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1984 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 387 points (24.2/g), 8th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 310 points (19.4/g), 11th.
 Differential of 77 points (4.8/g), 9th.
 Expected W-L: 10.1-5.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 11th.

Coached by Chuck Noll (9-7-0)

1984 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 2 box L 0-1 Kansas City Chiefs 27 37 20 465 419 46 4 18 264 170 94 1
2 Thu September 6 box W 1-1 @ New York Jets 23 17 19 293 172 121 2 11 168 95 73 4
3 Sun September 16 box W 2-1 Los Angeles Rams 24 14 20 345 226 119 2 15 298 215 83 3
4 Sun September 23 box L 2-2 @ Cleveland Browns 10 20 12 219 148 71 3 17 413 285 128 1
5 Mon October 1 box W 3-2 Cincinnati Bengals 38 17 22 392 241 151 4 15 280 155 125 5
6 Sun October 7 box L 3-3 Miami Dolphins 7 31 17 287 208 79 3 20 342 226 116 1
7 Sun October 14 box W 4-3 @ San Francisco 49ers 20 17 23 324 149 175 1 22 358 241 117 1
8 Sun October 21 box L 4-4 @ Indianapolis Colts 16 17 18 405 278 127 1 21 301 174 127 1
9 Sun October 28 box W 5-4 Atlanta Falcons 35 10 17 314 141 173 3 15 296 193 103 3
10 Sun November 4 box W 6-4 Houston Oilers 35 7 17 322 131 191 3 17 273 176 97 4
11 Sun November 11 box L 6-5 @ Cincinnati Bengals 20 22 20 293 133 160 3 15 282 166 116 1
12 Mon November 19 box L 6-6 @ New Orleans Saints 24 27 18 332 217 115 4 16 265 176 89 3
13 Sun November 25 box W 7-6 San Diego Chargers 52 24 28 445 243 202 23 422 391 31 5
14 Sun December 2 box L 7-7 @ Houston Oilers 20 23 14 272 145 127 3 22 424 303 121 3
15 Sun December 9 box W 8-7 Cleveland Browns 23 20 16 347 222 125 2 21 342 202 140 4
16 Sun December 16 box W 9-7 @ Los Angeles Raiders 13 7 21 365 168 197 2 14 188 131 57 2
Playoffs
Division Sun December 30 box W 10-7 @ Denver Broncos 24 17
ConfChamp Sun January 6 box L 10-8 @ Miami Dolphins 28 45

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 387 5420 1052 5.2 302 240 443 3241 25 25 6.8 167 574 2179 13 3.8 117 40 15 18
Team Defense 310 4916 1016 4.8 477 299 515 3299 19 31 5.9 167 454 1617 12 3.6 282 42 11 28
Lg Rank Offense 8 8 14 25 15 7 21 5 3 6 15 19 21 10
Lg Rank Defense 11 5 6 15 15 9 2 15 7 4 11 2 5 22

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Mark Malone 26 QB 13 9 147 272 54.0 2137 16 5.9 17 6.3 61 7.9 5.6 14.5 164.4 73.4 25 211 6.5 4.4 8.4
David Woodley 26 qb 7 7 85 156 54.5 1273 8 5.1 7 4.5 80 8.2 6.7 15.0 181.9 79.9 10 67 7.3 5.8 6.0
Scott Campbell 22 5 0 8 15 53.3 109 1 6.7 1 6.7 25 7.3 4.9 13.6 21.8 71.3 0 0 7.3 4.9 0.0
Team Total 25.5 16 240 443 54.2 3519 25 5.6 25 5.6 80 7.9 6.0 14.7 219.9 75.6 35 278 6.8 4.9 7.3
Opp Total 16 299 515 58.1 3299 19 3.7 31 6.0 6.4 4.1 11.0 206.2 64.4 47 390 5.9 3.0

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
Frank Pollard 27 FB 15 15 213 851 6 52 4.0 56.7 14.2 21 186 8.9 0 18 1.4 12.4 1037 6 9
Walter Abercrombie 25 rb 14 7 145 610 1 31 4.2 43.6 10.4 16 135 8.4 0 59 1.1 9.6 745 1 0
Rich Erenberg 22 RB 16 9 115 405 2 31 3.5 25.3 7.2 38 358 9.4 1 25 2.4 22.4 763 3 3
Elton Veals 23 15 1 31 87 0 9 2.8 5.8 2.1 87 0 0
Mark Malone 26 QB 13 9 25 42 3 13 1.7 3.2 1.9 42 3 4
Anthony Corley 24 14 0 18 89 0 23 4.9 6.4 1.3 89 0 0
David Woodley 26 qb 7 7 11 14 0 7 1.3 2.0 1.6 14 0 5
Scoop Gillespie 22 14 0 7 18 0 9 2.6 1.3 0.5 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 0.9 30 0 1
Louis Lipps* 22 WR 14 8 3 71 1 36 23.7 5.1 0.2 45 860 19.1 9 80 3.2 61.4 931 10 8
Scott Campbell 22 5 0 3 -5 0 0 -1.7 -1.0 0.6 -5 0 1
Wayne Capers 23 16 0 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.2 0.1 7 81 11.6 0 19 0.4 5.1 78 0 1
Craig Colquitt 30 P 16 0 1 0 0 9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
Todd Spencer 22 7 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 5
John Stallworth* 32 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 80 1395 17.4 11 51 5.0 87.2 1395 11 1
Weegie Thompson 23 wr 16 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 291 17.1 3 59 1.1 18.2 291 3 1
Chris Kolodziejski 23 7 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 59 11.8 0 22 0.7 8.4 59 0 0
Bennie Cunningham 30 7 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 64 16.0 1 29 0.6 9.1 64 1 0
Gregg Garrity 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 22 11.0 0 12 0.3 3.7 22 0 0
Darrell Nelson 23 TE 11 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 31 15.5 0 19 0.2 2.8 31 0 0
Calvin Sweeney 29 9 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 25 12.5 0 16 0.2 2.8 25 0 0
Team Total 25.5 16 574 2179 13 52 3.8 136.2 35.9 240 3519 14.7 25 80 15.0 219.9 5698 38 40
Opp Total 16 454 1617 12 3.6 101.1 28.4 299 3299 11.0 19 18.7 206.2 4916 31 30

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
Louis Lipps* 22 WR 14 8 53 656 1 76 12.4 1587
Rich Erenberg 22 RB 16 9 28 575 0 47 20.5 1338
Todd Spencer 22 7 0 18 373 0 40 20.7 373
Rick Woods 25 15 4 6 40 0 14 6.7 40
Elton Veals 23 15 1 4 40 0 18 10.0 127
Chris D. Brown 22 16 4 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
Mark Catano 22 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Harvey Clayton 23 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Anthony Corley 24 14 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 104
Scoop Gillespie 22 14 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 42
Terry Long 25 rg 12 7 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 25.5 16 61 696 1 76 11.4 54 1026 0 47 19.0 7420
Opp Total 16 37 1 61 1338 1 21.9

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
Gary Anderson 25 K 16 0 9 8 9 6 11 8 3 2 32 24 75.0% 45 45 100.0%
Craig Colquitt 30 P 16 0 70 2883 62 0 41.2
Team Total 25.5 16 9 8 9 6 11 8 3 2 32 24 75.0% 45 45 100.0% 70 2883 62 0 41.2
Opp Total 16 28 22 78.6% 35 34 97.1% 90 3816 42.4

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
Mike Merriweather* 24 LOLB 16 16 15.0 2 9 0 8 0 1 0 0
Frank Pollard 27 FB 15 15 9 2 0 0
Bryan Hinkle 25 ROLB 15 15 5.5 3 77 0 43 0 2 21 1
Louis Lipps* 22 WR 14 8 8 2 0 0
Edmund Nelson 24 rde 16 5 7.0
Donnie Shell 32 SS 16 16 7 61 1 52
Todd Spencer 22 7 0 5 2 0 0
David Woodley 26 qb 7 7 5 2 -4 0
Rich Erenberg 22 RB 16 9 3 3 0 0
Mark Malone 26 QB 13 9 4 2 0 0
Sam Washington 24 RCB 14 14 6 138 2 69
Eric T. Williams 24 FS 16 12 2.0 3 49 0 44 0 1 6 0
Keith Willis 25 12 2 5.0 0 1 0 0
Dwayne Woodruff 27 LCB 16 14 5 56 1 42 0 1 65 1
Keith Gary 25 RDE 16 11 4.0 0 1 6 0
Robin Cole* 29 RILB 16 16 2.0 1 12 0 12 0 1 8 0
Wayne Capers 23 16 0 1 2 2 0
Harvey Clayton 23 14 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Scoop Gillespie 22 14 0 1 2 0 0
John Goodman 26 LDE 14 14 2.5
Chris D. Brown 22 16 4 1 31 0 31 0 1 0 0
Scott Campbell 22 5 0 1 1 0 0
Anthony Corley 24 14 0 0 2 0 0
Rick Woods 25 15 4 2 0 0 0
Craig Bingham 25 11 1 0 1 0 0
Gary Dunn 31 NT 16 16 1.0
David Little 25 LILB 16 13 1.0
Terry Long 25 rg 12 7 1 0 0 0
Ray Snell 26 lt 13 6 0 1 0 0
John Stallworth* 32 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
Weegie Thompson 23 wr 16 7 1 0 0 0
Elton Veals 23 15 1 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.5 16 46.0 31 433 4 69 40 33 104 2
Opp Total 16 35 30 19

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
Gary Anderson 25 K 16 0 45 24 117
Louis Lipps* 22 WR 14 8 1 9 1 66
John Stallworth* 32 WR 16 16 11 66
Frank Pollard 27 FB 15 15 6 36
Rich Erenberg 22 RB 16 9 2 1 18
Mark Malone 26 QB 13 9 3 18
Weegie Thompson 23 wr 16 7 3 18
Sam Washington 24 RCB 14 14 2 12
Dwayne Woodruff 27 LCB 16 14 1 1 12
Walter Abercrombie 25 rb 14 7 1 6
Bennie Cunningham 30 7 4 1 6
Bryan Hinkle 25 ROLB 15 15 1 6
Donnie Shell 32 SS 16 16 1 6
Team Total 25.5 16 13 25 1 2 4 45 24 387
Opp Total 16 12 19 1 1 34 22 310