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1997 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 372 points (23.2/g), 7th of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 307 points (19.2/g), 11th.
 Differential of 65 points (4.1/g), 8th.
 Expected W-L: 9.8-6.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 14th.

Coached by Bill Cowher (11-5-0)

1997 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun August 31 box L 0-1 Dallas Cowboys 7 37 15 174 89 85 2 21 380 295 85
2 Sun September 7 box W 1-1 Washington Redskins 14 13 23 295 73 222 1 19 354 285 69 3
3 Bye Week
4 Mon September 22 box L 1-2 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 21 30 19 306 153 153 2 23 343 303 40
5 Sun September 28 box W 2-2 Tennessee Oilers 37 24 19 399 262 137 1 20 284 226 58 3
6 Sun October 5 box W 3-2 @ Baltimore Ravens 42 34 22 431 217 214 3 20 332 280 52 5
7 Sun October 12 box W 4-2 Indianapolis Colts 24 22 17 327 142 185 6 18 270 191 79 2
8 Sun October 19 box W 5-2 @ Cincinnati Bengals 26 10 24 412 246 166 2 13 236 165 71 4
9 Sun October 26 box W 6-2 Jacksonville Jaguars 23 17 26 439 298 141 3 16 267 194 73 1
10 Mon November 3 box L 6-3 @ Kansas City Chiefs 10 13 12 235 93 142 1 24 392 209 183 2
11 Sun November 9 box W 7-3 Baltimore Ravens 37 0 19 341 198 143 11 172 112 60 7
12 Sun November 16 box W 8-3 Cincinnati Bengals 20 3 20 309 123 186 16 244 128 116 3
13 Sun November 23 box L 8-4 @ Philadelphia Eagles 20 23 22 383 272 111 5 19 326 229 97
14 Sun November 30 box W 9-4 @ Arizona Cardinals 26 20 25 342 165 177 18 291 243 48
15 Sun December 7 box W 10-4 Denver Broncos 35 24 22 476 290 186 2 18 320 231 89 1
16 Sat December 13 box W 11-4 @ New England Patriots 24 21 22 404 266 138 2 15 253 211 42 2
17 Sun December 21 box L 11-5 @ Tennessee Oilers 6 16 19 269 176 93 3 14 241 85 156 1
Playoffs
Division Sat January 3 box W 12-5 New England Patriots 7 6
ConfChamp Sun January 11 box L 12-6 Denver Broncos 21 24

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 372 5542 1058 5.2 326 253 466 3063 22 19 6.3 157 572 2479 19 4.3 154 33 14 15
Team Defense 307 4705 1005 4.7 488 295 554 3387 24 20 5.6 177 403 1318 5 3.3 285 34 14 26
Lg Rank Offense 7 6 3 26 23 9 22 6 1 1 3 8 23 19
Lg Rank Defense 11 6 18 24 18 22 6 12 3 1 1 1 4 10

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Kordell Stewart 25 QB 16 16 11-5-0 236 440 53.6 3020 21 4.8 17 3.9 69 6.9 5.6 12.8 188.8 75.2 20 152 6.2 5.0 4.3
Mike Tomczak 35 16 0 16 24 66.7 185 1 4.2 2 8.3 28 7.7 4.4 11.6 11.6 68.9 0 0 7.7 4.4 0.0
Mike Quinn 23 1 0 1 2 50.0 10 0 0.0 0 0.0 10 5.0 5.0 10.0 10.0 64.6 0 0 5.0 5.0 0.0
Team Total 27.2 16 11-5-0 253 466 54.3 3215 22 4.7 19 4.1 69 6.9 5.5 12.7 200.9 74.8 20 152 6.3 5.0 4.1
Opp Total 16 295 554 53.2 3387 24 4.3 20 3.6 6.1 4.9 11.5 211.7 71.3 48 294 5.6 4.0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Jerome Bettis* 25 RB 15 15 375 1665 7 34 4.4 111.0 25.0 15 110 7.3 2 19 1.0 7.3 1775 9 6
Kordell Stewart 25 QB 16 16 88 476 11 74 5.4 29.8 5.5 476 11 6
George Jones 24 16 1 72 235 1 32 3.3 14.7 4.5 16 96 6.0 1 25 1.0 6.0 331 2 3
Fred McAfee 29 14 0 13 41 0 9 3.2 2.9 0.9 2 44 22.0 0 30 0.1 3.1 85 0 1
Mike Tomczak 35 16 0 7 13 0 17 1.9 0.8 0.4 13 0 0
Courtney Hawkins 28 15 3 5 17 0 11 3.4 1.1 0.3 45 555 12.3 3 44 3.0 37.0 572 3 1
Jon Witman 25 16 2 5 11 0 4 2.2 0.7 0.3 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.1 0.2 14 0 0
Will Blackwell 22 RET 14 0 2 14 0 11 7.0 1.0 0.1 12 168 14.0 1 46 0.9 12.0 182 1 3
Tim Lester 29 FB 16 13 2 9 0 6 4.5 0.6 0.1 10 51 5.1 0 14 0.6 3.2 60 0 0
Yancey Thigpen* 28 WR 16 15 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 79 1398 17.7 7 69 4.9 87.4 1401 7 1
Curtis Marsh 27 5 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.4 0.2 2 14 7.0 0 8 0.4 2.8 16 0 0
Josh Miller 27 P 16 0 1 -7 0 -7 -7.0 -0.4 0.1 -7 0 0
Charles Johnson 25 WR 13 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 46 568 12.3 2 49 3.5 43.7 568 2 0
Mark Bruener 25 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 117 6.5 6 18 1.1 7.3 117 6 1
Mitch Lyons 27 10 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 29 7.3 0 13 0.4 2.9 29 0 0
Mike Adams 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 39 39.0 0 39 0.2 6.5 39 0 1
Kirk Botkin 26 13 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.1 0.8 11 0 0
Troy Sadowski 32 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.2 2.0 12 0 0
Team Total 27.2 16 572 2479 19 74 4.3 154.9 35.8 253 3215 12.7 22 69 15.8 200.9 5694 41 25
Opp Total 16 403 1318 5 3.3 82.4 25.2 295 3387 11.5 24 18.4 211.7 4705 29 26

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Will Blackwell 22 RET 14 0 23 149 0 15 6.5 32 791 1 97 24.7 1122
Andre Coleman 25 8 0 5 5 0 5 1.0 24 487 0 24 20.3 492
Mike Adams 23 6 0 10 215 0 31 21.5 254
Courtney Hawkins 28 15 3 4 68 0 30 17.0 640
Mike Vrabel 22 15 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 27.2 16 32 222 0 30 6.9 67 1493 1 97 22.3 7409
Opp Total 16 23 0 74 1556 1 21.0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Norm Johnson 37 K 16 0 1 1 6 6 8 8 8 6 2 1 25 22 88.0% 40 40 100.0%
Josh Miller 27 P 16 0 64 2729 72 0 42.6
Team Total 27.2 16 1 1 6 6 8 8 8 6 2 1 25 22 88.0% 40 40 100.0% 64 2729 72 0 42.6
Opp Total 16 35 29 82.9% 28 28 100.0% 66 2805 42.5

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Carnell Lake*+ 30 RCB/ss 16 16 6.0 3 16 0 11 2 0 1 38 1 43 17
Levon Kirkland*+ 28 LILB 16 16 5.0 2 14 0 11 1 0 1 0 0 95 31
Kevin Henry 29 RDE 16 16 4.5 1 36 0 36 0 0 2 0 0 35 16
Greg Lloyd 32 ROLB 12 12 3.5 3 1 3 61 0 30 22
Jerome Bettis* 25 RB 15 15 6 1 0 0
Jason Gildon 25 LOLB 16 16 5.0 0 0 2 32 1 41 12
Kordell Stewart 25 QB 16 16 6 1 -1 0
Chris Oldham 29 16 0 4.0 2 16 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 21 2
Will Blackwell 22 RET 14 0 3 2 0 0
Steve Conley 25 16 0 4.0 1 -3 0 -3 5 1
Earl Holmes 24 RILB 16 16 4.0 0 0 1 0 0 67 29
Darren Perry 29 FS 16 16 1.0 4 77 0 42 1 0 0 0 0 68 10
Nolan Harrison 28 LDE 16 16 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 22 9
George Jones 24 16 1 3 1 0 0
Donnell Woolford 31 LCB 15 12 4 91 0 34 46 5
Myron Bell 26 SS 16 8 1.5 1 10 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 40 18
Mike Vrabel 22 15 0 1.5 2 0 1 0 0 14 3
Oliver Gibson 25 16 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 9 1
Chad Scott 23 rcb 13 9 2 -4 0 0 45 2
Joel Steed* 28 NT 16 16 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 27 21
Yancey Thigpen* 28 WR 16 15 1 1 0 0
Mike Adams 23 6 0 1 0 0 0
Mark Bruener 25 TE 16 16 1 0 0 0
Andre Coleman 25 8 0 1 0 0 0
Lee Flowers 24 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Randy Fuller 27 12 3 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 28 2
Courtney Hawkins 28 15 3 1 0 0 0
Donta Jones 25 16 4 0 0 1 6 0 6 6
Fred McAfee 29 14 0 1 0 0 0
Orpheus Roye 24 16 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
Team Total 27.2 16 48.0 20 253 0 42 16 25 22 136 2 655 209
Opp Total 16 20 26 12 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Norm Johnson 37 K 16 0 40 22 106
Kordell Stewart 25 QB 16 16 11 66
Jerome Bettis* 25 RB 15 15 7 2 54
Yancey Thigpen* 28 WR 16 15 7 1 44
Mark Bruener 25 TE 16 16 6 36
Courtney Hawkins 28 15 3 3 18
Will Blackwell 22 RET 14 0 1 1 12
Charles Johnson 25 WR 13 11 2 12
George Jones 24 16 1 1 1 12
Jason Gildon 25 LOLB 16 16 1 6
Carnell Lake*+ 30 RCB/ss 16 16 1 6
Team Total 27.2 16 19 22 1 2 1 40 22 372
Opp Total 16 5 24 1 2 28 29 1 307