1996 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-6-0, 1st in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bill Cowher (10-6-0)

Points For: 344 (21.5/g) 11th of 30

Points Against: 257 (16.1/g) 4th of 30

Expected W-L: 10.7-5.3

SRS: 5.16 (5th of 30), SOS: -0.28

Playoffs:
Won Wild Card 42-14 vs. Indianapolis Colts
Lost Divisional Round 3-28 vs. New England Patriots

Offensive Coordinator: Chan Gailey

Defensive Coordinator: Dick LeBeau

Other Notable Asst.: David Culley (Wide Receivers), Tim Lewis (Defensive Backs), Mike Mularkey (Tight Ends) and Ron Zook (Special Teams Coordinator)

Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium

General Manager/Director of Football Operations: Tom Donahoe

Chairman: Dan Rooney

Offensive Scheme: Erhardt-Perkins

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +1000; O/U: 10.0

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

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	344	5140	1002	5.1	33	14	296	246	456	2841	15	19	6.0	146	525	2299	18	4.4	138	83	665	12
Opp. Stats	257	4362	1009	4.3	40	17	286	322	547	2947	17	23	4.9	174	411	1415	7	3.4	80	97	746	32
Lg Rank Offense	11	15			21	20	16		30	27	24	17	13		2	2	3	6
Lg Rank Defense	4	2			2	2	10		21	5	6	4	2		5	3	5	2

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Jacksonville Jaguars	9	24	13	187	86	101	2	22	313	194	119	2	-18.78	0.51	0.19
2	Sun	September 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		Baltimore Ravens	31	17	26	397	191	206	2	17	251	154	97	3	11.54	10.77	-8.03
3	Mon	September 16	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Buffalo Bills	24	6	22	382	160	222	1	11	185	99	86	4	6.70	25.42	-13.33
4									Bye Week
5	Sun	September 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Houston Oilers	30	16	15	309	197	112	2	16	273	193	80	5	-12.34	21.99	2.58
6	Mon	October 7	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	17	7	21	436	338	98	3	17	300	170	130	3	3.41	6.38	-2.46
7	Sun	October 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1		Cincinnati Bengals	20	10	17	306	182	124	2	20	252	158	94	2	-1.82	12.64	-2.52
8	Sun	October 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-2	@	Houston Oilers	13	23	12	275	192	83	2	23	328	237	91	2	-10.17	3.02	-4.94
9	Sun	October 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-2	@	Atlanta Falcons	20	17	20	311	184	127		19	301	234	67	1	8.11	-7.92	0.32
10	Sun	November 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-2		St. Louis Rams	42	6	20	348	100	248	1	18	201	137	64	3	12.43	14.63	3.43
11	Sun	November 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-3	@	Cincinnati Bengals	24	34	18	317	180	137	4	25	372	260	112	3	-3.87	2.05	-8.01
12	Sun	November 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3		Jacksonville Jaguars	28	3	15	198	90	108	1	20	239	161	78	4	-2.82	30.12	-0.68
13	Mon	November 25	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-3	@	Miami Dolphins	24	17	23	381	239	142	3	15	312	237	75	1	0.72	2.40	4.90
14	Sun	December 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-4	@	Baltimore Ravens	17	31	18	333	214	119	1	19	372	250	122	1	-0.48	-6.77	-6.12
15	Sun	December 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-4		San Diego Chargers	16	3	21	327	160	167	4	8	148	83	65	4	-1.96	26.07	-10.48
16	Sun	December 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-5		San Francisco 49ers	15	25	23	368	248	120	3	21	288	232	56		0.32	-5.51	-4.75
17	Sun	December 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-6	@	Carolina Panthers	14	18	12	265	80	185	2	15	227	148	79	2	-21.30	17.22	-3.41
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sun	December 29	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		11-6		Indianapolis Colts	42	14	24	407	176	231	3	8	146	105	41	2	4.66	19.49	2.06
Division	Sun	January 5	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		11-7	@	New England Patriots	3	28	12	213	90	123	2	17	346	152	194	2	-25.48	1.08	-0.40

Passing

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	GWD
1	Mike Tomczak	34	QB	16	15	8-5-0	222	401	55.4	2767	15	3.7	17	4.2	136	42.7	70	6.9	5.7	12.5	172.9	71.8	16	105	3.84	6.38	5.3	2
2	Jim Miller	25	QB	2	1	0-1-0	13	25	52.0	123	0	0.0	0	0.0	6	37.0	17	4.9	4.9	9.5	61.5	65.9	2	7	7.41	4.30	4.3	0
3	Kordell Stewart	24	QB	16	2	2-0-0	11	30	36.7	100	0	0.0	2	6.7	4	21.2	15	3.3	0.3	9.1	6.3	18.8	3	37	9.09	1.91	-0.8	2
	Team Totals			16	16	10-6-0	246	456	53.9	2841	15	3.3	19	4.2	146	40.9	70	6.6	5.3	12.2	177.6	68.0	21	149	4.40	5.96	4.79	4

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1	Mike Tomczak	34	QB	2	2	1-1-0	29	50	58.0	286	4	8.0	12	38.5	35	5.7	2.1	9.9	143.0	40.9	2	15	3.85	5.21	1.8
2	Kordell Stewart	24	QB	2	0		1	11	9.1	0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	1	5	8.33	-0.42	-0.4
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	30	61	49.2	266	4	6.6	12	31.3	35	2.8	1.7	9.5	133.0	27.4	3	20	4.69	2.14	0.00

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Jerome Bettis	24	RB	16	12	320	1431	11	76	51.3	50	4.5	89.4	20.0	32	22	122	5.5	0	6	37.5	16	1.4	7.6	68.8	3.8	342	4.5	1553	11	7	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-4,AP OPoY-4
2	Charles Johnson	24	WR	16	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	101	60	1008	16.8	3	44	54.5	70	3.8	63.0	59.4	10.0	60	16.8	1008	3	1
3	Andre Hastings	26	WR	16	10	4	71	0	3	75.0	37	17.8	4.4	0.3	115	72	739	10.3	6	42	50.4	38	4.5	46.2	62.6	6.4	76	10.7	810	6	3
4	Erric Pegram	27	RB	12	4	97	509	1	32	59.8	27	5.2	42.4	8.1	27	17	112	6.6	0	9	44.4	14	1.4	9.3	63.0	4.1	114	5.4	621	1	1
5	Kordell Stewart	24	QB	16	2	39	171	5	17	53.8	80	4.4	10.7	2.4	42	17	293	17.2	3	11	26.2	48	1.1	18.3	40.5	7.0	56	8.3	464	8	1
6	Yancey Thigpen	27	WR	6	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	25	12	244	20.3	2	9	44.0	39	2.0	40.7	48.0	9.8	12	20.3	244	2	0
7	Mark Bruener	24	TE	12	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	24	12	141	11.8	0	8	45.8	36	1.0	11.8	50.0	5.9	12	11.8	141	0	0
8	Ernie Mills	28	WR	9	3	2	24	0	1	100.0	15	12.0	2.7	0.2	21	7	92	13.1	1	4	23.8	22	0.8	10.2	33.3	4.4	9	12.9	116	1	0
9	Tim Lester	28	FB	16	13	8	20	1	2	50.0	5	2.5	1.3	0.5	14	7	70	10.0	0	5	50.0	19	0.4	4.4	50.0	5.0	15	6.0	90	1	1
10	Jon Witman	24	RB	16	4	17	69	0	3	41.2	15	4.1	4.3	1.1	3	2	15	7.5	0	2	66.7	11	0.1	0.9	66.7	5.0	19	4.4	84	0	0
11	Jahine Arnold	23	WR	9	0	1	-3	0	0	0.0	-3	-3.0	-0.3	0.1	17	6	76	12.7	0	3	23.5	26	0.7	8.4	35.3	4.5	7	10.4	73	0	1
12	Fred McAfee	28	RB	14	0	7	17	0	0	14.3	5	2.4	1.2	0.5	6	5	21	4.2	0	1	16.7	9	0.4	1.5	83.3	3.5	12	3.2	38	0	0
13	Kirk Botkin	25	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	4	36	9.0	0	1	50.0	17	0.3	2.3	50.0	4.5	4	9.0	36	0	0
14	Terry Richardson	25	RB	1	0	5	17	0	1	40.0	8	3.4	17.0	5.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			5	3.4	17	0	0
15	Jonathan Hayes	34	TE	16	6	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	2	14	7.0	0	0	0.0	7	0.1	0.9	33.3	2.3	2	7.0	14	0	0
16	Corey Holliday	25	WR	11	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	1	7	7.0	0	1	25.0	7	0.1	0.6	25.0	1.8	1	7.0	7	0	0
17	John Farquhar	24	TE	4	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
18	Jim Miller	25	QB	2	1	2	-4	0	0	0.0		-2.0	-2.0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	-2.0	-4	0	1
19	Mike Tomczak	34	QB	16	15	22	-7	0	3	18.2	6	-0.3	-0.4	1.4	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			22	-0.3	-7	0	7
20	Shayne Edge	25	P	4	0	1	-16	0	0	0.0	-16	-16.0	-4.0	0.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-16.0	-16	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	525	2299	18	138	50.7	80	4.4	143.7	32.8	446	246	2990	12.2	15	146	43.5	70	15.4	186.9	55.2	6.7	771	6.9	5289	33	23

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Jerome Bettis	24	RB	2	2	38	145	2	9	52.6	18	3.8	72.5	19.0	3	3	3	1.0	0	0	33.3	4	1.5	1.5	100.0	1.0	41	3.6	148	2	0
2	Charles Johnson	24	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	12	5	109	21.8	0	4	41.7	35	2.5	54.5	41.7	9.1	5	21.8	109	0	0
3	Andre Hastings	26	WR	2	2	2	7	0	0	0.0	5	3.5	3.5	1.0	13	8	85	10.6	0	3	46.2	23	4.0	42.5	61.5	6.5	10	9.2	92	0	1
4	Kordell Stewart	24	QB	2	0	13	67	2	6	53.8	24	5.2	33.5	6.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			13	5.2	67	2	0
5	Fred McAfee	28	RB	2	0	10	51	0	4	70.0	10	5.1	25.5	5.0	4	3	7	2.3	0	1	25.0	9	1.5	3.5	75.0	1.8	13	4.5	58	0	0
6	Jon Witman	24	RB	2	0	10	59	1	3	40.0	31	5.9	29.5	5.0	1	1	-2	-2.0	0	0	0.0	-2	0.5	-1.0	100.0	-2.0	11	5.2	57	1	1
7	Kirk Botkin	25	TE	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	4	46	11.5	0	3	80.0	18	2.0	23.0	80.0	9.2	4	11.5	46	0	0
8	Ernie Mills	28	WR	2	0	1	4	0	1	100.0	4	4.0	2.0	0.5	5	2	15	7.5	0	0	20.0	8	1.0	7.5	40.0	3.0	3	6.3	19	0	0
9	Mike Tomczak	34	QB	2	2	3	19	0	1	33.3	10	6.3	9.5	1.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	6.3	19	0	0
10	Jahine Arnold	23	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	2	16	8.0	0	1	10.0	11	1.0	8.0	20.0	1.6	2	8.0	16	0	0
11	Tim Lester	28	FB	2	2	1	2	0	0	100.0	2	2.0	1.0	0.5	3	2	7	3.5	0	0	33.3	4	1.0	3.5	66.7	2.3	3	3.0	9	0	0
12	Jonathan Hayes	34	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
13	Corey Holliday	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	78	354	5	24	52.6	31	4.5	177.0	39.0	60	30	286	9.5	0	12	33.3	35	15.0	143.0	50.0	4.8	108	5.9	640	5	2

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	John Jackson	31	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Levon Kirkland	27	LILB	16	16	4	12	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	113	75	38	0	PB,AP-2
3	Darren Perry	28	FS	16	16	5	115	1	28	2	1	2	0	0	1.0	79	61	18	0
4	Rod Woodson	31	LCB	16	16	6	121	1	43	0	1	3	42	1	1.0	67	57	10	0	PB,AP DPoY-7
5	Mike Tomczak	34	QB	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Chad Brown	26	ROLB	14	14	2	20	0	16	3	1	2	0	0	13.0	81	50	31	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-4
7	Brentson Buckner	25	LDE	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13	0	3.0	36	24	12	0
8	Joel Steed	27	NT	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	45	32	13	0
9	Willie Williams	26	RCB	15	14	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.0	76	66	10	0
10	Jason Gildon	24	LOLB	14	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	59	47	12	0
11	Carnell Lake	29	SS	13	13	1	47	1	47	2	0	2	85	1	2.0	54	44	10	0	PB
12	Tim Lester	28	FB	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Jerry Olsavsky	29	RILB	15	13	1	5	0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0.5	63	46	17	0
14	Jerome Bettis	24	RB	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-4,AP OPoY-4
15	Charles Johnson	24	WR	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Andre Hastings	26	WR	16	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Kevin Henry	28	RDE	12	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	1.5	23	13	10	0
18	Bill Johnson	28	LDE	15	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	29	18	11	0
19	Myron Bell	25	DB	16	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	2.0	36	28	8	0
20	Erric Pegram	27	RB	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Deon Figures	26	DB	16	3	2	13	0	13	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	59	54	5	0
22	Ernie Mills	28	WR	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Donta Jones	24	LB	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	12	9	3	0
24	Eric Ravotti	25	LB	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	2.0	8	5	3	0
25	Kordell Stewart	24	QB	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Randy Fuller	26	DB	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	9	7	2	0
27	Earl Holmes	23	LB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	10	9	1	0
28	Greg Lloyd	31	LB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0
29	Jim Miller	25	QB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Orpheus Roye	23	DE	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	3	1	2	0
31	Jahine Arnold	23	WR	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Carlos Emmons	23	LB	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.5	7	5	2	0
33	Lee Flowers	23	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
34	Oliver Gibson	24	DT	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	15	7	8	0
35	Chris Oldham	28	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	7	7	0	0
36	Israel Raybon	23	DE	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	23	334	3	47	21	27	29	160	2	50.0	897	671	226	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Chad Brown	26	ROLB	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	13	10	3	0
2	Jason Gildon	24	LOLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	8	6	2	0
3	Kevin Henry	28	RDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	1	3	0
4	Levon Kirkland	27	LILB	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	14	10	4	0
5	Carnell Lake	29	SS	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0.0	4	3	1	0
6	Jerry Olsavsky	29	RILB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	8	5	3	0
7	Darren Perry	28	FS	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	9	6	3	0
8	Willie Williams	26	RCB	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	6	0	0
9	Rod Woodson	31	LCB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	12	11	1	0
10	Brentson Buckner	25	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0
11	Andre Hastings	26	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
12	Bill Johnson	28	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	1	2	0
13	Joel Steed	27	NT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	1	0
14	Myron Bell	25	DB	2	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0
15	Deon Figures	26	DB	2	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	1
16	Oliver Gibson	24	DT	2	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	0	3
17	Chris Oldham	28	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
18	Orpheus Roye	23	DE	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	2	2	0
19	Jon Witman	24	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
	Team Totals			2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	6.0	100	70	30	0

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