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1973 Pittsburgh Steelers
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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.
Coached by Chuck Noll (10-4-0)
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1973 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Terry Bradshaw | 25 | 3 | 9 | 89 for 180, 1,183 yards, 10 td, 15 int, & 34 rushes for 145 yards and 3 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 1st pick / 1970 |
| RB | Franco Harris* | 23 | 1 | 12 | 188 rushes for 698 yards, 3 td, & 10 catches for 69 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 13th pick / 1972 |
| FB | Preston Pearson | 28 | 6 | 0 | 132 rushes for 554 yards, 2 td, & 11 catches for 173 yards and 2 td | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 298th pick / 1967 |
| WR | Frank Lewis | 26 | 2 | 9 | 23 catches for 409 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for -1 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 8th pick / 1971 |
| WR | Ron Shanklin* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 30 catches for 711 yards, 10 td, & 3 rushes for 1 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 28th pick / 1970 |
| TE | John McMakin | 23 | 1 | 0 | 13 catches for 195 yards, 1 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1972 |
| LT | Jon Kolb | 26 | 4 | 14 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 56th pick / 1969 |
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| LG | Sam Davis | 29 | 6 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| C | Ray Mansfield | 32 | 10 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 18th pick / 1963 |
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| C | Jim Clack | 26 | 2 | 0 | ||
| RG | Bruce Van Dyke* | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 15th / 133rd pick / 1966 |
| RT | Glen Ray Hines | 30 | 7 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 82nd pick / 1965 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | L.C. Greenwood* | 27 | 4 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 238th pick / 1969 |
| LDT | Joe Greene*+ | 27 | 4 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 4th pick / 1969 |
| RDT | Ernie Holmes | 25 | 1 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 203rd pick / 1971 |
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| RDE | Dwight White* | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 104th pick / 1971 |
| LLB | Jack Ham* | 25 | 2 | 13 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1971 |
| MLB | Henry Davis | 31 | 5 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 11th / 288th pick / 1968 |
| RLB | Andy Russell* | 32 | 10 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 16th / 220th pick / 1963 |
| LCB | John Rowser | 29 | 6 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 78th pick / 1967 |
| RCB | Mel Blount | 25 | 3 | 14 | 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1970 |
| SS | Mike Wagner | 24 | 2 | 0 | 8 interceptions, 5 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 11th / 268th pick / 1971 |
| FS | Glen Edwards | 26 | 2 | 14 | 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Roy Gerela | 25 | 4 | 0 | 29 of 43 field goals & 36 of 37 extra points | Houston Oilers / 4th / 96th pick / 1969 |
| P | Bobby Walden | 35 | 9 | 0 | 62 punts for a 41.1 average, 1 blocked | Houston Oilers / 4th / 32nd pick / 1961 |
| PR | Glen Edwards | 26 | 2 | 14 | 34 punt returns for a 9.9 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Preston Pearson | 28 | 6 | 0 | 16 kick returns for a 19.2 average and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 298th pick / 1967 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Rocky Bleier | 27 | RB | 12 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 3/5/1946 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 16th / 417th pick / 1968 |
| Mel Blount | 25 | DB | 14 | 14 | 205 | 6-3 | Southern | 4/10/1948 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1970 |
| Ed Bradley | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 239 | 6-2 | Wake Forest | 4/22/1950 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 88th pick / 1972 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 25 | QB | 10 | 9 | 215 | 6-3 | Louisiana Tech | 9/2/1948 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 1st pick / 1970 |
| Larry Brown | 24 | T-TE | 14 | 1 | 246 | 6-4 | Kansas | 6/16/1949 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 106th pick / 1971 |
| Jim Clack | 26 | C-G | 12 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Wake Forest | 10/26/1947 | 2 | |
| Dave Davis | 25 | WR | 2 | 0 | 175 | 6-0 | Tennessee State | 7/5/1948 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 168th pick / 1971 |
| Henry Davis | 31 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Grambling State | 11/8/1942 | 5 | New York Giants / 11th / 288th pick / 1968 |
| Sam Davis | 29 | G | 12 | 12 | 255 | 6-1 | Allen | 7/5/1944 | 6 | |
| Steve Davis | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-1 | Delaware State | 11/10/1948 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 60th pick / 1971 |
| John Dockery | 29 | DB | 10 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Harvard | 9/6/1944 | 5 | |
| Glen Edwards | 26 | DB | 14 | 14 | 185 | 6-0 | Florida A&M | 7/31/1947 | 2 | |
| John Fuqua | 27 | RB | 11 | 0 | 205 | 5-11 | Morgan State | 9/12/1946 | 4 | New York Giants / 11th / 273rd pick / 1969 |
| Steve Furness | 23 | DT-DE | 6 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Rhode Island | 12/5/1950 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 113th pick / 1972 |
| Roy Gerela | 25 | K | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | New Mexico State | 4/2/1948 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 96th pick / 1969 |
| Joe Gilliam | 23 | QB | 5 | 1 | 187 | 6-2 | Tennessee State | 12/29/1950 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 11th / 273rd pick / 1972 |
| Gordon Gravelle | 24 | T | 6 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | BYU | 6/12/1949 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 38th pick / 1972 |
| Joe Greene*+ | 27 | DT | 14 | 13 | 275 | 6-4 | North Texas | 9/24/1946 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 4th pick / 1969 |
| L.C. Greenwood* | 27 | DE | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-6 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 9/8/1946 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 238th pick / 1969 |
| Jack Ham* | 25 | LB | 13 | 13 | 225 | 6-1 | Penn State | 12/23/1948 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1971 |
| Craig Hanneman | 24 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Oregon State | 7/1/1949 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 138th pick / 1971 |
| Terry Hanratty | 25 | QB | 9 | 4 | 210 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 1/19/1948 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1969 |
| Franco Harris* | 23 | RB | 12 | 12 | 230 | 6-2 | Penn State | 3/7/1950 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 13th pick / 1972 |
| Glen Ray Hines | 30 | T | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Arkansas | 10/26/1943 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 82nd pick / 1965 |
| Ernie Holmes | 25 | DT-NT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Texas Southern | 7/11/1948 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 203rd pick / 1971 |
| Mel Holmes | 23 | G-T | 1 | 0 | 251 | 6-3 | North Carolina A&T | 1/22/1950 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 112th pick / 1971 |
| Tom Keating | 31 | DT | 12 | 0 | 247 | 6-2 | Michigan | 9/2/1942 | 9 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 34th pick / 1964 |
| Jon Kolb | 26 | T-C | 14 | 14 | 262 | 6-2 | Oklahoma State | 8/30/1947 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 56th pick / 1969 |
| Frank Lewis | 26 | WR | 9 | 9 | 196 | 6-1 | Grambling State | 7/4/1947 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 8th pick / 1971 |
| Ray Mansfield | 32 | C-DT-LB | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Washington | 1/21/1941 | 10 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 18th pick / 1963 |
| John McMakin | 23 | TE | 14 | 0 | 232 | 6-3 | Clemson | 9/24/1950 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1972 |
| Dennis Meyer | 23 | DB | 11 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | Arkansas State | 4/8/1950 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 143rd pick / 1972 |
| Gerry Mullins | 24 | G-T | 13 | 0 | 244 | 6-3 | USC | 8/24/1949 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 86th pick / 1971 |
| Barry Pearson | 23 | WR | 13 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Northwestern | 2/4/1950 | 1 | |
| Preston Pearson | 28 | RB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Illinois | 1/17/1945 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 298th pick / 1967 |
| John Rowser | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Michigan | 4/24/1944 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 78th pick / 1967 |
| Andy Russell* | 32 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Missouri | 10/29/1941 | 10 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 16th / 220th pick / 1963 |
| Glenn Scolnik | 22 | WR | 1 | 0 | 204 | 6-3 | Indiana | 6/16/1951 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 154th pick / 1973 |
| Ron Shanklin* | 25 | WR | 13 | 0 | 183 | 6-1 | North Texas | 1/21/1948 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 28th pick / 1970 |
| J.T. Thomas | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 196 | 6-2 | Florida State | 4/22/1951 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 24th pick / 1973 |
| Loren Toews | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | California | 11/3/1951 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 192nd pick / 1973 |
| Bruce Van Dyke* | 29 | G | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Missouri | 8/6/1944 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 15th / 133rd pick / 1966 |
| Mike Wagner | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Western Illinois | 6/22/1949 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 11th / 268th pick / 1971 |
| Bobby Walden | 35 | P | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Georgia | 3/9/1938 | 9 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 32nd pick / 1961 |
| George Webster | 28 | LB | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 11/25/1945 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 5th pick / 1967 |
| Dwight White* | 24 | DE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 7/30/1949 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 104th pick / 1971 |
| Dave L. Williams | 28 | WR-SE | 1 | 0 | 207 | 6-2 | Washington | 8/10/1945 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 16th pick / 1967 |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 14 | 222.6 | 6-2.0 | 3.4 |