1978-79 Pittsburgh Steelers Stats

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1978-79 Pittsburgh Steelers Stats
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Team Statistics Steelers Opponents
Total 1st Downs 0 265
1st Downs (Rushing - Passing - By Penalty) 0 - 0 - 0 106 - 119 - 40
3rd Down Conversions 0 / 0 90 / 231
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 16
Total Offensive Yards 0 4168
Offense (Plays - Average Yards) 0 - 999 - 4.2
Total Rushing Yards 2297 1774
Rushing (Plays - Average Yards) 641 - 3.6 513 - 3.5
Total Passing Yards 2961 2394
Passing (Completions - Attempts - Interceptions - Average) 212 - 380 - 22 - 7.8 221 - 442 - 27 - 5.4
Sacks 25 44
Field Goals 12 / 26 14 / 26
Touchdowns 45 22
Touchdowns (Rushing - Passing - Returns - Defensive) 16 - 28 - 1 - 1 11 - 10 - 0 - 1
Turnover Ratio 26

1978-79 Steelers Passing Stats

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Player Att Comp Yds Comp% Yds/Att TD TD% INT INT% Long Sck Sack/Lost Rating
Terry Bradshaw368 207 2915 56.20% 7.90 28 7.60% 20 5.40% 70 21 222 84.7
Mike Kruczek11 5 46 45.40% 4.20 0 0.00% 2 18.20% 21 4 40 17.8
Franco Harris1 0 0 0.00% 0.00 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0 0 39.6

1978-79 Steelers Rushing Stats

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Player Att Yds Yds/Att Long TD
Franco Harris310 1082 3.5 37 8
Rocky Bleier165 633 3.8 24 5
Sidney Thornton71 264 3.7 27 2
Rick Moser42 153 3.6 15 0
Terry Bradshaw32 93 2.9 17 1
Jack Deloplaine11 49 4.4 19 0
Alvin Maxson4 9 2.2 7 0
Mike Kruczek5 7 1.4 8 0
Lynn Swann1 7 7.0 7 0

1978-79 Steelers Receiving Stats

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Player Rec Yds Yds/Rec Long TD
Lynn Swann61 880 14.4 62 11
John Stallworth41 798 19.5 70 9
Randy Grossman37 448 12.1 26 1
Bennie Cunningham16 321 20.1 48 2
Rocky Bleier17 168 9.9 32 1
Franco Harris22 144 6.6 15 0
Jim Smith6 83 13.8 29 2
Sidney Thornton5 66 13.2 24 1
Theo Bell6 53 8.8 15 1
Terry Bradshaw0 1 0.0 1 0
Rick Moser1 -1 -1.0 -1 0

1978-79 Steelers Field Goal Stats

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Player 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Roy Gerela1-1 5-6 3-9 3-8 0-0 0-0

1978-79 Steelers Punting Stats

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Player Punts Yards Long Avg Blk Ret RetY IN 20 Net Avg
Craig Colquitt66 2642 58 40.0 0 38 239 14 35.2

1978-79 Steelers Punt Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Long TD
Theo Bell21 2 7.2 18 0
Randy Reutershan20 0 7.4 18 0
Jim Smith9 0 7.2 13 0
Nat Terry7 0 11.4 24 0
Donnie Shell1 0 6.0 6 0

1978-79 Steelers Kick Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Yds/Ret Long TD
Larry Anderson37 0 930 25.1 95 95
Alvin Maxson2 0 33 16.5 21 21
Jack Deloplaine1 0 19 19.0 19 19
Rick Moser1 0 8 8.0 8 8
Gerry Mullins1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Jim Smith1 0 16 16.0 16 16
Sidney Thornton1 0 37 37.0 37 37

1978-79 Steelers Defensive Stats

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Player Total Solo Assist Sck Sfty Fumb

1978-79 Steelers Interception Stats

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Player Int Yds Yds/Int Long TD
Tony Dungy6 95 15.8 65 0
Mel Blount4 55 13.8 35 0
Jack Lambert4 41 10.2 24 0
Mike Wagner2 34 17.0 20 0
Ron Johnson4 24 6.0 21 0
Donnie Shell3 21 7.0 20 0
Loren Toews1 12 12.0 12 0
Jack Ham3 7 2.3 7 0

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