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Record: 12 - 4 (pythagorean: 12 - 4, .789) Coaching: Chuck Noll 12 - 4 (playoffs:3 - 0) 1979 Pro Bowl Players: QB - Terry Bradshaw RB - Franco Harris WR - John Stallworth C - Mike Webster DE - L.C. Greenwood DT - Joe Greene LB - Jack Ham LB - Jack Lambert CB - Mel Blount S - Donnie Shell 1979 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-28 (28) - Greg Hawthorne, Baylor, RB   2-28 (56) - Zack Valentine, East Carolina, LB   4-4 (86) - Russell Davis, Michigan, RB   4-28 (110) - Calvin Sweeney, USC, WR   5-27 (137) - Dwaine Board, North Carolina A&T, DE   6-20 (157) - Bill Murrell, Winston-Salem State, TE   6-24 (161) - Dwayne Woodruff, Louisville, DB   6-28 (165) - Matt Bahr, Penn State, K   7-27 (192) - Bruce Kimball, Massachusetts, G   8-28 (220) - Tom Graves, Michigan State, LB   9-28 (248) - Rick Kirk, Denison, DE   10-27 (275) - Tod Thompson, Brigham Young, TE   11-28 (303) - Charlie Moore, Wichita State, C   12-19 (322) - Ed Smith, Vanderbilt, LB   12-27 (330) - Mike Almond, Northwest Louisiana, WR
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 PIT 16 OT at NWE 13 Week 2 HOO 7 at PIT 38 Week 3 PIT 24 at SLC 21 Week 4 BLC 13 at PIT 17 Week 5 PIT 14 at PHI 17 Week 6 PIT 51 at CLE 35 Week 7 PIT 10 at CIN 34 Week 8 DEN 7 at PIT 42 Week 9 DAL 3 at PIT 14 Week 10 WAS 7 at PIT 38 Week 11 PIT 30 at KAN 3 Week 12 PIT 7 at SDG 35 Week 13 CLE 30 OT at PIT 33 Week 14 CIN 17 at PIT 37 Week 15 PIT 17 at HOO 20 Week 16 BUF 0 at PIT 28 AFC Divisional Playoff MIA 14 at PIT 34 AFC Championship HOO 13 at PIT 27 Super Bowl XIV LAM 19 at PIT 31
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 416 6258 52 141 179 17 337   492 272 3877 26 26 27 222   561 2603 25   108 866 47 26 -- DEFENSE 262 4270 31 95 135 30 260   480 226 2912 19 27 49 351   506 1709 9   94 732 32 -- 15     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 63 523 0   OPP: 31 276 0   OWN: 51 987 0   OPP: 81 1668 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 68 2733 8 0 19   OPP: 100 3995   OWN: 50 52 18 30   OPP: 28 31 16 26
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Terry Bradshaw 16 472 259 54.9 3724 7.89 26 25 24 196 77.0   21 83 4.0 0 28   0 0 0.0 0 0 Mike Kruczek 8 20 13 65.0 153 7.65 0 1 3 26 67.3   4 20 5.0 0 22   0 0 0.0 0 0 Franco Harris 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   267 1186 4.4 11 71t   36 291 8.1 1 21 Sidney Thornton 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   118 585 5.0 6 75   16 231 14.4 4 32 Rocky Bleier 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   92 434 4.7 4 70t   31 277 8.9 0 28 Greg Hawthorne 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   28 123 4.4 1 19   8 47 5.9 0 17 Anthony Anderson 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   18 118 6.6 1 31   0 0 0.0 0 0 Rick Moser 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   11 33 3.0 1 8   1 6 6.0 0 6 Lynn Swann 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 9 9.0 1 9t   41 808 19.7 5 65 Jim Smith 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 12 12.0 0 12   17 243 14.3 2 25 John Stallworth 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   70 1183 16.9 8 65t Bennie Cunningham 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   36 512 14.2 4 28t Randy Grossman 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   12 217 18.1 1 54 Theo Bell 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   3 61 20.3 0 31 Larry Brown 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 1 1.0 1 1t   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Theo Bell 13 45 378 8.4 7 27 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Jim Smith 15 16 146 9.1 1 38 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Thom Dornbrook 16 1 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Lynn Swann 13 1 -1 -1.0 3 -1 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Larry Anderson 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   34 732 21.5 44 0 Anthony Anderson 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   13 200 15.4 26 0 Greg Hawthorne 15 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 46 23.0 23 0 Robin Cole 13 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 3 3.0 3 0 Rick Moser 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 6 6.0 6 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Matt Bahr 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 5/5 6/11 7/13 0/1 47 18 30 50 52 Craig Colquitt 16 68 2733 61 0 8 19 33.8 40.2   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Larry Anderson 16 0.0 0   1 19 19 0 John Banaszak 16 0.0 0   1 3 3 0 Mel Blount 16 0.0 0   3 1 1 0 Jack Lambert 16 0.0 0   6 29 23 0 Donnie Shell 16 0.0 0   5 10 8 0 Dennis Winston 16 0.0 0   3 48 41t 1 Dwayne Woodruff 16 0.0 0   1 31 31 0 Jack Ham 15 0.0 0   2 8 6 0 Ron Johnson 11 0.0 0   1 20 20 0 Mike Wagner 8 0.0 0   4 31 19 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Anthony Anderson 16 1 0 1 0 0 Larry Anderson 16 4 1 0 0 0 Matt Bahr 16 0 0 0 0 0 John Banaszak 16 0 0 1 0 0 Tom Beasley 13 0 0 0 0 0 Theo Bell 13 1 2 0 22 0 Rocky Bleier 16 4 0 0 0 0 Mel Blount 16 0 0 1 15 0 Terry Bradshaw 16 10 4 0 -10 0 Larry Brown 15 0 1 0 0 0 Robin Cole 13 0 0 1 0 0 Craig Colquitt 16 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Courson 16 0 1 0 0 0 Bennie Cunningham 15 0 1 0 0 0 Sam Davis 13 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Deloplaine 1 0 0 0 0 0 Thom Dornbrook 16 1 0 0 0 0 Gary Dunn 16 0 0 2 0 0 Steve Furness 12 0 0 1 0 0 Tom Graves 3 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Greene 15 0 0 0 0 0 L.C. Greenwood 12 0 0 0 0 0 Randy Grossman 16 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Ham 15 0 0 1 0 0 Franco Harris 15 11 0 0 0 0 Greg Hawthorne 15 2 1 0 0 0 Ron Johnson 11 0 0 1 0 0 Jon Kolb 14 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Kruczek 8 1 0 0 0 0 Jack Lambert 16 0 0 0 0 0 Rick Moser 16 0 0 0 0 0 Gerry Mullins 15 0 1 0 0 0 Ted Petersen 16 0 0 0 0 0 Donnie Shell 16 0 0 2 0 0 Jim Smith 15 1 1 0 0 0 John Stallworth 16 4 3 0 0 0 Lynn Swann 13 0 0 0 0 0 J.T. Thomas 14 0 0 0 0 0 Sidney Thornton 13 7 1 0 0 0 Loren Toews 11 0 0 0 0 0 Zack Valentine 16 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Wagner 8 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Webster 16 0 2 0 2 0 Dwight White 11 0 0 1 0 0 Dennis Winston 16 0 0 3 0 0 Dwayne Woodruff 16 0 0 0 0 0

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