1979 Pittsburgh Steelers Game Log

Record: 12-4-0, 1st in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Chuck Noll (12-4-0)

Points For: 416 (26.0/g) 1st of 28

Points Against: 262 (16.4/g) 5th of 28

SRS: 11.91 (1st of 28), SOS: 2.29

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 34-14 vs. Miami Dolphins
Won Conference Championship 27-13 vs. Houston Oilers
Won Super Bowl 31-19 vs. Los Angeles Rams

Defensive Coordinator: Woody Widenhofer

Other Notable Asst.: Tom Moore (Wide Receivers) and George Perles (Assistant Head Coach)

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 +240

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

1979 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	Mon	September 3	boxscore	W	OT	@	New England Patriots	16	13	15	29	191	1	0	4	30	7.6	5.8	51.7	84.1	38	118	3.1	1	1	2	1	2	7	281
2	Sun	September 9	boxscore	W			Houston Oilers	38	7	12	29	174	2	2	3	24	6.8	5.4	41.4	55.8	29	82	2.8	2	1	2	5	5	7	281
3	Sun	September 16	boxscore	W		@	St. Louis Cardinals	24	21	17	35	234	2	2	1	8	6.9	6.5	48.6	65.7	42	164	3.9	1	1	2	3	3	6	250
4	Sun	September 23	boxscore	W			Baltimore Colts	17	13	19	30	235	2	3	2	14	8.3	7.3	63.3	70.1	26	157	6.0	0	1	2	2	2	4	182
5	Sun	September 30	boxscore	L		@	Philadelphia Eagles	14	17	12	26	169	1	2	1	7	6.8	6.3	46.2	48.4	29	139	4.8	1	0	0	2	2	4	164
6	Sun	October 7	boxscore	W		@	Cleveland Browns	51	35	12	21	161	3	0	0	0	7.7	7.7	57.1	121.2	45	361	8.0	4	1	1	6	7	5	180
7	Sun	October 14	boxscore	L		@	Cincinnati Bengals	10	34	21	40	263	1	2	1	12	6.9	6.4	52.5	60.7	18	64	3.6	0	1	2	1	1	4	174
8	Mon	October 22	boxscore	W			Denver Broncos	42	7	21	27	294	2	1	0	0	10.9	10.9	77.8	121.3	42	236	5.6	4	0	0	6	6	1	56
9	Sun	October 28	boxscore	W			Dallas Cowboys	14	3	11	25	115	0	0	1	11	5.0	4.4	44.0	57.9	35	173	4.9	2	0	1	2	2	9	347
10	Sun	November 4	boxscore	W			Washington Redskins	38	7	20	34	372	4	1	2	18	11.5	10.3	58.8	123.7	40	173	4.3	1	1	3	5	5	1	31
11	Sun	November 11	boxscore	W		@	Kansas City Chiefs	30	3	17	29	228	3	2	1	4	8.0	7.6	58.6	89.4	44	127	2.9	0	3	3	3	3	4	156
12	Sun	November 18	boxscore	L		@	San Diego Chargers	7	35	20	38	125	0	5	4	39	4.3	3.0	52.6	20.1	29	66	2.3	1	0	0	1	1	5	173
13	Sun	November 25	boxscore	W	OT		Cleveland Browns	33	30	30	44	351	1	1	1	13	8.3	7.8	68.2	90.2	45	255	5.7	2	4	5	3	3	1	35
14	Sun	December 2	boxscore	W			Cincinnati Bengals	37	17	17	29	324	2	1	2	15	11.7	10.5	58.6	106.1	32	154	4.8	2	3	3	4	4	2	63
15	Mon	December 10	boxscore	L		@	Houston Oilers	17	20	14	29	218	1	2	3	19	8.2	6.8	48.3	56.4	22	120	5.5	1	1	2	2	2	4	184
16	Sun	December 16	boxscore	W			Buffalo Bills	28	0	14	27	201	1	2	1	8	7.7	7.2	51.9	57.8	45	214	4.8	3	0	2	4	4	4	176

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	Sun	December 30	boxscore	W			Miami Dolphins	34	14	21	31	220	2	0	1	10	7.4	6.9	67.7	109.6	40	159	4.0	3	0	0	4	5	2	118
19	Sun	January 6	boxscore	W			Houston Oilers	27	13	18	30	197	2	1	3	22	7.3	6.0	60.0	87.8	36	161	4.5	1	2	3	3	3	3	46
20	Sun	January 20	boxscore	W		N	Los Angeles Rams	31	19	14	21	309	2	3	0	0	14.7	14.7	66.7	101.9	37	84	2.3	2	1	1	4	4	2	170	30:29

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	Mon	September 3	boxscore	W	OT	@	New England Patriots	16	13	11	33	82	1	2	5	41	3.7	2.2	33.3	27.2	37	162	4.4	0	2	2	1	1	9	321
2	Sun	September 9	boxscore	W			Houston Oilers	38	7	8	27	22	1	5	5	35	2.1	.7	29.6	12.3	39	102	2.6	0	0	0	1	1	9	374
3	Sun	September 16	boxscore	W		@	St. Louis Cardinals	24	21	12	25	106	0	0	3	26	5.3	3.8	48.0	59.7	31	106	3.4	2	3	4	0	2	7	213
4	Sun	September 23	boxscore	W			Baltimore Colts	17	13	17	34	188	1	2	1	7	5.7	5.4	50.0	52.1	36	97	2.7	0	2	2	1	1	6	139
5	Sun	September 30	boxscore	L		@	Philadelphia Eagles	14	17	11	20	148	0	2	1	10	7.9	7.0	55.0	39.2	44	135	3.1	2	1	1	2	2	5	112
6	Sun	October 7	boxscore	W		@	Cleveland Browns	51	35	23	42	365	5	3	0	0	8.7	8.7	54.8	93.8	24	93	3.9	0	0	1	5	5	2	130
7	Sun	October 14	boxscore	L		@	Cincinnati Bengals	10	34	9	20	114	2	2	2	6	6.0	5.2	45.0	57.1	45	170	3.8	1	0	1	4	5	7	197
8	Mon	October 22	boxscore	W			Denver Broncos	42	7	18	36	276	1	2	4	29	8.5	6.9	50.0	61.8	17	53	3.1	0	0	0	1	1	5	89
9	Sun	October 28	boxscore	W			Dallas Cowboys	14	3	18	42	199	0	1	3	9	5.0	4.4	42.9	47.6	23	79	3.4	0	1	2	0	0	7	195
10	Sun	November 4	boxscore	W			Washington Redskins	38	7	15	34	149	0	2	1	10	4.7	4.3	44.1	32.6	24	88	3.7	1	0	1	1	1	6	137
11	Sun	November 11	boxscore	W		@	Kansas City Chiefs	30	3	9	20	62	0	1	5	27	4.5	2.5	45.0	31.7	26	65	2.5	0	1	2	0	0	7	186
12	Sun	November 18	boxscore	L		@	San Diego Chargers	7	35	11	25	120	2	2	3	17	5.5	4.3	44.0	52.1	30	98	3.3	2	0	0	5	5	7	169
13	Sun	November 25	boxscore	W	OT		Cleveland Browns	33	30	23	38	283	3	1	7	50	8.8	6.3	60.5	98.9	24	62	2.6	0	3	3	3	3	4	74
14	Sun	December 2	boxscore	W			Cincinnati Bengals	37	17	20	36	209	2	0	6	49	7.2	5.0	55.6	91.1	28	131	4.7	0	1	2	2	2	4	65
15	Mon	December 10	boxscore	L		@	Houston Oilers	17	20	10	17	160	1	0	1	10	10.0	8.9	58.8	109.9	54	190	3.5	1	2	3	2	2	5	87
16	Sun	December 16	boxscore	W			Buffalo Bills	28	0	11	31	78	0	2	2	25	3.3	2.4	35.5	17.3	24	78	3.3	0	0	2	0	0	10	402

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	Sun	December 30	boxscore	W			Miami Dolphins	34	14	22	40	224	1	2	3	19	6.1	5.2	55.0	58.7	22	25	1.1	1	0	0	2	2	4	58
19	Sun	January 6	boxscore	W			Houston Oilers	27	13	20	29	203	0	1	1	9	7.3	6.8	69.0	74.4	22	24	1.1	0	2	2	1	1	4	48
20	Sun	January 20	boxscore	W		N	Los Angeles Rams	31	19	16	26	194	1	1	4	42	9.1	6.5	61.5	81.3	29	107	3.7	1	2	2	1	2	5	110	29:31

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