2001 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 13-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Bill Cowher (13-3)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2001 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 13-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Bill Cowher (13-3)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2001 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 2001 season with a record of 13 wins and 3 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 scored 352 points, and the solid defense allowed 212. Jerome Bettis carried the ball for a team-best 1,072 yards for Pittsburgh.
Kordell Stewart threw for 3,109 yards. Hines Ward paced pass catchers, grabbing 94 passes, while Plaxico Burress accumulated 1,008 receiving yards.
Chad Scott picked off 5 opponent throws. Jason Gildon topped the defensive unit with 12 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 55 sacks.
Bill Cowher coached the team. The 2001 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 442 | 266 | 60.2 | 3109 | 7.0 | 14 | 3.2 | 11 | 2.5 | 90 | 29 | 175 | 81.7 |
| Tommy Maddox | 9 | 7 | 77.8 | 154 | 17.1 | 1 | 11.1 | 1 | 11.1 | 57 | 1 | 4 | 116.2 |
| Jerome Bettis | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 32 | 16.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 135.4 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 454 | 274 | 60.4 | 3295 | 7.3 | 16 | 3.5 | 12 | 2.6 | 90 | 31 | 182 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Bettis | 225 | 1072 | 4.8 | 48 | 4 |
| Kordell Stewart | 96 | 537 | 5.6 | 48 | 5 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 120 | 453 | 3.8 | 46 | 3 |
| Amos Zereoue | 85 | 441 | 5.2 | 32 | 1 |
| R.J. Bowers | 18 | 84 | 4.7 | 21 | 1 |
| Hines Ward | 10 | 83 | 8.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Dan Kreider | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 12 | 1 |
| Troy Edwards | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Jon Witman | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Tommy Maddox | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 8 | 1 |
| Tee Martin | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Kris Brown | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Josh Miller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 580 | 2774 | 4.8 | 48 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hines Ward | 94 | 1003 | 10.7 | 34 | 4 |
| Plaxico Burress | 66 | 1008 | 15.3 | 43 | 6 |
| Bobby Shaw | 24 | 409 | 17.0 | 90 | 2 |
| Troy Edwards | 19 | 283 | 14.9 | 57 | 0 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 16 | 127 | 7.9 | 54 | 1 |
| Amos Zereoue | 13 | 154 | 11.8 | 62 | 1 |
| Mark Bruener | 12 | 98 | 8.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jerame Tuman | 7 | 96 | 13.7 | 32 | 1 |
| Jon Witman | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Matt Cushing | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 9 | 1 |
| Dan Kreider | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Will Blackwell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| R.J. Bowers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 274 | 3295 | 12.0 | 90 | 16 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Miller | 59 | 2505 | 42.5 | 64 |
| Kris Brown | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 46 |
| Totals | 62 | 2611 | 42.1 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Poteat | 36 | 292 | 8.1 | 39 | 0 |
| Troy Edwards | 10 | 83 | 8.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Bobby Shaw | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Totals | 50 | 420 | 8.4 | 39 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Edwards | 20 | 462 | 23.1 | 81 | 0 |
| Hank Poteat | 16 | 250 | 15.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Lenzie Jackson | 6 | 125 | 20.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Will Blackwell | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Mike Logan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Shaw | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 884 | 19.2 | 81 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Scott | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 62 | 2 |
| Brent Alexander | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Logan | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dewayne Washington | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Kendrick Clancy | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jason Gildon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 | 270 | 16.9 | 62 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Gildon | 12.0 | 0.0 | |
| Joey Porter | 9.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kendrell Bell | 9.0 | 0.0 | |
| Aaron Smith | 8.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kimo von Oelhoffen | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Deshea Townsend | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Earl Holmes | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Logan | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Rodney Bailey | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Brent Alexander | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Casey Hampton | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Lee Flowers | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Dewayne Washington | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 55.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Holmes | 101.5 | 85 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chad Scott | 75.5 | 71 | 9 | 19 | |||||
| Kendrell Bell | 75.5 | 69 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dewayne Washington | 71.5 | 66 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 0 |
| Brent Alexander | 60.5 | 52 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lee Flowers | 54.5 | 48 | 13 | 4 | |||||
| Joey Porter | 54 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jason Gildon | 49.5 | 43 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 3 |
| Aaron Smith | 25.5 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimo von Oelhoffen | 24 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deshea Townsend | 22 | 20 | 4 | 8 | |||||
| Mike Logan | 21.5 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| Myron Bell | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 16.5 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Jones | 11.5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rodney Bailey | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Kendrick Clancy | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Jason Simmons | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Clark Haggans | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| John Fiala | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Kurpeikis | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Hank Poteat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Combs | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Kordell Stewart | 11 | 5 | -11 | 0 | |||||
| Jerome Bettis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Oliver Ross | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Amos Zereoue | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Kris Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Troy Edwards | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Mark Bruener | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Josh Miller | 1 | 0 | -9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Plaxico Burress | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Hines Ward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Tommy Maddox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 708.5 | 621 | 175 | 88 | 28 | 27 | 116 | 3 | 15 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Kris Brown | 0 | 30 | 34 | 0 | 124 | |||||||||
| Plaxico Burress | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Kordell Stewart | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Jerome Bettis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Hines Ward | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Bobby Shaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Chad Scott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Amos Zereoue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Troy Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Dewayne Washington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tommy Maddox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Dan Kreider | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jason Gildon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| R.J. Bowers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Matt Cushing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jerame Tuman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 352 |
