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 | ||||||||||
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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 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Anderson | 0 | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 33 | 42 | 78.6 | 0 | 139 |
Louis Lipps | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | ||
Walter Abercrombie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
John Stallworth | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Rich Erenberg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Frank Pollard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
David Woodley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Mark Malone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Mike Merriweather | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Weegie Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Team Totals | 40 | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 33 | 42 | 78.6 | 0 | 379 |
Opponents Totals | 43 | 40 | 43 | 93.0 | 19 | 25 | 76.0 | 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 | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Todd Spencer | 27 | 0 | 617 | 22.9 | 40 | 0 |
Rich Erenberg | 21 | 0 | 441 | 21.0 | 35 | 0 |
Louis Lipps | 13 | 0 | 237 | 18.2 | 26 | 0 |
Sam Washington | 3 | 0 | 34 | 11.3 | 14 | 0 |
Anthony Tuggle | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Team Totals | 65 | 0 | 1337 | 20.6 | 40 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 65 | 0 | 1566 | 24.1 | 95 | 0 |
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 |
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