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1974 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-3-1, 1st in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Chuck Noll (10-3-1)

Points For: 305 (21.8/g) 6th of 26

Points Against: 189 (13.5/g) 2nd of 26

Expected W-L: 10.6-3.4

SRS: 6.77 (3rd of 26), SOS: -1.52

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 32-14 vs. Buffalo Bills
Won Conference Championship 24-13 vs. Oakland Raiders
Won Super Bowl 16-6 vs. Minnesota Vikings

Defensive Coordinator: Bud Carson

Other Notable Asst.: George Perles (Defensive Line), Dan Radakovich (Offensive 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)

1974 Super Bowl Champion

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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	305	4375	950	4.6	40	19	251	166	386	1958	12	21	4.8	98	546	2417	19	4.4	136	104	978	17
Opp. Stats	189	3074	863	3.6	47	22	200	147	339	1466	14	25	3.7	83	472	1608	7	3.4	87	76	575	30
Lg Rank Offense	6	8			24	25	9		10	21	15	14	20		4	2	5	4
Lg Rank Defense	2	1			1	1	3		6	1	13	3	1		12	6	2	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 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Baltimore Colts	30	0	18	392	289	103	2	11	166	48	118	4
2	Sun	September 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	T	OT	1-0-1	@	Denver Broncos	35	35	33	484	324	160	4	20	332	176	156	3
3	Sun	September 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1-1		Oakland Raiders	0	17	16	203	86	117	4	17	247	70	177
4	Sun	October 6	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1-1	@	Houston Oilers	13	7	18	386	202	184	3	10	240	121	119	3
5	Sun	October 13	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	34	24	19	321	202	119	4	19	257	199	58	9
6	Sun	October 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1-1		Cleveland Browns	20	16	15	231	66	165	1	16	262	127	135	3
7	Mon	October 28	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1-1		Atlanta Falcons	24	17	21	355	120	235	4	13	167	59	108	3
8	Sun	November 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-1-1		Philadelphia Eagles	27	0	20	375	137	238		10	143	77	66	3
9	Sun	November 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-2-1	@	Cincinnati Bengals	10	17	20	289	128	161	1	22	329	193	136	3
10	Sun	November 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-2-1	@	Cleveland Browns	26	16	10	314	81	233	6	13	218	138	80	7
11	Mon	November 25	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-2-1	@	New Orleans Saints	28	7	18	334	62	272	4	15	178	69	109	4
12	Sun	December 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-3-1		Houston Oilers	10	13	6	84	9	75	3	11	158	61	97
13	Sun	December 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-3-1	@	New England Patriots	21	17	16	253	69	184	2	12	184	105	79	3
14	Sat	December 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-3-1		Cincinnati Bengals	27	3	21	354	183	171	2	11	193	23	170	2
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-3-1		Buffalo Bills	32	14	29	438	203	235		15	264	164	100	1
Conf. Champ.	Sun	December 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-3-1	@	Oakland Raiders	24	13	20	305	95	210	3	15	278	249	29	3
SuperBowl	Sun	January 12	3:00PM ET	boxscore	W		13-3-1	N	Minnesota Vikings	16	6	17	333	84	249	2	9	119	102	17	5

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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	Joe Gilliam	24	QB	9	6	4-1-1	96	212	45.3	1274	4	1.9	8	3.8	61	6.0	4.69	13.3	141.6	55.4	7	79	3.20	5.46	4.18	1	1
2	Terry Bradshaw	26	QB	8	7	5-2-0	67	148	45.3	785	7	4.7	8	5.4	56	5.3	3.82	11.7	98.1	55.2	10	104	6.33	4.31	2.92	0	0
3	Terry Hanratty	26	QB	3	1	1-0-0	3	26	11.5	95	1	3.8	5	19.2	35	3.7	-4.23	31.7	31.7	15.5	1	13	3.70	3.04	-4.56	1	0
	Team Totals			14	14	10-3-1	166	386	43.0	1958	12	3.1	21	5.4	61	5.6	3.25	13.0	139.9	48.9	18	196	4.46	4.85	3.10	2	1

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	26	QB	3	3	3-0-0	29	50	58.0	394	3	6.0	1	2.0	35	7.9	8.18	13.6	131.3	94.9	2	12	3.85	7.35	7.63	1	1
2	Joe Gilliam	24	QB	1	0		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	3-0-0	29	52	55.8	382	3	5.8	1	1.9	76	5.6	7.63	11.9	127.3	59.7	2	12	3.70	5.59	4.12

Rushing & Receiving

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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	24	FB	12	11	208	1006	5	54	4.8	83.8	17.3	23	200	8.7	1	31	1.9	16.7	231	5.2	1206	6	9	PB
2	Rocky Bleier	28	RB	12	7	88	373	2	18	4.2	31.1	7.3	7	87	12.4	0	24	0.6	7.3	95	4.8	460	2	2
3	Preston Pearson	29	RB	9	2	70	317	4	53	4.5	35.2	7.8	11	118	10.7	0	31	1.2	13.1	81	5.4	435	4	0
4	Steve Davis	26	RB	14	6	71	246	2	22	3.5	17.6	5.1	11	152	13.8	1	61	0.8	10.9	82	4.9	398	3	3
5	Frank Lewis	27	WR	12	11	2	25	0	22	12.5	2.1	0.2	30	365	12.2	4	31	2.5	30.4	32	12.2	390	4	1
6	Ron Shanklin	26	WR	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	19	324	17.1	1	35	1.6	27.0	19	17.1	324	1	0
7	John Stallworth	22	WR	13	3	1	-9	0	-9	-9.0	-0.7	0.1	16	269	16.8	1	56	1.2	20.7	17	15.3	260	1	0
8	Terry Bradshaw	26	QB	8	7	34	224	2	34	6.6	28.0	4.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	34	6.6	224	2	1
9	John Fuqua	28	RB	9	2	50	156	2	14	3.1	17.3	5.6	6	68	11.3	0	18	0.7	7.6	56	4.0	224	2	0
10	Lynn Swann	22	WR	12	2	1	14	0	14	14.0	1.2	0.1	11	208	18.9	2	54	0.9	17.3	12	18.5	222	2	5
11	Larry Brown	25	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	17	190	11.2	1	35	1.2	13.6	17	11.2	190	1	0
12	Randy Grossman	22	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	164	12.6	0	32	0.9	11.7	13	12.6	164	0	0
13	Joe Gilliam	24	QB	9	6	14	41	1	13	2.9	4.6	1.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	14	2.9	41	1	5
14	Reggie Harrison	23	RB	4	0	6	30	1	15	5.0	7.5	1.5	1	2	2.0	0	2	0.3	0.5	7	4.6	32	1	0
15	Gerry Mullins	25	RG	12	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	1	7	0.1	0.6	1	7.0	7	1	0
16	Terry Hanratty	26	QB	3	1	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-2.0	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-6.0	-6	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	546	2417	19	54	4.4	172.6	39.0	166	2154	13.0	12	61	11.9	153.9	712	6.4	4571	31	33

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	24	FB	3	3	87	343	6	25	3.9	114.3	29.0	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.3	1.7	88	4.0	348	6	2	SB MVP
2	Rocky Bleier	28	RB	3	3	49	208	0	23	4.2	69.3	16.3	7	90	12.9	1	27	2.3	30.0	56	5.3	298	1	3
3	Larry Brown	25	TE	3	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	115	19.2	1	29	2.0	38.3	6	19.2	115	1	0
4	Lynn Swann	22	WR	3	0	3	17	0	25	5.7	5.7	1.0	5	77	15.4	1	35	1.7	25.7	8	11.8	94	1	2
5	Terry Bradshaw	26	QB	3	3	14	82	0	18	5.9	27.3	4.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	14	5.9	82	0	1
6	John Stallworth	22	WR	2	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	40	8.0	0	22	2.5	20.0	5	8.0	40	0	0
7	Steve Davis	26	RB	1	0	5	32	0	9	6.4	32.0	5.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	6.4	32	0	0
8	Frank Lewis	27	WR	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	30	10.0	0	12	1.5	15.0	3	10.0	30	0	0
9	John McMakin	24	TE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	22	22.0	0	22	1.0	22.0	1	22.0	22	0	0
10	Ron Shanklin	26	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	15	15.0	0	15	1.0	15.0	1	15.0	15	0	0
11	Joe Gilliam	24	QB	1	0	1	12	0	12	12.0	12.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	12.0	12	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	159	694	6	16	4.4	231.3	53.0	29	394	13.6	3	35	9.7	131.3	188	5.8	1088	9	9

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Glen Edwards	27	FS	14	14	5	153	1	59	1	3	10	0	0.0	0
2	Joe Greene	28	LDT	14	14	1	26	0	26	1	4	7	0	9.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-1
3	L.C. Greenwood	28	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	0	11.0	1	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-6
4	Jack Ham	26	LLB	14	14	5	13	0	10	0	1	2	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
5	Jon Kolb	27	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Jack Lambert	22	MLB	14	14	2	19	0	13	1	1	11	0	2.0	0	AP DRoY-1
7	Andy Russell	33	RLB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	0	PB
8	J.T. Thomas	23	LCB	14	14	5	22	0	14	1	0	14	1	0.0	0
9	Dwight White	25	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	0
10	Mel Blount	26	RCB	13	13	2	74	1	52	0	3	5	0	0.0	0
11	Gordon Gravelle	25	RT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Ernie Holmes	26	RDT	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	0
13	Mike Wagner	25	SS	13	13	2	13	0	9	1	3	84	0	0.0	0
14	Franco Harris	24	FB	12	11	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
15	Frank Lewis	27	WR	12	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Jim Clack	27	LG	13	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Rocky Bleier	28	RB	12	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Terry Bradshaw	26	QB	8	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Steve Davis	26	RB	14	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Joe Gilliam	24	QB	9	6	0	0	0	0	5	2	-8	0	0.0	0
21	Lynn Swann	22	WR	12	2	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0
22	Jimmy Allen	22	DB	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Steve Furness	24	DT	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
24	Terry Hanratty	26	QB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Donnie Shell	22	DB	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Reggie Garrett	23	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
27	Marv Kellum	22	LB	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
28	John McMakin	24	TE	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Loren Toews	23	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	25	0	2		33	14	134	1	52	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	Rocky Bleier	28	RB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Joe Greene	28	LDT	2	2	1	10	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	1	0
3	Jack Ham	26	LLB	2	2	2	19	0	19	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Mel Blount	26	RCB	1	1	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0
5	Terry Bradshaw	26	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	L.C. Greenwood	28	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
7	Franco Harris	24	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	SB MVP
8	J.T. Thomas	23	LCB	1	1	1	37	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Mike Wagner	25	SS	1	1	1	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	0
10	Dwight White	25	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	1
11	Reggie Garrett	23	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
12	Marv Kellum	22	LB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
13	Lynn Swann	22	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
14	Bobby Walden	36	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-7	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3						9	0	0	0	2	29	1

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