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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)

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Drafted Players

Draft Index · Full 1971 Draft Results
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos Yrs From To AP1 PB St CarAV 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 60 155 12 146 1 397 6724 40 Grambling St.
2 34 PIT Jack Ham HOF LB 12 1971 1982 6 8 12 128 162 Penn St.
3 60 PIT Steve Davis RB 5 1972 1976 0 0 1 13 65 322 1305 9 33 301 2 Delaware St.
4 86 PIT Gerry Mullins G 9 1971 1979 0 0 5 37 124 2 10 2 USC
4 104 PIT Dwight White DE 10 1971 1980 0 2 8 64 126 Texas A&M-Commerce
5 106 PIT Larry Brown T 14 1971 1984 0 1 9 68 167 48 636 5 Kansas
5 112 PIT Mel Holmes G 3 1971 1973 0 0 0 2 29 North Carolina A&T
5 126 PIT Ralph Anderson DB 3 1971 1973 0 0 2 19 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 7 47 Oregon St.
7 164 PIT Worthy McClure T 0 0 0 Mississippi
8 184 PIT Larry Crowe RB 2 1972 1975 0 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 40 84 Texas Southern
9 216 PIT Mike Anderson LB 0 0 0 LSU
10 242 PIT Jim O'Shea TE 0 0 0 Boston Col.
11 268 PIT Mike Wagner DB 10 1971 1980 0 2 8 63 119 West. Illinois
13 320 PIT Al Young WR 2 1971 1972 0 0 0 1 15 6 86 0 South Carolina St.
14 346 PIT McKinney Evans DB 0 0 0 New Mex. Highlands
15 372 PIT Ray Makin G 0 0 0 Kentucky
16 398 PIT Walter Huntley DB 0 0 0
17 424 PIT Danny Ehle RB 0 0 0 Howard Payne