1997 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 11-5-0, 1st in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bill Cowher (11-5-0)

Points For: 372 (23.3/g) 7th of 30

Points Against: 307 (19.2/g) 11th of 30

Expected W-L: 9.8-6.2

SRS: 5.31 (6th of 30), SOS: 1.25

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 7-6 vs. New England Patriots
Lost Conference Championship 21-24 vs. Denver Broncos

Offensive Coordinator: Chan Gailey

Defensive Coordinator: Jim Haslett

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 +1500; O/U: 9.0

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	372	5542	1058	5.2	33	14	326	253	466	3063	22	19	6.3	157	572	2479	19	4.3	154	95	861	15
Opp. Stats	307	4705	1005	4.7	34	14	285	295	554	3387	24	20	5.6	177	403	1318	5	3.3	82	90	708	26
Lg Rank Offense	7	6			23	19	3		26	23	9	22	7		1	1	3	8
Lg Rank Defense	11	6			4	10	12		24	18	22	6	12		3	1	1	1

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	August 31	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Dallas Cowboys	7	37	15	174	89	85	2	21	380	295	85		-14.80	-12.15	-3.50
2	Sun	September 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		Washington Redskins	14	13	23	295	73	222	1	19	354	285	69	3	9.23	-1.99	-4.24
3									Bye Week
4	Mon	September 22	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Jacksonville Jaguars	21	30	19	306	153	153	2	23	343	303	40		10.63	-15.35	-3.20
5	Sun	September 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2		Tennessee Oilers	37	24	19	399	262	137	1	20	284	226	58	3	6.87	7.00	-0.53
6	Sun	October 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2	@	Baltimore Ravens	42	34	22	431	217	214	3	20	332	280	52	5	4.82	3.61	0.65
7	Sun	October 12	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		Indianapolis Colts	24	22	17	327	142	185	6	18	270	191	79	2	-13.99	10.73	4.34
8	Sun	October 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2	@	Cincinnati Bengals	26	10	24	412	246	166	2	13	236	165	71	4	9.72	14.31	-3.59
9	Sun	October 26	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	6-2		Jacksonville Jaguars	23	17	26	439	298	141	3	16	267	194	73	1	-0.06	6.23	-0.84
10	Mon	November 3	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-3	@	Kansas City Chiefs	10	13	12	235	93	142	1	24	392	209	183	2	-5.36	2.69	-0.93
11	Sun	November 9	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3		Baltimore Ravens	37	0	19	341	198	143		11	172	112	60	7	-1.52	40.30	-7.51
12	Sun	November 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3		Cincinnati Bengals	20	3	20	309	123	186		16	244	128	116	3	10.08	8.43	2.29
13	Sun	November 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-4	@	Philadelphia Eagles	20	23	22	383	272	111	5	19	326	229	97		2.80	-0.28	-1.97
14	Sun	November 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	9-4	@	Arizona Cardinals	26	20	25	342	165	177		18	291	243	48		7.02	-3.35	1.65
15	Sun	December 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-4		Denver Broncos	35	24	22	476	290	186	2	18	320	231	89	1	19.06	-2.63	-1.62
16	Sat	December 13	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	11-4	@	New England Patriots	24	21	22	404	266	138	2	15	253	211	42	2	-0.85	4.25	-1.66
17	Sun	December 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-5	@	Tennessee Oilers	6	16	19	269	176	93	3	14	241	85	156	1	-14.20	1.96	-0.48
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	January 3	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		12-5		New England Patriots	7	6	16	279	134	145	1	15	280	244	36	4	-8.35	17.90	-9.27
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 11	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		12-6		Denver Broncos	21	24	23	354	193	161	4	23	345	195	150	2	2.92	-5.75	-3.22

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	4QC	GWD
1	Kordell Stewart	25	QB	16	16	11-5-0	236	440	53.6	3020	21	4.8	17	3.9	143	41.1	69	6.9	6.1	12.8	188.8	75.2	20	152	4.35	6.23	5.5	4	5
2	Mike Tomczak	35	QB	16	0		16	24	66.7	185	1	4.2	2	8.3	13	54.2	28	7.7	4.8	11.6	11.6	68.9	0	0	0.00	7.71	4.8	0	0
3	Mike Quinn	23	QB	1	0		1	2	50.0	10	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	10	5.0	5.0	10.0	10.0	64.6	0	0	0.00	5.00	5.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	11-5-0	253	466	54.3	3063	22	4.7	19	4.1	157	41.8	69	6.9	6.0	12.7	191.4	74.8	20	152	4.12	6.30	5.45	4	5

Passing Table
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	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Kordell Stewart	25	QB	2	2	1-1-0	32	67	47.8	335	1	1.5	4	6.0	21	40.3	28	5.0	2.6	10.5	167.5	42.8	5	11	6.94	4.50	2.3	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	32	67	47.8	327	1	1.5	4	6.0	21	40.3	28	5.6	2.6	10.5	163.5	41.6	5	11	6.94	4.95	2.00	0	0

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	25	RB	15	15	375	1665	7	94	52.0	34	4.4	111.0	25.0	24	15	110	7.3	2	5	37.5	19	1.0	7.3	62.5	4.6	390	4.6	1775	9	6	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-5
2	Yancey Thigpen	28	WR	16	15	1	3	0	0	0.0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1	153	79	1398	17.7	7	62	46.4	69	4.9	87.4	51.6	9.1	80	17.5	1401	7	1	PB,AP-2
3	Courtney Hawkins	28	WR	15	3	5	17	0	2	60.0	11	3.4	1.1	0.3	69	45	555	12.3	3	30	50.7	44	3.0	37.0	65.2	8.0	50	11.4	572	3	1
4	Charles Johnson	25	WR	13	11	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	91	46	568	12.3	2	28	47.3	49	3.5	43.7	50.5	6.2	46	12.3	568	2	0
5	Kordell Stewart	25	QB	16	16	88	476	11	43	63.6	74	5.4	29.8	5.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			88	5.4	476	11	6
6	George Jones	24	RB	16	1	72	235	1	12	27.8	32	3.3	14.7	4.5	18	16	96	6.0	1	5	38.9	25	1.0	6.0	88.9	5.3	88	3.8	331	2	3
7	Will Blackwell	22	WR	14	0	2	14	0	1	50.0	11	7.0	1.0	0.1	29	12	168	14.0	1	6	20.7	46	0.9	12.0	41.4	5.8	14	13.0	182	1	3
8	Mark Bruener	25	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	30	18	117	6.5	6	10	50.0	18	1.1	7.3	60.0	3.9	18	6.5	117	6	1
9	Fred McAfee	29	RB	14	0	13	41	0	1	38.5	9	3.2	2.9	0.9	2	2	44	22.0	0	2	100.0	30	0.1	3.1	100.0	22.0	15	5.7	85	0	1
10	Tim Lester	29	FB	16	13	2	9	0	0	50.0	6	4.5	0.6	0.1	15	10	51	5.1	0	3	46.7	14	0.6	3.2	66.7	3.4	12	5.0	60	0	0
11	Mike Adams	23	WR	6	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	39	39.0	0	1	50.0	39	0.2	6.5	50.0	19.5	1	39.0	39	0	1
12	Mitch Lyons	27	TE	10	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	4	29	7.3	0	1	75.0	13	0.4	2.9	100.0	7.3	4	7.3	29	0	0
13	Curtis Marsh	27	WR	5	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	2	2.0	0.4	0.2	7	2	14	7.0	0	2	28.6	8	0.4	2.8	28.6	2.0	3	5.3	16	0	0
14	Jon Witman	25	RB	16	2	5	11	0	0	0.0	4	2.2	0.7	0.3	4	1	3	3.0	0	0	0.0	3	0.1	0.2	25.0	0.8	6	2.3	14	0	0
15	Mike Tomczak	35	QB	16	0	7	13	0	1	14.3	17	1.9	0.8	0.4	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			7	1.9	13	0	0
16	Troy Sadowski	32	TE	6	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	12	12.0	0	1	100.0	12	0.2	2.0	100.0	12.0	1	12.0	12	0	0
17	Kirk Botkin	26	TE	13	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	11	11.0	0	1	50.0	11	0.1	0.8	50.0	5.5	1	11.0	11	0	0
18	Andre Coleman	25	WR	8	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	1
19	Corey Holliday	26	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
20	Josh Miller	27	P	16	0	1	-7	0	0	0.0	-7	-7.0	-0.4	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-7.0	-7	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	572	2479	19	154	49.3	74	4.3	154.9	35.8	455	253	3215	12.7	22	157	44.6	69	15.8	200.9	55.6	7.1	825	6.9	5694	41	24

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	25	RB	2	2	48	172	1	8	50.0	16	3.6	86.0	24.0	2	2	10	5.0	0	0	50.0	7	1.0	5.0	100.0	5.0	50	3.6	182	1	0
2	Yancey Thigpen	28	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	21	9	146	16.2	0	9	42.9	28	4.5	73.0	42.9	7.0	9	16.2	146	0	0
3	Kordell Stewart	25	QB	2	2	14	112	2	5	50.0	40	8.0	56.0	7.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			14	8.0	112	2	1
4	Charles Johnson	25	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	15	6	62	10.3	1	4	40.0	14	3.0	31.0	40.0	4.1	6	10.3	62	1	0
5	Courtney Hawkins	28	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	18	8	58	7.3	0	4	44.4	9	4.0	29.0	44.4	3.2	8	7.3	58	0	0
6	Will Blackwell	22	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	3	33	11.0	0	3	100.0	16	1.5	16.5	100.0	11.0	3	11.0	33	0	0
7	Fred McAfee	29	RB	2	0	2	22	0	1	100.0	12	11.0	11.0	1.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2	11.0	22	0	0
8	Mark Bruener	25	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	1	16	16.0	0	1	33.3	16	1.0	16.0	33.3	5.3	1	16.0	16	0	0
9	Tim Lester	29	FB	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	3	10	3.3	0	0	33.3	7	1.5	5.0	100.0	3.3	3	3.3	10	0	0
10	Troy Sadowski	32	TE	1	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
	Team Totals			2	2	64	306	3	14	51.6	40	4.8	153.0	32.0	67	32	335	10.5	1	21	43.3	28	16.0	167.5	47.8	5.0	96	6.7	641	4	1

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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	Mark Bruener	25	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Jason Gildon	25	LOLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	32	1	5.0	53	41	12	0
3	Nolan Harrison	28	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	31	22	9	0
4	Kevin Henry	29	RDE	16	16	1	36	0	36	0	0	2	0	0	4.5	51	35	16	0
5	Earl Holmes	24	RILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	96	67	29	0
6	Levon Kirkland	28	LILB	16	16	2	14	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	126	95	31	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-3
7	Carnell Lake	30	RCB/SS	16	16	3	16	0	11	3	0	1	38	1	6.0	60	43	17	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-7,AP DPoY-5
8	Darren Perry	29	FS	16	16	4	77	0	42	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	78	68	10	0
9	Joel Steed	28	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	48	27	21	0	PB
10	Kordell Stewart	25	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	-1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Jerome Bettis	25	RB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-5
12	Yancey Thigpen	28	WR	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
13	Greg Lloyd	32	ROLB	12	12	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	61	0	3.5	52	30	22	0
14	Donnell Woolford	31	LCB	15	12	4	91	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	51	46	5	0
15	Chad Scott	23	RCB	13	9	2	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	47	45	2	0
16	Myron Bell	26	SS	16	8	1	10	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	1.5	58	40	18	0
17	Donta Jones	25	LB	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0.0	12	6	6	0
18	Randy Fuller	27	DB	12	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	30	28	2	0
19	Courtney Hawkins	28	WR	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	George Jones	24	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Mike Adams	23	WR	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Will Blackwell	22	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	J.B. Brown	30	DB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	0	0
24	Andre Coleman	25	WR	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Steve Conley	25	LB	16	0	1	-3	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	5	1	0
26	Carlos Emmons	24	LB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
27	Lee Flowers	24	DB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
28	Oliver Gibson	25	NT	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	10	9	1	0
29	Fred McAfee	29	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Chris Oldham	29	DB	16	0	2	16	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	4.0	23	21	2	0
31	Jerry Olsavsky	30	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	1	0
32	Orpheus Roye	24	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	3	1	0
33	Mike Vrabel	22	LB	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.5	17	14	3	0
	Team Totals			16	16	20	253	0	42	19	25	22	136	2	48.0	864	655	209	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	Myron Bell	26	SS	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	14	11	3	0
2	Jason Gildon	25	LOLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.0	4	2	2	0
3	Nolan Harrison	28	LDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	4	1	0
4	Kevin Henry	29	RDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	4	2	0
5	Earl Holmes	24	RILB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	17	10	7	0
6	Donta Jones	25	LB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	8	5	3	0
7	Levon Kirkland	28	LILB	2	2	2	21	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	14	10	4	0
8	Carnell Lake	30	RCB/SS	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	9	6	3	0
9	Darren Perry	29	FS	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	10	6	4	0
10	Chad Scott	23	RCB	2	2	1	27	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	12	11	1	0
11	Joel Steed	28	NT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	8	3	5	0
12	Kordell Stewart	25	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
13	J.B. Brown	30	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
14	Steve Conley	25	LB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1
15	Lee Flowers	24	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
16	Chris Oldham	29	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
17	Mike Vrabel	22	LB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0
18	Donnell Woolford	31	LCB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0
	Team Totals			2	2	3	48	0	27	0	3	1	3	0	0	4.0	115	79	36	0

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