1985 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Noll (7-9)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1985 Pittsburgh Steelers Roster
1985 Pittsburgh Steelers Results

The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1985 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.

Pittsburgh ran up 379 points, while the defense yielded 355. Mark Malone threw for 1,428 yards, and David Woodley played quarterback, too. John Stallworth grabbed 75 passes, while Louis Lipps accumulated 1,134 receiving yards.

Frank Pollard carried the ball for a team-best 991 yards for the Steelers, while Walter Abercrombie additionally buoyed the ground attack.

Dwayne Woodruff intercepted 5 opponent throws. Keith Willis topped pass rushers with 5.5 sacks.

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
Mark Malone	233	117	50.2	1428	6.1	13	5.6	7	3.0	45	10	80	75.5
David Woodley	183	94	51.4	1357	7.4	6	3.3	14	7.7	69	13	84	54.8
Scott Campbell	96	43	44.8	612	6.4	4	4.2	6	6.2	51	10	60	53.8
Totals	512	254	49.6	3397	6.6	23	4.5	27	5.3	69	33	224

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Frank Pollard	233	991	4.3	56	3
Walter Abercrombie	227	851	3.7	32	7
Mark Malone	15	80	5.3	25	1
David Woodley	17	71	4.2	13	2
Rich Erenberg	17	67	3.9	12	0
Todd Spencer	13	56	4.3	11	0
Scott Campbell	9	28	3.1	14	0
Steve Morse	8	17	2.1	9	0
Louis Lipps	2	16	8.0	15	1
Totals	541	2177	4.0	56	14

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
John Stallworth	75	937	12.5	41	5
Louis Lipps	59	1134	19.2	51	12
Rich Erenberg	33	326	9.9	35	3
Frank Pollard	24	250	10.4	20	0
Walter Abercrombie	24	209	8.7	27	2
Calvin Sweeney	16	234	14.6	69	0
Weegie Thompson	8	138	17.2	42	1
Preston Gothard	6	83	13.8	24	0
Bennie Cunningham	6	61	10.2	17	0
Todd Spencer	3	25	8.3	13	0
Totals	254	3397	13.4	69	23

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Gary Anderson	40	40	100.0	42	33	78.6	139
Totals	40	40	100.0	42	33	78.6	139

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Harry Newsome	78	3088	39.6	59
Totals	78	3088	39.6	59

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Louis Lipps	36	437	12.1	71	2
Rick Woods	13	46	3.5	10	0
Totals	49	483	9.9	71	2

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Todd Spencer	27	617	22.9	40
Rich Erenberg	21	441	21.0	35
Louis Lipps	13	237	18.2	26
Sam Washington	3	34	11.3	14
Anthony Tuggle	1	8	8.0	8
Totals	65	1337	20.6	40

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dwayne Woodruff	5	80	16.0	33	0
Eric Williams	4	47	11.8	29	0
Donnie Shell	4	40	10.0	26	0
Mike Merriweather	2	36	18.0	35	1
John Swain	2	4	2.0	4	0
David Little	2	0	0.0	3	0
Robin Cole	1	4	4.0	4	0
Totals	20	211	10.6	35	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Keith Willis	5.5
Bryan Hinkle	5.0
Mike Merriweather	4.0
Robin Cole	3.0
Mark Catano	3.0
Keith Gary	3.0
Gary Dunn	2.5
John Goodman	2.0
Darryl Sims	2.0
Edmund Nelson	1.0
David Little	1.0
Rick Woods	1.0
Gregg Carr	1.0
Totals	34.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds
Louis Lipps			5	4	3
Mark Malone			3	3	-5
Robin Cole		0	0	3	0
Scott Campbell			3	3	0
Gary Dunn			0	3	0
Gregg Carr			0	2	0
David Woodley			8	2	0
David Little		0	0	2	11
Donnie Shell		0	0	2	0
Frank Pollard			2	1	0
Steve Morse			0	1	0
Craig Wolfley			0	1	0
Sam Washington			0	1	0
Walter Abercrombie			5	1	0
Mike Webster			0	1	0
Todd Spencer			3	1	0
Keith Gary			0	1	0
Preston Gothard			0	1	0
Tunch Ilkin			0	1	0
Mark Catano			0	1	17
Calvin Sweeney			0	1	0
Mike Merriweather		0	1	0	0
Rich Erenberg			1	0	-12
Totals	0	0	31	36	14

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Gary Anderson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	40	0			139
Louis Lipps	1	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			90
Walter Abercrombie	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			54
John Stallworth	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Rich Erenberg	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Frank Pollard	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
David Woodley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Weegie Thompson	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Mike Merriweather	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Mark Malone	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	14	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	33	40	0	0	0	379