1981 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Noll (8-8)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1981 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 8-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Noll (8-8)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1981 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1981 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
The Steelers racked up 356 points, and the defensive squad conceded 297. Terry Bradshaw threw for 2,887 yards. John Stallworth grabbed 63 passes for 1,098 yards.
Franco Harris carried the ball for a team-best 987 yards for Pittsburgh.
Jack Lambert and Mel Blount each snatched 6 opponent throws.
Chuck Noll coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Bradshaw | 370 | 201 | 54.3 | 2887 | 7.8 | 22 | 5.9 | 14 | 3.8 | 90 | 17 | 155 | 83.9 |
| Mark Malone | 88 | 45 | 51.1 | 553 | 6.3 | 3 | 3.4 | 5 | 5.7 | 30 | 10 | 76 | 58.6 |
| Cliff Stoudt | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 53.5 |
| Totals | 461 | 247 | 53.6 | 3457 | 7.5 | 25 | 5.4 | 19 | 4.1 | 90 | 27 | 231 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 17 | 4 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 38 | 162 | 4.3 | 16 | 2 |
| Mark Malone | 16 | 68 | 4.2 | 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 |
| Totals | 554 | 2372 | 4.3 | 50 | 21 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 46 | 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 | 14 | 1 |
| Calvin Sweeney | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Mark Malone | 1 | 90 | 90.0 | 90 | 1 |
| Rick Moser | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 |
| Ray Pinney | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 247 | 3457 | 14.0 | 90 | 25 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Colquitt | 84 | 3641 | 43.3 | 74 |
| Totals | 84 | 3641 | 43.3 | 74 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Anderson | 37 | 825 | 22.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Rick Moser | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Johnnie Dirden | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Russell Davis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mark Malone | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Sidney Thornton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 53 | 1096 | 20.7 | 35 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Blount | 6 | 106 | 17.7 | 50 | 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 |
| Dirt Winston | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 376 | 12.5 | 50 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Ham | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 7 | 3 | -23 | 0 | |||
| Jack Lambert | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Courson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donnie Shell | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zack Valentine | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russell Davis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lynn Swann | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robin Cole | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bennie Cunningham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Banaszak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Dunn | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J.T. Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Trout | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Kohrs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sidney Thornton | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Loren Toews | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dwayne Woodruff | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tunch Ilkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Little | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Hawthorne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Malone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Franco Harris | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Pollard | 5 | 0 | -12 | 0 | |||
| John Stallworth | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Calvin Sweeney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 39 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| David Trout | 12 | 38 | 0 | 74 | ||||||||||
| Franco Harris | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| Jim Smith | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Lynn Swann | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| John Stallworth | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Sidney Thornton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Bennie Cunningham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Mark Malone | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Greg Hawthorne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Frank Pollard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Mel Blount | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Rick Moser | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Russell Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Ray Pinney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Randy Grossman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 21 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 356 |
