DSFL 1: 1978 Steelers

[Greatest Single-Season Team Series (Est. 2010)]

 

Total Offense: 26th

Total Defense: 2nd

 

 
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FB Franco Harris (#32) runs for over a thousand yards in the DSFL 1 season.

 

Season Schedule (9-7)


Date

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17

AFC Wildcard

Results

L, 7-6 vs Tennessee
L, 20-17 @ Chicago (OT)
L, 21-14 @ Cincinnati
W, 32-23 vs San Diego
W, 24-7 @ Detroit
W, 7-3 vs Cleveland
L, 27-24 vs Minnesota
BYE
L, 23-17 @ Denver (OT)
W, 33-7 vs Cincinnati
W, 13-10 @ Kansas City
W, 19-18 @ Baltimore
L, 28-23 vs Oakland
W, 9-3 @ Cleveland
W, 24-16 vs Green Bay
W, 24-14 vs Baltimore
L, 37-20 @ Miami

L, 17-6 vs San Diego

OFF || Pass, Run

102 || 83, 19
373 || 263, 110
250 || 187, 63
272 || 158, 114
221 || 162, 59
199 || 113, 86
230 || 198, 32
-
358 || 298, 60
328 || 164, 164
219 || 129, 90
327 || 156, 171
352 || 268, 84
241 || 182, 59
233 || 188, 45
161 || 115, 46
242 || 236, 6

245 || 222, 23

DEF || Pass, Run

170 || 136, 34
369 || 282, 87
249 || 213, 36
303 || 286, 17
131 || 102, 29
208 || 195, 13
286 || 175, 111
-
314 || 251, 63
208 || 191, 17
201 || 159, 42
165 || 135, 30
268 || 205, 63
175 || 161, 14
278 || 262, 16
283 || 188, 95
297 || 197, 100

226 || 164, 62

3rd || 4th Downs

3/9 (33%) || 0/1 (0%)
4/8 (50%) || 0/0 (0%)
5/8 (63%) || 0/1 (0%)
5/9 (56%) || 0/0 (0%)
4/8 (50%) || 0/0 (0%)
3/10 (30%) || 0/0 (0%)
2/10 (0%) || 0/2 (0%)
-
3/11 (27%) || 0/1 (0%)
6/11 (55%) || 0/0 (0%)
4/10 (40%) || 0/0 (0%)
5/11 (45%) || 0/0 (0%)
3/8 (38%) || 0/1 (0%)
4/9 (44%) || 0/0 (0%)
5/11 (45%) || 0/0 (0%)
4/9 (44%) || 0/0 (0%)
6/11 (55%) || 0/1 (0%)

5/10 (50%) || 0/2 (0%)

TOs

2 (0)
1 (0)
4 (-4)
2 (+1)
1 (+1)
2 (0)
4 (-2)
-
3 (0)
0 (+3)
0 (+2)
2 (-2)
1 (0)
1 (-1)
2 (+1)
1 (+3)
3 (-1)

1 (-1)


Player Stats: Offense


PASSING

COMP

YARDS

TD

INT

YPA

YPG

QB RATING

Terry Bradshaw

236/372 (63%)

2946

19

22

7.9

184.1

80.3

RUSHING

RUSH

YARDS

AVG

TD

FUM

YPG

RECEIVING

Franco Harris
Rocky Bleier
Sidney Thornton

290
25
2

1021
124
5

(3.5)
(4.9)
(2.5)

6
3
0

5
0
0

63.8
7.7
0.3

14 rec, 161 yds, 2 TD
5 rec, 109 yds, TD
9 rec, 82 yds

RECEIVING

REC

YARDS

AVG

TD

YPG

LNG

RUSHING

John Stallworth
Lynn Swann
Randy Grossman
Theo Bell
Benny Cunningham

Jim Mandich

58
44
50
41
13

2

844
687
499
419
123

32

14.5
15.6
9.9
10.2
9.4

16.0

4
4
4
3
1

0

52.7
42.9
31.1
26.1
7.6

2.0

70
53
48
38
21

19

-
-
-
-
-

-


Player Stats: Defense


DEFENSE

POSITION

TACKLES

TFL

SACKS

INTS

DEF

MISC

Jack Lambert
Jack Ham
Dirt Winston
Loren Toews
Donnie Shell

Joe Greene
L.C. Greenwood
Mike Wagner
Ron Johnson
Mel Blount

Dwight White
Tony Dungy
Nat Terry

LB
LB
LB
LB
SS

DT
DE
FS
CB
CB

DE
SS
CB

74
57
56
53
53

49
47
46
44
42

36
24
21

5
10
4
8
3

14
9
1
3
3

13
6
2

1.0
2.0
0.0
1.0
1.0

3.0
3.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

4.0
0.0
0.0

3
2
1
2
1

0
0
0
6
2

1
2
1

5
2
1
5
8

0
1
6
5
9

3
4
1

TD
1 FF
-
-
TD

-
-
2 FF, 1 FR
1 FF, TD
TD

1 FR
TD
-


Player Stats: Special Teams


KICKING

Roy Gerela

FG

21/24

PCT

87.5%

LONG

51

BLK

0

50+

4

 

PUNTING

Craig Colquitt

PUNTS

48

AVG

38.5

LONG

58

BLK

0

IN20

15

 

KICK RETURNING

Larry Anderson*+
Theo Bell

RETURNS

20
40

AVG

29.8
27.5

LONG

100
36

TD

1
0

FUM

0
0

 

PUNT RETURNING

Donnie Shell
Theo Bell

RETURNS

1
37

AVG

15.0
13.7

LONG

15
35

TD

0
0

FUM

0
0

 

All DSFL Steelers Seasons: