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1980 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 3rd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 352 points (22.0/g), 10th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 313 points (19.6/g), 15th.
 Differential of 39 points (2.4/g), 13th.
 Expected W-L: 9.1-6.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 14th.

Coached by Chuck Noll (9-7-0)

1980 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 7 box W 1-0 Houston Oilers 31 17 20 356 237 119 4 16 292 232 60 5
2 Sun September 14 box W 2-0 @ Baltimore Colts 20 17 22 392 273 119 1 25 347 250 97 1
3 Sun September 21 box L 2-1 @ Cincinnati Bengals 28 30 18 393 265 128 6 17 309 173 136
4 Sun September 28 box W 3-1 Chicago Bears 38 3 23 443 280 163 2 13 200 101 99 7
5 Sun October 5 box W 4-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 23 17 23 411 231 180 2 20 318 211 107 5
6 Sun October 12 box L 4-2 Cincinnati Bengals 16 17 15 331 208 123 2 17 304 184 120 1
7 Mon October 20 box L 4-3 Oakland Raiders 34 45 27 467 350 117 3 20 390 247 143 2
8 Sun October 26 box L 4-4 @ Cleveland Browns 26 27 21 393 306 87 1 26 439 348 91 4
9 Sun November 2 box W 5-4 Green Bay Packers 22 20 18 281 121 160 4 18 343 266 77 3
10 Sun November 9 box W 6-4 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 21 14 229 94 135 1 23 369 294 75 3
11 Sun November 16 box W 7-4 Cleveland Browns 16 13 21 319 240 79 4 14 266 171 95 1
12 Sun November 23 box L 7-5 @ Buffalo Bills 13 28 16 239 155 84 1 23 379 201 178 2
13 Sun November 30 box W 8-5 Miami Dolphins 23 10 20 435 267 168 3 14 224 143 81 4
14 Thu December 4 box L 8-6 @ Houston Oilers 0 6 18 278 118 160 5 13 268 177 91 1
15 Sun December 14 box W 9-6 Kansas City Chiefs 21 16 16 285 170 115 3 16 198 66 132 1
16 Mon December 22 box L 9-7 @ San Diego Chargers 17 26 16 302 253 49 27 488 308 180

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 352 5554 1033 5.4 308 250 484 3568 26 24 6.8 177 512 1986 15 3.9 111 42 18 20
Team Defense 313 5134 1036 5.0 503 280 532 3372 25 26 6.1 171 486 1762 9 3.6 302 40 14 30
Lg Rank Offense 10 6 12 14 6 9 13 5 16 15 14 17 23 20
Lg Rank Defense 15 12 17 24 22 22 6 19 11 7 4 4 11 13

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Terry Bradshaw 32 QB 15 15 9-6-0 218 424 51.4 3339 24 5.7 22 5.2 68 7.9 6.1 15.3 222.6 75.0 33 245 6.8 5.1 7.2
Cliff Stoudt 25 6 1 0-1-0 32 60 53.3 493 2 3.3 2 3.3 72 8.2 7.1 15.4 82.2 78.0 4 19 7.4 6.3 6.3
Team Total 27.2 16 9-7-0 250 484 51.7 3832 26 5.4 24 5.0 72 7.9 6.2 15.3 239.5 75.4 37 264 6.8 5.3 7.1
Opp Total 16 280 532 52.6 3372 25 4.7 26 4.9 6.3 4.6 12.0 210.8 67.7 18 145 6.1 4.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Franco Harris* 30 FB 13 13 208 789 4 26 3.8 60.7 16.0 30 196 6.5 2 31 2.3 15.1 985 6 7
Rocky Bleier 34 RB 16 6 78 340 1 19 4.4 21.3 4.9 21 174 8.3 1 17 1.3 10.9 514 2 0
Sidney Thornton 26 rb 12 5 78 325 3 28 4.2 27.1 6.5 15 131 8.7 1 29 1.3 10.9 456 4 5
Greg Hawthorne 24 rb 15 6 63 226 4 15 3.6 15.1 4.2 12 158 13.2 0 33 0.8 10.5 384 4 6
Terry Bradshaw 32 QB 15 15 36 111 2 18 3.1 7.4 2.4 111 2 13
Russell Davis 24 14 2 33 132 1 12 4.0 9.4 2.4 132 1 0
Cliff Stoudt 25 6 1 9 35 0 13 3.9 5.8 1.5 35 0 1
Frank Pollard 23 RET 16 0 4 16 0 12 4.0 1.0 0.3 16 0 1
Lynn Swann 28 WR 13 11 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 44 710 16.1 7 68 3.4 54.6 706 7 0
Jim Smith 25 WR 12 10 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 37 711 19.2 9 45 3.1 59.3 710 9 1
Craig Colquitt 26 P 16 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 1.1 0.1 17 0 1
Theo Bell 27 wr 14 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 29 748 25.8 2 72 2.1 53.4 748 2 1
Randy Grossman 28 TE 15 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 293 12.7 0 35 1.5 19.5 293 0 0
Bennie Cunningham 26 15 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 232 12.9 2 35 1.2 15.5 232 2 0
Calvin Sweeney 25 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 282 23.5 1 34 0.8 18.8 282 1 1
John Stallworth 28 3 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 197 21.9 1 50 3.0 65.7 197 1 0
Team Total 27.2 16 512 1986 15 28 3.9 124.1 32.0 250 3832 15.3 26 72 15.6 239.5 5818 41 38
Opp Total 16 486 1762 9 3.6 110.1 30.4 280 3372 12.0 25 17.5 210.8 5134 34 23

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Theo Bell 27 wr 14 9 34 339 0 27 10.0 3 50 0 21 16.7 1137
Frank Pollard 23 RET 16 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 22 494 0 34 22.5 515
Larry Anderson 24 4 0 14 379 0 63 27.1 379
Russell Davis 24 14 2 9 160 0 24 17.8 292
Greg Hawthorne 24 rb 15 6 9 169 0 36 18.8 553
Jim Smith 25 WR 12 10 7 28 0 11 4.0 738
Marvin Cobb 27 6 0 3 19 0 13 6.3 1 19 0 19 19.0 38
Calvin Sweeney 25 15 0 3 42 0 25 14.0 324
Mel Blount 32 RCB 16 16 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Sidney Thornton 26 rb 12 5 1 15 0 15 15.0 471
Zack Valentine 23 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Dirt Winston 25 14 3 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Team Total 27.2 16 45 391 0 27 8.7 65 1350 0 63 20.8 7559
Opp Total 16 34 0 68 1339 0 19.7

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Matt Bahr 24 K 16 0 2 2 9 8 10 7 6 2 1 28 19 67.9% 42 39 92.9%
Craig Colquitt 26 P 16 0 61 2483 54 0 40.7
Terry Bradshaw 32 QB 15 15 5 173 44 0 34.6
Team Total 27.2 16 2 2 9 8 10 7 6 2 1 28 19 67.9% 42 39 92.9% 66 2656 54 0 40.2
Opp Total 16 29 19 65.5% 37 34 91.9% 73 2971 40.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Theo Bell 27 wr 14 9 1 0 0 0
Mel Blount 32 RCB 16 16 4 28 0 17 0 1 32 0
Terry Bradshaw 32 QB 15 15 13 3 -34 0
Larry Brown 31 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Marvin Cobb 27 6 0 1 1 0 0
Robin Cole 25 RLB 14 12 1 34 0 34 0 1 14 0
Craig Colquitt 26 P 16 0 1 1 0 0
Steve Furness 30 RDT 16 16 0 2 0 0
L.C. Greenwood 34 LDE 15 15 0 1 0 0
Randy Grossman 28 TE 15 14 0 1 0 0
Jack Ham* 32 LLB 16 16 2 16 0 15 0 3 0 0
Franco Harris* 30 FB 13 13 7 4 0 0
Greg Hawthorne 24 rb 15 6 6 3 0 0
Ron Johnson 24 LCB 16 16 1 19 0 19
Jack Lambert*+ 28 MLB 14 13 2 1 0 1
Ted Petersen 25 LT 16 9 0 1 0 0
Frank Pollard 23 RET 16 0 1 0 0 0
Donnie Shell*+ 28 SS 16 16 7 135 0 67 0 1 7 0
Jim Smith 25 WR 12 10 1 1 0 0
Cliff Stoudt 25 6 1 1 1 -2 0
Lynn Swann 28 WR 13 11 0 1 0 0
Calvin Sweeney 25 15 0 1 0 0 0
J.T. Thomas 29 16 3 2 0 0 0
Sidney Thornton 26 rb 12 5 5 1 0 0
Mike Wagner 31 FS 15 13 6 27 0 17 0 1 0 0
Dirt Winston 25 14 3 0 4 0 0
Dwayne Woodruff 23 16 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 27.2 16 26 260 0 67 38 33 17 0 1
Opp Total 16 37 23 9

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Matt Bahr 24 K 16 0 39 19 96
Jim Smith 25 WR 12 10 9 54
Lynn Swann 28 WR 13 11 7 42
Franco Harris* 30 FB 13 13 4 2 36
Greg Hawthorne 24 rb 15 6 4 24
Sidney Thornton 26 rb 12 5 3 1 24
Theo Bell 27 wr 14 9 2 12
Rocky Bleier 34 RB 16 6 1 1 12
Terry Bradshaw 32 QB 15 15 2 12
Bennie Cunningham 26 15 1 2 12
Russell Davis 24 14 2 1 6
John Stallworth 28 3 2 1 6
Calvin Sweeney 25 15 0 1 6
Dirt Winston 25 14 3 1 6
Loren Toews 29 16 4 1 2
Team Total 27.2 16 15 26 1 39 19 1 350
Opp Total 16 9 25 34 19 313