1970 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
Team Record: 5-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Noll (5-9)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1970 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1970 season with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
Pittsburgh scored 210 points, while the defense allowed 272. John Fuqua carried the ball for a team-best 691 yards for the Steelers.
Terry Bradshaw tossed for 1,410 yards. Ron Shanklin paced pass catchers, grabbing 30 passes for 691 yards, while John Fuqua and Dennis Hughes provided receiving help as well.
Lee Calland picked off 7 opponent throws.
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Terry Bradshaw | 218 | 83 | 38.1 | 1410 | 6.5 | 6 | 2.8 | 24 | 11.0 | 87 | 25 | 242 | 30.4 |
Terry Hanratty | 163 | 64 | 39.3 | 842 | 5.2 | 5 | 3.1 | 8 | 4.9 | 72 | 3 | 33 | 46.1 |
Dick Hoak | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 40 | 20.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
Bobby Walden | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
Totals | 384 | 150 | 39.1 | 2312 | 6.0 | 12 | 3.1 | 32 | 8.3 | 87 | 28 | 275 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Fuqua | 138 | 691 | 5.0 | 85 | 7 |
Preston Pearson | 173 | 503 | 2.9 | 30 | 2 |
Terry Bradshaw | 32 | 233 | 7.3 | 22 | 1 |
Warren Bankston | 26 | 122 | 4.7 | 31 | 2 |
Dick Hoak | 40 | 115 | 2.9 | 13 | 1 |
Hubie Bryant | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 24 | 0 |
J.R. Wilburn | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
Terry Cole | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 6 | 0 |
Dave Smith | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Terry Hanratty | 4 | -5 | -1.2 | 0 | 0 |
Dennis Hughes | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
Totals | 432 | 1715 | 4.0 | 85 | 13 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Shanklin | 30 | 691 | 23.0 | 81 | 4 |
Dave Smith | 30 | 458 | 15.3 | 87 | 2 |
Dennis Hughes | 24 | 332 | 13.8 | 72 | 3 |
John Fuqua | 23 | 289 | 12.6 | 57 | 2 |
Hubie Bryant | 8 | 154 | 19.2 | 63 | 0 |
Warren Bankston | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 20 | 0 |
Jon Staggers | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 31 | 1 |
J.R. Wilburn | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 15 | 0 |
Preston Pearson | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 18 | 0 |
Dick Hoak | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 18 | 0 |
Bob Adams | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
Terry Cole | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 20 | 0 |
Totals | 150 | 2312 | 15.4 | 87 | 12 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gene Mingo | 17 | 17 | 100.0 | 18 | 5 | 27.8 | 32 |
Allan Watson | 8 | 7 | 87.5 | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 22 |
Totals | 25 | 24 | 96.0 | 28 | 10 | 35.7 | 54 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Walden | 75 | 3393 | 45.2 | 66 |
Terry Bradshaw | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 39 |
Totals | 78 | 3445 | 44.2 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hubie Bryant | 37 | 159 | 4.3 | 33 | 0 |
Jon Staggers | 13 | 70 | 5.4 | 15 | 0 |
Mel Blount | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
Totals | 51 | 281 | 5.5 | 52 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mel Blount | 18 | 535 | 29.7 | 91 | 0 |
Jon Staggers | 14 | 333 | 23.8 | 46 | 0 |
Preston Pearson | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 35 | 0 |
Rick Sharp | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Ralph Wenzel | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Clarence Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Lee Calland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 40 | 997 | 24.9 | 91 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lee Calland | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 21 | 0 |
Chuck Allen | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 30 | 0 |
Andy Russell | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 37 | 0 |
John Rowser | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
Chuck Beatty | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 30 | 1 |
Jerry Hillebrand | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
Ocie Austin | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Mel Blount | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 23 | 266 | 11.6 | 37 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Fuqua | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
Chuck Allen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Preston Pearson | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Fred Barry | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hubie Bryant | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lee Calland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ray Mansfield | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ben McGee | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mel Blount | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Warren Bankston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Terry Hanratty | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Andy Russell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry Hillebrand | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Rowser | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
Chuck Hinton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lloyd Voss | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Sodaski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dick Hoak | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |||
Terry Cole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dennis Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dave Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jon Staggers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ron Shanklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Terry Bradshaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
J.R. Wilburn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 30 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 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 |
John Fuqua | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
Gene Mingo | 5 | 17 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
Ron Shanklin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Allan Watson | 5 | 7 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
Dennis Hughes | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Dave Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Preston Pearson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Warren Bankston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Jon Staggers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Terry Bradshaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Chuck Beatty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Dick Hoak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 |