1988 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Noll (5-11)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1988 Pittsburgh Steelers Roster
1988 Pittsburgh Steelers Results

The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1988 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.

Pittsburgh racked up 336 points, while the porous defense allowed 421, most in the circuit. Bubby Brister passed for 2,634 yards. Merril Hoge grabbed 50 passes, while Louis Lipps accumulated 973 receiving yards.

Merril Hoge carried the ball for a team-best 705 yards for the Steelers.

Dwayne Woodruff and Rod Woodson each picked off 4 opponent throws. Tim Johnson topped the defensive unit with 4 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
Bubby Brister	370	175	47.3	2634	7.1	11	3.0	14	3.8	89	36	292	65.3
Todd Blackledge	79	38	48.1	494	6.3	2	2.5	3	3.8	34	4	25	60.8
Steve Bono	35	10	28.6	110	3.1	1	2.9	2	5.7	15	1	8	25.9
Rodney Carter	3	2	66.7	56	18.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	40	0	0	109.7
Louis Lipps	2	1	50.0	13	6.5	1	50.0	1	50.0	13	1	6	70.8
Totals	489	226	46.2	3307	6.8	15	3.1	20	4.1	89	42	331

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Merril Hoge	170	705	4.1	20	3
Warren Williams	87	409	4.7	33	0
Earnest Jackson	74	315	4.3	29	3
Rodney Carter	36	216	6.0	64	3
Bubby Brister	45	209	4.6	20	6
Louis Lipps	6	129	21.5	39	1
Dwight Stone	40	127	3.2	11	0
Frank Pollard	31	93	3.0	7	0
Todd Blackledge	8	25	3.1	10	1
Harry Newsome	2	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	499	2228	4.5	64	17

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Louis Lipps	50	973	19.5	89	5
Merril Hoge	50	487	9.7	40	3
Rodney Carter	32	363	11.3	33	2
Charles Lockett	22	365	16.6	44	1
Weegie Thompson	16	370	23.1	50	1
Preston Gothard	12	121	10.1	26	1
Dwight Stone	11	196	17.8	72	1
Warren Williams	11	66	6.0	21	1
Troy Johnson	10	237	23.7	60	0
Earnest Jackson	9	84	9.3	24	0
Frank Pollard	2	22	11.0	19	0
Mike Hinnant	1	23	23.0	23	0
Totals	226	3307	14.6	89	15

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Gary Anderson	35	34	97.1	36	28	77.8	118
Totals	35	34	97.1	36	28	77.8	118

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Harry Newsome	65	2950	45.4	62
Totals	65	2950	45.4	62

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Rod Woodson	33	281	8.5	28
Louis Lipps	4	30	7.5	11
Lupe Sanchez	2	11	5.5	6
Totals	39	322	8.3	28

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Rod Woodson	37	850	23.0	92	1
Dwight Stone	29	610	21.0	92	1
Lupe Sanchez	4	71	17.8	19	0
Jim Boyle	1	19	19.0	19	0
John Jackson	1	10	10.0	10	0
Warren Williams	1	10	10.0	10	0
Brian Blankenship	1	5	5.0	5	0
Totals	74	1575	21.3	92	2

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dwayne Woodruff	4	109	27.2	78	1
Rod Woodson	4	98	24.5	29	0
Thomas Everett	3	31	10.3	29	0
Larry Griffin	2	63	31.5	33	0
Darin Jordan	1	28	28.0	28	1
Gregg Carr	1	27	27.0	27	0
Cornell Gowdy	1	24	24.0	24	0
Bryan Hinkle	1	1	1.0	1	0
Hardy Nickerson	1	0	0.0	0	0
David Little	1	0	0.0	0	0
Lupe Sanchez	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	20	381	19.0	78	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Tim Johnson	4.0
Gerald Williams	3.5
Hardy Nickerson	3.5
Gregg Carr	3.5
Aaron Jones	1.5
Jerry Reese	1.0
Greg Lloyd	0.5
Rod Woodson	0.5
Bryan Hinkle	0.5
Ben Thomas	0.5
Totals	19.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Hardy Nickerson	99	99	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Rod Woodson	88	88	0	0	3	3	2		1
Thomas Everett	60	60	0	0	0	2	38	0	0
Gerald Williams	41	41	0		0	1	1	0	0
Tim Johnson	34	34	0
Greg Lloyd	33	33	0		0	1	0	0	2
Aaron Jones	20	20	0
Merril Hoge					8	6	0		0
Darin Jordan				0	0	4	0		0
Todd Blackledge					4	2	-2		0
Bubby Brister					8	2	0		0
David Little				0	0	2	2	0	0
Terry Long					0	1	0	0	0
Lupe Sanchez				0	0	1	0	0	0
Larry Griffin				0	1	1	0	0	0
Brian Blankenship					0	1	0	0	0
John Rienstra					0	1	0	0	0
Bryan Hinkle				0	0	1	5	0	0
Preston Gothard					0	1	0		0
Harry Newsome					0	1	0	0	0
Mike Webster					2	0	-58	0	0
Dwight Stone					5	0	0		0
Earnest Jackson					3	0	0		0
Warren Williams					3	0	0		0
Louis Lipps					2	0	0		0
Frank Pollard					1	0	0	0	0
Totals	375	375	0	0	40	32	-12	0	4

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Gary Anderson									28	34	0			118
Bubby Brister	6								0	0	0			36
Merril Hoge	3	3							0	0	0			36
Louis Lipps	1	5	0						0	0	0			36
Rodney Carter	3	2							0	0	0			30
Earnest Jackson	3	0							0	0	0			18
Dwight Stone	0	1		1					0	0	0			12
Todd Blackledge	1								0	0	0			6
Preston Gothard		1							0	0	0			6
Charles Lockett		1							0	0	0			6
Weegie Thompson		1							0	0	0			6
Rod Woodson			0	1		0			0	0	0			6
Darin Jordan						1			0	0	0			6
Dwayne Woodruff						1			0	0	0			6
Warren Williams	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Totals	17	15	0	2	0	2	0	0	28	34	0	0	0	334