DSFL 1: 1978 Steelers
[Greatest Single-Season Team Series (Est. 2010)]
Total Offense: 26th
Total Defense: 2nd
FB Franco Harris (#32) runs for over a thousand yards in the DSFL 1 season.
Season Schedule (9-7)
Date
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
AFC Wildcard
Results
L, 7-6 vs Tennessee
L, 20-17 @ Chicago (OT)
L, 21-14 @ Cincinnati
W, 32-23 vs San Diego
W, 24-7 @ Detroit
W, 7-3 vs Cleveland
L, 27-24 vs Minnesota
BYE
L, 23-17 @ Denver (OT)
W, 33-7 vs Cincinnati
W, 13-10 @ Kansas City
W, 19-18 @ Baltimore
L, 28-23 vs Oakland
W, 9-3 @ Cleveland
W, 24-16 vs Green Bay
W, 24-14 vs Baltimore
L, 37-20 @ Miami
L, 17-6 vs San Diego
OFF || Pass, Run
102 || 83, 19
373 || 263, 110
250 || 187, 63
272 || 158, 114
221 || 162, 59
199 || 113, 86
230 || 198, 32
-
358 || 298, 60
328 || 164, 164
219 || 129, 90
327 || 156, 171
352 || 268, 84
241 || 182, 59
233 || 188, 45
161 || 115, 46
242 || 236, 6
245 || 222, 23
DEF || Pass, Run
170 || 136, 34
369 || 282, 87
249 || 213, 36
303 || 286, 17
131 || 102, 29
208 || 195, 13
286 || 175, 111
-
314 || 251, 63
208 || 191, 17
201 || 159, 42
165 || 135, 30
268 || 205, 63
175 || 161, 14
278 || 262, 16
283 || 188, 95
297 || 197, 100
226 || 164, 62
3rd || 4th Downs
3/9 (33%) || 0/1 (0%)
4/8 (50%) || 0/0 (0%)
5/8 (63%) || 0/1 (0%)
5/9 (56%) || 0/0 (0%)
4/8 (50%) || 0/0 (0%)
3/10 (30%) || 0/0 (0%)
2/10 (0%) || 0/2 (0%)
-
3/11 (27%) || 0/1 (0%)
6/11 (55%) || 0/0 (0%)
4/10 (40%) || 0/0 (0%)
5/11 (45%) || 0/0 (0%)
3/8 (38%) || 0/1 (0%)
4/9 (44%) || 0/0 (0%)
5/11 (45%) || 0/0 (0%)
4/9 (44%) || 0/0 (0%)
6/11 (55%) || 0/1 (0%)
5/10 (50%) || 0/2 (0%)
TOs
2 (0)
1 (0)
4 (-4)
2 (+1)
1 (+1)
2 (0)
4 (-2)
-
3 (0)
0 (+3)
0 (+2)
2 (-2)
1 (0)
1 (-1)
2 (+1)
1 (+3)
3 (-1)
1 (-1)
Player Stats: Offense
PASSING
COMP
YARDS
TD
INT
YPA
YPG
QB RATING
Terry Bradshaw
236/372 (63%)
2946
19
22
7.9
184.1
80.3
RUSHING
RUSH
YARDS
AVG
TD
FUM
YPG
RECEIVING
Franco Harris
Rocky Bleier
Sidney Thornton
290
25
2
1021
124
5
(3.5)
(4.9)
(2.5)
6
3
0
5
0
0
63.8
7.7
0.3
14 rec, 161 yds, 2 TD
5 rec, 109 yds, TD
9 rec, 82 yds
RECEIVING
REC
YARDS
AVG
TD
YPG
LNG
RUSHING
John Stallworth
Lynn Swann
Randy Grossman
Theo Bell
Benny Cunningham
Jim Mandich
58
44
50
41
13
2
844
687
499
419
123
32
14.5
15.6
9.9
10.2
9.4
16.0
4
4
4
3
1
0
52.7
42.9
31.1
26.1
7.6
2.0
70
53
48
38
21
19
-
-
-
-
-
-
Player Stats: Defense
DEFENSE
POSITION
TACKLES
TFL
SACKS
INTS
DEF
MISC
Jack Lambert
Jack Ham
Dirt Winston
Loren Toews
Donnie Shell
Joe Greene
L.C. Greenwood
Mike Wagner
Ron Johnson
Mel Blount
Dwight White
Tony Dungy
Nat Terry
LB
LB
LB
LB
SS
DT
DE
FS
CB
CB
DE
SS
CB
74
57
56
53
53
49
47
46
44
42
36
24
21
5
10
4
8
3
14
9
1
3
3
13
6
2
1.0
2.0
0.0
1.0
1.0
3.0
3.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.0
0.0
0.0
3
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
6
2
1
2
1
5
2
1
5
8
0
1
6
5
9
3
4
1
TD
1 FF
-
-
TD
-
-
2 FF, 1 FR
1 FF, TD
TD
1 FR
TD
-
Player Stats: Special Teams
KICKING
Roy Gerela
FG
21/24
PCT
87.5%
LONG
51
BLK
0
50+
4
PUNTING
Craig Colquitt
PUNTS
48
AVG
38.5
LONG
58
BLK
0
IN20
15
KICK RETURNING
Larry Anderson*+
Theo Bell
RETURNS
20
40
AVG
29.8
27.5
LONG
100
36
TD
1
0
FUM
0
0
PUNT RETURNING
Donnie Shell
Theo Bell
RETURNS
1
37
AVG
15.0
13.7
LONG
15
35
TD
0
0
FUM
0
0
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