1986 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Noll (6-10)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1986 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 6-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Noll (6-10)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1986 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1986 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
Pittsburgh racked up 307 points, while the defense yielded 336. Earnest Jackson carried the ball for a team-best 910 yards for the Steelers, while Walter Abercrombie additionally buoyed the ground attack.
Mark Malone passed for 2,444 yards. Walter Abercrombie grabbed 47 passes, while Louis Lipps accumulated 590 receiving yards. John Stallworth was targeted regularly also.
Harvey Clayton, Rick Woods, Eric Williams, Donnie Shell, Lupe Sanchez and Bryan Hinkle each snatched 3 opponent throws. Keith Willis topped pass rushers with 12 quarterback 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 | 425 | 216 | 50.8 | 2444 | 5.8 | 15 | 3.5 | 18 | 4.2 | 48 | 13 | 97 | 62.5 | Bubby Brister | 60 | 21 | 35.0 | 291 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.3 | 58 | 6 | 57 | 37.6 | Harry Newsome | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 12 | 6.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 108.3 | Scott Campbell | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 39.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 491 | 238 | 48.5 | 2747 | 5.6 | 16 | 3.3 | 20 | 4.1 | 58 | 20 | 159 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Earnest Jackson | 216 | 910 | 4.2 | 31 | 5 | Walter Abercrombie | 214 | 877 | 4.1 | 38 | 6 | Rich Erenberg | 42 | 170 | 4.0 | 17 | 1 | Mark Malone | 31 | 107 | 3.5 | 45 | 5 | Frank Pollard | 24 | 86 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 | David Hughes | 14 | 32 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 | Dan Reeder | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 | Chuck Sanders | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 | Bubby Brister | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 9 | 1 | Warren Seitz | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | Louis Lipps | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 564 | 2223 | 3.9 | 45 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Walter Abercrombie | 47 | 395 | 8.4 | 27 | 2 | Louis Lipps | 38 | 590 | 15.5 | 48 | 3 | John Stallworth | 34 | 466 | 13.7 | 40 | 1 | Rich Erenberg | 27 | 217 | 8.0 | 19 | 3 | Calvin Sweeney | 21 | 337 | 16.0 | 58 | 1 | Preston Gothard | 21 | 246 | 11.7 | 34 | 1 | Weegie Thompson | 17 | 191 | 11.2 | 20 | 5 | Earnest Jackson | 17 | 169 | 9.9 | 28 | 0 | David Hughes | 10 | 98 | 9.8 | 22 | 0 | Chuck Sanders | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 | Frank Pollard | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 | Dan Reeder | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 238 | 2747 | 11.5 | 58 | 16 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Gary Anderson | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 32 | 21 | 65.6 | 95 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 32 | 21 | 65.6 | 95 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Harry Newsome | 86 | 3447 | 40.1 | 64 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 86 | 3447 | 40.1 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Rick Woods | 33 | 294 | 8.9 | 41 | 0 | Louis Lipps | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 36 | 310 | 8.6 | 41 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Lupe Sanchez | 25 | 591 | 23.6 | 64 | 0 | Donnie Elder | 21 | 425 | 20.2 | 36 | 0 | Chuck Sanders | 8 | 148 | 18.5 | 29 | 0 | Dan Reeder | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 | Mike Merriweather | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | Warren Seitz | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 | Rick Woods | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | David Hughes | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 | Pete Rostosky | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Calvin Sweeney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 66 | 1304 | 19.8 | 64 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Lupe Sanchez | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 67 | 1 | Eric Williams | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 25 | 0 | Donnie Shell | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 | Rick Woods | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 23 | 0 | Harvey Clayton | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 | Bryan Hinkle | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 | Mike Merriweather | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 20 | 209 | 10.4 | 67 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Keith Willis | 12.0 | 0.0 | Keith Gary | 6.5 | 0.0 | Mike Merriweather | 6.0 | 0.0 | Edmund Nelson | 5.0 | 0.0 | Bryan Hinkle | 4.5 | 0.0 | Gerald Williams | 3.5 | 0.0 | Gary Dunn | 2.5 | 0.0 | Darryl Sims | 1.0 | 0.0 | Robin Cole | 0.5 | 0.0 | David Little | 0.5 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 42.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Gerald Williams | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Edmund Nelson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Merriweather | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Robin Cole | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | David Hughes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Craig Wolfley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dirt Winston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darryl Sims | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Lupe Sanchez | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Donnie Elder | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Warren Seitz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Malone | 7 | 1 | -8 | 0 | 0 | Louis Lipps | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bryan Hinkle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Dunn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Earnest Jackson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rich Erenberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Anthony Henton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Terry Long | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eric Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Walter Abercrombie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Pollard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Woods | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bubby Brister | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 21 | 32 | 0 | 95 | Walter Abercrombie | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Earnest Jackson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Mark Malone | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Weegie Thompson | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Rich Erenberg | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Louis Lipps | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Lupe Sanchez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Stallworth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Calvin Sweeney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Preston Gothard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bubby Brister | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dave Edwards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 307 |
