1985 Pittsburgh Steelers - Pro Football Archives

1985 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)

2nd place American Football Conference Central Division 7-9-0 .438

Head Coach: Chuck Noll

Ron Blackledge	Offensive Line-Tackles/Tight Ends
Tony Dungy	Defensive Coordinator
Walt Evans	Conditioning
Dennis Fitzgerald	Inside Linebackers
Dick Hoak	Offensive Backs
Jed Hughes	Outside Linebackers
Hal Hunter	Offensive Line-Guards/Center
Jon Kolb	Defensive Line
Tom Moore	Offensive Coordinator

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/10/1985	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	42-27	W	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	47447
Sat	8/17/1985	A	Minnesota Vikings	34-41	L	Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	56887
Fri	8/23/1985	A	St. Louis Cardinals	6-14	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	36237
Fri	8/30/1985	H	New York Giants	14-24	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	54039
Sun	9/8/1985	H	Indianapolis Colts	45-3	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	57279
Mon	9/16/1985	A	Cleveland Browns	7-17	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	79042
Sun	9/22/1985	H	Houston Oilers	20-0	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	58752
Mon	9/30/1985	H	Cincinnati Bengals	24-37	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	59541
Sun	10/6/1985	A	Miami Dolphins	20-24	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	72820
Sun	10/13/1985	A	Dallas Cowboys	13-27	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	62932
Sun	10/20/1985	H	St. Louis Cardinals	23-10	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	56478
Sun	10/27/1985	A	Cincinnati Bengals	21-26	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55421
Sun	11/3/1985	H	Cleveland Browns	10-9	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	51976
Sun	11/10/1985	A	Kansas City Chiefs	36-28	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	46126
Sun	11/17/1985	A	Houston Oilers	30-7	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	45977
Sun	11/24/1985	H	Washington Redskins	23-30	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	59293
Sun	12/1/1985	H	Denver Broncos	23-31	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	56797
Sun	12/8/1985	A	San Diego Chargers	44-54	L	San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	52098
Sun	12/15/1985	H	Buffalo Bills	30-24	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	35953
Sat	12/21/1985	A	New York Giants	10-28	L	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	66785

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
34	Walter Abercrombie	RB	6-0	210	26	Baylor	16	16
1	Gary Anderson	K	5-11	181	26	Syracuse	16	0
71	Emil Boures	ROG-LOG	6-1	258	25	Pittsburgh	6	5
23	Chris Brown	CB-S	6-0	205	23	Notre Dame	6	0
10	Scott Campbell	QB	6-0	195	23	Purdue	16	2
91	Gregg Carr	ROLB	6-1	220	23	Auburn	16	2
78	Mark Catano	NT	6-3	267	23	Hudson Valley JC; Valdosta State	15	6
33	Harvey Clayton	RCB	5-9	175	24	Florida State	14	14
56	Robin Cole	RILB	6-2	225	30	New Mexico	16	16
89	Bennie Cunningham	TE	6-4	260	31	Clemson	11	11
67	Gary Dunn	NT	6-3	270	32	Miami (Florida)	10	7
42	Dave Edwards	S	6-0	195	23	Illinois	14	0
24	Rich Erenberg	RB	5-10	205	23	Colgate	14	0
92	Keith Gary	RDE	6-3	269	26	Ferrum JC; Oklahoma	12	7
95	John Goodman	RDE-NT	6-6	254	27	Oklahoma	12	6
86	Preston Gothard	TE	6-4	242	23	Alabama	16	0
53	Bryan Hinkle	ROLB	6-1	224	26	Oregon	14	14
76	Glen Howe	OT	6-7	298	24	Southern Mississippi	2	0
62	Tunch Ilkin	ROT	6-3	267	28	Indiana State	16	16
90	Bob Kohrs	LB	6-3	240	27	Arizona State	11	0
83	Louis Lipps	WR	5-10	188	23	Southern Mississippi	16	16
50	David Little	LILB	6-1	240	26	Florida	16	16
74	Terry Long	ROG	5-11	272	26	East Carolina	15	14
16	Mark Malone	QB	6-4	220	27	Arizona State	10	8
57	Mike Merriweather	LOLB	6-2	221	25	Pacific	16	16
47	Steve Morse	RB	5-11	214	22	Virginia	16	0
81	Darrell Nelson	TE	6-2	235	24	Memphis	5	5
84	Edmund Nelson	RDE-NT	6-3	270	25	Auburn	6	6
18	Harry Newsome	P	6-0	186	22	Wake Forest	16	0
65	Ray Pinney	LOT	6-4	274	31	Washington	15	11
80	Frank Pokorny	WR	6-0	198	22	Youngstown State	4	0
30	Frank Pollard	FB	5-10	220	28	Baylor	16	16
60	Randy Rasmussen	C-OG	6-1	254	25	Minnesota	11	0
63	Pete Rostosky	LOT	6-4	265	24	Connecticut	16	5
31	Donnie Shell	SS	5-11	198	33	South Carolina State	16	16
99	Darryl Sims	DE	6-3	278	24	Wisconsin	16	0
54	Fred Small	LB	5-11	227	22	Washington	16	0
72	Ray Snell	OT	6-4	265	27	Wisconsin	5	0
36	Todd Spencer	RB	5-11	209	23	Southern California	16	0
82	John Stallworth	WR	6-2	202	33	Alabama A&M	16	16
26	John Swain	RCB	6-1	197	26	Miami (Florida)	9	1
85	Calvin Sweeney	WR	6-2	192	30	Riverside CC; UC Riverside; Southern California	16	0
87	Weegie Thompson	WR	6-6	213	24	Florida State	16	0
25	Anthony Tuggle	DB	6-1	211	22	Southern University; Nicholls State	2	0
51	Dan Turk	C	6-4	281	23	Drake; Wisconsin	1	0
41	Sam Washington	CB	5-9	180	25	Mississippi Valley State	7	0
52	Mike Webster	C	6-2	260	33	Wisconsin	16	16
21	Eric Williams	FS	6-1	190	25	North Carolina State	14	14
93	Keith Willis	LDE	6-1	263	26	Northeastern	16	16
61	Blake Wingle	OG	6-2	267	25	UCLA	3	0
55	Dennis Winston	LB	6-0	228	30	Arkansas	10	0
73	Craig Wolfley	LOG	6-1	268	27	Syracuse	13	13
19	David Woodley	QB	6-2	211	27	Louisiana State	9	6
49	Dwayne Woodruff	LCB	5-11	195	28	Louisville	12	10
22	Rick Woods	LCB-FS-RCB	6-0	195	26	Boise State	16	9

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	20	Darryl Sims	DE	Wisconsin
2	47	Mark Behning	T	Nebraska
3	74	Liffort Hobley	DB	Louisiana State
4	101	Dan Turk	C	Wisconsin
5	136	Cam Jacobs	LB	Kentucky
6	160	Gregg Carr	LB	Auburn
7	187	Alan Andrews	TE	Rutgers
8	214	Harry Newsome	P	Wake Forest
9	241	Fred Small	LB	Washington
9	242	Andre Harris	DB	Minnesota
10	268	Oliver White	TE	Kentucky
11	300	Terry Matichak	DB	Missouri
12	327	Jeff Sanchez	DB	Georgia

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	58	134	83	104
Opponents Totals	72	129	53	101

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals	30:52	315	125	165	25	91/236 38.6%	7/13 53.8%	85	665
Opponents Totals	29:08	273	105	144	24	71/209 34.0%	5/12 41.7%	89	679

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Gary Anderson	0	40	40	100.0	33	42	78.6	139
Louis Lipps	15	0	0		0	0		90
Walter Abercrombie	9	0	0		0	0		54
John Stallworth	5	0	0		0	0		30
Rich Erenberg	3	0	0		0	0		18
Frank Pollard	3	0	0		0	0		18
David Woodley	2	0	0		0	0		12
Mark Malone	1	0	0		0	0		6
Mike Merriweather	1	0	0		0	0		6
Weegie Thompson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	40	40	40	100.0	33	42	78.6	379
Opponents Totals	43	40	43	93.0	19	25	76.0	355

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Gary Anderson	33	42	78.6	1/1	12/13	14/15	5/9	1/4
Team Totals	33	42	78.6	1/1	12/13	14/15	5/9	1/4
Opponents Totals	19	25	76.0	2/2	2/3	11/12	4/5	0/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Frank Pollard	233	991	4.3	56	3
Walter Abercrombie	227	851	3.7	32t	7
Mark Malone	15	80	5.3	25	1
David Woodley	17	71	4.2	13	2
Rich Erenberg	17	67	3.9	12	0
Todd Spencer	13	56	4.3	11	0
Scott Campbell	9	28	3.1	14	0
Steve Morse	8	17	2.1	9	0
Louis Lipps	2	16	8.0	15t	1
Team Totals	541	2177	4.0	56	14
Opponents Totals	470	1876	4.0	77t	19

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Mark Malone	233	117	50.2	109	1428	6.1	12.2	45t	13	5.6	7	3.0	10	80	1348	75.5
David Woodley	183	94	51.4	75	1357	7.4	14.4	69	6	3.3	14	7.7	13	84	1273	54.8
Scott Campbell	96	43	44.8	47	612	6.4	14.2	51	4	4.2	6	6.3	10	60	552	53.8
Team Totals	512	254	49.6	231	3397	6.6	13.4	69	23	4.5	27	5.3	33	224	3173	64.1
Opponents Totals	484	287	59.3	177	3088	6.4	10.8	75t	18	3.7	20	4.1	36	305	2783	73.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Stallworth	75	937	12.5	41	5
Louis Lipps	59	1134	19.2	51	12
Rich Erenberg	33	326	9.9	35	3
Frank Pollard	24	250	10.4	20	0
Walter Abercrombie	24	209	8.7	27	2
Calvin Sweeney	16	234	14.6	69	0
Weegie Thompson	8	138	17.3	42	1
Preston Gothard	6	83	13.8	24	0
Bennie Cunningham	6	61	10.2	17	0
Todd Spencer	3	25	8.3	13	0
Team Totals	254	3397	13.4	69	23
Opponents Totals	287	3088	10.8	75t	18

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dwayne Woodruff	5	80	16.0	33	0
Eric Williams	4	47	11.8	29	0
Donnie Shell	4	40	10.0	26	0
Mike Merriweather	2	36	18.0	35t	1
John Swain	2	4	2.0	4	0
David Little	2	0	0.0	3	0
Robin Cole	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	20	211	10.6	35t	1
Opponents Totals	27	409	15.1	57t	5

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Harry Newsome	78	3088	39.6	59	1	7	17	380	2568	32.5
Team Totals	79	3088	39.1	59	1	7	17	380	2568	32.5
Opponents Totals	86	3515	40.9	65	0	10	17	483	2832	32.9

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Louis Lipps	36	2	437	12.1	71t	2
Rick Woods	13	2	46	3.5	10	0
Team Totals	49	4	483	9.9	71t	2
Opponents Totals	43	8	380	8.8	31	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Todd Spencer	27	617	22.9	40
Rich Erenberg	21	441	21.0	35
Louis Lipps	13	237	18.2	26
Sam Washington	3	34	11.3	14
Anthony Tuggle	1	8	8.0	8
Team Totals	65	1337	20.6	40
Opponents Totals	65	1566	24.1	95

SACKS	NO	YDS
Keith Willis	5.5
Bryan Hinkle	5.0
Mike Merriweather	4.0
Keith Gary	3.0
Robin Cole	3.0
Mark Catano	3.0
Gary Dunn	2.5
Darryl Sims	2.0
John Goodman	2.0
Rick Woods	1.0
Edmund Nelson	1.0
David Little	1.0
Gregg Carr	1.0
Team Totals	36.0	305.0
Opponents Totals	33.0	224.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Walter Abercrombie	5		1	0	1	0	0
Scott Campbell	3		3	0	3	0	0
Gregg Carr	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Mark Catano	0	0	0	1	1	17	0
Robin Cole	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Gary Dunn	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Rich Erenberg	1		0	0	0	-12	0
Keith Gary	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Preston Gothard	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tunch Ilkin	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Louis Lipps	5		4	0	4	3	0
David Little	0	0	1	1	2	11	0
Mark Malone	3		3	0	3	-5	0
Mike Merriweather	1		0	0	0	0	0
Steve Morse	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Frank Pollard	2		1	0	1	0	0
Donnie Shell	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Todd Spencer	3		1	0	1	0	0
Calvin Sweeney	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Webster	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Craig Wolfley	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
David Woodley	8		2	0	2	0	0
Team Totals	31	10	21	14	35	14	0
Opponents Totals	34	14	18	9	27		1