1975 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)

1st place American Football Conference Central Division 12-2-0 .857

Head Coach: Chuck Noll

Bud Carson	Defensive Coordinator
Dick Hoak	Offensive Backs
George Perles	Defensive Line
Dan Radakovich	Offensive Line
Lionel Taylor	Receivers
Woody Widenhofer	Linebackers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/1/1975	A	College All-Stars	21-14	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	54562
Sat	8/9/1975	H	Philadelphia Eagles	14-17	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48977
Sun	8/17/1975	A	Oakland Raiders	21-24	L	Berkeley, CA	Memorial Stadium	57937
Fri	8/22/1975	A	Baltimore Colts	31-10	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	32081
Sat	8/30/1975	A	New York Giants	7-24	L	Princeton, NJ	Palmer Stadium	32185
Sat	9/6/1975	H	New Orleans Saints	24-13	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	47341
Sat	9/13/1975	A	Dallas Cowboys	16-17	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	43186
Sun	9/21/1975	A	San Diego Chargers	37-0	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	35853
Sun	9/28/1975	H	Buffalo Bills	21-30	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49438
Sun	10/5/1975	A	Cleveland Browns	42-6	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	73217
Sun	10/12/1975	H	Denver Broncos	20-9	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49164
Sun	10/19/1975	H	Chicago Bears	34-3	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	47579
Sun	10/26/1975	A	Green Bay Packers	16-13	W	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	52258
Sun	11/2/1975	A	Cincinnati Bengals	30-24	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	58418
Sun	11/9/1975	H	Houston Oilers	24-17	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49960
Sun	11/16/1975	H	Kansas City Chiefs	28-3	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48803
Mon	11/24/1975	A	Houston Oilers	32-9	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	49947
Sun	11/30/1975	A	New York Jets	20-7	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	52618
Sun	12/7/1975	H	Cleveland Browns	31-17	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	47962
Sat	12/13/1975	H	Cincinnati Bengals	35-14	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48889
Sat	12/20/1975	A	Los Angeles Rams	3-10	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	69389
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	12/27/1975	H	Baltimore Colts	28-10	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49053
AFC Championship
Sun	1/4/1976	H	Oakland Raiders	16-10	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	49103
Super Bowl X
Sun	1/18/1976	H	Dallas Cowboys	21-17	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	80187

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
45	Jimmy Allen	LCB	6-2	194	23	Los Angeles Pierce JC; UCLA	14	0
76	John Banaszak	LB	6-3	242	25	Eastern Michigan	14	0
20	Rocky Bleier	RB	5-11	205	29	Notre Dame	11	11
47	Mel Blount	RCB	6-3	205	27	Southern University	14	14
38	Ed Bradley	MLB	6-2	239	25	Wake Forest	13	0
12	Terry Bradshaw	QB	6-3	210	27	Louisiana Tech	14	14
36	Dave Brown	RCB-LCB-LS-RS	6-1	197	22	Michigan	13	0
87	Larry Brown	TE	6-4	270	26	Kansas	14	13
50	Jim Clack	LOG	6-3	250	28	Wake Forest	14	14
44	Mike Collier	RB	5-11	200	22	Morgan State	14	0
57	Sam Davis	ROG-LOG	6-1	245	31	Allen	14	1
27	Glen Edwards	RS	6-0	185	28	Florida A&M	14	14
33	John Fuqua	RB	5-11	200	29	Morgan State	14	3
64	Steve Furness	LDT-RDT	6-4	255	25	Rhode Island	14	6
86	Reggie Garrett	WR	6-1	175	24	New Mexico Highlands; Eastern Michigan	14	3
10	Roy Gerela	K	5-10	185	27	New Mexico State	14	0
17	Joe Gilliam	QB	6-2	187	25	Tennessee State	4	0
71	Gordon Gravelle	ROT	6-5	255	26	Brigham Young	14	14
75	Joe Greene	LDT	6-4	270	29	North Texas	10	9
68	L.C. Greenwood	LDE	6-6	246	29	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	14	14
84	Randy Grossman	TE	6-1	225	23	Temple	14	1
59	Jack Ham	LLB	6-3	224	27	Penn State	14	14
5	Terry Hanratty	QB	6-1	206	27	Notre Dame	1	0
32	Franco Harris	RB	6-2	225	25	Penn State	14	14
46	Reggie Harrison	RB	5-11	220	24	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Cincinnati	14	0
63	Ernie Holmes	RDT	6-3	260	27	Texas Southern	13	13
54	Marv Kellum	LLB	6-2	225	23	Wichita State	14	0
55	Jon Kolb	LOT	6-2	240	28	Oklahoma State	14	14
58	Jack Lambert	MLB	6-4	220	23	Kent State	14	14
43	Frank Lewis	WR	6-1	196	28	Grambling State	10	4
56	Ray Mansfield	C	6-3	252	34	Washington	14	14
72	Gerry Mullins	ROG	6-3	244	26	Southern California	14	13
74	Dave Reavis	LOT	6-4	260	25	Arkansas	10	0
34	Andy Russell	RLB	6-3	221	34	Missouri	14	14
31	Donnie Shell	LS	5-11	198	23	South Carolina State	14	2
82	John Stallworth	WR	6-2	202	23	Alabama A&M	11	9
88	Lynn Swann	WR	6-0	180	23	Southern California	14	12
24	J.T. Thomas	LCB	6-2	196	24	Florida State	14	14
51	Loren Toews	RLB	6-3	220	24	California	14	0
23	Mike Wagner	LS	6-1	200	26	Western Illinois	12	12
39	Bobby Walden	P	6-0	192	37	Georgia	14	0
52	Mike Webster	C-LOG	6-2	260	23	Wisconsin	14	1
78	Dwight White	RDE	6-4	253	26	Texas A&M-Commerce	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	26	Dave Brown	DB	Michigan
2	51	Bob Barber	DE	Grambling State
3	78	Walter White	TE	Maryland
4	104	Harold Evans	LB	Houston
5	130	Brent Sexton	DB	Elon
6	156	Marvin Crenshaw	T	Nebraska
7	182	Wayne Mattingly	T	Colorado
8	190	Tom Kropp	LB	Nebraska-Kearney
8	208	Al Humphrey	DE	Tulsa
9	222	Gene Clark	G	UCLA
9	234	Bruce Reimer	RB	North Dakota State
10	247	Kirk Heyer	DT	Nebraska-Kearney
10	260	Archie Gray	WR	Wyoming
11	286	Randy Little	TE	West Liberty
12	312	Greg Murphy	DE	Penn State
13	338	Bob Gaddis	WR	Mississippi Valley State
14	364	Mike Collier	RB	Morgan State
15	371	Jim Thatcher	WR	Langston
15	390	Marty Smith	DT	Louisville
16	415	Miller Bassler	TE	Houston
17	442	Stan Hegener	G	Nebraska

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	63	118	81	111
Opponents Totals	9	62	23	68

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		288	149	125	14	91/204 44.6%	/ %	89	756
Opponents Totals		214	91	97	26	80/217 36.9%	/ %	82	701

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Roy Gerela	0	44	46	95.7	17	21	81.0	0	95
Franco Harris	11	0	0		0	0		0	66
Lynn Swann	11	0	0		0	0		0	66
Mike Collier	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
John Stallworth	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Terry Bradshaw	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Reggie Harrison	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Rocky Bleier	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Frank Lewis	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Larry Brown	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Fuqua	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Reggie Garrett	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Randy Grossman	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Gerry Mullins	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
J.T. Thomas	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dwight White	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	46	44	46	95.7	17	21	81.0	1	373
Opponents Totals	19	15	19	78.9	11	18	61.1	0	162

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Roy Gerela	17	21	81.0	4/4	7/7	5/7	1/2	0/1
Team Totals	17	21	81.0	4/4	7/7	5/7	1/2	0/1
Opponents Totals	11	18	61.1	0/0	5/5	5/7	1/6	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Franco Harris	262	1246	4.8	36	10
Rocky Bleier	140	528	3.8	17	2
John Fuqua	74	285	3.9	18	1
Terry Bradshaw	35	210	6.0	27	3
Reggie Harrison	43	191	4.4	17	3
Mike Collier	21	124	5.9	23	3
Frank Lewis	2	36	18.0	24	0
Lynn Swann	3	13	4.3	11	0
Terry Hanratty	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	581	2633	4.5	36	22
Opponents Totals	431	1825	4.2	88t	8

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Terry Bradshaw	286	165	57.7	112	2055	7.2	12.5	59	18	6.3	9	3.1	31	290	1765	88.0
Joe Gilliam	48	24	50.0	21	450	9.4	18.8	53	3	6.3	3	6.3	0	0	450	77.6
Bobby Walden	3	2	66.7	1	39	13.0	19.5	20	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39	109.7
Team Totals	337	191	56.7	134	2544	7.5	13.3	59	21	6.2	12	3.6	31	290	2254	86.7
Opponents Totals	396	183	46.2	186	2194	5.5	12.0	59t	9	2.3	27	6.8	43	358	1836	42.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lynn Swann	49	781	15.9	43t	11
Franco Harris	28	214	7.6	44t	1
John Stallworth	20	423	21.2	59	4
John Fuqua	18	146	8.1	21	0
Frank Lewis	17	308	18.1	40t	2
Larry Brown	16	244	15.3	27	1
Rocky Bleier	15	65	4.3	13	0
Reggie Garrett	13	178	13.7	45t	1
Randy Grossman	11	135	12.3	21	1
Donnie Shell	2	39	19.5	20	0
Mike Collier	1	7	7.0	7	0
Reggie Harrison	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	191	2544	13.3	59	21
Opponents Totals	183	2194	12.0	59t	9

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Mel Blount	11	121	11.0	47
Mike Wagner	4	122	30.5	65
Glen Edwards	3	68	22.7	47
J.T. Thomas	3	44	14.7	33
Jack Lambert	2	35	17.5	24
Jimmy Allen	2	0	0.0	0
Donnie Shell	1	29	29.0	29
Jack Ham	1	2	2.0	2
Team Totals	27	421	15.6	65
Opponents Totals	12	47	3.9	25

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NET
Bobby Walden	69	2717	39.4	67	1	8	13	199	33.7
Team Totals	69	2717	39.4	67	1			199
Opponents Totals	90	3612	40.1	68	1			548

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Glen Edwards	25	3	267	10.7	25
Dave Brown	22	9	217	9.9	48
Lynn Swann	7	1	64	9.1	21
Team Totals	54	13	548	10.1	48
Opponents Totals	36	3	199	5.5	19

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Collier	22	523	23.8	94t	1
Mel Blount	8	139	17.4	23	0
Dave Brown	6	126	21.0	26	0
Franco Harris	1	27	27.0	27	0
John Fuqua	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	38	815	21.4	94t	1
Opponents Totals	64	1304	20.4	40	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Ernie Holmes	8.5
Dwight White	7.5
Steve Furness	6.5
L.C. Greenwood	6.0
Joe Greene	3.0
Jack Ham	3.0
Andy Russell	3.0
Loren Toews	2.5
John Banaszak	2.0
Jack Lambert	1.0
Team Totals	43.0	358.0
Opponents Totals	31.0	290.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
John Banaszak	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rocky Bleier	7		2	0	2	0	0
Mel Blount	1		0	0	0	0	0
Terry Bradshaw	6		0	0	0	0	0
Dave Brown	1		0	0	0	0	0
Larry Brown	2		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Collier	2		0	1	1	0	0
Glen Edwards	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
John Fuqua	1		0	0	0	0	0
Gordon Gravelle	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jack Ham	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Franco Harris	9		3	0	3	0	0
Ernie Holmes	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Marv Kellum	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Lambert	0	0	0	1	1	21	0
Gerry Mullins	0	0	2	0	2	2	1
Donnie Shell	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Stallworth	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Lynn Swann	4		1	0	1	0	0
J.T. Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	21	1
Mike Wagner	1		0	3	3	8	0
Team Totals	34	23	11	10	21	52	2
Opponents Totals	22	10	12	20	32		2