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1973 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-4-0, 2nd in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Chuck Noll (10-4-0)

Points For: 347 (24.8/g) 4th of 26

Points Against: 210 (15.0/g) 8th of 26

Expected W-L: 10.7-3.3

SRS: 8.23 (5th of 26), SOS: -1.55

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 14-33 vs. Oakland Raiders

Defensive Coordinator: Bud Carson

Other Notable Asst.: Bob Fry (Offensive Line), George Perles (Defensive Line), Lionel Taylor (Receivers) and Woody Widenhofer (Linebackers)

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	347	4070	894	4.6	40	14	217	140	309	1927	20	26	5.7	89	555	2143	12	3.9	111	84	817	17
Opp. Stats	210	3324	880	3.8	55	18	210	164	359	1672	11	37	4.3	91	488	1652	8	3.4	95	86	757	24
Lg Rank Offense	4	11			22	8	18		18	15	5	23	11		3	8	14	17
Lg Rank Defense	8	4			1	6	7		18	5	5	1	4		9	5	6	4

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 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Detroit Lions	24	10	29	395	154	241	2	17	301	193	108	3
2	Sun	September 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Cleveland Browns	33	6	14	369	173	196	1	16	208	124	84	3
3	Sun	September 30	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0	@	Houston Oilers	36	7	14	255	130	125	3	13	178	115	63	5
4	Sun	October 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0		San Diego Chargers	38	21	15	286	132	154	5	20	348	181	167	6
5	Sun	October 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-1	@	Cincinnati Bengals	7	19	6	138	67	71	3	19	250	78	172
6	Sun	October 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1		New York Jets	26	14	19	360	146	214	2	9	118	46	72	3
7	Sun	October 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-1		Cincinnati Bengals	20	13	10	242	156	86	4	17	318	217	101	5
8	Mon	November 5	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-1		Washington Redskins	21	16	18	255	102	153	4	14	190	73	117	4
9	Sun	November 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-1	@	Oakland Raiders	17	9	8	194	82	112	1	26	395	223	172	5
10	Sun	November 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-2		Denver Broncos	13	23	12	300	217	83	3	20	257	73	184
11	Sun	November 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-3	@	Cleveland Browns	16	21	16	380	210	170	2	10	250	146	104	4
12	Mon	December 3	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-4	@	Miami Dolphins	26	30	19	268	90	178	6	8	189	66	123	2
13	Sun	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-4		Houston Oilers	33	7	19	320	132	188	4	5	83	25	58	9
14	Sat	December 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-4	@	San Francisco 49ers	37	14	18	308	136	172		16	239	112	127	6
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-5	@	Oakland Raiders	14	33	15	223	158	65	3	24	361	129	232

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	25	QB	10	9	8-1-0	89	180	49.4	1183	10	5.6	15	8.3	67	6.6	3.93	13.3	118.3	54.5	24	186	11.76	4.89	2.56	0	1
2	Terry Hanratty	25	QB	9	4	2-2-0	31	69	44.9	643	8	11.6	5	7.2	53	9.3	8.38	20.7	71.4	86.8	3	27	4.17	8.56	7.65	1	1
3	Joe Gilliam	23	QB	5	1	0-1-0	20	60	33.3	331	2	3.3	6	10.0	46	5.5	1.68	16.6	66.2	24.4	3	17	4.76	4.98	1.33	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	10-4-0	140	309	45.3	1927	20	6.5	26	8.4	67	7.0	4.49	15.4	137.6	55.4	30	230	8.85	5.68	3.41	1	2

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	25	QB	1	1	0-1-0	12	25	48.0	167	2	8.0	3	12.0	26	6.7	2.88	13.9	167.0	57.0	1	9	3.85	6.08	2.42	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	12	25	48.0	158	2	8.0	3	12.0	26	6.7	2.88	13.9	158.0	57.0	1	9	3.85	6.08	2.42	0	0

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	Franco Harris	23	FB	12	8	188	698	3	35	3.7	58.2	15.7	10	69	6.9	0	19	0.8	5.8	198	3.9	767	3	8	PB
2	Preston Pearson	28	RB	14	13	132	554	2	47	4.2	39.6	9.4	11	173	15.7	2	36	0.8	12.4	143	5.1	727	4	2
3	Ron Shanklin	25	WR	13	13	3	1	0	10	0.3	0.1	0.2	30	711	23.7	10	67	2.3	54.7	33	21.6	712	10	1	PB
4	John Fuqua	27	FB	11	7	117	457	2	25	3.9	41.5	10.6	17	150	8.8	0	22	1.5	13.6	134	4.5	607	2	3
5	Frank Lewis	26	WR	9	5	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	23	409	17.8	3	53	2.6	45.4	24	17.0	408	3	0
6	Barry Pearson	23	WR	14	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	23	317	13.8	3	46	1.6	22.6	23	13.8	317	3	1
7	Steve Davis	25	RB	14	0	67	266	2	27	4.0	19.0	4.8	7	31	4.4	1	9	0.5	2.2	74	4.0	297	3	3
8	John McMakin	23	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	195	15.0	1	44	0.9	13.9	13	15.0	195	1	0
9	Terry Bradshaw	25	QB	10	9	34	145	3	21	4.3	14.5	3.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	34	4.3	145	3	3
10	Larry Brown	24	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	88	17.6	0	45	0.4	6.3	5	17.6	88	0	0
11	Joe Gilliam	23	QB	5	1	6	23	0	14	3.8	4.6	1.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	3.8	23	0	3
12	Dave Davis	25	WR	2	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	14	14.0	0	14	0.5	7.0	1	14.0	14	0	0
13	Rocky Bleier	27	RB	12	0	3	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	0.0	0	0	2
14	Terry Hanratty	25	QB	9	4	3	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	0.0	0	0	4
15	Bobby Walden	35	P	14	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	555	2143	12	47	3.9	153.1	39.6	140	2157	15.4	20	67	10.0	154.1	695	6.2	4300	32	31

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	Frank Lewis	26	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	70	17.5	1	26	4.0	70.0	4	17.5	70	1	0
2	John Fuqua	27	FB	1	0	3	13	0	10	4.3	13.0	3.0	4	52	13.0	0	25	4.0	52.0	7	9.3	65	0	1
3	Preston Pearson	28	RB	1	1	4	14	0	6	3.5	14.0	4.0	1	24	24.0	0	24	1.0	24.0	5	7.6	38	0	0
4	Franco Harris	23	FB	1	1	10	29	0	8	2.9	29.0	10.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	2.9	29	0	0
5	Dave Williams	28	WR	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	14	14.0	0	14	1.0	14.0	1	14.0	14	0	0
6	Terry Bradshaw	25	QB	1	1	3	9	0	5	3.0	9.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	3.0	9	0	0
7	Barry Pearson	23	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	7	3.5	1	4	2.0	7.0	2	3.5	7	1	0
	Team Totals			1	1	20	65	0	10	3.3	65.0	20.0	12	167	13.9	2	26	12.0	167.0	32	7.3	232	2	1

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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	Mel Blount	25	RCB	14	14	4	82	0	24	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
2	Henry Davis	31	MLB	14	14	2	23	0	15	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
3	Glen Edwards	26	FS	14	14	6	186	1	86	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
4	L.C. Greenwood	27	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	8.5	0	PB
5	John Rowser	29	LCB	14	14	6	131	1	71	0	1	2	0	0.0	0
6	Andy Russell	32	RLB	14	14	3	54	1	45	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	PB
7	Bruce Van Dyke	29	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB
8	Mike Wagner	24	SS	14	14	8	134	0	38	2	5	1	0	0.0	0
9	Dwight White	24	RDE	14	14	2	10	0	8	0	0	0	0	7.5	1	PB
10	Joe Greene	27	LDT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-3
11	Jack Ham	25	LLB	13	13	2	30	0	27	0	1	0	1	1.0	0	PB
12	Preston Pearson	28	RB	14	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Ron Shanklin	25	WR	13	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
14	Sam Davis	29	LG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Ernie Holmes	25	RDT	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	0
16	Barry Pearson	23	WR	14	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Terry Bradshaw	25	QB	10	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	-4	0	0.0	0
18	Franco Harris	23	FB	12	8	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
19	John Fuqua	27	FB	11	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Terry Hanratty	25	QB	9	4	0	0	0	0	4	2	-2	0	0.0	0
21	Tom Keating	31	DT	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
22	Gerry Mullins	24	G	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Joe Gilliam	23	QB	5	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	-12	0	0.0	0
24	Rocky Bleier	27	RB	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Steve Davis	25	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	John Dockery	29	DB	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Craig Hanneman	24	DE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
28	Dennis Meyer	23	DB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
29	J.T. Thomas	22	DB	14	0	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Loren Toews	22	LB	14	0	2	13	0	8	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
31	Bobby Walden	35	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-7	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	37	673	3	86	36	38	-22	1	32.0	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	L.C. Greenwood	27	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
2	Dwight White	24	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
3	John Fuqua	27	FB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0

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