1991 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 2nd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 292 points (18.2/g), 17th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 344 points (21.5/g), 22nd.
Differential of -52 points (-3.2/g), 21st.
Expected W-L: 6.5-9.5.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 11th.

Simple Rating System: Total -2.9, Offense: -0.8, Defense: -2.2, SoS: 0.3, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Chuck Noll

Offensive Coordinator: Joe Walton
Defensive Coordinator: Dave Brazil

Other Notable Asst.: John Fox (Defensive Backs)

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

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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	292	4581	915	5.0	254	259	476	2954	20	16	5.7	158	394	1627	8	4.1	82	30	14	14
Team Defense	344	5168	1039	5.0	320	334	535	3586	21	19	6.3	194	466	1582	14	3.4	98	30	11	28
Lg Rank Offense	17	20			22		23	18	7	11	21		19	17	22	9		11	11
Lg Rank Defense	22	22			26		23	26	21	7	21		21	11	18	3		17	21

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 1	boxscore	W		1-0		San Diego Chargers	26	20	16	390	266	124	2	20	281	186	95	2
2	Sun	September 8	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Buffalo Bills	34	52	14	265	113	152	1	31	537	343	194	3
3	Sun	September 15	boxscore	W		2-1		New England Patriots	20	6	16	290	247	43	2	12	174	92	82	2
4	Sun	September 22	boxscore	L		2-2	@	Philadelphia Eagles	14	23	11	226	160	66	1	20	374	279	95	1
5								Bye Week
6	Sun	October 6	boxscore	W		3-2	@	Indianapolis Colts	21	3	17	292	172	120	3	15	189	147	42	2
7	Mon	October 14	boxscore	L		3-3		New York Giants	20	23	20	377	229	148	1	17	311	114	197
8	Sun	October 20	boxscore	L		3-4		Seattle Seahawks	7	27	12	240	162	78	3	18	324	259	65
9	Sun	October 27	boxscore	L		3-5	@	Cleveland Browns	14	17	18	282	207	75	2	19	262	179	83
10	Sun	November 3	boxscore	L		3-6	@	Denver Broncos	13	20	19	309	163	146	1	17	274	130	144	2
11	Sun	November 10	boxscore	W	OT	4-6	@	Cincinnati Bengals	33	27	18	352	294	58		25	406	336	70	3
12	Sun	November 17	boxscore	L		4-7		Washington Redskins	14	41	16	282	241	41	2	23	462	365	97
13	Sun	November 24	boxscore	W		5-7		Houston Oilers	26	14	16	294	155	139	2	21	331	307	24	6
14	Thu	November 28	boxscore	L		5-8	@	Dallas Cowboys	10	20	17	199	134	65	1	20	297	181	116
15	Sun	December 8	boxscore	L		5-9	@	Houston Oilers	6	31	14	232	147	85	4	23	350	233	117	2
16	Sun	December 15	boxscore	W		6-9		Cincinnati Bengals	17	10	18	326	177	149	5	13	195	120	75	2
17	Sun	December 22	boxscore	W		7-9		Cleveland Browns	17	10	12	225	87	138		26	401	315	86	5

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	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
14	Neil O'Donnell	25	QB	12	8	2-6-0	156	286	54.5	1963	11	3.8	7	2.4	89	6.9	6.5	12.6	163.6	78.8	30	214	5.53	5.23	9.5	1	1
6	Bubby Brister	29	qb	8	8	5-3-0	103	190	54.2	1350	9	4.7	9	4.7	65	7.1	5.9	13.1	168.8	72.9	15	145	5.88	4.78	7.3	0	2
	Team Total	25.8		16		7-9-0	259	476	54.4	3313	20	4.2	16	3.4	89	7.0	6.3	12.8	207.1	76.4	45	359	5.67	5.06	8.6	1	3
	Opp Total			16			334	535	62.4	3843	21	3.9	19	3.6		7.2	6.37	11.5	240.2	82.3	38	257	6.3	5.5	6.6

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
33	Merril Hoge	26	FB	16	16	165	610	2	24	3.7	38.1	10.3	49	379	7.7	1	25	3.1	23.7	989	3	3
29	Barry Foster	23	RB	10	9	96	488	1	56	5.1	48.8	9.6	9	117	13.0	1	31	0.9	11.7	605	2	5
42	Warren Williams	26	rb	16	3	57	262	4	21	4.6	16.4	3.6	15	139	9.3	0	29	0.9	8.7	401	4	2
38	Tim Worley	25		2	0	22	117	0	16	5.3	58.5	11.0								117	0	1
34	Leroy Thompson	22		13	0	20	60	0	14	3.0	4.6	1.5	14	118	8.4	0	32	1.1	9.1	178	0	1
14	Neil O'Donnell	25	QB	12	8	18	82	1	22	4.6	6.8	1.5								82	1	11
6	Bubby Brister	29	qb	8	8	11	17	0	8	1.5	2.1	1.4								17	0	4
4	Dan Stryzinski	26	P	16	0	4	-11	0	0	-2.8	-0.7	0.3								-11	0	1
20	Dwight Stone	27	WR	16	8	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	32	649	20.3	5	89	2.0	40.6	651	5	0
83	Louis Lipps	29	WR	15	14	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	55	671	12.2	2	35	3.7	44.7	671	2	1
86	Eric Green	24	TE	11	11	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	41	582	14.2	6	49	3.7	52.9	582	6	2
88	Chris Calloway	23		12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	15	254	16.9	1	33	1.3	21.2	254	1	0
87	Adrian Cooper	23	te	16	8	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	11	147	13.4	2	47	0.7	9.2	147	2	0
85	Keith Cash	22		5	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	7	90	12.9	1	20	1.4	18.0	90	1	0
84	Mike Mularkey	30	te	9	6	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	6	67	11.2	0	21	0.7	7.4	67	0	0
89	Ernie Mills	23	wr	16	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	79	26.3	1	35	0.2	4.9	79	1	0
81	Jeff Graham	22	wr	13	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	21	10.5	0	15	0.2	1.6	21	0	0
	Team Total	25.8		16		394	1627	8	56	4.1	101.7	24.6	259	3313	12.8	20	89	16.2	207.1	4940	28	37
	Opp Total			16		466	1582	14		3.4	98.9	29.1	334	3586	10.7	21		20.9	224.1	5168	35	27

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*	26	KR/PR/RCB	15	15	28	320	0	40	11.4	44	880	0	47	20.0	1200
89	Ernie Mills	23	wr	16	2	1	0	1	0	0.0	11	284	0	54	25.8	363
81	Jeff Graham	22	wr	13	1	8	46	0	13	5.8	3	48	0	23	16.0	115
20	Dwight Stone	27	WR	16	8						6	75	0	25	12.5	726
85	Keith Cash	22		5	0	1	6	0	6	6.0						96
56	Rob McGovern	25		15	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
34	Leroy Thompson	22		13	0						1	8	0	8	8.0	186
43	Shawn Vincent	23	db	10	1	1	1	0	1	1.0						1
57	Jerrol Williams	24	lb	16	4						1	19	0	19	19.0	19
	Team Total	25.8		16		39	373	1	40	9.6	67	1314	0	54	19.6	6627
	Opp Total			16		29		0			43	825	0		19.2

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
4	Dan Stryzinski	26	P	16	0																	74	2996	63	1	40.5
1	Gary Anderson	32	K	16	0			10	8	11	9	6	5	6	1	33	23	69.7%	31	31	100.0%
	Team Total	25.8		16				10	8	11	9	6	5	6	1	33	23	69.7%	31	31	100.0%	74	2996	63	1	40.5
	Opp Total			16												41	26	63.4%	38	38	100.0%	65	2704			41.6

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
54	Hardy Nickerson	26	LILB	16	14	1.0						2	0	0	0	0	94	0
37	Carnell Lake	24	SS	16	16	1.0											83	0
95	Greg Lloyd*	26	ROLB	16	16	8.0	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	2	0	0	76	0
26	Rod Woodson*	26	KR/PR/RCB	15	15	1.0	3	72	0	41	0	1	3	3	15	0	71	0
44	D.J. Johnson	25	LCB	16	16	1.0	1	0	0	0	0						74	0
27	Thomas Everett	27	FS	16	16		4	53	0	27	0	1	0	2	18	0	67	0
57	Jerrol Williams	24	lb	16	4	9.0						1	0	1	38	1	47	0
98	Gerald Williams	28	NT	16	15	2.0											50	0
66	Donald Evans	27	RDE	16	14	2.0						0	0	1	0	0	35	0
55	Jerry Olsavsky	24	lb	16	4												32	0
97	Aaron Jones	25	LDE	16	7	2.0											30	0
91	Craig Veasey	25	dt	13	2	2.0											22	0
25	Gary Jones	24	db	9	1		1	0	0	0	0						16	0
64	Kenny Davidson	24	de	13	1												13	0
94	Jeff Brady	23		16	0												11	0
14	Neil O'Donnell	25	QB	12	8							0	11	2	-3	0
93	Keith Willis	32	lde	16	7	7.0						0	0	1	0	0
6	Bubby Brister	29	qb	8	8							0	4	2	0	0
29	Barry Foster	23	RB	10	9							0	5	1	1	0
53	Bryan Hinkle	32	LOLB	14	14	2.0	2	68	1	57	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	Richard Shelton	25	db	14	2		3	57	1	57	0	0	0	2	0	0
33	Merril Hoge	26	FB	16	16							0	3	1	0	0
63	Dermontti Dawson	26	C	16	16							0	2	1	2	0
4	Dan Stryzinski	26	P	16	0							0	1	2	0	0
42	Warren Williams	26	rb	16	3							0	2	1	0	0
86	Eric Green	24	TE	11	11							0	2	0	0	0
34	Leroy Thompson	22		13	0							0	1	1	0	0
43	Shawn Vincent	23	db	10	1		2	52	0	27	0
88	Chris Calloway	23		12	0							0	0	1	0	0
22	Larry Griffin	28		6	0		1	22	0	22	0
77	Carlton Haselrig	25	RG	16	16							0	0	1	2	0
65	John Jackson	26	LT	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
83	Louis Lipps	29	WR	15	14							0	1	0	0	0
50	David Little	32	RILB	14	10		1	5	0	5	0
74	Terry Long	32	g	8	3							0	0	1	0	0
89	Ernie Mills	23	wr	16	2							0	0	1	0	0
38	Tim Worley	25		2	0							0	1	0	0	0
	Team Total	25.8		16		38.0	19	329	2	57	0	11	37	29	73	1	721	0
	Opp Total			16		45							27	16

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
1	Gary Anderson	32	K	16	0							31	23	100
86	Eric Green	24	TE	11	11		6				6			36
20	Dwight Stone	27	WR	16	8		5				5			30
42	Warren Williams	26	rb	16	3	4					4			24
33	Merril Hoge	26	FB	16	16	2	1				3			18
87	Adrian Cooper	23	te	16	8		2				2			12
29	Barry Foster	23	RB	10	9	1	1				2			12
83	Louis Lipps	29	WR	15	14		2				2			12
89	Ernie Mills	23	wr	16	2		1	1			2			12
88	Chris Calloway	23		12	0		1				1			6
85	Keith Cash	22		5	0		1				1			6
53	Bryan Hinkle	32	LOLB	14	14					1	1			6
14	Neil O'Donnell	25	QB	12	8	1					1			6
24	Richard Shelton	25	db	14	2					1	1			6
57	Jerrol Williams	24	lb	16	4				1		1			6
	Team Total	25.8		16		8	20	1	1	2	32	31	23	292
	Opp Total			16		14	21					38	26	344

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