1978 Pittsburgh Steelers Game Log

Record: 14-2-0, 1st in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Chuck Noll (14-2-0)

Points For: 356 (22.3/g) 5th of 28

Points Against: 195 (12.2/g) 1st of 28

SRS: 8.17 (2nd of 28), SOS: -1.89

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 33-10 vs. Denver Broncos
Won Conference Championship 34-5 vs. Houston Oilers
Won Super Bowl 35-31 vs. Dallas Cowboys

Defensive Coordinator: George Perles

Other Notable Asst.: Tom Moore (Wide Receivers) and Woody Widenhofer (Linebackers)

Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner/President: Art Rooney

Director of Player Personnel/de facto General Manager: Dick Haley

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +1500

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

1978 Super Bowl Champion

Game Logs

Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Sun	September 3	boxscore	W		@	Buffalo Bills	28	17	14	19	217	2	1	0	0	11.4	11.4	73.7	124.2	43	142	3.3	2	0	1	4	4	4	156
2	Sun	September 10	boxscore	W			Seattle Seahawks	21	10	17	33	185	2	0	2	28	6.5	5.3	51.5	88.6	40	151	3.8	1	0	2	3	3	3	125
3	Sun	September 17	boxscore	W		@	Cincinnati Bengals	28	3	14	20	235	2	1	1	7	12.1	11.2	70.0	121.9	49	212	4.3	2	0	1	4	4	4	175
4	Sun	September 24	boxscore	W	OT		Cleveland Browns	15	9	14	32	200	1	2	1	8	6.5	6.1	43.8	49.0	37	139	3.8	0	3	4	0	0	6	214
5	Sun	October 1	boxscore	W		@	New York Jets	28	17	17	26	189	3	1	0	0	7.3	7.3	65.4	109.3	39	138	3.5	1	0	0	4	4	2	86
6	Sun	October 8	boxscore	W			Atlanta Falcons	31	7	13	18	206	1	0	2	25	12.8	10.3	72.2	128.5	44	181	4.1	3	1	1	4	4	2	71
7	Sun	October 15	boxscore	W		@	Cleveland Browns	34	14	10	21	153	2	0	3	22	8.3	6.4	47.6	103.9	38	168	4.4	1	2	3	4	4	5	199
8	Mon	October 23	boxscore	L			Houston Oilers	17	24	17	33	215	2	1	1	11	6.8	6.3	51.5	79.7	31	113	3.6	0	1	2	2	2	3	124
9	Sun	October 29	boxscore	W			Kansas City Chiefs	27	24	8	15	80	1	2	4	39	7.9	4.2	53.3	51.4	40	135	3.4	2	0	0	3	4	4	173
10	Sun	November 5	boxscore	W			New Orleans Saints	20	14	16	23	200	2	1	0	0	8.7	8.7	69.6	107.2	34	145	4.3	0	2	3	2	2	1	28
11	Sun	November 12	boxscore	L		@	Los Angeles Rams	7	10	11	25	115	1	3	1	10	5.0	4.4	44.0	31.7	25	59	2.4	0	0	2	1	1	7	290
12	Sun	November 19	boxscore	W			Cincinnati Bengals	7	6	12	30	84	0	4	2	33	3.9	2.6	40.0	8.3	34	70	2.1	1	0	1	1	1	7	264
13	Mon	November 27	boxscore	W		@	San Francisco 49ers	24	7	13	21	168	3	1	2	27	9.3	7.3	61.9	106.7	53	212	4.0	0	1	1	3	3	3	127
14	Sun	December 3	boxscore	W		@	Houston Oilers	13	3	11	24	74	1	1	2	23	4.0	2.8	45.8	49.7	48	177	3.7	0	2	4	1	1	5	201
15	Sat	December 9	boxscore	W			Baltimore Colts	35	13	12	21	234	3	2	2	13	11.8	10.2	57.1	96.1	48	139	2.9	2	0	0	5	5	4	131
16	Sat	December 16	boxscore	W		@	Denver Broncos	21	17	13	19	144	2	2	2	16	8.4	6.9	68.4	86.2	38	116	3.1	1	0	1	3	3	6	278

Playoffs Game Logs

Playoffs Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
18	Sat	December 30	boxscore	W			Denver Broncos	33	10	16	29	272	2	1	0	0	9.4	9.4	55.2	95.8	40	153	3.8	2	2	2	3	4	2	144
19	Sun	January 7	boxscore	W			Houston Oilers	34	5	11	19	200	2	2	0	0	10.5	10.5	57.9	89.7	47	179	3.8	2	2	4	4	4	1	53
20	Sun	January 21	boxscore	W		N	Dallas Cowboys	35	31	17	30	291	4	1	4	27	10.6	8.6	56.7	115.4	24	66	2.8	1	0	1	5	5	3	39	26:18

Opponent Game Logs

Opponent Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Sun	September 3	boxscore	W		@	Buffalo Bills	28	17	13	26	164	2	1	3	27	7.3	5.7	50.0	79.6	29	100	3.4	0	1	1	2	2	6	155
2	Sun	September 10	boxscore	W			Seattle Seahawks	21	10	11	22	154	0	1	4	20	7.9	5.9	50.0	54.0	28	93	3.3	1	1	2	1	1	4	61
3	Sun	September 17	boxscore	W		@	Cincinnati Bengals	28	3	17	36	123	0	2	0	0	3.4	3.4	47.2	32.5	19	56	2.9	0	1	2	0	0	10	424
4	Sun	September 24	boxscore	W	OT		Cleveland Browns	15	9	14	32	102	0	2	5	37	4.3	2.8	43.8	25.8	32	97	3.0	0	3	4	0	0	6	150
5	Sun	October 1	boxscore	W		@	New York Jets	28	17	9	23	142	0	1	5	50	8.3	5.1	39.1	42.3	36	155	4.3	2	1	1	2	2	4	67
6	Sun	October 8	boxscore	W			Atlanta Falcons	31	7	17	33	144	1	2	5	44	5.7	3.8	51.5	48.0	34	113	3.3	0	0	2	1	1	3	31
7	Sun	October 15	boxscore	W		@	Cleveland Browns	34	14	19	35	228	2	2	2	24	7.2	6.2	54.3	69.7	38	132	3.5	0	0	0	2	2	4	50
8	Mon	October 23	boxscore	L			Houston Oilers	17	24	13	19	160	0	0	0	0	8.4	8.4	68.4	94.2	43	169	3.9	3	1	1	3	3	4	65
9	Sun	October 29	boxscore	W			Kansas City Chiefs	27	24	15	28	141	0	2	1	7	5.3	4.9	53.6	37.9	39	181	4.6	3	1	2	3	3	4	62
10	Sun	November 5	boxscore	W			New Orleans Saints	20	14	22	32	340	1	1	1	4	10.8	10.3	68.8	101.0	32	81	2.5	1	0	2	2	2	2	24
11	Sun	November 12	boxscore	L		@	Los Angeles Rams	7	10	14	27	121	1	0	2	19	5.2	4.2	51.9	76.3	44	192	4.4	0	1	2	1	1	7	132
12	Sun	November 19	boxscore	W			Cincinnati Bengals	7	6	14	29	149	0	2	3	15	5.7	4.7	48.3	35.0	31	97	3.1	0	2	3	0	0	6	125
13	Mon	November 27	boxscore	W		@	San Francisco 49ers	24	7	10	28	74	0	5	4	39	4.0	2.3	35.7	4.8	29	67	2.3	1	0	1	1	1	5	100
14	Sun	December 3	boxscore	W		@	Houston Oilers	13	3	10	27	83	0	3	1	8	3.4	3.0	37.0	6.2	26	81	3.1	0	1	2	0	0	5	120
15	Sat	December 9	boxscore	W			Baltimore Colts	35	13	8	19	43	1	2	2	19	3.3	2.0	42.1	27.6	27	86	3.2	0	0	0	1	2	6	134
16	Sat	December 16	boxscore	W		@	Denver Broncos	21	17	15	26	226	2	1	6	48	10.5	7.1	57.7	96.0	26	74	2.8	0	1	1	2	2	6	152

Opponent Playoffs Game Logs

Opponent Playoffs Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
18	Sat	December 30	boxscore	W			Denver Broncos	33	10	12	22	131	0	0	6	37	7.6	4.7	54.5	72.3	27	87	3.2	1	1	2	1	1	6	122
19	Sun	January 7	boxscore	W			Houston Oilers	34	5	12	26	70	0	5	4	26	3.7	2.3	46.2	13.5	26	72	2.8	0	1	1	0	0	6	142
20	Sun	January 21	boxscore	W		N	Dallas Cowboys	35	31	17	30	176	3	1	5	52	7.6	5.0	56.7	93.2	32	154	4.8	0	1	1	4	4	5	99	33:42

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