
1984 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Chuck Noll (9-7)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1984 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1984 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
The Steelers racked up 387 points, while the defensive squad allowed 310. Mark Malone threw for 2,137 yards, and David Woodley played quarterback, too. John Stallworth grabbed 80 passes for 1,395 yards.
Frank Pollard carried the ball for a team-best 851 yards for Pittsburgh.
The ball-hawking defense led the way with 42 turnovers. Donnie Shell picked off 7 opponent throws. Mike Merriweather topped the defensive unit with 15 quarterback sacks.
Chuck Noll coached the team. The 1984 Pittsburgh Steelers lost in the Conference Championship.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Malone | 272 | 147 | 54.0 | 2137 | 7.9 | 16 | 5.9 | 17 | 6.2 | 61 | 25 | 211 | 73.4 |
David Woodley | 156 | 85 | 54.5 | 1273 | 8.2 | 8 | 5.1 | 7 | 4.5 | 80 | 10 | 67 | 79.9 |
Scott Campbell | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 109 | 7.3 | 1 | 6.7 | 1 | 6.7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 71.3 |
Totals | 443 | 240 | 54.2 | 3519 | 7.9 | 25 | 5.6 | 25 | 5.6 | 80 | 35 | 278 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Pollard | 213 | 851 | 4.0 | 52 | 6 |
Walter Abercrombie | 145 | 610 | 4.2 | 31 | 1 |
Rich Erenberg | 115 | 405 | 3.5 | 31 | 2 |
Anthony Corley | 18 | 89 | 4.9 | 23 | 0 |
Elton Veals | 31 | 87 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
Louis Lipps | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 36 | 1 |
Mark Malone | 25 | 42 | 1.7 | 13 | 3 |
Scoop Gillespie | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 |
David Woodley | 11 | 14 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 |
Todd Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Craig Colquitt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 |
Wayne Capers | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
Scott Campbell | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 574 | 2179 | 3.8 | 52 | 13 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Stallworth | 80 | 1395 | 17.4 | 51 | 11 |
Louis Lipps | 45 | 860 | 19.1 | 80 | 9 |
Rich Erenberg | 38 | 358 | 9.4 | 25 | 1 |
Frank Pollard | 21 | 186 | 8.9 | 18 | 0 |
Weegie Thompson | 17 | 291 | 17.1 | 59 | 3 |
Walter Abercrombie | 16 | 135 | 8.4 | 59 | 0 |
Wayne Capers | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 19 | 0 |
Chris Kolodziejski | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 22 | 0 |
Bennie Cunningham | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 29 | 1 |
Darrell Nelson | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 19 | 0 |
Calvin Sweeney | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 16 | 0 |
Gregg Garrity | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
Scoop Gillespie | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Totals | 240 | 3519 | 14.7 | 80 | 25 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Anderson | 45 | 45 | 100.0 | 32 | 24 | 75.0 | 117 |
Totals | 45 | 45 | 100.0 | 32 | 24 | 75.0 | 117 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Craig Colquitt | 70 | 2883 | 41.2 | 62 |
Totals | 70 | 2883 | 41.2 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Louis Lipps | 53 | 656 | 12.4 | 76 | 1 |
Rick Woods | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 14 | 0 |
Terry Long | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Harvey Clayton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 61 | 696 | 11.4 | 76 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rich Erenberg | 28 | 575 | 20.5 | 47 | 0 |
Todd Spencer | 18 | 373 | 20.7 | 40 | 0 |
Elton Veals | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 |
Anthony Corley | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Scoop Gillespie | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Chris Brown | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Mark Catano | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 54 | 1026 | 19.0 | 47 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donnie Shell | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 52 | 1 |
Sam Washington | 6 | 138 | 23.0 | 69 | 2 |
Dwayne Woodruff | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 42 | 1 |
Bryan Hinkle | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 43 | 0 |
Eric Williams | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 44 | 0 |
Mike Merriweather | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
Rick Woods | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Brown | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
Robin Cole | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Harvey Clayton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 31 | 433 | 14.0 | 69 | 4 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Mike Merriweather | 15.0 | 0.0 | |
Edmund Nelson | 7.0 | 0.0 | |
Bryan Hinkle | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
Keith Willis | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
Keith Gary | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
John Goodman | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
Eric Williams | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Robin Cole | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Harvey Clayton | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
David Little | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Gary Dunn | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 46.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rich Erenberg | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mark Malone | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Todd Spencer | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Louis Lipps | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
David Woodley | 5 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Pollard | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Anthony Corley | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Scoop Gillespie | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wayne Capers | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bryan Hinkle | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | |
Mike Merriweather | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Elton Veals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Keith Gary | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Robin Cole | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
Ray Snell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Harvey Clayton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Craig Bingham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Keith Willis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chris Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Scott Campbell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eric Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Dwayne Woodruff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 1 | 0 | |
John Stallworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Weegie Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Terry Long | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 40 | 33 | 104 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Gary Anderson | 24 | 45 | 0 | 117 | ||||||||||
John Stallworth | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||||
Louis Lipps | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||
Frank Pollard | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Weegie Thompson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Rich Erenberg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Mark Malone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Sam Washington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Dwayne Woodruff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Walter Abercrombie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Bryan Hinkle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Bennie Cunningham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Donnie Shell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 13 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 387 |