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1971 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-8-0, 2nd in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Chuck Noll (6-8-0)

Points For: 246 (17.6/g) 17th of 26

Points Against: 292 (20.9/g) 17th of 26

Expected W-L: 5.6-8.4

SRS: -3.59 (17th of 26), SOS: -0.30

Other Notable Asst.: Max Coley (Offensive Backfield), Bob Fry (Offensive Line), Dan Radakovich (Defensive Line), Charlie Sumner (Defensive Backfield) and Lionel Taylor (Receivers)

Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner/President: Art Rooney

VP of Player Personnel/de facto General Manager: Art Rooney Jr.

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

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

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Team Stats and Rankings

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	246	3882	867	4.5	42	16	226	214	414	2124	15	26	4.7	111	416	1758	10	4.2	98	88	898	17
Opp. Stats	292	4248	881	4.8	35	18	225	235	408	2766	16	17	6.3	132	440	1482	13	3.4	81	81	784	12
Lg Rank Offense	17	17			17	14	14		5	14	10	18	21		20	13	18	9
Lg Rank Defense	17	18			14	6	11		23	26	15	18	24		9	5	14	3

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Chicago Bears	15	17	15	352	129	223	7	8	141	96	45	4
2	Sun	September 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		Cincinnati Bengals	21	10	15	288	208	80	3	15	253	225	28	1
3	Sun	October 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		San Diego Chargers	21	17	16	282	157	125	1	28	427	258	169	4
4	Sun	October 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2	@	Cleveland Browns	17	27	11	222	112	110	1	20	350	219	131	3
5	Mon	October 18	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3	@	Kansas City Chiefs	16	38	18	322	251	71	4	15	348	285	63	2
6	Sun	October 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3		Houston Oilers	23	16	26	419	254	165	5	19	272	180	92	2
7	Sun	October 31	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-4	@	Baltimore Colts	21	34	14	181	155	26	2	19	383	312	71	2
8	Sun	November 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-4		Cleveland Browns	26	9	21	393	163	230	1	11	210	81	129	3
9	Sun	November 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5	@	Miami Dolphins	21	24	17	288	219	69	4	11	309	189	120	4
10	Sun	November 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-5		New York Giants	17	13	11	175	60	115		22	419	273	146	3
11	Sun	November 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-6		Denver Broncos	10	22	12	225	67	158	3	14	276	150	126	2
12	Sun	December 5	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-7	@	Houston Oilers	3	29	10	132	59	73	3	15	275	128	147
13	Sun	December 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-7	@	Cincinnati Bengals	21	13	16	272	146	126	3	14	348	222	126	5
14	Sun	December 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-8		Los Angeles Rams	14	23	24	331	144	187	5	14	237	148	89

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Terry Bradshaw	23	QB	14	13	5-8-0	203	373	54.4	2259	13	3.5	22	5.9	49	6.1	4.10	11.1	161.4	59.7	33	287	8.13	4.86	3.06	3	3
2	Terry Hanratty	23	QB	6	1	1-0-0	7	29	24.1	159	2	6.9	3	10.3	40	5.5	2.21	22.7	26.5	33.3	3	32	9.38	3.97	1.00	0	0
3	Bob Leahy	24	QB	1	0		3	11	27.3	18	0	0.0	1	9.1	9	1.6	-2.45	6.0	18.0	1.7	1	3	8.33	1.25	-2.50	0	0
4	Bobby Walden	33	P	14	0		1	1	100.0	10	0	0.0	0	0.0	10	10.0	10.00	10.0	0.7	108.3	0	0	0.00	10.00	10.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	6-8-0	214	414	51.7	2124	15	3.6	26	6.3	49	5.9	3.03	11.4	151.7	55.7	37	322	8.20	4.71	2.78	3	3

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	John Fuqua	25	FB	12	12	155	625	4	30	4.0	52.1	12.9	49	427	8.7	1	40	4.1	35.6	204	5.2	1052	5	4
2	Preston Pearson	26	RB	14	14	131	605	0	29	4.6	43.2	9.4	20	246	12.3	2	41	1.4	17.6	151	5.6	851	2	7
3	Ron Shanklin	23	WR	14	14	2	1	0	2	0.5	0.1	0.1	49	652	13.3	6	42	3.5	46.6	51	12.8	653	6	1
4	Dave Smith	24	WR	14	14	1	-10	0	-10	-10.0	-0.7	0.1	47	663	14.1	5	49	3.4	47.4	48	13.6	653	5	1
5	Warren Bankston	24	RB	14	2	70	274	0	30	3.9	19.6	5.0	17	148	8.7	0	31	1.2	10.6	87	4.9	422	0	5
6	Terry Bradshaw	23	QB	14	13	53	247	5	39	4.7	17.6	3.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	53	4.7	247	5	7
7	Bob Adams	25	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	20	160	8.0	0	21	1.4	11.4	20	8.0	160	0	1
8	Jon Staggers	23	WR	14	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1	8	103	12.9	0	20	0.6	7.4	9	12.0	108	0	3
9	Frank Lewis	24	WR	9	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	44	14.7	0	22	0.3	4.9	3	14.7	44	0	1
10	Bobby Walden	33	P	14	0	1	14	0	14	14.0	1.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	14.0	14	0	1
11	Larry Brown	22	TE	13	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	3	3.0	1	3	0.1	0.2	1	3.0	3	1	0
12	Terry Hanratty	23	QB	6	1	1	3	1	3	3.0	0.5	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	3.0	3	1	0
13	Bob Leahy	24	QB	1	0	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-6.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-6.0	-6	0	2
	Team Totals			14	14	416	1758	10	39	4.2	125.6	29.7	214	2446	11.4	15	49	15.3	174.7	630	6.7	4204	25	37

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Bob Adams	25	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	4	15	0	0.0	0
2	Joe Greene	25	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	5.5	0	PB
3	L.C. Greenwood	25	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	11.0	0
4	Preston Pearson	26	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	1	0.0	0
5	Andy Russell	30	RLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2.0	0	PB
6	Ron Shanklin	23	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Dave Smith	24	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Dwight White	22	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	9.0	0
9	Terry Bradshaw	23	QB	14	13	0	0	0	0	7	4	-2	0	0.0	0
10	Jack Ham	23	LLB	14	13	2	4	0	4	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	AP DRoY-7
11	John Fuqua	25	FB	12	12	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Mike Wagner	22	SS	12	12	2	53	0	27	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	John Rowser	27	LCB	12	11	4	94	1	70	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Chuck Allen	32	MLB	10	10	3	45	0	29	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Mel Blount	23	RCB	14	10	2	16	0	16	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Lloyd Voss	29	RDT	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
17	Lee Calland	30	RCB	13	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0.0	0
18	Glen Edwards	24	FS	8	6	1	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Ben McGee	32	DT	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
20	Brian Stenger	24	LB	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	0.0	0
21	Warren Bankston	24	RB	14	2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Ralph Anderson	22	DB	7	1	1	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Jim Brumfield	24	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Jim Clack	24	C	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-32	0	0.0	0
25	Bob Leahy	24	QB	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Frank Lewis	24	WR	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Jon Staggers	23	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Bobby Walden	33	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	-7	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	17	0	1		37	21	-2	1	33	0

Scoring Summary

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Touchdown Log

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