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1986 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 3rd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 307 points (19.2/g), 18th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 336 points (21.0/g), 17th.
 Differential of -29 points (-1.8/g), 19th.
 Expected W-L: 7.1-8.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 16th.

Coached by Chuck Noll (6-10-0)

1986 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 L 0-1 @ Seattle Seahawks 0 30 9 146 61 85 5 20 374 172 202 2
2 Mon September 15 box L 0-2 Denver Broncos 10 21 17 236 206 30 3 20 326 235 91 1
3 Sun September 21 box L 0-3 @ Minnesota Vikings 7 31 13 235 154 81 3 22 412 250 162 1
4 Sun September 28 box W 1-3 @ Houston Oilers 22 16 22 375 161 214 2 19 281 200 81 3
5 Sun October 5 box L 1-4 Cleveland Browns 24 27 19 308 132 176 4 16 270 162 108 3
6 Mon October 13 box L 1-5 @ Cincinnati Bengals 22 24 15 288 180 108 1 16 359 211 148 1
7 Sun October 19 box L 1-6 New England Patriots 0 34 11 168 54 114 4 16 317 243 74 1
8 Sun October 26 box W 2-6 Cincinnati Bengals 30 9 22 332 94 238 23 371 249 122 2
9 Sun November 2 box W 3-6 Green Bay Packers 27 3 19 321 195 126 2 11 240 179 61 4
10 Sun November 9 box L 3-7 @ Buffalo Bills 12 16 11 185 132 53 1 18 248 76 172 1
11 Sun November 16 box W 4-7 Houston Oilers 21 10 20 287 116 171 1 19 291 220 71 2
12 Sun November 23 box L 4-8 @ Cleveland Browns 31 37 20 339 197 142 1 35 536 414 122 1
13 Sun November 30 box L 4-9 @ Chicago Bears 10 13 18 291 159 132 3 25 406 235 171 3
14 Sun December 7 box W 5-9 Detroit Lions 27 17 23 421 218 203 3 13 281 178 103 3
15 Sat December 13 box W 6-9 @ New York Jets 45 24 25 364 189 175 1 22 369 223 146 4
16 Sun December 21 box L 6-10 Kansas City Chiefs 19 24 28 515 340 175 2 8 171 133 38 1

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 307 4811 1075 4.5 292 238 491 2588 16 20 5.1 140 564 2223 18 3.9 125 36 16 27
Team Defense 336 5252 1050 5.0 509 311 536 3380 22 20 5.8 176 471 1872 10 4.0 303 33 13 30
Lg Rank Offense 18 20 17 21 24 21 12 20 4 7 7 14 13 13
Lg Rank Defense 17 18 17 20 18 21 14 16 11 15 4 19 20 20

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 28 QB 14 14 216 425 50.8 2444 15 3.5 18 4.2 48 5.8 4.2 11.3 174.6 62.5 13 97 5.4 3.9 3.0
Bubby Brister 24 2 2 21 60 35.0 291 0 0.0 2 3.3 58 4.9 3.4 13.9 145.5 37.6 6 57 3.5 2.2 9.1
Scott Campbell 24 3 0 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 1 5 -1.0 -1.0 20.0
Harry Newsome 23 P 16 0 1 2 50.0 12 1 50.0 0 0.0 12 6.0 11.0 12.0 0.8 108.3 0 0 6.0 11.0 0.0
Team Total 26.4 16 238 491 48.5 2747 16 3.3 20 4.1 58 5.6 4.1 11.5 171.7 59.7 20 159 5.1 3.6 3.9
Opp Total 16 311 536 58.0 3380 22 4.1 20 3.7 6.3 5.0 10.9 211.3 74.8 43 289 5.8 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
Earnest Jackson* 27 FB 13 12 216 910 5 31 4.2 70.0 16.6 17 169 9.9 0 28 1.3 13.0 1079 5 3
Walter Abercrombie 27 RB 16 14 214 877 6 38 4.1 54.8 13.4 47 395 8.4 2 27 2.9 24.7 1272 8 4
Rich Erenberg 24 16 1 42 170 1 17 4.0 10.6 2.6 27 217 8.0 3 19 1.7 13.6 387 4 1
Mark Malone 28 QB 14 14 31 107 5 45 3.5 7.6 2.2 107 5 7
Frank Pollard 29 3 3 24 86 0 12 3.6 28.7 8.0 2 15 7.5 0 10 0.7 5.0 101 0 1
David Hughes 27 5 0 14 32 0 8 2.3 6.4 2.8 10 98 9.8 0 22 2.0 19.6 130 0 3
Dan Reeder 25 11 0 6 20 0 6 3.3 1.8 0.5 2 4 2.0 0 3 0.2 0.4 24 0 0
Bubby Brister 24 2 2 6 10 1 9 1.7 5.0 3.0 10 1 1
Louis Lipps 24 WR 13 12 4 -3 0 8 -0.8 -0.2 0.3 38 590 15.5 3 48 2.9 45.4 587 3 2
Chuck Sanders 22 14 2 4 12 0 13 3.0 0.9 0.3 2 19 9.5 0 10 0.1 1.4 31 0 0
Warren Seitz 24 16 0 3 2 0 2 0.7 0.1 0.2 2 0 0
John Stallworth 34 WR 11 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 34 466 13.7 1 40 3.1 42.4 466 1 0
Preston Gothard 24 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 246 11.7 1 34 1.3 15.4 246 1 0
Calvin Sweeney 31 wr 16 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 337 16.0 1 58 1.3 21.1 337 1 0
Weegie Thompson 25 16 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 191 11.2 5 20 1.1 11.9 191 5 0
Team Total 26.4 16 564 2223 18 45 3.9 138.9 35.3 238 2747 11.5 16 58 14.9 171.7 4970 34 27
Opp Total 16 471 1872 10 4.0 117.0 29.4 311 3380 10.9 22 19.4 211.3 5252 32 31

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
Rick Woods 27 RET 15 0 33 294 0 41 8.9 1 17 0 17 17.0 311
Lupe Sanchez 25 RET 11 4 25 591 0 64 23.6 591
Donnie Elder 24 9 0 21 425 0 36 20.2 425
Chuck Sanders 22 14 2 8 148 0 29 18.5 179
Dan Reeder 25 11 0 4 52 0 17 13.0 76
Louis Lipps 24 WR 13 12 3 16 0 10 5.3 603
David Hughes 27 5 0 2 16 0 16 8.0 146
Warren Seitz 24 16 0 2 25 0 14 12.5 27
Mike Merriweather* 26 LOLB 16 16 1 27 0 27 27.0 27
Pete Rostosky 25 11 1 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
Calvin Sweeney 31 wr 16 7 1 0 0 0 0.0 337
Team Total 26.4 16 36 310 0 41 8.6 66 1304 0 64 19.8 6584
Opp Total 16 34 0 56 1362 3 24.3

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
Harry Newsome 23 P 16 0 86 3447 64 3 40.1
Gary Anderson 27 K 16 0 1 7 6 7 6 14 9 3 32 21 65.6% 32 32 100.0%
Team Total 26.4 16 1 7 6 7 6 14 9 3 32 21 65.6% 32 32 100.0% 86 3447 64 3 40.1
Opp Total 16 39 22 56.4% 38 36 94.7% 82 3198 39.0

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
Keith Willis 27 LDE 16 16 12.0
Mike Merriweather* 26 LOLB 16 16 6.0 2 14 0 11 0 2 18 0
Bryan Hinkle 27 ROLB 16 16 4.5 3 7 0 6 0 1 0 0
Mark Malone 28 QB 14 14 7 1 -8 0
Edmund Nelson 26 RDE 16 16 5.0 0 2 0 0
Keith Gary 27 16 0 6.5
Lupe Sanchez 25 RET 11 4 3 71 1 67 2 1 0 0
Rick Woods 27 RET 15 0 3 26 0 23 2 0 0 0
Walter Abercrombie 27 RB 16 14 4 0 0 0
David Hughes 27 5 0 3 1 0 0
Earnest Jackson* 27 FB 13 12 3 1 0 0
Eric T. Williams 26 FS 16 16 3 44 0 25 0 1 0 0
Gary Dunn 33 NT 16 16 2.5 0 1 0 0
Gerald Williams 23 16 0 3.5 14
Harvey Clayton 25 RCB 15 12 3 18 0 14
Louis Lipps 24 WR 13 12 2 1 0 0
Donnie Shell 34 SS 15 15 3 29 0 17
Robin Cole 31 RILB 16 16 0.5 0 2 0 0
Donnie Elder 24 9 0 1 1 0 0
Rich Erenberg 24 16 1 1 1 0 0
Darryl Sims 25 16 0 1.0 0 1 2 0
Bubby Brister 24 2 2 1 0 0 0
Anthony Henton 23 16 0 0 1 0 0
Terry Long 27 RG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Frank Pollard 29 3 3 1 0 0 0
Warren Seitz 24 16 0 0 1 0 0
Dirt Winston 31 16 0 0 1 0 0
Craig Wolfley 28 LG 9 9 0 1 0 0
David Little 27 LILB 16 16 0.5
Team Total 26.4 16 42.0 20 218 1 67 0 27 22 12 0 14 1
Opp Total 16 20 31 18

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 27 K 16 0 32 21 95
Walter Abercrombie 27 RB 16 14 6 2 48
Earnest Jackson* 27 FB 13 12 5 30
Mark Malone 28 QB 14 14 5 30
Weegie Thompson 25 16 4 5 30
Rich Erenberg 24 16 1 1 3 24
Louis Lipps 24 WR 13 12 3 18
Bubby Brister 24 2 2 1 6
Preston Gothard 24 TE 16 16 1 6
Lupe Sanchez 25 RET 11 4 1 6
John Stallworth 34 WR 11 9 1 6
Calvin Sweeney 31 wr 16 7 1 6
Dave Edwards 24 16 1 1 2
Team Total 26.4 16 18 16 1 32 21 1 307
Opp Total 16 10 22 3 36 22 336