1980 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Noll (9-7)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1980 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 9-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Noll (9-7)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1980 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1980 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
Pittsburgh scored 352 points, while the defense surrendered 313. Terry Bradshaw triggered the aerial attack, slinging for 3,339 yards. Lynn Swann paced pass catchers, grabbing 44 passes, while Theo Bell accumulated 748 receiving yards. Jim Smith was targeted regularly as well.
Franco Harris carried the ball for a team-best 789 yards for the Steelers.
Donnie Shell 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 | 424 | 218 | 51.4 | 3339 | 7.9 | 24 | 5.7 | 22 | 5.2 | 68 | 33 | 245 | 75.0 |
| Cliff Stoudt | 60 | 32 | 53.3 | 493 | 8.2 | 2 | 3.3 | 2 | 3.3 | 72 | 4 | 19 | 78.0 |
| Totals | 484 | 250 | 51.7 | 3832 | 7.9 | 26 | 5.4 | 24 | 5.0 | 72 | 37 | 264 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franco Harris | 208 | 789 | 3.8 | 26 | 4 |
| Rocky Bleier | 78 | 340 | 4.4 | 19 | 1 |
| Sidney Thornton | 78 | 325 | 4.2 | 28 | 3 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 63 | 226 | 3.6 | 15 | 4 |
| Russell Davis | 33 | 132 | 4.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 36 | 111 | 3.1 | 18 | 2 |
| Cliff Stoudt | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Craig Colquitt | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Frank Pollard | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Smith | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Lynn Swann | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Totals | 512 | 1986 | 3.9 | 28 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Swann | 44 | 710 | 16.1 | 68 | 7 |
| Jim Smith | 37 | 711 | 19.2 | 45 | 9 |
| Franco Harris | 30 | 196 | 6.5 | 31 | 2 |
| Theo Bell | 29 | 748 | 25.8 | 72 | 2 |
| Randy Grossman | 23 | 293 | 12.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Rocky Bleier | 21 | 174 | 8.3 | 17 | 1 |
| Bennie Cunningham | 18 | 232 | 12.9 | 35 | 2 |
| Sidney Thornton | 15 | 131 | 8.7 | 29 | 1 |
| Calvin Sweeney | 12 | 282 | 23.5 | 34 | 1 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 12 | 158 | 13.2 | 33 | 0 |
| John Stallworth | 9 | 197 | 21.9 | 50 | 1 |
| Totals | 250 | 3832 | 15.3 | 72 | 26 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Colquitt | 61 | 2483 | 40.7 | 54 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 5 | 173 | 34.6 | 44 |
| Totals | 66 | 2656 | 40.2 | 54 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theo Bell | 34 | 339 | 10.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Jim Smith | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Marvin Cobb | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Frank Pollard | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 45 | 391 | 8.7 | 27 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Pollard | 22 | 494 | 22.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Larry Anderson | 14 | 379 | 27.1 | 63 | 0 |
| Greg Hawthorne | 9 | 169 | 18.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Russell Davis | 9 | 160 | 17.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Theo Bell | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Calvin Sweeney | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Marvin Cobb | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Sidney Thornton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dirt Winston | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Mel Blount | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Zack Valentine | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 65 | 1350 | 20.8 | 63 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnie Shell | 7 | 135 | 19.3 | 67 | 0 |
| Mike Wagner | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Mel Blount | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jack Ham | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jack Lambert | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| J.T. Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robin Cole | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Ron Johnson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dwayne Woodruff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 260 | 10.0 | 67 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirt Winston | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Franco Harris | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terry Bradshaw | 13 | 3 | -34 | 0 | |||
| Jack Ham | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Hawthorne | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Furness | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Blount | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Wagner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sidney Thornton | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robin Cole | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lynn Swann | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| L.C. Greenwood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marvin Cobb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Grossman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donnie Shell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Colquitt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Stoudt | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Petersen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Pollard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Calvin Sweeney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Theo Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 38 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Matt Bahr | 19 | 39 | 0 | 96 | ||||||||||
| Jim Smith | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
| Lynn Swann | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Franco Harris | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Greg Hawthorne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Sidney Thornton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Theo Bell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Rocky Bleier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Bennie Cunningham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Calvin Sweeney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| John Stallworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Dirt Winston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Russell Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Loren Toews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 15 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 350 |
