1998 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bill Cowher (7-9)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1998 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 7-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bill Cowher (7-9)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1998 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1998 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
Pittsburgh labored to change the scoreboard with just 263 points, while the defensive squad surrendered 303. Jerome Bettis carried the ball for a team-best 1,185 yards for the Steelers.
Kordell Stewart tossed for 2,560 yards. Courtney Hawkins paced pass catchers, grabbing 66 passes, while Charles Johnson accumulated 815 receiving yards.
Dewayne Washington seized 5 opponent throws. Jason Gildon topped pass rushers with 11 quarterback sacks.
Bill Cowher coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 458 | 252 | 55.0 | 2560 | 5.6 | 11 | 2.4 | 18 | 3.9 | 55 | 33 | 211 | 62.9 |
| Mike Tomczak | 30 | 21 | 70.0 | 204 | 6.8 | 2 | 6.7 | 2 | 6.7 | 42 | 2 | 18 | 83.2 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 489 | 274 | 56.0 | 2781 | 5.7 | 13 | 2.7 | 20 | 4.1 | 55 | 35 | 229 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Bettis | 316 | 1185 | 3.8 | 42 | 3 |
| Kordell Stewart | 81 | 406 | 5.0 | 56 | 2 |
| Richard Huntley | 55 | 242 | 4.4 | 48 | 1 |
| Fred McAfee | 18 | 111 | 6.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Courtney Hawkins | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 10 | 2 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jon Witman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 490 | 2034 | 4.2 | 56 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtney Hawkins | 66 | 751 | 11.4 | 53 | 1 |
| Charles Johnson | 65 | 815 | 12.5 | 55 | 7 |
| Will Blackwell | 32 | 297 | 9.3 | 24 | 1 |
| Mark Bruener | 19 | 157 | 8.3 | 20 | 2 |
| Jerome Bettis | 16 | 90 | 5.6 | 26 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 15 | 246 | 16.4 | 45 | 0 |
| Jon Witman | 13 | 74 | 5.7 | 15 | 0 |
| David Dunn | 9 | 87 | 9.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 9 | 84 | 9.3 | 26 | 1 |
| Tim Lester | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Fred McAfee | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Andre Coleman | 4 | 49 | 12.2 | 13 | 1 |
| Mitch Lyons | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Richard Huntley | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Kordell Stewart | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Harold Bishop | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 274 | 2781 | 10.1 | 55 | 13 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Johnson | 21 | 21 | 100.0 | 31 | 26 | 83.9 | 99 |
| Matt George | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 32 | 26 | 81.2 | 101 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Miller | 81 | 3530 | 43.6 | 73 |
| Kordell Stewart | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 |
| Totals | 82 | 3565 | 43.5 | 73 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtney Hawkins | 15 | 175 | 11.7 | 47 | 0 |
| Andre Coleman | 10 | 53 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Will Blackwell | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Jahine Arnold | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 269 | 8.2 | 47 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Dunn | 21 | 525 | 25.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Will Blackwell | 20 | 382 | 19.1 | 43 | 0 |
| Richard Huntley | 6 | 119 | 19.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Jahine Arnold | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Fred McAfee | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Oliver Gibson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Orpheus Roye | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Lyons | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 55 | 1119 | 20.3 | 44 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dewayne Washington | 5 | 178 | 35.6 | 78 | 2 |
| Carnell Lake | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 27 | 1 |
| Darren Perry | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Earl Holmes | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Chris Oldham | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Lee Flowers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Carlos Emmons | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Levon Kirkland | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 | 335 | 20.9 | 78 | 3 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Gildon | 11.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kevin Henry | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Carlos Emmons | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
| Orpheus Roye | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
| Nolan Harrison | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
| Donta Jones | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Vrabel | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
| Levon Kirkland | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
| Oliver Gibson | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Earl Holmes | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Carnell Lake | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Joel Steed | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Lee Flowers | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Chris Oldham | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Darren Perry | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 41.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levon Kirkland | 98 | 79 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dewayne Washington | 86 | 79 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Flowers | 89.5 | 78 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Carnell Lake | 66 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |
| Earl Holmes | 67.5 | 55 | 25 | 0 | |||||
| Darren Perry | 61 | 54 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Emmons | 54.5 | 46 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jason Gildon | 48 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Joel Steed | 43 | 37 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orpheus Roye | 35.5 | 29 | 13 | ||||||
| Kevin Henry | 33.5 | 27 | 13 | ||||||
| Donta Jones | 22.5 | 17 | 11 | ||||||
| Chris Oldham | 21 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 79 | 1 | 0 |
| Nolan Harrison | 15 | 11 | 8 | ||||||
| Oliver Gibson | 12.5 | 10 | 5 | ||||||
| Deshea Townsend | 10 | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| Jason Simmons | 7.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mike Vrabel | 7.5 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
| Bo Orlando | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Steve Conley | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Rod Manuel | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| John Fiala | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Lance Brown | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kordell Stewart | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Courtney Hawkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Will Wolford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jerome Bettis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| David Dunn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Richard Huntley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Mike Tomczak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Andre Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Will Blackwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Dermontti Dawson | 1 | 0 | -25 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 784.5 | 670 | 229 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 53 | 1 | 13 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Norm Johnson | 26 | 21 | 0 | 99 | ||||||||||
| Charles Johnson | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | |||||||
| Jerome Bettis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Kordell Stewart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Dewayne Washington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Mark Bruener | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Will Blackwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| Fred McAfee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Carnell Lake | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Chris Oldham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Andre Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Courtney Hawkins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Richard Huntley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Matt George | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 263 |
