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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
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 8 | PIT | Frank Lewis | WR | 13 | 1971 | 1983 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 155 | 12 | 146 | 1 | 397 | 6724 | 40 | Grambling State | |||||
| 2 | 34 | PIT | Jack Ham HOF | LB | 12 | 1971 | 1982 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 162 | Penn State | |||||||||||
| 3 | 60 | PIT | Steve Davis | RB | 5 | 1972 | 1976 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 322 | 1305 | 9 | 33 | 301 | 2 | Delaware State | |||||
| 4 | 86 | PIT | Gerry Mullins | G | 9 | 1971 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 124 | 2 | 10 | 2 | USC | ||||||||
| 4 | 104 | PIT | Dwight White | DE | 10 | 1971 | 1980 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 126 | Texas A&M-Commerce | |||||||||||
| 5 | 106 | PIT | Larry Brown | T | 14 | 1971 | 1984 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 167 | 48 | 636 | 5 | Kansas | ||||||||
| 5 | 112 | PIT | Mel Holmes | G | 3 | 1971 | 1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | North Carolina A&T | |||||||||||
| 5 | 126 | PIT | Ralph Anderson | DB | 3 | 1971 | 1973 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | West Texas A&M | |||||||||||
| 5 | 128 | PIT | Fred Brister | LB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mississippi | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 138 | PIT | Craig Hanneman | DE | 4 | 1972 | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | Oregon State | |||||||||||
| 7 | 164 | PIT | Worthy McClure | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mississippi | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | 184 | PIT | Larry Crowe | RB | 2 | 1972 | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Texas Southern | ||||||||
| 8 | 190 | PIT | Paul Rogers | K | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nebraska | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | 203 | PIT | Ernie Holmes | DT | 7 | 1972 | 1978 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 84 | Texas Southern | |||||||||||
| 9 | 216 | PIT | Mike Anderson | LB | 0 | 0 | 0 | LSU | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | 242 | PIT | Jim O'Shea | TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | Boston College | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | 268 | PIT | Mike Wagner | DB | 10 | 1971 | 1980 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 119 | Western Illinois | |||||||||||
| 13 | 320 | PIT | Al Young | WR | 2 | 1971 | 1972 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 86 | 0 | South Carolina State | ||||||||
| 14 | 346 | PIT | McKinney Evans | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | New Mexico Highlands | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | 372 | PIT | Ray Makin | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kentucky | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | 398 | PIT | Walter Huntley | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Trinity (TX) | |||||||||||||||
| 17 | 424 | PIT | Danny Ehle | RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Howard Payne | |||||||||||||||