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2001 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 13-3-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 352 points (22.0/g), 7th of 31 in the NFL.
 Allowed 212 points (13.2/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 140 points (8.8/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 12.3-3.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.4/g), 9th.

Coached by Bill Cowher (13-3-0)

2001 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 9 box L 0-1 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 3 21 15 281 161 120 4 16 299 198 101
3 Sun September 30 box W 1-1 @ Buffalo Bills 20 3 16 270 100 170 14 172 120 52 2
4 Sun October 7 box W 2-1 Cincinnati Bengals 16 7 19 413 138 275 2 15 214 149 65 1
5 Sun October 14 box W 3-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 20 17 16 316 113 203 19 271 106 165 1
6 Sun October 21 box W 4-1 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 10 17 344 124 220 3 19 278 214 64 1
7 Mon October 29 box W 5-1 Tennessee Titans 34 7 24 405 272 133 15 214 157 57 4
8 Sun November 4 box L 5-2 Baltimore Ravens 10 13 21 348 225 123 1 10 183 142 41 1
9 Sun November 11 box W 6-2 @ Cleveland Browns 15 12 20 428 181 247 1 15 187 113 74
10 Sun November 18 box W 7-2 Jacksonville Jaguars 20 7 20 402 257 145 14 234 186 48 3
11 Sun November 25 box W 8-2 @ Tennessee Titans 34 24 20 377 247 130 21 405 324 81 2
12 Sun December 2 box W 9-2 Minnesota Vikings 21 16 21 364 157 207 2 12 385 340 45 3
13 Sun December 9 box W 10-2 New York Jets 18 7 23 345 211 134 14 220 159 61
14 Sun December 16 box W 11-2 @ Baltimore Ravens 26 21 22 476 318 158 15 207 149 58 1
15 Sun December 23 box W 12-2 Detroit Lions 47 14 25 429 214 215 11 151 77 74 3
16 Sun December 30 box L 12-3 @ Cincinnati Bengals 23 26 16 313 240 73 5 32 544 403 141 3
17 Sun January 6 box W 13-3 Cleveland Browns 28 7 19 376 155 221 3 12 173 105 68 3
Playoffs
Division Sun January 20 box W 14-3 Baltimore Ravens 27 10 21 297 143 154 1 7 150 128 22 4
ConfChamp Sun January 27 box L 14-4 New England Patriots 17 24 23 306 248 58 4 15 259 192 67

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 352 5887 1065 5.5 314 274 454 3113 16 12 6.4 150 580 2774 17 4.8 148 21 9 16
Team Defense 212 4137 919 4.5 254 295 525 2942 19 16 5.1 160 339 1195 5 3.5 70 28 12 24
Lg Rank Offense 7 3 6 28 21 24 2 7 1 1 2 2 2 5
Lg Rank Defense 3 1 1 18 4 13 17 3 1 1 1 5 16 14

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%
10 Kordell Stewart* 29 QB 16 16 13-3-0 266 442 60.2 3109 14 3.2 11 2.5 90 7.0 6.2 11.7 194.3 81.7 29 175 6.2 5.5 6.2
8 Tommy Maddox 30 3 0 7 9 77.8 154 1 11.1 1 11.1 57 17.1 13.2 22.0 51.3 116.2 1 4 15.0 11.5 10.0
36 Jerome Bettis* 29 RB 11 11 1 2 50.0 32 1 50.0 0 0.0 32 16.0 21.0 32.0 2.9 135.4 0 0 16.0 21.0 0.0
86 Hines Ward* 25 WR 16 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 1 3 -1.5 -1.5 50.0
Team Total 26.3 16 13-3-0 274 454 60.4 3295 16 3.5 12 2.6 90 7.3 6.4 12.0 205.9 83.4 31 182 6.4 5.6 6.4
Opp Total 16 295 525 56.2 3309 19 3.6 16 3.0 6.3 5.3 11.2 206.8 74.5 55 367 5.1 4.2

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
36 Jerome Bettis* 29 RB 11 11 225 1072 4 48 4.8 97.5 20.5 8 48 6.0 0 16 0.7 4.4 1120 4 3
45 Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala 24 rb 16 5 120 453 3 46 3.8 28.3 7.5 16 127 7.9 1 54 1.0 7.9 580 4 0
10 Kordell Stewart* 29 QB 16 16 96 537 5 48 5.6 33.6 6.0 537 5 11
21 Amos Zereoue 25 14 0 85 441 1 32 5.2 31.5 6.1 13 154 11.8 1 62 0.9 11.0 595 2 3
33 R.J. Bowers 27 3 0 18 84 1 21 4.7 28.0 6.0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.3 0.0 84 1 0
86 Hines Ward* 25 WR 16 16 10 83 0 36 8.3 5.2 0.6 94 1003 10.7 4 34 5.9 62.7 1086 4 1
35 Dan Kreider 24 13 1 7 29 1 12 4.1 2.2 0.5 2 5 2.5 0 5 0.2 0.4 34 1 0
8 Tommy Maddox 30 3 0 6 9 1 8 1.5 3.0 2.0 9 1 1
81 Troy Edwards 24 RET 16 0 5 28 1 12 5.6 1.8 0.3 19 283 14.9 0 57 1.2 17.7 311 1 1
38 Jon Witman 29 FB 15 12 5 24 0 14 4.8 1.6 0.3 6 32 5.3 0 12 0.4 2.1 56 0 0
3 Kris Brown 25 K 16 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.4 0.1 6 0 1
17 Tee Martin 23 1 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 8.0 1.0 8 0 0
4 Josh Miller 31 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
80 Plaxico Burress 24 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 66 1008 15.3 6 43 4.1 63.0 1008 6 1
82 Bobby Shaw 26 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 409 17.0 2 90 1.5 25.6 409 2 1
87 Mark Bruener 29 TE 9 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 98 8.2 0 21 1.3 10.9 98 0 0
84 Jerame Tuman 25 te 16 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 96 13.7 1 32 0.4 6.0 96 1 0
48 Matt Cushing 26 13 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 24 4.8 1 9 0.4 1.8 24 1 0
89 Will Blackwell 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 1.0 8.0 8 0 0
Team Total 26.3 16 580 2774 17 48 4.8 173.4 36.3 274 3295 12.0 16 90 17.1 205.9 6069 33 28
Opp Total 16 339 1195 5 3.5 74.7 21.2 295 2942 10.0 19 18.4 183.9 4137 24 27

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
22 Hank Poteat 24 RET 13 0 36 292 0 39 8.1 16 250 0 30 15.6 542
81 Troy Edwards 24 RET 16 0 10 83 0 28 8.3 20 462 0 81 23.1 856
83 Lenzie Jackson 24 11 0 6 125 0 25 20.8 125
82 Bobby Shaw 26 16 0 4 45 0 23 11.3 1 2 0 2 2.0 456
89 Will Blackwell 26 1 0 2 36 0 20 18.0 44
31 Mike Logan 27 16 1 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Team Total 26.3 16 50 420 0 39 8.4 46 884 0 81 19.2 7373
Opp Total 16 28 0 73 1561 1 21.4

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
3 Kris Brown 25 K 16 0 7 7 20 15 15 6 2 2 44 30 68.2% 37 34 91.9% 3 106 46 0 35.3
4 Josh Miller 31 P 16 0 59 2505 64 1 42.5
Team Total 26.3 16 7 7 20 15 15 6 2 2 44 30 68.2% 37 34 91.9% 62 2611 64 1 42.1
Opp Total 16 20 9 45.0% 24 23 95.8% 87 3680 42.3

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
50 Earl Holmes 28 LILB 16 16 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 85 33
97 Kendrell Bell* 23 RILB 16 16 9.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 69 13
30 Chad Scott 27 LCB 15 15 5 204 2 62 19 71 9
20 Dewayne Washington 29 RCB 16 16 1.0 1 15 0 15 18 0 0 1 63 1 66 11
27 Brent Alexander 30 FS 16 16 2.0 4 39 0 22 10 1 0 0 0 0 52 17
55 Joey Porter 24 ROLB 15 15 9.0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 47 14
92 Jason Gildon*+ 29 LOLB 16 16 12.0 1 0 0 0 8 3 0 2 27 1 43 13
41 Lee Flowers 28 SS 15 15 1.0 0 0 0 0 4 48 13
91 Aaron Smith 25 LDE 16 16 8.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 22 7
67 Kimo von Oelhoffen 30 RDE 15 15 4.0 0 0 2 0 0 20 8
31 Mike Logan 27 16 1 2.0 2 2 0 2 8 1 0 2 14 0 20 3
26 Deshea Townsend 26 16 1 2.0 2 7 0 7 8 20 4
98 Casey Hampton 24 NT 16 11 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 10 13
40 Myron Bell 30 16 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 0
51 Mike Jones 32 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 3
94 Rodney Bailey 22 16 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 8 4
96 Kendrick Clancy 23 16 4 1 3 0 3 1 6 4
10 Kordell Stewart* 29 QB 16 16 11 5 -11 0
23 Jason Simmons 25 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
53 Clark Haggans 24 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2
22 Hank Poteat 24 RET 13 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 0
36 Jerome Bettis* 29 RB 11 11 3 2 0 0
57 John Fiala 28 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
21 Amos Zereoue 25 14 0 3 1 0 0
90 Justin Kurpeikis 24 3 0 1 1
3 Kris Brown 25 K 16 0 1 1 0 0
73 Chris Combs 25 2 0 1 0
81 Troy Edwards 24 RET 16 0 1 1 32 1
79 Oliver Ross 27 rg 16 7 0 2 0 0
87 Mark Bruener 29 TE 9 9 0 1 0 0
80 Plaxico Burress 24 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
8 Tommy Maddox 30 3 0 1 0 0 0
4 Josh Miller 31 P 16 0 1 0 -9 0
82 Bobby Shaw 26 16 0 1 0 0 0
86 Hines Ward* 25 WR 16 16 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.3 16 55.0 16 270 2 62 88 15 28 27 116 3 621 175
Opp Total 16 31 27 15 2

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
3 Kris Brown 25 K 16 0 34 30 124
80 Plaxico Burress 24 WR 16 16 6 36
10 Kordell Stewart* 29 QB 16 16 5 30
36 Jerome Bettis* 29 RB 11 11 4 24
45 Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala 24 rb 16 5 3 1 24
86 Hines Ward* 25 WR 16 16 4 24
81 Troy Edwards 24 RET 16 0 1 1 12
30 Chad Scott 27 LCB 15 15 2 12
82 Bobby Shaw 26 16 0 2 12
21 Amos Zereoue 25 14 0 1 1 12
33 R.J. Bowers 27 3 0 1 6
48 Matt Cushing 26 13 3 1 6
92 Jason Gildon*+ 29 LOLB 16 16 1 6
35 Dan Kreider 24 13 1 1 6
8 Tommy Maddox 30 3 0 1 6
84 Jerame Tuman 25 te 16 7 1 6
20 Dewayne Washington 29 RCB 16 16 1 6
Team Total 26.3 16 17 16 3 2 34 30 352
Opp Total 16 5 19 1 1 23 9 2 212