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1974 Pittsburgh Steelers
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Record: 10-3-1, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
1974 Super Bowl Champions
Scored 305 points (21.8/g), 6th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 189 points (13.5/g), 2nd.
Differential of 116 points (8.3/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 10.6-3.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.5/g), 5th.
Simple Rating System: Total 6.8, Offense: 2.3, Defense: 4.5, SoS: -1.5, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Chuck Noll
Defensive Coordinator: Bud Carson
Training Camp: St. Vincent College (Latrobe, Pennsylvania)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Terry Bradshaw | 26 | 4 | 7 | 67 for 148, 785 yards, 7 td, 8 int, & 34 rushes for 224 yards and 2 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 1st pick / 1970 |
| RB | Rocky Bleier | 28 | 6 | 0 | 88 rushes for 373 yards, 2 td, & 7 catches for 87 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 16th / 417th pick / 1968 |
| FB | Franco Harris* | 24 | 2 | 12 | 208 rushes for 1,006 yards, 5 td, & 23 catches for 200 yards and 1 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 13th pick / 1972 |
| WR | Frank Lewis | 27 | 3 | 12 | 30 catches for 365 yards, 4 td, & 2 rushes for 25 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 8th pick / 1971 |
| WR | Ron Shanklin | 26 | 4 | 0 | 19 catches for 324 yards, 1 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 28th pick / 1970 |
| TE | Larry Brown | 25 | 3 | 12 | 17 catches for 190 yards, 1 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 106th pick / 1971 |
| LT | Jon Kolb | 27 | 5 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 56th pick / 1969 |
| LG | Sam Davis | 30 | 7 | 11 | ||
| C | Ray Mansfield | 33 | 11 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 18th pick / 1963 Denver Broncos / 5th / 37th pick / 1963 |
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| RG | Gerry Mullins | 25 | 3 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 86th pick / 1971 | |
| RT | Gordon Gravelle | 25 | 2 | 13 | 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 38th pick / 1972 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | L.C. Greenwood*+ | 28 | 5 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 238th pick / 1969 |
| LDT | Joe Greene*+ | 28 | 5 | 14 | 1 interception, 4 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 4th pick / 1969 |
| RDT | Ernie Holmes | 26 | 2 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 203rd pick / 1971 | |
| RDE | Dwight White | 25 | 3 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 104th pick / 1971 | |
| LLB | Jack Ham*+ | 26 | 3 | 14 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1971 |
| MLB | Jack Lambert | 22 | Rook | 14 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 46th pick / 1974 |
| RLB | Andy Russell* | 33 | 11 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 16th / 220th pick / 1963 |
| LCB | J.T. Thomas | 23 | 1 | 14 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 24th pick / 1973 |
| RCB | Mel Blount | 26 | 4 | 13 | 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1970 |
| SS | Mike Wagner | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 11th / 268th pick / 1971 |
| FS | Glen Edwards | 27 | 3 | 14 | 5 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Roy Gerela* | 26 | 5 | 0 | 20 of 29 field goals & 33 of 35 extra points | Houston Oilers / 4th / 96th pick / 1969 |
| P | Bobby Walden | 36 | 10 | 0 | 78 punts for a 39.0 average, 0 blocked | Houston Oilers / 4th / 32nd pick / 1961 |
| PR | Lynn Swann | 22 | Rook | 2 | 41 punt returns for a 14.1 average and 1 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 21st pick / 1974 |
| KR | Steve Davis | 26 | 2 | 0 | 12 kick returns for a 22.4 average and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 60th pick / 1971 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | Jimmy Allen | 22 | db | 14 | 1 | 194 | 6-2 | Pierce College (CA),UCLA | 3/6/1952 | Rook | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 100th pick / 1974 |
| 20 | Rocky Bleier | 28 | RB | 12 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 3/5/1946 | 6 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 16th / 417th pick / 1968 |
| 47 | Mel Blount | 26 | RCB | 13 | 13 | 205 | 6-3 | Southern | 4/10/1948 | 4 | 9 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1970 |
| 38 | Ed Bradley | 24 | 10 | 0 | 239 | 6-2 | Wake Forest | 4/22/1950 | 2 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 88th pick / 1972 | |
| 12 | Terry Bradshaw | 26 | QB | 8 | 7 | 215 | 6-3 | Louisiana Tech | 9/2/1948 | 4 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 1st pick / 1970 |
| 87 | Larry Brown | 25 | TE | 14 | 12 | 246 | 6-4 | Kansas | 6/16/1949 | 3 | 9 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 106th pick / 1971 |
| 50 | Jim Clack | 27 | 13 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Wake Forest | 10/26/1947 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 22 | Dick Conn | 23 | 12 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Georgia | 1/9/1951 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 77 | Charles Davis | 23 | 14 | 0 | 269 | 6-1 | TCU | 11/17/1951 | Rook | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 229th pick / 1974 | |
| 57 | Sam Davis | 30 | LG | 11 | 11 | 255 | 6-1 | Allen | 7/5/1944 | 7 | 5 | |
| 35 | Steve Davis | 26 | KR | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-1 | Delaware St. | 11/10/1948 | 2 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 60th pick / 1971 |
| 73 | Rich Druschel | 22 | 11 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | North Carolina St. | 1/15/1952 | Rook | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 150th pick / 1974 | |
| 27 | Glen Edwards | 27 | FS | 14 | 14 | 185 | 6-0 | Florida A&M | 7/31/1947 | 3 | 10 | |
| 33 | John Fuqua | 28 | 9 | 0 | 205 | 5-11 | Morgan St. | 9/12/1946 | 5 | 2 | New York Giants / 11th / 273rd pick / 1969 | |
| 64 | Steve Furness | 24 | dt | 14 | 1 | 255 | 6-4 | Rhode Island | 12/5/1950 | 2 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 113th pick / 1972 |
| 86 | Reggie Garrett | 23 | 14 | 0 | 172 | 6-1 | New Mex. Highlands | 11/22/1951 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 10 | Roy Gerela* | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | New Mexico St. | 4/2/1948 | 5 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 96th pick / 1969 |
| 17 | Joe Gilliam | 24 | qb | 9 | 6 | 187 | 6-2 | Tennessee St. | 12/29/1950 | 2 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 11th / 273rd pick / 1972 |
| 71 | Gordon Gravelle | 25 | RT | 14 | 13 | 250 | 6-5 | BYU | 6/12/1949 | 2 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 38th pick / 1972 |
| 75 | Joe Greene*+ | 28 | LDT | 14 | 14 | 275 | 6-4 | North Texas | 9/24/1946 | 5 | 18 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 4th pick / 1969 |
| 68 | L.C. Greenwood*+ | 28 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-6 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 9/8/1946 | 5 | 17 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 238th pick / 1969 |
| 84 | Randy Grossman | 22 | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-1 | Temple | 9/20/1952 | Rook | 3 | ||
| 59 | Jack Ham*+ | 26 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 225 | 6-1 | Penn St. | 12/23/1948 | 3 | 17 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1971 |
| 5 | Terry Hanratty | 26 | qb | 3 | 1 | 210 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 1/19/1948 | 5 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1969 |
| 32 | Franco Harris* | 24 | FB | 12 | 12 | 230 | 6-2 | Penn St. | 3/7/1950 | 2 | 12 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 13th pick / 1972 |
| 46 | Reggie Harrison | 23 | 4 | 0 | 218 | 5-11 | Cincinnati | 1/9/1951 | Rook | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 215th pick / 1974 | |
| 63 | Ernie Holmes | 26 | RDT | 13 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Texas Southern | 7/11/1948 | 2 | 8 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 203rd pick / 1971 |
| 54 | Marv Kellum | 22 | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Wichita St. | 6/23/1952 | Rook | 2 | ||
| 55 | Jon Kolb | 27 | LT | 14 | 14 | 262 | 6-2 | Oklahoma St. | 8/30/1947 | 5 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 56th pick / 1969 |
| 58 | Jack Lambert | 22 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 220 | 6-4 | Kent St. | 7/8/1952 | Rook | 10 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 46th pick / 1974 |
| 43 | Frank Lewis | 27 | WR | 12 | 12 | 196 | 6-1 | Grambling St. | 7/4/1947 | 3 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 8th pick / 1971 |
| 56 | Ray Mansfield | 33 | C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Washington | 1/21/1941 | 11 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 18th pick / 1963 Denver Broncos / 5th / 37th pick / 1963 |
| 89 | John McMakin | 24 | 8 | 0 | 232 | 6-3 | Clemson | 9/24/1950 | 2 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1972 | |
| 72 | Gerry Mullins | 25 | RG | 12 | 0 | 244 | 6-3 | USC | 8/24/1949 | 3 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 86th pick / 1971 |
| 26 | Preston Pearson | 29 | 9 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Illinois | 1/17/1945 | 7 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 298th pick / 1967 | |
| 74 | Dave Reavis | 24 | 14 | 0 | 257 | 6-5 | Arkansas | 6/19/1950 | Rook | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 106th pick / 1973 | |
| 34 | Andy Russell* | 33 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Missouri | 10/29/1941 | 11 | 11 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 16th / 220th pick / 1963 |
| 25 | Ron Shanklin | 26 | WR | 12 | 0 | 183 | 6-1 | North Texas | 1/21/1948 | 4 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 28th pick / 1970 |
| 31 | Donnie Shell | 22 | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | South Carolina St. | 8/26/1952 | Rook | 2 | ||
| 82 | John Stallworth | 22 | wr | 13 | 2 | 191 | 6-2 | Alabama A&M | 7/15/1952 | Rook | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 82nd pick / 1974 |
| 88 | Lynn Swann | 22 | PR | 11 | 2 | 180 | 5-11 | USC | 3/7/1952 | Rook | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 21st pick / 1974 |
| 24 | J.T. Thomas | 23 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 196 | 6-2 | Florida St. | 4/22/1951 | 1 | 9 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 24th pick / 1973 |
| 51 | Loren Toews | 23 | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | California | 11/3/1951 | 1 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 192nd pick / 1973 | |
| 23 | Mike Wagner | 25 | SS | 13 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | West. Illinois | 6/22/1949 | 3 | 8 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 11th / 268th pick / 1971 |
| 39 | Bobby Walden | 36 | P | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Georgia | 3/9/1938 | 10 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 32nd pick / 1961 |
| 52 | Mike Webster | 22 | c | 14 | 1 | 255 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 3/18/1952 | Rook | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 125th pick / 1974 |
| 78 | Dwight White | 25 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 7/30/1949 | 3 | 8 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 104th pick / 1971 |
| 62 | Jim Wolf | 22 | 11 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Prairie View | 4/4/1952 | Rook | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 149th pick / 1974 | |
| Team Total | 25.3 | 14 | 222.5 | 6-1.8 | 2.8 |
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