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1998 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 263 points (16.4/g), 28th of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 303 points (18.9/g), 7th.
 Differential of -40 points (-2.5/g), 17th.
 Expected W-L: 6.7-9.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 19th.

Coached by Bill Cowher (7-9-0)

1998 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 6 box W 1-0 @ Baltimore Ravens 20 13 14 271 157 114 3 17 376 264 112
2 Sun September 13 box W 2-0 Chicago Bears 17 12 17 251 109 142 1 19 320 190 130 2
3 Sun September 20 box L 2-1 @ Miami Dolphins 0 21 13 200 78 122 3 11 219 109 110 1
4 Sun September 27 box W 3-1 Seattle Seahawks 13 10 16 285 100 185 14 230 169 61 4
5 Bye Week
6 Sun October 11 box L 3-2 @ Cincinnati Bengals 20 25 20 386 129 257 1 17 389 281 108
7 Sun October 18 box W 4-2 Baltimore Ravens 16 6 13 241 162 79 2 16 230 134 96 5
8 Mon October 26 box W 5-2 @ Kansas City Chiefs 20 13 20 272 90 182 1 16 290 218 72 3
9 Sun November 1 box L 5-3 Tennessee Oilers 31 41 26 401 347 54 3 19 321 152 169
10 Mon November 9 box W 6-3 Green Bay Packers 27 20 19 360 218 142 1 17 256 217 39 1
11 Sun November 15 box L 6-4 @ Tennessee Oilers 14 23 16 310 231 79 2 18 338 230 108 1
12 Sun November 22 box W 7-4 Jacksonville Jaguars 30 15 18 329 208 121 17 301 204 97 4
13 Thu November 26 box L 7-5 @ Detroit Lions 16 19 22 293 208 85 2 13 283 213 70 2
14 Sun December 6 box L 7-6 New England Patriots 9 23 13 249 195 54 3 19 377 304 73 3
15 Sun December 13 box L 7-7 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 16 10 166 78 88 5 14 253 109 144 1
16 Sun December 20 box L 7-8 Cincinnati Bengals 24 25 11 211 86 125 2 23 483 359 124 2
17 Mon December 28 box L 7-9 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 3 21 20 361 156 205 3 16 297 168 129

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 263 4586 1014 4.5 268 274 489 2552 13 20 4.9 135 490 2034 8 4.2 106 32 12 27
Team Defense 303 4963 1002 5.0 444 268 482 3321 17 16 6.3 155 479 1642 8 3.4 266 29 13 23
Lg Rank Offense 28 25 22 22 29 27 25 27 8 7 24 9 19 15
Lg Rank Defense 7 12 6 9 18 3 17 24 18 13 4 3 16 11

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%
Kordell Stewart 26 QB 16 16 252 458 55.0 2560 11 2.4 18 3.9 55 5.6 4.1 10.2 160.0 62.9 33 211 4.8 3.4 6.7
Mike Tomczak 36 16 0 21 30 70.0 204 2 6.7 2 6.7 42 6.8 4.5 9.7 12.8 83.2 2 18 5.8 3.6 6.3
Hines Ward 22 16 0 1 1 100.0 17 0 0.0 0 0.0 17 17.0 17.0 17.0 1.1 118.7 0 0 17.0 17.0 0.0
Team Total 27.2 16 274 489 56.0 2781 13 2.7 20 4.1 55 5.7 4.1 10.1 173.8 64.3 35 229 4.9 3.4 6.7
Opp Total 16 268 482 55.6 3321 17 3.5 16 3.3 6.9 5.7 12.4 207.6 75.1 41 238 6.3 4.8

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 26 RB 15 15 316 1185 3 42 3.8 79.0 21.1 16 90 5.6 0 26 1.1 6.0 1275 3 2
Kordell Stewart 26 QB 16 16 81 406 2 56 5.0 25.4 5.1 1 17 17.0 0 17 0.1 1.1 423 2 3
Richard Huntley 26 16 1 55 242 1 48 4.4 15.1 3.4 3 18 6.0 0 7 0.2 1.1 260 1 5
Fred McAfee 30 14 0 18 111 0 14 6.2 7.9 1.3 9 27 3.0 0 11 0.6 1.9 138 0 0
Courtney Hawkins 29 WR 15 14 10 41 0 14 4.1 2.7 0.7 66 751 11.4 1 53 4.4 50.1 792 1 1
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala 21 12 0 7 30 2 10 4.3 2.5 0.6 9 84 9.3 1 26 0.8 7.0 114 3 0
Charles Johnson 26 WR 16 16 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 65 815 12.5 7 55 4.1 50.9 819 7 0
Hines Ward 22 16 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 0.8 0.1 15 246 16.4 0 45 0.9 15.4 259 0 0
Jon Witman 26 FB 16 8 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 13 74 5.7 0 15 0.8 4.6 76 0 0
Will Blackwell 23 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 297 9.3 1 24 2.0 18.6 297 1 1
Mark Bruener 26 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 157 8.3 2 20 1.2 9.8 157 2 0
David Dunn 26 RET 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 87 9.7 0 24 0.9 8.7 87 0 1
Tim Lester 30 fb 9 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 46 5.1 0 9 1.0 5.1 46 0 0
Andre Coleman 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 49 12.3 1 13 1.0 12.3 49 1 1
Mitch Lyons 28 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 19 6.3 0 11 0.2 1.3 19 0 0
Harold Bishop 28 7 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.1 0.6 4 0 0
Team Total 27.2 16 490 2034 8 56 4.2 127.1 30.6 274 2781 10.1 13 55 17.1 173.8 4815 21 18
Opp Total 16 479 1642 8 3.4 102.6 29.9 268 3321 12.4 17 16.8 207.6 4963 25 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
Will Blackwell 23 16 2 4 22 0 13 5.5 20 382 0 43 19.1 701
David Dunn 26 RET 10 0 21 525 0 44 25.0 612
Courtney Hawkins 29 WR 15 14 15 175 0 47 11.7 967
Andre Coleman 26 4 0 10 53 0 12 5.3 102
Jahine Arnold 25 3 0 4 19 0 8 4.8 3 78 0 31 26.0 97
Richard Huntley 26 16 1 6 119 0 26 19.8 379
Mitch Lyons 28 15 0 2 -4 0 6 -2.0 15
Oliver Gibson 26 16 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Fred McAfee 30 14 0 1 10 0 25 10.0 148
Orpheus Roye 25 LDE 16 9 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 27.2 16 33 269 0 47 8.2 55 1112 0 44 20.2 6196
Opp Total 16 30 0 64 1212 0 18.9

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
Josh Miller 28 P 16 0 81 3530 73 0 43.6
Norm Johnson 38 K 15 0 10 10 5 5 14 11 2 31 26 83.9% 21 21 100.0%
Matt George 23 1 0 1 1 0.0% 2 2 100.0%
Kordell Stewart 26 QB 16 16 1 35 35 0 35.0
Team Total 27.2 16 10 10 6 5 14 11 2 32 26 81.3% 23 23 100.0% 82 3565 73 0 43.5
Opp Total 16 41 32 78.0% 24 23 95.8% 76 3481 45.8

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
Jason Gildon 26 LOLB 16 16 11.0 2 0 1 0 0 42 12
Dewayne Washington 26 RCB 16 16 5 178 2 78 0 0 2 0 0 79 14
Chris Oldham 30 16 1 0.5 1 14 0 14 0 0 5 79 1 17 8
Carnell Lake 31 LCB 16 16 1.0 4 33 1 27 0 0 1 -2 0 63 6
Carlos Emmons 25 ROLB 15 14 3.5 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 46 17
Richard Huntley 26 16 1 5 0 0 0
Kordell Stewart 26 QB 16 16 3 2 0 0
Darren Perry 30 FS 14 14 0.5 2 69 0 40 1 1 1 0 0 54 14
Lee Flowers 25 SS 16 16 1.0 1 2 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 78 23
Kevin Henry 30 RDE 16 16 4.0 27 13
Nolan Harrison 29 lde 9 7 3.5 11 8
Levon Kirkland 29 LILB 16 16 2.5 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 79 38
Orpheus Roye 25 LDE 16 9 3.5 29 13
Donta Jones 26 16 4 3.0 17 11
Earl Holmes 25 RILB 14 14 1.5 1 36 0 36 55 25
Mike Vrabel 23 11 0 2.5 6 3
Jerome Bettis 26 RB 15 15 2 0 0 0
Lance Brown 26 16 0 0 0 2 1 0
Oliver Gibson 26 16 0 2.0 10 5
Courtney Hawkins 29 WR 15 14 1 1 0 0
Mike Tomczak 36 16 0 2 0 0 0
Will Blackwell 23 16 2 1 0 0 0
Andre Coleman 26 4 0 1 0 0 0
Dermontti Dawson*+ 33 C 16 16 1 0 -25 0
David Dunn 26 RET 10 0 1 0 0 0
Joel Steed 29 NT 16 16 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 37 12
Will Wolford 34 LT 13 13 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.2 16 41.0 16 335 3 78 13 18 19 53 1 670 229
Opp Total 16 35 28 15

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 38 K 15 0 21 26 99
Charles Johnson 26 WR 16 16 7 2 46
Jerome Bettis 26 RB 15 15 3 18
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala 21 12 0 2 1 18
Mark Bruener 26 TE 16 16 2 12
Kordell Stewart 26 QB 16 16 2 12
Dewayne Washington 26 RCB 16 16 2 12
Will Blackwell 23 16 2 1 1 8
Andre Coleman 26 4 0 1 6
Courtney Hawkins 29 WR 15 14 1 6
Richard Huntley 26 16 1 1 6
Carnell Lake 31 LCB 16 16 1 6
Fred McAfee 30 14 0 1 6
Chris Oldham 30 16 1 1 6
Matt George 23 1 0 2 2
Team Total 27.2 16 8 13 1 3 1 3 23 26 263
Opp Total 16 8 17 2 23 32 303