1974 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
Team Record: 10-3-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 3-0 Won Super Bowl
Coach: Chuck Noll (10-3-1)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1974 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 10 wins and 3 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-0.
The Steelers chalked up 305 points, while the rigid defensive squad gave up 189. Franco Harris carried the ball for a team-best 1,006 yards for Pittsburgh.
Joe Gilliam passed for 1,274 yards. Frank Lewis grabbed 30 passes for 365 yards, while Franco Harris provided receiving help, too.
The sticky-fingered defense led the way with 47 turnovers. Glen Edwards, J.T. Thomas and Jack Ham each seized 5 opponent throws.
Chuck Noll coached the team. The 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Gilliam | 212 | 96 | 45.3 | 1274 | 6.0 | 4 | 1.9 | 8 | 3.8 | 61 | 7 | 79 | 55.4 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 148 | 67 | 45.3 | 785 | 5.3 | 7 | 4.7 | 8 | 5.4 | 56 | 10 | 104 | 55.2 |
| Terry Hanratty | 26 | 3 | 11.5 | 95 | 3.7 | 1 | 3.8 | 5 | 19.2 | 35 | 1 | 13 | 15.5 |
| Totals | 386 | 166 | 43.0 | 2154 | 5.6 | 12 | 3.1 | 21 | 5.4 | 61 | 18 | 196 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franco Harris | 208 | 1006 | 4.8 | 54 | 5 |
| Rocky Bleier | 88 | 373 | 4.2 | 18 | 2 |
| Preston Pearson | 70 | 317 | 4.5 | 53 | 4 |
| Steve Davis | 71 | 246 | 3.5 | 22 | 2 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 34 | 224 | 6.6 | 34 | 2 |
| John Fuqua | 50 | 156 | 3.1 | 14 | 2 |
| Joe Gilliam | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 13 | 1 |
| Reggie Harrison | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Frank Lewis | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Lynn Swann | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Terry Hanratty | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| John Stallworth | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Totals | 546 | 2417 | 4.4 | 54 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Lewis | 30 | 365 | 12.2 | 31 | 4 |
| Franco Harris | 23 | 200 | 8.7 | 31 | 1 |
| Ron Shanklin | 19 | 324 | 17.1 | 35 | 1 |
| Larry Brown | 17 | 190 | 11.2 | 35 | 1 |
| John Stallworth | 16 | 269 | 16.8 | 56 | 1 |
| Randy Grossman | 13 | 164 | 12.6 | 32 | 0 |
| Lynn Swann | 11 | 208 | 18.9 | 54 | 2 |
| Steve Davis | 11 | 152 | 13.8 | 61 | 1 |
| Preston Pearson | 11 | 118 | 10.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Rocky Bleier | 7 | 87 | 12.4 | 24 | 0 |
| John Fuqua | 6 | 68 | 11.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Gerry Mullins | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Reggie Harrison | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 166 | 2154 | 13.0 | 61 | 12 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walden | 78 | 3040 | 39.0 | 65 |
| Totals | 78 | 3040 | 39.0 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Swann | 41 | 577 | 14.1 | 69 | 1 |
| Glen Edwards | 16 | 128 | 8.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dick Conn | 10 | 69 | 6.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Totals | 67 | 774 | 11.6 | 69 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Davis | 12 | 269 | 22.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 12 | 258 | 21.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Mel Blount | 5 | 152 | 30.4 | 60 | 0 |
| Reggie Harrison | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Rocky Bleier | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Dick Conn | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Glen Edwards | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Lynn Swann | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Jimmy Allen | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 42 | 901 | 21.5 | 60 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Edwards | 5 | 153 | 30.6 | 59 | 1 |
| J.T. Thomas | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Ham | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Mel Blount | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 52 | 1 |
| Jack Lambert | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Wagner | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Greene | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Andy Russell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donnie Shell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marv Kellum | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 320 | 12.8 | 59 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Greene | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glen Edwards | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Mel Blount | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| L.C. Greenwood | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Loren Toews | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Wagner | 0 | 1 | 3 | 84 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lynn Swann | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Gilliam | 5 | 2 | -8 | 0 | |||
| Reggie Garrett | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Franco Harris | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andy Russell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Kolb | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Ham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gordon Gravelle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Lambert | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Clack | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John McMakin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donnie Shell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Davis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rocky Bleier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Hanratty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| J.T. Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Terry Bradshaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 33 | 35 | 134 | 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 | 20 | 33 | 0 | 93 | ||||||||||
| Franco Harris | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Frank Lewis | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Preston Pearson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Lynn Swann | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Steve Davis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Rocky Bleier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| John Fuqua | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Gerry Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Reggie Harrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| J.T. Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Glen Edwards | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Joe Gilliam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mel Blount | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Ron Shanklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Larry Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Stallworth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| L.C. Greenwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 19 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 305 |
