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.

Coached by Chuck Noll (6-8-0)

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1971 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

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

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	369	235	408	2766	16	17	6.3	132	440	1482	13	3.4	225	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			18		23	26	15	18	19		9	5	14	3		14	6

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	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%
Terry Bradshaw	23	QB	14	13	203	373	54.4	2259	13	3.5	22	5.9	49	6.1	3.8	11.1	161.4	59.7	33	287	4.9	2.7	8.1
Terry Hanratty	23		6	1	7	29	24.1	159	2	6.9	3	10.3	40	5.5	1.5	22.7	26.5	33.3	3	32	4.0	0.4	9.4
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	1.3	-2.5	8.3
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	10.0	10.0	0.0
Team Total	25.3		14		214	414	51.7	2446	15	3.6	26	6.3	49	5.9	3.4	11.4	174.7	55.7	37	322	4.7	2.4	8.2
Opp Total			14		235	408	57.6	2766	16	3.9	17	4.2		6.8	5.3	11.8	197.6	74.0	33	294	6.3	4.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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
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
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
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
Terry Bradshaw	23	QB	14	13	53	247	5	39	4.7	17.6	3.8								247	5	7
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
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
Jon Staggers	23	RET	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
Terry Hanratty	23		6	1	1	3	1	3	3.0	0.5	0.2								3	1	0
Bob Leahy	24		1	0	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-6.0	1.0								-6	0	2
Bobby Walden	33	P	14	0	1	14	0	14	14.0	1.0	0.1								14	0	1
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
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
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Jon Staggers	23	RET	14	0	31	262	1	67	8.5	10	261	0	47	26.1	631
Jim Brumfield	24	RET	14	0						12	271	0	35	22.6	271
Glen Edwards	24	FS	8	6	1	0	0	0	0.0	9	198	0	28	22.0	198
Preston Pearson	26	RB	14	0						7	205	0	77	29.3	1056
Warren Bankston	24		14	0						5	76	0	23	15.2	498
Mel Blount	23	RCB	14	9						4	76	0	35	19.0	76
Mike Wagner	22	SS	12	0	2	2	0	2	1.0						2
Rocky Bleier	25		6	0						1	21	0	21	21.0	21
Jim Clack	24	c	14	0						1	12	0	12	12.0	12
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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	33	P	14	0																	79	3455	57	0	43.7
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Bob Adams	25	TE	14	0								1	4	15	0
Chuck Allen	32	MLB	10	0		3	45	0	29			0	2	0	0
Ralph Anderson	22		7	0		1	14	0	14
Warren Bankston	24		14	0								5	1	0	0
Mel Blount	23	RCB	14	9		2	16	0	16			1	0	0	0
Terry Bradshaw	23	QB	14	13								7	4	-2	0
Jim Brumfield	24	RET	14	0								1	1	0	0
Lee Calland	30	rcb	13	0		2	0	0	0			0	1	6	0
Jim Clack	24	c	14	0								1	0	-32	0
Glen Edwards	24	FS	8	6		1	20	0	20
John Fuqua	25	FB	12	0								4	0	0	0
Joe Greene*	25	LDT	14	14								0	3	3	0
L.C. Greenwood	25	LDE	14	14								0	5	0	0
Jack Ham	23	LLB	14	14		2	4	0	4			0	1	0	0
Bob Leahy	24		1	0								2	1	0	0
Frank Lewis	24		9	0								1	1	0	0
Preston Pearson	26	RB	14	0								7	3	0	1
John Rowser	27	LCB	12	0		4	94	1	70
Andy Russell*	30	RLB	14	0								0	2	3	0
Ron Shanklin	23	WR	14	0								1	0	0	0
Dave L. Smith	24	WR	14	0								1	0	0	0
Jon Staggers	23	RET	14	0								3	1	0	0
Brian Stenger	24		14	0								0	2	8	0
Lloyd Voss	29	RDT	13	0								0	1	0	0
Mike Wagner	22	SS	12	0		2	53	0	27			1	0	0	0
Bobby Walden	33	P	14	0								1	2	-7	0
Dwight White	22	RDE	14	0								0	1	4	0
Team Total	25.3		14			17	246	1	70			37	36	-2	1
Opp Total			14		37							27	9					2

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	FblTD	IntTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Roy Gerela	23	K	14	0						27	17		78
Ron Shanklin	23	WR	14	0		6							36
Terry Bradshaw	23	QB	14	13	5								30
John Fuqua	25	FB	12	0	4	1							30
Dave L. Smith	24	WR	14	0		5							30
Preston Pearson	26	RB	14	0		2		1					18
Larry Brown	22		13	0		1							6
Terry Hanratty	23		6	1	1								6
John Rowser	27	LCB	12	0					1				6
Jon Staggers	23	RET	14	0			1						6
Team Total	25.3		14		10	15	1	1	1	27	17		246
Opp Total			14		13	16				30	22	2	292

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