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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 347 points (24.8/g), 4th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 210 points (15.0/g), 8th.
Differential of 137 points (9.8/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 10.7-3.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +15 (1.1/g), 2nd.
Simple Rating System: Total 7.6, Offense: 4.2, Defense: 3.5, SoS: -1.0, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Chuck Noll (10-4-0)
Defensive Coordinator: Bud Carson
Training Camp: St. Vincent College (Latrobe, Pennsylvania)
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 16 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | Detroit Lions | 24 | 10 | 29 | 395 | 154 | 241 | 2 | 17 | 301 | 193 | 108 | 3 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 23 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | Cleveland Browns | 33 | 6 | 14 | 369 | 173 | 196 | 1 | 16 | 208 | 124 | 84 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 30 | boxscore | W | 3-0 | @ | Houston Oilers | 36 | 7 | 14 | 255 | 130 | 125 | 3 | 13 | 178 | 115 | 63 | 5 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 7 | boxscore | W | 4-0 | San Diego Chargers | 38 | 21 | 15 | 286 | 132 | 154 | 5 | 20 | 348 | 181 | 167 | 6 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 14 | boxscore | L | 4-1 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 7 | 19 | 6 | 138 | 67 | 71 | 3 | 19 | 250 | 78 | 172 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 21 | boxscore | W | 5-1 | New York Jets | 26 | 14 | 19 | 360 | 146 | 214 | 2 | 9 | 118 | 46 | 72 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 28 | boxscore | W | 6-1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 20 | 13 | 10 | 242 | 156 | 86 | 4 | 17 | 318 | 217 | 101 | 5 | ||
| 8 | Mon | November 5 | boxscore | W | 7-1 | Washington Redskins | 21 | 16 | 18 | 255 | 102 | 153 | 4 | 14 | 190 | 73 | 117 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 11 | boxscore | W | 8-1 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 17 | 9 | 8 | 194 | 82 | 112 | 1 | 26 | 395 | 223 | 172 | 5 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 18 | boxscore | L | 8-2 | Denver Broncos | 13 | 23 | 12 | 300 | 217 | 83 | 3 | 20 | 257 | 73 | 184 | |||
| 11 | Sun | November 25 | boxscore | L | 8-3 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 21 | 16 | 380 | 210 | 170 | 2 | 10 | 250 | 146 | 104 | 4 | |
| 12 | Mon | December 3 | boxscore | L | 8-4 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 26 | 30 | 19 | 268 | 90 | 178 | 6 | 8 | 189 | 66 | 123 | 2 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 9 | boxscore | W | 9-4 | Houston Oilers | 33 | 7 | 19 | 320 | 132 | 188 | 4 | 5 | 83 | 25 | 58 | 9 | ||
| 14 | Sat | December 15 | boxscore | W | 10-4 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 37 | 14 | 18 | 308 | 136 | 172 | 16 | 239 | 112 | 127 | 6 | ||
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | December 22 | boxscore | L | 10-5 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 33 | 15 | 223 | 158 | 65 | 3 | 24 | 361 | 129 | 232 | ||