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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.

Coached by Chuck Noll (7-9-0)

1991 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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

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 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

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
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 5.5 5.2 9.5
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 5.9 4.8 7.3
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 5.7 5.1 8.6
Opp Total 16 334 535 62.4 3843 21 3.9 19 3.6 7.2 6.4 11.5 240.2 82.3 38 257 6.3 5.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 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 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 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

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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 RCB 15 15 28 320 0 40 11.4 44 880 0 47 20.0 1200
89 Ernie Mills 23 16 2 1 0 1 0 0.0 11 284 0 54 25.8 363
81 Jeff Graham 22 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 10 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 1
57 Jerrol Williams 24 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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

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

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty 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 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 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 14 2 1 1 6
57 Jerrol Williams 24 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