1973 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
Team Record: 10-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Chuck Noll (10-4)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1973 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1973 season with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Steelers moved the ball well, scoring 347 points, and the defensive squad allowed 210. Franco Harris carried the pigskin for a team-best 698 yards for Pittsburgh, and Preston Pearson additionally aided the ground game.
Terry Bradshaw passed for 1,183 yards. Ron Shanklin grabbed 30 passes for 711 yards. Barry Pearson and Frank Lewis provided receiving help as well.
The opportunistic defense led the way with 55 turnovers, topping in the league. Mike Wagner picked off 8 opponent throws.
Chuck Noll coached the team. The 1973 Pittsburgh Steelers lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Terry Bradshaw | 180 | 89 | 49.4 | 1183 | 6.6 | 10 | 5.6 | 15 | 8.3 | 67 | 24 | 186 | 54.5 | Terry Hanratty | 69 | 31 | 44.9 | 643 | 9.3 | 8 | 11.6 | 5 | 7.2 | 53 | 3 | 27 | 86.8 | Joe Gilliam | 60 | 20 | 33.3 | 331 | 5.5 | 2 | 3.3 | 6 | 10.0 | 46 | 3 | 17 | 24.4 |
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| Totals | 309 | 140 | 45.3 | 2157 | 7.0 | 20 | 6.5 | 26 | 8.4 | 67 | 30 | 230 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Franco Harris | 188 | 698 | 3.7 | 35 | 3 | Preston Pearson | 132 | 554 | 4.2 | 47 | 2 | John Fuqua | 117 | 457 | 3.9 | 25 | 2 | Steve Davis | 67 | 266 | 4.0 | 27 | 2 | Terry Bradshaw | 34 | 145 | 4.3 | 21 | 3 | Joe Gilliam | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 | Ron Shanklin | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 10 | 0 | Bobby Walden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Terry Hanratty | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Rocky Bleier | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Frank Lewis | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
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| Totals | 555 | 2143 | 3.9 | 47 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ron Shanklin | 30 | 711 | 23.7 | 67 | 10 | Frank Lewis | 23 | 409 | 17.8 | 53 | 3 | Barry Pearson | 23 | 317 | 13.8 | 46 | 3 | John Fuqua | 17 | 150 | 8.8 | 22 | 0 | John McMakin | 13 | 195 | 15.0 | 44 | 1 | Preston Pearson | 11 | 173 | 15.7 | 36 | 2 | Franco Harris | 10 | 69 | 6.9 | 19 | 0 | Steve Davis | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 9 | 1 | Larry Brown | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 45 | 0 | Dave Davis | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
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| Totals | 140 | 2157 | 15.4 | 67 | 20 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Bobby Walden | 62 | 2548 | 41.1 | 57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 62 | 2548 | 41.1 | 57 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Glen Edwards | 34 | 336 | 9.9 | 44 | 0 | Dennis Meyer | 18 | 80 | 4.4 | 18 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 52 | 416 | 8.0 | 44 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Steve Davis | 15 | 404 | 26.9 | 48 | 0 | Preston Pearson | 16 | 308 | 19.2 | 28 | 0 | Rocky Bleier | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 20 | 0 | Franco Harris | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | John Fuqua | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Craig Hanneman | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Glen Edwards | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | George Webster | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Ray Mansfield | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 40 | 843 | 21.1 | 48 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mike Wagner | 8 | 134 | 16.8 | 38 | 0 | Glen Edwards | 6 | 186 | 31.0 | 86 | 1 | John Rowser | 6 | 131 | 21.8 | 71 | 1 | Mel Blount | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 24 | 0 | Andy Russell | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 45 | 1 | Jack Ham | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 27 | 0 | Henry Davis | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 0 | Loren Toews | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 | Dwight White | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 | J.T. Thomas | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | John Dockery | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 37 | 673 | 18.2 | 86 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Mike Wagner | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | L.C. Greenwood | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bruce Van Dyke | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dennis Meyer | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Craig Hanneman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Greene | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Loren Toews | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Glen Edwards | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mel Blount | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Franco Harris | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Terry Hanratty | 4 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | Jack Ham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Henry Davis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rocky Bleier | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Terry Bradshaw | 3 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | Joe Gilliam | 3 | 1 | -12 | 0 | 0 | Steve Davis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Davis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Keating | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Rowser | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Walden | 1 | 1 | -7 | 0 | 0 | Gerry Mullins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Fuqua | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Barry Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Preston Pearson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Shanklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 36 | 38 | -22 | 1 | 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 | Roy Gerela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 36 | 0 | 123 | Ron Shanklin | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Preston Pearson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Barry Pearson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Terry Bradshaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Frank Lewis | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Franco Harris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Steve Davis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | John Fuqua | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jack Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John McMakin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Rowser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Wagner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Glen Edwards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Andy Russell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dwight White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 347 |
