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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
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Mon | September 3 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | New England Patriots | 16 | 13 | 20 | 309 | 191 | 118 | 2 | 16 | 244 | 82 | 162 | 2 |
| 2 | Sun | September 9 | box | W | 2-0 | Houston Oilers | 38 | 7 | 17 | 256 | 174 | 82 | 2 | 12 | 124 | 22 | 102 | 6 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 16 | box | W | 3-0 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 24 | 21 | 25 | 398 | 234 | 164 | 4 | 12 | 212 | 106 | 106 | 1 |
| 4 | Sun | September 23 | box | W | 4-0 | Baltimore Colts | 17 | 13 | 17 | 392 | 235 | 157 | 4 | 17 | 285 | 188 | 97 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sun | September 30 | box | L | 4-1 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 14 | 17 | 19 | 308 | 169 | 139 | 4 | 18 | 283 | 148 | 135 | 2 |
| 6 | Sun | October 7 | box | W | 5-1 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 51 | 35 | 21 | 522 | 161 | 361 | 1 | 24 | 458 | 365 | 93 | 5 |
| 7 | Sun | October 14 | box | L | 5-2 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 10 | 34 | 16 | 327 | 263 | 64 | 9 | 19 | 284 | 114 | 170 | 4 |
| 8 | Mon | October 22 | box | W | 6-2 | Denver Broncos | 42 | 7 | 27 | 530 | 294 | 236 | 3 | 16 | 329 | 276 | 53 | 3 | |
| 9 | Sun | October 28 | box | W | 7-2 | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 3 | 16 | 288 | 115 | 173 | 16 | 278 | 199 | 79 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 4 | box | W | 8-2 | Washington Redskins | 38 | 7 | 26 | 545 | 372 | 173 | 3 | 17 | 237 | 149 | 88 | 4 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 11 | box | W | 9-2 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 30 | 3 | 20 | 355 | 228 | 127 | 2 | 8 | 127 | 62 | 65 | 3 |
| 12 | Sun | November 18 | box | L | 9-3 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 7 | 35 | 14 | 191 | 125 | 66 | 8 | 14 | 218 | 120 | 98 | 4 |
| 13 | Sun | November 25 | box | W | 10-3 | Cleveland Browns | 33 | 30 | 36 | 606 | 351 | 255 | 3 | 22 | 345 | 283 | 62 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 2 | box | W | 11-3 | Cincinnati Bengals | 37 | 17 | 24 | 478 | 324 | 154 | 1 | 21 | 340 | 209 | 131 | 1 | |
| 15 | Mon | December 10 | box | L | 11-4 | @ | Houston Oilers | 17 | 20 | 15 | 338 | 218 | 120 | 2 | 20 | 350 | 160 | 190 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 16 | box | W | 12-4 | Buffalo Bills | 28 | 0 | 24 | 415 | 201 | 214 | 4 | 8 | 156 | 78 | 78 | 3 | |
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| Division | Sun | December 30 | box | W | 13-4 | Miami Dolphins | 34 | 14 | |||||||||||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 6 | box | W | 14-4 | Houston Oilers | 27 | 13 | |||||||||||
| SuperBowl | Sun | January 20 | box | W | 15-4 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 31 | 19 | ||||||||||