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	356	5598	1042	5.4	41	22	318	247	461	3226	25	19	6.6	156	554	2372	21	4.3	137	97	840	25
Opp. Stats	297	5652	1084	5.2	46	16	323	302	544	3783	22	30	6.5	181	500	1869	10	3.7	114	112	960	28
Lg Rank Offense	8	11			15	24	9		23	13	7	8	7		9	5	5	5
Lg Rank Defense	11	22			7	19	20		23	26	14	3	24		11	8	2	8

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	September 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Kansas City Chiefs	33	37	29	408	319	89	7	17	353	214	139	2	-11.20	3.80	-0.24
2	Thu	September 10	8:30PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2	@	Miami Dolphins	10	30	15	300	183	117	2	25	346	161	185	1	-13.06	-7.89	0.42
3	Sun	September 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-2		New York Jets	38	10	33	566	223	343	1	16	258	174	84	2	29.05	8.58	-4.40
4	Sun	September 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	2-2		New England Patriots	27	21	27	498	247	251		24	438	323	115	1	11.12	-2.41	-2.71
5	Sun	October 4	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2	@	New Orleans Saints	20	6	19	406	269	137	3	16	180	102	78	5	-2.04	21.80	-8.68
6	Sun	October 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		Cleveland Browns	13	7	19	365	199	166	1	26	445	279	166	3	2.55	-1.55	-0.33
7	Sun	October 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3	@	Cincinnati Bengals	7	34	10	205	140	65	1	25	494	330	164		-11.83	-23.14	6.73
8	Mon	October 26	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3		Houston Oilers	26	13	22	363	196	167	1	13	307	231	76	3	5.43	9.95	-5.84
9	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-4		San Francisco 49ers	14	17	16	269	125	144	6	25	330	200	130	2	-13.26	9.46	0.24
10	Sun	November 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-5	@	Seattle Seahawks	21	24	17	367	205	162	2	19	356	260	96	1	5.97	-6.80	-3.02
11	Sun	November 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-5	@	Atlanta Falcons	34	20	13	293	221	72	3	24	441	380	61	6	-7.41	9.37	6.03
12	Sun	November 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-5	@	Cleveland Browns	32	10	25	362	223	139	5	22	365	219	146	7	5.31	13.38	4.18
13	Sun	November 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-5		Los Angeles Rams	24	0	18	381	170	211	3	12	174	103	71	4	-3.41	31.47	-1.90
14	Mon	December 7	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-6	@	Oakland Raiders	27	30	24	331	235	96	2	22	471	257	214	5	-2.53	-0.28	0.03
15	Sun	December 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-7		Cincinnati Bengals	10	17	14	207	120	87	2	19	318	215	103	2	-10.81	-1.78	8.10
16	Sun	December 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-8	@	Houston Oilers	20	21	17	277	151	126	2	18	376	335	41	2	-6.52	2.65	4.53

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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	GWD
1	Terry Bradshaw	33	QB	14	14	8-6-0	201	370	54.3	2887	22	5.9	14	3.8	126	46.0	90	7.8	7.3	14.4	206.2	83.9	17	155	4.39	7.06	6.6	2
2	Mark Malone	23	QB	8	3	0-2-0	45	88	51.1	553	3	3.4	5	5.7	28	39.8	30	6.3	4.4	12.3	69.1	58.6	10	76	10.20	4.87	3.2	0
3	Cliff Stoudt	26	QB	2	0		1	3	33.3	17	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	33.3	17	5.7	5.7	17.0	8.5	53.5	0	0	0.00	5.67	5.7	0
	Team Totals			16	16	8-8-0	247	461	53.6	3226	25	5.4	19	4.1	155	44.7	90	7.5	6.7	14.0	201.6	78.9	27	231	5.53	6.61	5.88	2

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	Franco Harris	31	FB	16	16	242	987	8	58	54.1	50	4.1	61.7	15.1	48	37	250	6.8	1	6	58.3	26	2.3	15.6	77.1	5.2	279	4.4	1237	9	6
2	John Stallworth	29	WR	16	16	1	17	0	1	100.0	17	17.0	1.1	0.1	127	63	1098	17.4	5	46	47.2	55	3.9	68.6	49.6	8.6	64	17.4	1115	5	4
3	Frank Pollard	24	RB	14	10	123	570	2	26	50.4	29	4.6	40.7	8.8	29	19	156	8.2	0	8	58.6	26	1.4	11.1	65.5	5.4	142	5.1	726	2	5
4	Jim Smith	26	WR	15	3	1	15	0	1	100.0	15	15.0	1.0	0.1	61	29	571	19.7	7	25	42.6	46	1.9	38.1	47.5	9.4	30	19.5	586	7	1
5	Bennie Cunningham	27	TE	15	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	62	41	574	14.0	3	30	62.9	30	2.7	38.3	66.1	9.3	41	14.0	574	3	0
6	Lynn Swann	29	WR	13	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	80	34	505	14.9	5	26	36.3	44	2.6	38.8	42.5	6.3	34	14.9	505	5	1
7	Russell Davis	25	RB	16	0	47	270	1	17	57.4	28	5.7	16.9	2.9	10	4	34	8.5	0	2	30.0	19	0.3	2.1	40.0	3.4	51	6.0	304	1	3
8	Sidney Thornton	27	RB	16	6	56	202	4	10	37.5	17	3.6	12.6	3.5	11	8	78	9.8	0	5	63.6	30	0.5	4.9	72.7	7.1	64	4.4	280	4	6
9	Terry Bradshaw	33	QB	14	14	38	162	2	12	52.6	16	4.3	11.6	2.7	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			38	4.3	162	2	7
10	Mark Malone	23	QB	8	3	16	68	2	8	50.0	19	4.3	8.5	2.0	3	1	90	90.0	1	1	33.3	90	0.1	11.3	33.3	30.0	17	9.3	158	3	2
11	Greg Hawthorne	25	RB	10	0	25	58	2	5	48.0	16	2.3	5.8	2.5	6	4	23	5.8	0	2	33.3	12	0.4	2.3	66.7	3.8	29	2.8	81	2	1
12	Calvin Sweeney	26	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	2	53	26.5	0	1	33.3	32	0.1	3.8	33.3	8.8	2	26.5	53	0	1
13	Randy Grossman	29	TE	16	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	3	19	6.3	1	1	33.3	14	0.2	1.2	50.0	3.2	3	6.3	19	1	0
14	Cliff Stoudt	26	QB	2	0	3	11	0	1	66.7	10	3.7	5.5	1.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	3.7	11	0	0
15	Rick Moser	25	RB	6	0	1	4	0	0	100.0	4	4.0	0.7	0.2	1	1	5	5.0	1	1	100.0	5	0.2	0.8	100.0	5.0	2	4.5	9	1	0
16	Craig Colquitt	27	P	16	0	1	8	0	0	0.0	8	8.0	0.5	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	8.0	8	0	0
17	Ray Pinney	27	LT	16	11	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	1	1.0	1	1	100.0	1	0.1	0.1	100.0	1.0	1	1.0	1	1	0
	Team Totals			16	16	554	2372	21	139	51.6	50	4.3	148.3	34.6	451	247	3457	14.0	25	155	48.3	90	15.4	216.1	54.8	7.7	801	7.3	5829	46	37

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						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	Mel Blount	33	RCB	16	16	6	106	1	50	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Steve Courson	26	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Franco Harris	31	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Jack Lambert	29	MLB	16	16	6	76	0	31	2	0	2	38	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-7
5	John Stallworth	29	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	J.T. Thomas	30	FS	16	16	4	18	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Bennie Cunningham	27	TE	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Gary Dunn	28	RDT	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	8.0	0	0	0	0
9	Terry Bradshaw	33	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	-23	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Donnie Shell	29	SS	14	14	5	52	0	25	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
11	Dwayne Woodruff	24	LCB	16	14	1	17	0	17	2	1	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
12	Robin Cole	26	RLB	14	13	1	29	0	29	3	0	1	0	0	2.5	0	0	0	0
13	John Banaszak	31	RDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
14	Lynn Swann	29	WR	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Jack Ham	33	LLB	12	11	1	23	0	23	1	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	John Goodman	23	LDE	15	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
17	Frank Pollard	24	RB	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	-12	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Tom Beasley	27	LDT	13	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0
19	Joe Greene	35	LDT	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	0	0	0	0
20	Bob Kohrs	23	LDE	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.5	0	0	0	0
21	Sidney Thornton	27	RB	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	L.C. Greenwood	35	LDE	14	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
23	Loren Toews	30	LB	16	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Dirt Winston	26	LB	14	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0	0	0	0
25	Ron Johnson	25	DB	12	3	2	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Mark Malone	23	QB	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Jim Smith	26	WR	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Tunch Ilkin	24	T	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Anthony Washington	23	DB	16	1	3	46	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Larry Anderson	25	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Russell Davis	25	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Greg Hawthorne	25	RB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	David Little	22	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
34	Calvin Sweeney	26	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
35	David Trout	24	K	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
36	Zack Valentine	24	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	30	376	1	50	17	39	30	4	0	40.0	0	0	0	0

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