1987 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Noll (8-7)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1987 Pittsburgh Steelers Roster
1987 Pittsburgh Steelers Results

The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 8 wins and 7 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.

The Steelers chalked up 285 points, and the defensive unit gave up 299. Earnest Jackson carried the ball for a team-best 696 yards for Pittsburgh, and Frank Pollard also contributed to the rushing attack.

Mark Malone threw for 1,896 yards. John Stallworth grabbed 41 passes for 521 yards.

The opportunistic defense pounced on 44 turnovers. Dwayne Woodruff intercepted 5 opponent throws. Mike Merriweather topped the defensive unit with 5.5 sacks.

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
Mark Malone	336	156	46.4	1896	5.6	6	1.8	19	5.7	63	18	151	46.7
Steve Bono	74	34	45.9	438	5.9	5	6.8	2	2.7	57	6	30	76.3
Reggie Collier	7	4	57.1	110	15.7	2	28.6	1	14.3	49	1	3	101.8
Bubby Brister	12	4	33.3	20	1.7	0	0.0	3	25.0	10	2	14	2.8
Totals	429	198	46.2	2464	5.7	13	3.0	25	5.8	63	27	198

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Earnest Jackson	180	696	3.9	39	1
Frank Pollard	128	536	4.2	33	3
Walter Abercrombie	123	459	3.7	28	2
Mark Malone	34	162	4.8	42	3
Dwight Stone	17	135	7.9	51	0
Chuck Sanders	11	65	5.9	14	1
Steve Bono	8	27	3.4	23	1
Reggie Collier	4	20	5.0	12	0
Harry Newsome	2	16	8.0	16	0
Rodney Carter	5	12	2.4	4	0
Dan Reeder	2	8	4.0	4	0
Merril Hoge	3	8	2.7	5	0
Totals	517	2144	4.1	51	11

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
John Stallworth	41	521	12.7	45	2
Walter Abercrombie	24	209	8.7	24	0
Weegie Thompson	17	313	18.4	63	1
Calvin Sweeney	16	217	13.6	34	0
Rodney Carter	16	180	11.2	26	3
Frank Pollard	14	77	5.5	17	0
Joey Clinkscales	13	240	18.5	57	1
Danzell Lee	12	124	10.3	24	0
Louis Lipps	11	164	14.9	27	0
Charles Lockett	7	116	16.6	25	1
Merril Hoge	7	97	13.9	27	1
Earnest Jackson	7	52	7.4	23	0
Lyneal Alston	3	84	28.0	42	2
Russell Hairston	2	16	8.0	11	1
Theo Young	2	10	5.0	6	0
Preston Gothard	2	9	4.5	7	1
Dwight Stone	1	22	22.0	22	0
Chuck Sanders	1	11	11.0	11	0
Steve Bono	1	2	2.0	2	0
Jim Boyle	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	198	2464	12.4	63	13

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Gary Anderson	21	21	100.0	27	22	81.5	87
David Trout	10	10	100.0	2		0.0	10
Totals	31	31	100.0	29	22	75.9	97

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Harry Newsome	64	2678	41.8	57
John Bruno	16	619	38.7	56
Totals	80	3297	41.2	57

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Rod Woodson	16	135	8.4	20
Louis Lipps	7	46	6.6	12
Mel Anderson	7	38	5.4	10
Thomas Everett	4	22	5.5	11
Charles Lockett	2	3	1.5	5
Totals	36	244	6.8	20

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dwight Stone	28	568	20.3	34
Rod Woodson	13	290	22.3	36
Lupe Sanchez	6	116	19.3	27
Bruce Jones	2	38	19.0	22
Spark Clark	1	18	18.0	18
Merril Hoge	1	13	13.0	13
Ralph Britt	2	9	4.5	5
Mel Anderson	1	8	8.0	8
Cornell Gowdy	1	0	0.0	0
Avon Riley	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	56	1060	18.9	36

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dwayne Woodruff	5	91	18.2	33	1
Delton Hall	3	29	9.7	25	1
Thomas Everett	3	22	7.3	21	0
Bryan Hinkle	3	15	5.0	8	0
Cornell Gowdy	2	50	25.0	45	1
Mike Merriweather	2	26	13.0	15	0
Larry Griffin	2	2	1.0	2	0
Donnie Shell	1	50	50.0	50	1
Rod Woodson	1	45	45.0	45	1
Avon Riley	1	4	4.0	4	0
Chris Sheffield	1	2	2.0	2	0
Dave Edwards	1	0	0.0	0	0
Robin Cole	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ray Williams	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	27	336	12.4	50	5

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Mike Merriweather	5.5
Keith Gary	4.0
Gregg Carr	3.0
Keith Willis	3.0
Bryan Hinkle	2.0
David Little	1.5
Xavier Warren	1.0
Tommy Dawkins	1.0
Gerald Williams	1.0
Robin Cole	1.0
Joe Williams	1.0
Totals	24.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Thomas Everett	72	72	0	0	1	2	7	0	1
Rod Woodson	20	20	0	0	3	2	0		0
Hardy Nickerson	17	17	0		0	1	0	0	0
Gerald Williams	17	17	0		0	1	0	0	0
Tim Johnson	5	5	0
Mark Malone					10	5	-3		0
Mike Merriweather				0	0	4	4	0	0
Walter Abercrombie					4	3	2		0
Steve Bono					5	3	0		0
Earnest Jackson					2	3	0		0
Delton Hall				0	1	2	50	1	0
Cornell Gowdy				0	0	2	1		0
Robin Cole				0	0	1	0	0	0
Weegie Thompson					0	1	0		0
Bert Williams					0	1	0	0	0
Buddy Aydelette					0	1	5	0	0
Donnie Shell				0	0	1	19	1	0
Charles Lockett					1	1	0		0
Dwight Stone					0	1	0	0	0
Xavier Warren					0	1	11	0	0
Frank Pollard					3	1	1		0
Ralph Britt					1	1	0	0	0
Bryan Hinkle				0	1	1	0	0	0
Harry Newsome					1	1	-17	0	0
Edmund Nelson					0	1	0	0	0
David Little					0	1	0	0	0
Gary Dunn					0	1	0	0	0
Craig Wolfley					0	1	0	0	0
Danzell Lee					0	1	0	0	0
Russell Hairston					1	0	0		0
John Stallworth					1	0	0		0
Avon Riley				0	1	0	0	0	0
Lupe Sanchez					1	0	0	0	0
Totals	131	131	0	0	37	45	80	2	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Gary Anderson									22	21	0			87
Frank Pollard	3	0							0	0	0			18
Mark Malone	3								0	0	0			18
Rodney Carter	0	3							0	0	0			18
John Stallworth		2							0	0	0			12
Delton Hall						1	1		0	0	0			12
Walter Abercrombie	2	0							0	0	0			12
Donnie Shell						1	1		0	0	0			12
Lyneal Alston		2							0	0	0			12
David Trout									0	10	0			10
Charles Lockett		1	0						0	0	0			6
Rod Woodson			0	0		1			0	0	0			6
Russell Hairston		1							0	0	0			6
Merril Hoge	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Weegie Thompson		1							0	0	0			6
Cornell Gowdy				0		1			0	0	0			6
Steve Bono	1	0							0	0	0			6
Joey Clinkscales		1							0	0	0			6
Chuck Sanders	1	0							0	0	0			6
Earnest Jackson	1	0							0	0	0			6
Dwayne Woodruff						1			0	0	0			6
Preston Gothard		1							0	0	0			6
Gregg Carr									0	0	0		1	2
Totals	11	13	0	0	0	5	2	0	22	31	0	0	1	285