1971 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Noll (6-8)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1971 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 6-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Noll (6-8)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1971 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
The Steelers racked up 246 points, but the defense allowed 292. John Fuqua carried the ball for a team-best 625 yards for Pittsburgh, and Preston Pearson additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Terry Bradshaw threw for 2,259 yards. John Fuqua grabbed 49 passes, while Dave Smith accumulated 663 receiving yards.
John Rowser picked off 4 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 | 373 | 203 | 54.4 | 2259 | 6.1 | 13 | 3.5 | 22 | 5.9 | 49 | 33 | 287 | 59.7 |
| Terry Hanratty | 29 | 7 | 24.1 | 159 | 5.5 | 2 | 6.9 | 3 | 10.3 | 40 | 3 | 32 | 33.3 |
| Bob Leahy | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 18 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1.7 |
| Bobby Walden | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 108.3 |
| Totals | 414 | 214 | 51.7 | 2446 | 5.9 | 15 | 3.6 | 26 | 6.3 | 49 | 37 | 322 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Fuqua | 155 | 625 | 4.0 | 30 | 4 |
| Preston Pearson | 131 | 605 | 4.6 | 29 | 0 |
| Warren Bankston | 70 | 274 | 3.9 | 30 | 0 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 53 | 247 | 4.7 | 39 | 5 |
| Bobby Walden | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jon Staggers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Terry Hanratty | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Ron Shanklin | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Leahy | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Dave Smith | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Totals | 416 | 1758 | 4.2 | 39 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Shanklin | 49 | 652 | 13.3 | 42 | 6 |
| John Fuqua | 49 | 427 | 8.7 | 40 | 1 |
| Dave Smith | 47 | 663 | 14.1 | 49 | 5 |
| Preston Pearson | 20 | 246 | 12.3 | 41 | 2 |
| Bob Adams | 20 | 160 | 8.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Warren Bankston | 17 | 148 | 8.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Jon Staggers | 8 | 103 | 12.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Frank Lewis | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Larry Brown | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Totals | 214 | 2446 | 11.4 | 49 | 15 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walden | 79 | 3455 | 43.7 | 57 |
| Totals | 79 | 3455 | 43.7 | 57 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Staggers | 31 | 262 | 8.5 | 67 | 1 |
| Mike Wagner | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Glen Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Fuqua | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 264 | 7.5 | 67 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Brumfield | 12 | 271 | 22.6 | 35 | 0 |
| Jon Staggers | 10 | 261 | 26.1 | 47 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 7 | 205 | 29.3 | 77 | 0 |
| Glen Edwards | 9 | 198 | 22.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Mel Blount | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Warren Bankston | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Rocky Bleier | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jim Clack | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 1120 | 22.9 | 77 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Rowser | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 70 | 1 |
| Chuck Allen | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Mike Wagner | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Mel Blount | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jack Ham | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lee Calland | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Edwards | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ralph Anderson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 17 | 246 | 14.5 | 70 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L.C. Greenwood | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Bradshaw | 7 | 4 | -2 | 0 | |||
| Bob Adams | 1 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Greene | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Preston Pearson | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Allen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Stenger | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Russell | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Walden | 1 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Brumfield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Lewis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Ham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Warren Bankston | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Calland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Voss | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dwight White | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Leahy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jon Staggers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Fuqua | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Clack | 1 | 0 | -32 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Wagner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mel Blount | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Shanklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 37 | 36 | -2 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Roy Gerela | 17 | 27 | 0 | 78 | ||||||||||
| Ron Shanklin | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| John Fuqua | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Dave Smith | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Preston Pearson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Jon Staggers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Terry Hanratty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Larry Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Rowser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 246 |
