1981 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)

2nd place American Football Conference Central Division 8-8-0 .500

Head Coach: Chuck Noll

Rollie Dotsch	Offensive Line
Tony Dungy	Defensive Assistant
Dick Hoak	Offensive Backs
Tom Moore	Receivers
George Perles	Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line
Paul Uram	Conditioning
Dick Walker	Defensive Backs
Woody Widenhofer	Defensive Coordinator

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/8/1981	A	Cleveland Browns	35-31	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	78610
Sat	8/15/1981	A	Philadelphia Eagles	20-36	L		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	66712
Sat	8/22/1981	A	Dallas Cowboys	14-24	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	63504
Sat	8/29/1981	H	New York Giants	31-6	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	51311
Sun	9/6/1981	H	Kansas City Chiefs	33-37	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	53305
Thu	9/10/1981	A	Miami Dolphins	10-30	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	74190
Sun	9/20/1981	H	New York Jets	38-10	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	52973
Sun	9/27/1981	H	New England Patriots	27-21	W	OT	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	53344
Sun	10/4/1981	A	New Orleans Saints	20-6	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	64578
Sun	10/11/1981	H	Cleveland Browns	13-7	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	53250
Sun	10/18/1981	A	Cincinnati Bengals	7-34	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	57090
Mon	10/26/1981	H	Houston Oilers	26-13	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	52732
Sun	11/1/1981	H	San Francisco 49ers	14-17	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	52878
Sun	11/8/1981	A	Seattle Seahawks	21-24	L		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	59058
Sun	11/15/1981	A	Atlanta Falcons	34-20	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	57485
Sun	11/22/1981	A	Cleveland Browns	32-10	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	77958
Sun	11/29/1981	H	Los Angeles Rams	24-0	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	51854
Mon	12/7/1981	A	Oakland Raiders	27-30	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	51769
Sun	12/13/1981	H	Cincinnati Bengals	10-17	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50623
Sun	12/20/1981	A	Houston Oilers	20-21	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	41056

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
30	Larry Anderson	RCB	5-11	188	25	Louisiana Tech	16	0
76	John Banaszak	RDE	6-3	242	31	Eastern Michigan	12	12
65	Tom Beasley	LDT-LDE	6-5	248	27	Virginia Tech	13	9
47	Mel Blount	RCB	6-3	205	33	Southern University	16	16
12	Terry Bradshaw	QB	6-3	210	33	Louisiana Tech	14	14
79	Larry Brown	ROT	6-4	270	32	Kansas	14	14
56	Robin Cole	RLB	6-2	225	26	New Mexico	14	13
5	Craig Colquitt	P	6-2	183	27	Cleveland State JC; Tennessee	16	0
77	Steve Courson	ROG	6-1	270	26	South Carolina	16	16
89	Bennie Cunningham	TE	6-4	260	27	Clemson	15	15
45	Russell Davis	FB	6-1	215	25	Michigan	16	0
87	Johnnie Dirden	WR	6-0	190	29	Sam Houston State	6	0
67	Gary Dunn	RDT	6-3	270	28	Miami (Florida)	16	15
95	John Goodman	LDE-RDE-LDT-RDT	6-6	254	23	Oklahoma	15	10
75	Joe Greene	LDT	6-4	270	35	North Texas	14	7
68	L.C. Greenwood	LDE	6-6	246	35	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	14	5
84	Randy Grossman	TE	6-1	225	29	Temple	16	1
59	Jack Ham	LLB	6-3	224	33	Penn State	12	11
32	Franco Harris	FB	6-2	225	31	Penn State	16	16
27	Greg Hawthorne	RB	6-2	230	25	Baylor	10	0
62	Tunch Ilkin	ROT	6-3	267	24	Indiana State	16	1
29	Ron Johnson	SS-LCB	5-10	200	25	Eastern Michigan	12	3
90	Bob Kohrs	RDE-LDE	6-3	240	23	Arizona State	16	6
55	Jon Kolb	LOT-ROT	6-2	240	34	Oklahoma State	15	6
58	Jack Lambert	MLB	6-4	220	29	Kent State	16	16
48	David Little	MLB	6-1	240	22	Florida	16	0
16	Mark Malone	QB-WR	6-4	220	23	Arizona State	8	3
61	Tyrone McGriff	OG	6-0	270	23	Florida A&M	12	0
39	Rick Moser	FB	6-0	210	25	Rhode Island	6	0
66	Ted Petersen	C-OT	6-5	241	26	Eastern Illinois	2	0
74	Ray Pinney	LOT-ROT	6-4	274	27	Washington	16	11
44	Frank Pollard	RB	5-10	220	24	Baylor	14	10
31	Donnie Shell	SS	5-11	198	29	South Carolina State	14	14
86	Jim Smith	WR	6-2	205	26	Michigan	15	3
82	John Stallworth	WR	6-2	202	29	Alabama A&M	16	16
18	Cliff Stoudt	QB	6-4	216	26	Youngstown State	2	0
88	Lynn Swann	WR	6-0	180	29	Southern California	13	12
85	Calvin Sweeney	WR	6-2	192	26	Riverside CC; UC Riverside; Southern California	14	0
24	J.T. Thomas	FS	6-2	196	30	Florida State	16	16
38	Sidney Thornton	RB	5-11	230	27	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	16	6
51	Loren Toews	RLB-LLB	6-3	220	30	California	16	4
1	David Trout	K	5-6	165	24	Pittsburgh	16	0
54	Zack Valentine	RLB	6-2	222	24	East Carolina	16	0
42	Anthony Washington	LCB	6-1	204	23	Fresno CC; California; Fresno State	16	1
52	Mike Webster	C	6-2	260	29	Wisconsin	16	16
53	Dennis Winston	LLB	6-0	228	26	Arkansas	14	4
73	Craig Wolfley	LOG	6-1	268	23	Syracuse	16	16
49	Dwayne Woodruff	LCB	5-11	195	24	Louisville	16	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	17	Keith Gary	DE	Oklahoma
2	44	Anthony Washington	DB	Fresno State
3	73	Rick Donnalley	C-OG	North Carolina
4	100	Robbie Martin	WR	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
5	127	Ricky Martin	WR	New Mexico
6	156	Bryan Hinkle	LB	Oregon
7	183	David Little	LB	Florida
8	209	Frank Wilson	RB	Rice
9	239	James Hunter	T	Southern California
10	265	Mike Mayock	DB	Boston College
11	292	Rick Trocano	QB	Pittsburgh

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	90	97	84	79	6
Opponents Totals	33	97	58	109	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:17	318	137	156	25	83/202 41.1%	/ %	97	840
Opponents Totals	29:43	323	114	181	28	90/230 39.1%	/ %	112	960

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
David Trout	0	38	46	82.6	12	17	70.6	74
Franco Harris	9	0	0		0	0		54
Jim Smith	7	0	0		0	0		42
John Stallworth	5	0	0		0	0		30
Lynn Swann	5	0	0		0	0		30
Sidney Thornton	4	0	0		0	0		24
Bennie Cunningham	3	0	0		0	0		18
Mark Malone	3	0	0		0	0		18
Terry Bradshaw	2	0	0		0	0		12
Greg Hawthorne	2	0	0		0	0		12
Frank Pollard	2	0	0		0	0		12
Mel Blount	1	0	0		0	0		6
Russell Davis	1	0	0		0	0		6
Randy Grossman	1	0	0		0	0		6
Rick Moser	1	0	0		0	0		6
Ray Pinney	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	47	38	46	82.6	12	17	70.6	356
Opponents Totals	35	33	35	94.3	18	33	54.5	297

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
David Trout	12	17	70.6	3/3	5/6	1/2	3/5	0/1
Team Totals	12	17	70.6	3/3	5/6	1/2	3/5	0/1
Opponents Totals	18	33	54.5	0/0	5/5	8/10	6/14	0/4

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Franco Harris	242	987	4.1	50	8
Frank Pollard	123	570	4.6	29	2
Russell Davis	47	270	5.7	28	1
Sidney Thornton	56	202	3.6	17t	4
Terry Bradshaw	38	162	4.3	16	2
Mark Malone	16	68	4.3	19	2
Greg Hawthorne	25	58	2.3	16	2
John Stallworth	1	17	17.0	17	0
Jim Smith	1	15	15.0	15	0
Cliff Stoudt	3	11	3.7	10	0
Craig Colquitt	1	8	8.0	8	0
Rick Moser	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	554	2372	4.3	50	21
Opponents Totals	500	1869	3.7	60	10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Terry Bradshaw	370	201	54.3	155	2887	7.8	14.4	90t	22	5.9	14	3.8	17	155	2732	83.9
Mark Malone	88	45	51.1	38	553	6.3	12.3	30	3	3.4	5	5.7	10	76	477	58.6
Cliff Stoudt	3	1	33.3	2	17	5.7	17.0	17	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	17	53.5
Team Totals	461	247	53.6	195	3457	7.5	14.0	90t	25	5.4	19	4.1	27	231	3226	78.9
Opponents Totals	544	302	55.5	212	4108	7.6	13.6	73t	22	4.0	30	5.5	40	325	3783	70.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Stallworth	63	1098	17.4	55	5
Bennie Cunningham	41	574	14.0	30	3
Franco Harris	37	250	6.8	26	1
Lynn Swann	34	505	14.9	44	5
Jim Smith	29	571	19.7	46t	7
Frank Pollard	19	156	8.2	26	0
Sidney Thornton	8	78	9.8	30	0
Russell Davis	4	34	8.5	19	0
Greg Hawthorne	4	23	5.8	12	0
Randy Grossman	3	19	6.3	14t	1
Calvin Sweeney	2	53	26.5	32	0
Mark Malone	1	90	90.0	90t	1
Rick Moser	1	5	5.0	5t	1
Ray Pinney	1	1	1.0	1t	1
Team Totals	247	3457	14.0	90t	25
Opponents Totals	302	4108	13.6	73t	22

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mel Blount	6	106	17.7	50t	1
Jack Lambert	6	76	12.7	31	0
Donnie Shell	5	52	10.4	25	0
J.T. Thomas	4	18	4.5	16	0
Anthony Washington	3	46	15.3	35	0
Ron Johnson	2	8	4.0	8	0
Robin Cole	1	29	29.0	29	0
Jack Ham	1	23	23.0	23	0
Dwayne Woodruff	1	17	17.0	17	0
Dennis Winston	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	30	376	12.5	50t	1
Opponents Totals	19	226	11.9	34	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Craig Colquitt	84	3641	43.3	74	16	25	358	2963	35.3
Team Totals	84	3641	43.3	74	16	25	358	2963	35.3
Opponents Totals	78	3286	42.1	62	4	12	412	2794	35.8

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Larry Anderson	20	8	208	10.4	33	0
Jim Smith	30	1	204	6.8	28	0
Team Totals	50	9	412	8.2	33	0
Opponents Totals	34	10	358	10.5	87t	2

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Larry Anderson	37	0	825	22.3	35
Greg Hawthorne	7	0	138	19.7	30
Rick Moser	3	0	76	25.3	29
Johnnie Dirden	3	0	45	15.0	22
Russell Davis	1	0	8	8.0	8
Mark Malone	1	0	3	3.0	3
Sidney Thornton	1	0	1	1.0	1
Team Totals	53	0	1096	20.7	35
Opponents Totals	52		1253	24.1	51

SACKS	NO	YDS
Gary Dunn	6.5
Joe Greene	5.5
Bob Kohrs	5.0
Tom Beasley	5.0
John Banaszak	4.0
L.C. Greenwood	3.0
John Goodman	3.0
Robin Cole	2.5
Jack Lambert	2.0
Dennis Winston	1.5
Dwayne Woodruff	1.0
(Unidentified)	1.0
Team Totals	40.0	325.0
Opponents Totals	27.0	231.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Larry Anderson	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Banaszak	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Terry Bradshaw	7		3	0	3	-23	0
Robin Cole	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Courson	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Bennie Cunningham	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Russell Davis	3		2	0	2	0	0
Gary Dunn	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Jack Ham	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Franco Harris	6		0	0	0	0	0
Greg Hawthorne	1		0	0	0	0	0
Tunch Ilkin	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Kohrs	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Lambert	0	0	0	2	2	38	0
David Little	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mark Malone	2		0	0	0	0	0
Frank Pollard	5		0	0	0	-12	0
Donnie Shell	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jim Smith	1		1	0	1	0	0
John Stallworth	4		0	0	0	0	0
Lynn Swann	1		1	0	1	0	0
Calvin Sweeney	1		0	0	0	0	0
J.T. Thomas	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Sidney Thornton	6		1	0	1	0	0
Loren Toews	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
David Trout	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Zack Valentine	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Dwayne Woodruff	1		0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	39	25	14	16	30	4	0
Opponents Totals	31	16	13	22	35		1