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1979 Pittsburgh Steelers
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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
1979 Super Bowl Champions
Scored 416 points (26.0/g), 1st of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 262 points (16.4/g), 5th.
Differential of 154 points (9.6/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 12.0-4.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.6/g), 24th.
Coached by Chuck Noll (12-4-0)
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1979 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Drafted Players
Glossary · CSV · PRE · Draft Index · Full 1979 Draft Results| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 28 | PIT | Greg Hawthorne | RB | 9 | 1979 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 137 | 527 | 7 | 92 | 1112 | 4 | Baylor | |||||
| 2 | 56 | PIT | Zack Valentine | LB | 4 | 1979 | 1982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | East Carolina | |||||||||||
| 4 | 86 | PIT | Russell Davis | RB | 4 | 1980 | 1983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 104 | 474 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 0 | Michigan | |||||
| 4 | 110 | PIT | Calvin Sweeney | WR | 8 | 1980 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 102 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 113 | 1775 | 7 | USC | |||||
| 5 | 137 | PIT | Dwaine Board | DE | 10 | 1979 | 1988 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 121 | North Carolina A&T | |||||||||||
| 6 | 157 | PIT | Bill Murrell | TE | 1 | 1979 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 0 | Winston-Salem State | ||||||||
| 6 | 161 | PIT | Dwayne Woodruff | DB | 11 | 1979 | 1990 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 157 | Louisville | |||||||||||
| 6 | 165 | PIT | Matt Bahr | K | 17 | 1979 | 1995 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 235 | 1 | -8 | 0 | Penn State | ||||||||
| 7 | 192 | PIT | Bruce Kimball | G | 3 | 1982 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | Massachusetts | |||||||||||
| 8 | 220 | PIT | Tom Graves | LB | 1 | 1979 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | Michigan State | |||||||||||
| 9 | 248 | PIT | Richard Kirk | DE | 0 | 0 | 0 | Denison | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | 275 | PIT | Tod Thompson | TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | BYU | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | 303 | PIT | Charlie Moore | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wichita State | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | 322 | PIT | Ed Smith | LB | 2 | 1980 | 1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | Vanderbilt | |||||||||||
| 12 | 330 | PIT | Mike Almond | WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | Northwest State (LA) | |||||||||||||||