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1987 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 8-7-0, Finished 3rd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 285 points (19.0/g), 20th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 299 points (19.9/g), 10th.
 Differential of -14 points (-0.9/g), 16th.
 Expected W-L: 7.1-7.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +11 (0.7/g), 4th.

Simple Rating System: Total 0.7, Offense: -2.2, Defense: 2.9, SoS: 1.5, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Chuck Noll

 Offensive Coordinator: Tom Moore
 Defensive Coordinator: Tony Dungy

Training Camp: St. Vincent College (Latrobe, Pennsylvania)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 285 4410 973 4.5 263 198 429 2266 13 25 5.0 126 517 2144 11 4.1 114 33 8 23
Team Defense 299 4920 962 5.1 289 290 481 3310 22 27 6.5 170 455 1610 8 3.5 94 44 17 25
Lg Rank Offense 20 25 25 25 28 27 26 28 4 5 20 6 9 1
Lg Rank Defense 10 13 14 13 23 14 3 27 12 4 5 4 5 11

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 13 boxscore W 1-0 San Francisco 49ers 30 17 21 266 83 183 24 356 309 47 4
2 Sun September 20 boxscore L 1-1 @ Cleveland Browns 10 34 17 185 127 58 6 18 304 180 124 2
3 Sun October 4 boxscore W 2-1 @ Atlanta Falcons 28 12 19 361 219 142 3 13 215 148 67 4
4 Sun October 11 boxscore L 2-2 @ Los Angeles Rams 21 31 16 319 170 149 1 15 313 141 172 2
5 Sun October 18 boxscore W 3-2 Indianapolis Colts 21 7 23 378 126 252 1 15 270 195 75 5
6 Sun October 25 boxscore W 4-2 Cincinnati Bengals 23 20 17 282 204 78 17 433 292 141 2
7 Sun November 1 boxscore L 4-3 @ Miami Dolphins 24 35 22 315 199 116 1 26 478 332 146 3
8 Sun November 8 boxscore W 5-3 @ Kansas City Chiefs 17 16 25 391 141 250 4 15 224 123 101 5
9 Sun November 15 boxscore L 5-4 Houston Oilers 3 23 8 170 84 86 3 21 373 221 152 1
10 Sun November 22 boxscore W 6-4 @ Cincinnati Bengals 30 16 14 328 194 134 2 28 448 373 75 5
11 Sun November 29 boxscore L 6-5 New Orleans Saints 16 20 17 284 172 112 6 15 258 144 114 2
12 Sun December 6 boxscore W 7-5 Seattle Seahawks 13 9 18 308 99 209 16 215 80 135 2
13 Sun December 13 boxscore W 8-5 @ San Diego Chargers 20 16 14 254 150 104 1 27 435 321 114 5
14 Sun December 20 boxscore L 8-6 @ Houston Oilers 16 24 22 348 172 176 3 17 283 221 62 1
15 Sat December 26 boxscore L 8-7 Cleveland Browns 13 19 10 221 126 95 2 22 315 230 85 1

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
16 Mark Malone 29 QB 12 12 6-6-0 156 336 46.4 1896 6 1.8 19 5.7 63 5.6 3.5 12.2 158.0 46.7 18 151 4.93 2.85 5.1 3 3
15 Steve Bono 25 qb 3 3 2-1-0 34 74 45.9 438 5 6.8 2 2.7 57 5.9 6.1 12.9 146.0 76.3 6 30 5.10 5.23 7.5 0 1
6 Bubby Brister 25 2 0 4 12 33.3 20 0 0.0 3 25.0 10 1.7 -9.6 5.0 10.0 2.8 2 14 0.43 -9.21 14.3
7 Reggie Collier 26 2 0 4 7 57.1 110 2 28.6 1 14.3 49 15.7 15.0 27.5 55.0 101.8 1 3 13.38 12.75 12.5
Team Total 25.7 15 8-7-0 198 429 46.2 2464 13 3.0 25 5.8 63 5.7 3.7 12.4 164.3 50.3 27 198 4.97 3.07 5.9 3 4
Opp Total 15 290 481 60.3 3506 22 4.6 27 5.6 7.3 5.68 12.1 233.7 74.6 26 196 6.5 5.0 5.1

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
43 Earnest Jackson 28 FB 12 9 180 696 1 39 3.9 58.0 15.0 7 52 7.4 0 23 0.6 4.3 748 1 2
30 Frank Pollard 30 fb 12 7 128 536 3 33 4.2 44.7 10.7 14 77 5.5 0 17 1.2 6.4 613 3 3
34 Walter Abercrombie 28 RB 12 12 123 459 2 28 3.7 38.3 10.3 24 209 8.7 0 24 2.0 17.4 668 2 4
16 Mark Malone 29 QB 12 12 34 162 3 42 4.8 13.5 2.8 162 3 10
20 Dwight Stone 23 KR 14 0 17 135 0 51 7.9 9.6 1.2 1 22 22.0 0 22 0.1 1.6 157 0 0
45 Chuck Sanders 23 5 0 11 65 1 14 5.9 13.0 2.2 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.2 2.2 76 1 0
15 Steve Bono 25 qb 3 3 8 27 1 23 3.4 9.0 2.7 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.3 0.7 29 1 5
44 Rodney Carter 23 rb 11 2 5 12 0 4 2.4 1.1 0.5 16 180 11.3 3 26 1.5 16.4 192 3 0
7 Reggie Collier 26 2 0 4 20 0 12 5.0 10.0 2.0 20 0 0
33 Merril Hoge 22 13 0 3 8 0 5 2.7 0.6 0.2 7 97 13.9 1 27 0.5 7.5 105 1 0
18 Harry Newsome 24 P 12 0 2 16 0 16 8.0 1.3 0.2 16 0 1
40 Dan Reeder 26 2 0 2 8 0 4 4.0 4.0 1.0 8 0 0
82 John Stallworth 35 WR 12 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 41 521 12.7 2 45 3.4 43.4 521 2 1
87 Weegie Thompson 26 wr 12 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 313 18.4 1 63 1.4 26.1 313 1 0
85 Calvin Sweeney 32 WR 9 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 217 13.6 0 34 1.8 24.1 217 0 0
88 Joey Clinkscales 23 wr 7 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 240 18.5 1 57 1.9 34.3 240 1 0
84 Danzell Lee 24 TE 13 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 124 10.3 0 24 0.9 9.5 124 0 0
83 Louis Lipps 25 wr 4 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 164 14.9 0 27 2.8 41.0 164 0 0
89 Charles Lockett 22 wr 11 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 116 16.6 1 25 0.6 10.5 116 1 1
81 Lyneal Alston 23 wr 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 84 28.0 2 42 1.0 28.0 84 2 0
86 Preston Gothard 25 te 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 9 4.5 1 7 1.0 4.5 9 1 0
85 Russell Hairston 23 db 3 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 16 8.0 1 11 0.7 5.3 16 1 1
80 Theo Young 22 te 12 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 10 5.0 0 6 0.2 0.8 10 0 0
65 Jim Boyle 25 t 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.3 0.0 0 0 0
Team Total 25.7 15 517 2144 11 51 4.1 142.9 34.5 198 2464 12.4 13 63 13.2 164.3 4608 24 37
Opp Total 15 455 1610 8 3.5 107.3 30.3 290 3310 11.4 22 19.3 220.7 4920 30 41

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
26 Rod Woodson 22 PR 8 0 16 135 0 20 8.4 13 290 0 36 22.3 425
20 Dwight Stone 23 KR 14 0 28 568 0 34 20.3 725
83 Mel Anderson 22 2 0 7 38 0 10 5.4 1 8 0 8 8.0 46
83 Louis Lipps 25 wr 4 2 7 46 0 12 6.6 210
28 Lupe Sanchez 26 db 12 3 6 116 0 27 19.3 116
27 Thomas Everett 23 FS 12 9 4 22 0 11 5.5 22
86 Ralph Britt 22 3 0 2 9 0 5 4.5 9
47 Bruce Jones 25 2 0 2 38 0 22 19.0 38
89 Charles Lockett 22 wr 11 1 2 3 0 5 1.5 119
23 Spark Clark 22 1 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 18
29 Cornell Gowdy 24 db 13 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
33 Merril Hoge 22 13 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 118
99 Avon Riley 29 3 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 25.7 15 36 244 0 20 6.8 56 1060 0 36 18.9 5912
Opp Total 15 46 0 65 1083 0 16.7

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
18 Harry Newsome 24 P 12 0 64 2678 57 1 41.8
1 Gary Anderson 28 K 12 0 9 8 5 5 11 7 2 2 27 22 81.5% 21 21 100.0%
10 John Bruno 23 p 3 0 16 619 56 1 38.7
5 David Trout 30 k 3 0 1 1 2 0.0% 10 10 100.0%
Team Total 25.7 15 10 8 6 5 11 7 2 2 29 22 75.9% 31 31 100.0% 80 3297 57 2 41.2
Opp Total 15 26 20 76.9% 34 31 91.2% 70 2744 39.2

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
27 Thomas Everett 23 FS 12 9 3 22 0 21 0 1 1 2 7 0 72 0
26 Rod Woodson 22 PR 8 0 1 45 1 45 0 0 3 2 0 0 20 0
98 Gerald Williams 24 nt 9 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 17 0
54 Hardy Nickerson 22 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 0
16 Mark Malone 29 QB 12 12 0 10 5 -3 0
57 Mike Merriweather 27 LOLB 12 12 5.5 2 26 0 15 0 0 0 4 4 0
78 Tim Johnson 22 12 0 5 0
15 Steve Bono 25 qb 3 3 0 5 3 0 0
34 Walter Abercrombie 28 RB 12 12 0 4 3 2 0
53 Bryan Hinkle 28 ROLB 12 12 2.0 3 15 0 8 0 0 1 1 0 0
35 Delton Hall 22 RCB 12 12 3 29 1 25 0 0 1 2 50 1
43 Earnest Jackson 28 FB 12 9 0 2 3 0 0
49 Dwayne Woodruff 30 LCB 12 12 5 91 1 33 0
92 Keith Gary 28 rde 11 6 4.0
29 Cornell Gowdy 24 db 13 3 2 50 1 45 0 0 0 2 1 0
30 Frank Pollard 30 fb 12 7 0 3 1 1 0
91 Gregg Carr 25 12 0 3.0 1
56 Robin Cole 32 RILB 12 12 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
93 Keith Willis 28 LDE 11 10 3.0
50 David Little 28 LILB 12 12 1.5 0 0 1 0 0
86 Ralph Britt 22 3 0 0 1 1 0 0
33 Larry Griffin 24 db 7 3 2 2 0 2 0
89 Charles Lockett 22 wr 11 1 0 1 1 0 0
18 Harry Newsome 24 P 12 0 0 1 1 -17 0
99 Avon Riley 29 3 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0
31 Donnie Shell 35 SS 13 13 1 50 1 50 0 0 0 1 19 1
95 Xavier Warren 23 2 0 1.0 0 0 1 11 0
72 Buddy Aydelette 31 lt 12 5 0 0 1 5 0
91 Tommy Dawkins 22 de 2 2 1.0
67 Gary Dunn 34 NT 13 13 0 0 1 0 0
42 Dave Edwards 25 db 3 3 1 0 0 0 0
85 Russell Hairston 23 db 3 2 0 1 0 0 0
84 Danzell Lee 24 TE 13 13 0 0 1 0 0
64 Edmund Nelson 27 RDE 10 8 0 0 1 0 0
28 Lupe Sanchez 26 db 12 3 0 1 0 0 0
41 Chris Sheffield 24 5 0 1 2 0 2 0
82 John Stallworth 35 WR 12 11 0 1 0 0 0
20 Dwight Stone 23 KR 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
87 Weegie Thompson 26 wr 12 3 0 0 1 0 0
94 Bert Williams 23 lb 3 3 0 0 1 0 0
97 Joe Williams 22 3 0 1.0
35 Ray Williams 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
73 Craig Wolfley 29 LG 12 12 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.7 15 24.0 27 336 5 50 0 1 37 45 80 2 131 0 1
Opp Total 15 27 41 24 2

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1 Gary Anderson 28 K 12 0 21 22 87
44 Rodney Carter 23 rb 11 2 3 3 18
16 Mark Malone 29 QB 12 12 3 3 18
30 Frank Pollard 30 fb 12 7 3 3 18
34 Walter Abercrombie 28 RB 12 12 2 2 12
81 Lyneal Alston 23 wr 3 1 2 2 12
35 Delton Hall 22 RCB 12 12 1 1 2 12
31 Donnie Shell 35 SS 13 13 1 1 2 12
82 John Stallworth 35 WR 12 11 2 2 12
5 David Trout 30 k 3 0 10 10
15 Steve Bono 25 qb 3 3 1 1 6
88 Joey Clinkscales 23 wr 7 3 1 1 6
86 Preston Gothard 25 te 2 2 1 1 6
29 Cornell Gowdy 24 db 13 3 1 1 6
85 Russell Hairston 23 db 3 2 1 1 6
33 Merril Hoge 22 13 0 1 1 6
43 Earnest Jackson 28 FB 12 9 1 1 6
89 Charles Lockett 22 wr 11 1 1 1 6
45 Chuck Sanders 23 5 0 1 1 6
87 Weegie Thompson 26 wr 12 3 1 1 6
49 Dwayne Woodruff 30 LCB 12 12 1 1 6
26 Rod Woodson 22 PR 8 0 1 1 6
91 Gregg Carr 25 12 0 1 2
Team Total 25.7 15 11 13 2 5 31 31 22 1 285
Opp Total 15 8 22 31 20 2 299