.0 1.7 1 3 1.25 -2.50 8.3
39 Bobby Walden 33 P 14 0 1 1 100.0 10 0 0.0 0 0.0 10 10.0 10.0 10.0 0.7 108.3 0 0 10.00 10.00 0.0
Team Total 25.3 14 6-8-0 214 414 51.7 2446 15 3.6 26 6.3 49 5.9 3.8 11.4 174.7 55.7 37 322 4.71 2.78 8.2 3 3
Opp Total 14 235 408 57.6 3060 16 3.9 17 4.2 7.5 6.41 13.0 218.6 77.0 33 294 6.3 5.3 7.5

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
33 John Fuqua 25 FB 12 0 155 625 4 30 4.0 52.1 12.9 49 427 8.7 1 40 4.1 35.6 1052 5 4
26 Preston Pearson 26 RB 14 0 131 605 0 29 4.6 43.2 9.4 20 246 12.3 2 41 1.4 17.6 851 2 7
46 Warren Bankston 24 14 0 70 274 0 30 3.9 19.6 5.0 17 148 8.7 0 31 1.2 10.6 422 0 5
12 Terry Bradshaw 23 QB 14 13 53 247 5 39 4.7 17.6 3.8 247 5 7
25 Ron Shanklin 23 WR 14 0 2 1 0 2 0.5 0.1 0.1 49 652 13.3 6 42 3.5 46.6 653 6 1
88 Dave L. Smith 24 WR 14 0 1 -10 0 -10 -10.0 -0.7 0.1 47 663 14.1 5 49 3.4 47.4 653 5 1
2 Jon Staggers 23 PR 14 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.4 0.1 8 103 12.9 0 20 0.6 7.4 108 0 3
5 Terry Hanratty 23 qb 6 1 1 3 1 3 3.0 0.5 0.2 3 1 0
16 Bob Leahy 24 1 0 1 -6 0 -6 -6.0 -6.0 1.0 -6 0 2
39 Bobby Walden 33 P 14 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 1.0 0.1 14 0 1
85 Bob Adams 25 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 160 8.0 0 21 1.4 11.4 160 0 1
43 Frank Lewis 24 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 44 14.7 0 22 0.3 4.9 44 0 1
87 Larry Brown 22 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 3 3.0 1 3 0.1 0.2 3 1 0
Team Total 25.3 14 416 1758 10 39 4.2 125.6 29.7 214 2446 11.4 15 49 15.3 174.7 4204 25 37
Opp Total 14 440 1482 13 3.4 105.9 31.4 235 2766 11.8 16 16.8 197.6 4248 29 27

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
2 Jon Staggers 23 PR 14 0 31 262 1 67 8.5 10 261 0 47 26.1 631
36 Jim Brumfield 24 KR 14 0 12 271 0 35 22.6 271
27 Glen Edwards 24 FS 8 6 1 0 0 0 0.0 9 198 0 28 22.0 198
26 Preston Pearson 26 RB 14 0 7 205 0 77 29.3 1056
46 Warren Bankston 24 14 0 5 76 0 23 15.2 498
47 Mel Blount 23 RCB 14 9 4 76 0 35 19.0 76
23 Mike Wagner 22 SS 12 0 2 2 0 2 1.0 2
20 Rocky Bleier 25 6 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 21
50 Jim Clack 24 14 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
33 John Fuqua 25 FB 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1052
Team Total 25.3 14 35 264 1 67 7.5 49 1120 0 77 22.9 5588
Opp Total 14 45 0 45 1002 0 22.3

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
39 Bobby Walden 33 P 14 0 79 3455 57 0 43.7
10 Roy Gerela 23 K 14 0 6 5 7 5 7 4 6 3 1 27 17 63.0% 27 27 100.0%
Team Total 25.3 14 6 5 7 5 7 4 6 3 1 27 17 63.0% 27 27 100.0% 79 3455 57 0 43.7
Opp Total 14 35 22 62.9% 32 30 93.8% 77 3196 41.5

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
12 Terry Bradshaw 23 QB 14 13 0 7 4 -2 0
26 Preston Pearson 26 RB 14 0 0 7 3 0 1
46 Warren Bankston 24 14 0 0 5 1 0 0
85 Bob Adams 25 TE 14 0 0 1 4 15 0
58 Chuck Allen 32 MLB 10 0 3 45 0 29 0 0 0 2 0 0
68 L.C. Greenwood 25 LDE 14 14 0 0 5 0 0
33 John Fuqua 25 FB 12 0 0 4 0 0 0
48 John Rowser 27 LCB 12 0 4 94 1 70 0
2 Jon Staggers 23 PR 14 0 0 3 1 0 0
47 Mel Blount 23 RCB 14 9 2 16 0 16 0 0 1 0 0 0
44 Lee Calland 30 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
75 Joe Greene* 25 LDT 14 14 0 0 3 3 0
59 Jack Ham 23 LLB 14 14 2 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0
16 Bob Leahy 24 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
23 Mike Wagner 22 SS 12 0 2 53 0 27 0 0 1 0 0 0
39 Bobby Walden 33 P 14 0 0 1 2 -7 0
36 Jim Brumfield 24 KR 14 0 0 1 1 0 0
43 Frank Lewis 24 9 0 0 1 1 0 0
34 Andy Russell* 30 RLB 14 0 0 0 2 3 0
61 Brian Stenger 24 14 0 0 0 2 8 0
49 Ralph Anderson 22 7 0 1 14 0 14 0
50 Jim Clack 24 14 0 0 1 0 -32 0
27 Glen Edwards 24 FS 8 6 1 20 0 20 0
25 Ron Shanklin 23 WR 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
88 Dave L. Smith 24 WR 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
65 Lloyd Voss 29 RDT 13 0 0 0 1 0 0
78 Dwight White 22 RDE 14 0 0 0 1 4 0
Team Total 25.3 14 17 246 1 70 0 0 37 36 -2 1
Opp Total 14 37 27 9 2

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
10 Roy Gerela 23 K 14 0 27 17 78
25 Ron Shanklin 23 WR 14 0 6 6 36
12 Terry Bradshaw 23 QB 14 13 5 5 30
33 John Fuqua 25 FB 12 0 4 1 5 30
88 Dave L. Smith 24 WR 14 0 5 5 30
26 Preston Pearson 26 RB 14 0 2 1 3 18
87 Larry Brown 22 13 0 1 1 6
5 Terry Hanratty 23 qb 6 1 1 1 6
48 John Rowser 27 LCB 12 0 1 1 6
2 Jon Staggers 23 PR 14 0 1 1 6
Team Total 25.3 14 10 15 1 1 1 28 27 17 246
Opp Total 14 13 16 30 22 2 292