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1979 Pittsburgh Steelers Game Log

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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

Expected W-L: 12.0-4.0

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

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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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