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1996 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 344 points (21.5/g), 11th of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 257 points (16.1/g), 4th.
 Differential of 87 points (5.4/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 10.7-5.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.4/g), 7th.

Coached by Bill Cowher (10-6-0)

1996 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 1 box L 0-1 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 9 24 13 187 86 101 2 22 313 194 119 2
2 Sun September 8 box W 1-1 Baltimore Ravens 31 17 26 397 191 206 2 17 251 154 97 3
3 Mon September 16 box W 2-1 Buffalo Bills 24 6 22 382 160 222 1 11 185 99 86 4
4 Bye Week
5 Sun September 29 box W 3-1 Houston Oilers 30 16 15 309 197 112 2 16 273 193 80 5
6 Mon October 7 box W 4-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 17 7 21 436 338 98 3 17 300 170 130 3
7 Sun October 13 box W 5-1 Cincinnati Bengals 20 10 17 306 182 124 2 20 252 158 94 2
8 Sun October 20 box L 5-2 @ Houston Oilers 13 23 12 275 192 83 2 23 328 237 91 2
9 Sun October 27 box W 6-2 @ Atlanta Falcons 20 17 20 311 184 127 19 301 234 67 1
10 Sun November 3 box W 7-2 St. Louis Rams 42 6 20 348 100 248 1 18 201 137 64 3
11 Sun November 10 box L 7-3 @ Cincinnati Bengals 24 34 18 317 180 137 4 25 372 260 112 3
12 Sun November 17 box W 8-3 Jacksonville Jaguars 28 3 15 198 90 108 1 20 239 161 78 4
13 Mon November 25 box W 9-3 @ Miami Dolphins 24 17 23 381 239 142 3 15 312 237 75 1
14 Sun December 1 box L 9-4 @ Baltimore Ravens 17 31 18 333 214 119 1 19 372 250 122 1
15 Sun December 8 box W 10-4 San Diego Chargers 16 3 21 327 160 167 4 8 148 83 65 4
16 Sun December 15 box L 10-5 San Francisco 49ers 15 25 23 368 248 120 3 21 288 232 56
17 Sun December 22 box L 10-6 @ Carolina Panthers 14 18 12 265 80 185 2 15 227 148 79 2
Playoffs
WildCard Sun December 29 box W 11-6 Indianapolis Colts 42 14
Division Sun January 5 box L 11-7 @ New England Patriots 3 28

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 344 5140 1002 5.1 296 246 456 2841 15 19 6.0 146 525 2299 18 4.4 138 33 14 12
Team Defense 257 4362 1009 4.3 492 322 547 2947 17 23 4.9 174 411 1415 7 3.4 286 40 17 32
Lg Rank Offense 11 15 16 30 27 24 17 11 2 2 3 6 21 20
Lg Rank Defense 4 2 14 21 5 6 4 1 5 3 5 2 2 2

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%
Mike Tomczak 34 QB 16 15 222 401 55.4 2767 15 3.7 17 4.2 70 6.9 5.4 12.5 172.9 71.8 16 105 6.4 4.9 3.8
Kordell Stewart 24 16 2 11 30 36.7 100 0 0.0 2 6.7 15 3.3 0.3 9.1 6.3 18.8 3 37 1.9 -0.8 9.1
Jim Miller 25 2 1 13 25 52.0 123 0 0.0 0 0.0 17 4.9 4.9 9.5 61.5 65.9 2 7 4.3 4.3 7.4
Team Total 26.7 16 246 456 53.9 2990 15 3.3 19 4.2 70 6.6 5.0 12.2 186.9 68.0 21 149 6.0 4.5 4.4
Opp Total 16 322 547 58.9 2947 17 3.1 23 4.2 5.4 3.8 9.2 184.2 66.4 51 369 4.9 2.9

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
Jerome Bettis*+ 24 RB 16 12 320 1431 11 50 4.5 89.4 20.0 22 122 5.5 0 16 1.4 7.6 1553 11 7
Erric Pegram 27 12 4 97 509 1 27 5.2 42.4 8.1 17 112 6.6 0 14 1.4 9.3 621 1 1
Kordell Stewart 24 16 2 39 171 5 80 4.4 10.7 2.4 17 293 17.2 3 48 1.1 18.3 464 8 1
Mike Tomczak 34 QB 16 15 22 -7 0 6 -0.3 -0.4 1.4 -7 0 7
Jon Witman 24 16 4 17 69 0 15 4.1 4.3 1.1 2 15 7.5 0 11 0.1 0.9 84 0 0
Tim Lester 28 FB 16 13 8 20 1 5 2.5 1.3 0.5 7 70 10.0 0 19 0.4 4.4 90 1 1
Fred McAfee 28 14 0 7 17 0 5 2.4 1.2 0.5 5 21 4.2 0 9 0.4 1.5 38 0 0
Terry Richardson 25 1 0 5 17 0 8 3.4 17.0 5.0 17 0 0
Andre Hastings 25 WR 16 10 4 71 0 37 17.8 4.4 0.3 72 739 10.3 6 38 4.5 46.2 810 6 3
Ernie Mills 28 9 3 2 24 0 15 12.0 2.7 0.2 7 92 13.1 1 22 0.8 10.2 116 1 0
Jim Miller 25 2 1 2 -4 0 0 -2.0 -2.0 1.0 -4 0 1
Jahine Arnold 23 RET 9 0 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.3 0.1 6 76 12.7 0 26 0.7 8.4 73 0 1
Shayne Edge 25 4 0 1 -16 0 -16 -16.0 -4.0 0.3 -16 0 0
Charles Johnson 24 WR 16 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 60 1008 16.8 3 70 3.8 63.0 1008 3 1
Mark Bruener 24 TE 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 141 11.8 0 36 1.0 11.8 141 0 0
Yancey Thigpen 27 6 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 244 20.3 2 39 2.0 40.7 244 2 0
Kirk Botkin 25 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 36 9.0 0 17 0.3 2.3 36 0 0
Jonathan Hayes 34 te 16 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 14 7.0 0 7 0.1 0.9 14 0 0
Corey Holliday 25 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 0.6 7 0 0
Team Total 26.7 16 525 2299 18 80 4.4 143.7 32.8 246 2990 12.2 15 70 15.4 186.9 5289 33 27
Opp Total 16 411 1415 7 3.4 88.4 25.7 322 2947 9.2 17 20.1 184.2 4362 24 28

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
Andre Hastings 25 WR 16 10 37 242 0 33 6.5 1 42 0 42 42.0 1094
Jahine Arnold 23 RET 9 0 2 6 0 5 3.0 19 425 0 30 22.4 504
Erric Pegram 27 12 4 17 419 1 91 24.6 1040
Ernie Mills 28 9 3 8 146 0 27 18.3 262
Charles Johnson 24 WR 16 12 6 111 0 31 18.5 1119
Donta Jones 24 15 2 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
Darren Perry 28 FS 16 16 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
Jon Witman 24 16 4 1 20 0 20 20.0 104
Team Total 26.7 16 40 251 0 33 6.3 53 1171 1 91 22.1 6711
Opp Total 16 32 0 69 1509 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
Norm Johnson 36 K 16 0 12 10 10 8 7 5 1 30 23 76.7% 37 37 100.0%
Josh Miller 26 P 12 0 55 2256 61 0 41.0
Shayne Edge 25 4 0 17 675 48 0 39.7
Team Total 26.7 16 12 10 10 8 7 5 1 30 23 76.7% 37 37 100.0% 72 2931 61 0 40.7
Opp Total 16 26 21 80.8% 26 26 100.0% 86 3767 43.8

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
Chad Brown*+ 26 ROLB 14 14 13.0 2 20 0 16 3 1 2 0 0 50 31
Rod Woodson* 31 LCB 16 16 1.0 6 121 1 43 0 1 3 42 1 57 10
Jerome Bettis*+ 24 RB 16 12 7 2 0 0
Darren Perry 28 FS 16 16 1.0 5 115 1 28 2 1 2 0 0 61 18
Mike Tomczak 34 QB 16 15 7 2 0 0
Levon Kirkland* 27 LILB 16 16 4.0 4 12 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 75 38
Jason Gildon 24 LOLB 14 13 7.0 2 0 0 0 0 47 12
Brentson Buckner 25 LDE 15 14 3.0 0 1 1 13 0 24 12
Carnell Lake* 29 SS 13 13 2.0 1 47 1 47 2 0 2 85 1 44 10
Myron Bell 25 16 4 2.0 3 0 2 0 0 28 8
Andre Hastings 25 WR 16 10 3 1 0 0
Carlos Emmons 23 15 0 2.5 1 0 1 0 0 5 2
Deon Figures 26 16 3 2 13 0 13 0 0 1 0 0 54 5
Eric Ravotti 25 15 2 2.0 0 0 1 9 0 5 3
Willie J. Williams 26 RCB 15 14 1.0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 66 10
Oliver Gibson 24 16 0 2.5 7 8
Kevin Henry 28 RDE 12 10 1.5 1 0 1 4 0 13 10
Jerry Olsavsky 29 RILB 15 13 0.5 1 5 0 5 0 0 1 6 0 46 17
Bill E. Johnson 28 lde 15 8 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 18 11
Chris Oldham 28 16 0 2.0 7 0
Erric Pegram 27 12 4 1 1 0 0
Jahine Arnold 23 RET 9 0 1 0 0 0
Randy Fuller 26 14 1 1 0 0 0 7 2
Earl Holmes 23 3 1 1.0 9 1
John Jackson 31 LT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Charles Johnson 24 WR 16 12 1 0 0 0
Donta Jones 24 15 2 1.0 9 3
Tim Lester 28 FB 16 13 1 0 0 0
Greg Lloyd 31 1 1 1.0 2 0
Jim Miller 25 2 1 1 0 -4 0
Ernie Mills 28 9 3 0 1 5 0
Israel Raybon 23 3 0 1.0 1 0
Orpheus Roye 23 13 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Joel Steed 27 NT 16 14 0 0 1 0 0 32 13
Kordell Stewart 24 16 2 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.7 16 50.0 23 334 3 47 18 27 29 160 2 671 226
Opp Total 16 21 28 11 3

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
Norm Johnson 36 K 16 0 37 23 106
Jerome Bettis*+ 24 RB 16 12 11 66
Kordell Stewart 24 16 2 5 3 48
Andre Hastings 25 WR 16 10 6 36
Charles Johnson 24 WR 16 12 3 1 20
Carnell Lake* 29 SS 13 13 1 1 12
Erric Pegram 27 12 4 1 1 12
Yancey Thigpen 27 6 2 2 12
Rod Woodson* 31 LCB 16 16 1 1 12
Tim Lester 28 FB 16 13 1 6
Ernie Mills 28 9 3 1 6
Darren Perry 28 FS 16 16 1 6
Mark Bruener 24 TE 12 12 1 2
Team Total 26.7 16 18 15 1 2 3 2 37 23 344
Opp Total 16 7 17 1 26 21 3 257