1979 Pittsburgh Steelers

1979 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Terry Bradshaw	472	259	54.9	3724	7.89	65t	26	5.5	25	5.3	24	196	77.0
Mike Kruczek	20	13	65.0	153	7.65	31	0	0.0	1	5.0	3	26	67.3
TOTALS	492	272	55.3	3877	7.88	65t	26	5.3	26	5.3	0	0	76.6

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg John Stallworth 70 1183 16.9 8 65t Lynn Swann 41 808 19.7 5 65 Bennie Cunningham 36 512 14.2 4 28t Franco Harris 36 291 8.1 1 21 Rocky Bleier 31 277 8.9 0 28 Jim Smith 17 243 14.3 2 25 Sidney Thornton 16 231 14.4 4 32 Randy Grossman 12 217 18.1 1 54 Greg Hawthorne 8 47 5.9 0 17 Theo Bell 3 61 20.3 0 31 Rick Moser 1 6 6.0 0 6 Larry Brown 1 1 1.0 1 1t TOTALS 272 3877 14.3 26 65t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Franco Harris 267 1186 4.4 11 71t Sidney Thornton 118 585 5.0 6 75 Rocky Bleier 92 434 4.7 4 70t Greg Hawthorne 28 123 4.4 1 19 Anthony Anderson 18 118 6.6 1 31 Terry Bradshaw 21 83 4.0 0 28 Rick Moser 11 33 3.0 1 8 Mike Kruczek 4 20 5.0 0 22 Jim Smith 1 12 12.0 0 12 Lynn Swann 1 9 9.0 1 9t TOTALS 561 2603 4.6 25 75

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Larry Anderson 34 732 21.5 0 44 Anthony Anderson 13 200 15.4 0 26 Greg Hawthorne 2 46 23.0 0 23 Rick Moser 1 6 6.0 0 6 Robin Cole 1 3 3.0 0 3 TOTALS 51 987 19.4 0 44

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Theo Bell 45 378 8.4 7 0 27 Jim Smith 16 146 9.1 1 0 38 Thom Dornbrook 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 Lynn Swann 1 -1 -1.0 3 0 -1 TOTALS 63 523 8.3 11 0 38

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Craig Colquitt	68	2733	40.2	61	8	19	0	31	276	33.8
TOTALS	68	2733	40.2	61	8	19	0	31	276	33.8

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Matt Bahr	0/0	5/5	6/11	7/13	0/1	18/30	47	50/52	104
TOTALS	0/0	5/5	6/11	7/13	0/1	18/30	47	50/52	104

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Larry Anderson	--	--	1	19	19.0	0	19
John Banaszak	--	--	1	3	3.0	0	3
Mel Blount	--	--	3	1	0.3	0	1
Jack Ham	--	--	2	8	4.0	0	6
Ron Johnson	--	--	1	20	20.0	0	20
Jack Lambert	--	--	6	29	4.8	0	23
Donnie Shell	--	--	5	10	2.0	0	8
Mike Wagner	--	--	4	31	7.8	0	19
Dennis Winston	--	--	3	48	16.0	1	41t
Dwayne Woodruff	--	--	1	31	31.0	0	31
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	27	200	7.4	1	41t

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