1988 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Noll (5-11)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1988 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 5-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Noll (5-11)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1988 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1988 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
The Steelers racked up 336 points, but the porous defense allowed 421, most in the circuit. Bubby Brister passed for 2,634 yards. Merril Hoge grabbed 50 passes, while Louis Lipps accumulated 973 receiving yards.
Merril Hoge carried the ball for a team-best 705 yards for Pittsburgh.
Rod Woodson and Dwayne Woodruff each picked off 4 opponent throws. Tim Johnson topped the defensive unit with 4 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 | Bubby Brister | 370 | 175 | 47.3 | 2634 | 7.1 | 11 | 3.0 | 14 | 3.8 | 89 | 36 | 292 | 65.3 | Todd Blackledge | 79 | 38 | 48.1 | 494 | 6.3 | 2 | 2.5 | 3 | 3.8 | 34 | 4 | 25 | 60.8 | Steve Bono | 35 | 10 | 28.6 | 110 | 3.1 | 1 | 2.9 | 2 | 5.7 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 25.9 | Rodney Carter | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 109.7 | Louis Lipps | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 13 | 6.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 70.8 |
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| Totals | 489 | 226 | 46.2 | 3307 | 6.8 | 15 | 3.1 | 20 | 4.1 | 89 | 42 | 331 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Merril Hoge | 170 | 705 | 4.1 | 20 | 3 | Warren Williams | 87 | 409 | 4.7 | 33 | 0 | Earnest Jackson | 74 | 315 | 4.3 | 29 | 3 | Rodney Carter | 36 | 216 | 6.0 | 64 | 3 | Bubby Brister | 45 | 209 | 4.6 | 20 | 6 | Louis Lipps | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 39 | 1 | Dwight Stone | 40 | 127 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 | Frank Pollard | 31 | 93 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 | Todd Blackledge | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 10 | 1 | Harry Newsome | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 499 | 2228 | 4.5 | 64 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Louis Lipps | 50 | 973 | 19.5 | 89 | 5 | Merril Hoge | 50 | 487 | 9.7 | 40 | 3 | Rodney Carter | 32 | 363 | 11.3 | 33 | 2 | Charles Lockett | 22 | 365 | 16.6 | 44 | 1 | Weegie Thompson | 16 | 370 | 23.1 | 50 | 1 | Preston Gothard | 12 | 121 | 10.1 | 26 | 1 | Dwight Stone | 11 | 196 | 17.8 | 72 | 1 | Warren Williams | 11 | 66 | 6.0 | 21 | 1 | Troy Johnson | 10 | 237 | 23.7 | 60 | 0 | Earnest Jackson | 9 | 84 | 9.3 | 24 | 0 | Frank Pollard | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 | Mike Hinnant | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 226 | 3307 | 14.6 | 89 | 15 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Gary Anderson | 35 | 34 | 97.1 | 36 | 28 | 77.8 | 118 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 35 | 34 | 97.1 | 36 | 28 | 77.8 | 118 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Harry Newsome | 65 | 2950 | 45.4 | 62 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 65 | 2950 | 45.4 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Rod Woodson | 33 | 281 | 8.5 | 28 | 0 | Louis Lipps | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 | Lupe Sanchez | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 39 | 322 | 8.3 | 28 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Rod Woodson | 37 | 850 | 23.0 | 92 | 1 | Dwight Stone | 29 | 610 | 21.0 | 92 | 1 | Lupe Sanchez | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 19 | 0 | Jim Boyle | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | John Jackson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Warren Williams | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Brian Blankenship | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 74 | 1575 | 21.3 | 92 | 2 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dwayne Woodruff | 4 | 109 | 27.2 | 78 | 1 | Rod Woodson | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 29 | 0 | Thomas Everett | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 29 | 0 | Larry Griffin | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 33 | 0 | Darin Jordan | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 1 | Gregg Carr | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | Cornell Gowdy | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | Bryan Hinkle | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Hardy Nickerson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | David Little | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Lupe Sanchez | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 20 | 381 | 19.0 | 78 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Tim Johnson | 4.0 | 0.0 | Gerald Williams | 3.5 | 0.0 | Hardy Nickerson | 3.5 | 0.0 | Gregg Carr | 3.5 | 0.0 | Aaron Jones | 1.5 | 0.0 | Jerry Reese | 1.0 | 0.0 | Greg Lloyd | 0.5 | 0.0 | Rod Woodson | 0.5 | 0.0 | Bryan Hinkle | 0.5 | 0.0 | Ben Thomas | 0.5 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Hardy Nickerson | 99 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Rod Woodson | 88 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Thomas Everett | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | Gerald Williams | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Tim Johnson | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | Greg Lloyd | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Aaron Jones | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | Merril Hoge | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darin Jordan | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Todd Blackledge | 4 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | Bubby Brister | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | David Little | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Terry Long | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lupe Sanchez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Griffin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brian Blankenship | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Rienstra | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bryan Hinkle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Preston Gothard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harry Newsome | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Webster | 2 | 0 | -58 | 0 | 0 | Dwight Stone | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Earnest Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Warren Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Louis Lipps | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Pollard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 375 | 375 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 32 | -12 | 0 | 4 |
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 | 28 | 34 | 0 | 118 | Bubby Brister | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Merril Hoge | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Louis Lipps | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Rodney Carter | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Earnest Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Dwight Stone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Todd Blackledge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Preston Gothard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Charles Lockett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Weegie Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Rod Woodson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Darin Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dwayne Woodruff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Warren Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 334 |
