Pittsburgh Steelers statistics

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This page details statistics about the Pittsburgh Steelers American football team.

Contents 1 Club Records 1.1 Single Season Records 1.2 Career-with-Franchise Records 2 NFL records 2.1 All-time 2.2 Single-season 3 References

[edit] Club Records

[edit] Single Season Records

Passing

• Attempts: 519 Tommy Maddox (2003)
• Completions: 298 Tommy Maddox (2003)
• Yards: 3,849 Ben Roethlisberger (2009, through 14 games)
• Touchdowns:
• Interceptions: 25 Terry Bradshaw (1979)
• Passer Rating: 104.1 Ben Roethlisberger (2007)

Rushing

• Attempts: 390 Barry Foster (1992)
• Yards: 1,690 Barry Foster (1992)
• Touchdowns: 14 Franco Harris (1976)

Receiving

• Receptions: 0[Hines Ward]] (2002)
• Receiving Yards0[Yancey Thigpen]] (1997)
• Receiving Touchdowns: 0Buddy Dial (1961), Louis Lipps (1985), Hines Ward (2002)

Defensive

• Sacks: 0[James Harrison (American football)|James Harrison]] (2008)
• Interceptions: 0[Mel Blount]] (1975)

Kicking

• Field Goals: 0Norm Johnson (1995)

[edit] Career-with-Franchise Records

Receiving

• Receiving Touchdowns: 76 Hines Ward (1998-) (as of November 9,2009), 63 John Stallworth (1974-87), 51 Lynn Swann (1974-82), 42 Buddy Dial (1959-63), 39 Louis Lipps (1984-91)^[1]

[edit] NFL records

The Steelers franchise holds many NFL records including[1]:

[edit] All-time

• Most Super Bowl Wins (Six)
• Quarterback with lowest interception percentage for a career (Neil O'Donnell)
• Most consecutive games with a touchdown reception among AFC teams (11) Buddy Dial, 1959-1960
• Most post-merger seasons leading league in fewest total yards allowed (5-tied).
• Most post-merger seasons leading league in fewest rushing yards allowed (6).
• Most seasons leading AFC in fewest passing yards allowed (6).
• Most post-merger seasons leading AFC in sacks (3).
• Player with most AFC games played, most NFL career points, most seasons with 100+ points, most FG attempts and FGs made (Gary Anderson).
• Player with most AFC interceptions and most NFL yards gained and most NFL touchdowns after interception (Rod Woodson).
• The Steelers have now played in 14 AFC Championship games, which is a record, and represented the AFC seven times in the Super Bowl.

[edit] Single-season

• 2nd Most games won (2004-tied) and 3rd most games won in a season by a franchise (1978-tied).
• Most rushing TD's since merger (33 in 1976).
• Most seasons with a player leading the NFL in sacks (Kevin Greene 2-tied).
• Most AFC games with a 100+ yard rusher (Barry Foster 1992)
• Highest passer rating and highest completion percentage by a rookie (Ben Roethlisberger, 2004)
• Most punt returns in a season (71 in 1976) and 2nd most punt returns in a season (67 in 1974).
• Tied for fewest fair catches in a season (0 in 1977).
• Tied for most opponent fumbles recovered by an AFC player (Jack Lambert 1976).
• Tied for most touchdowns after fumble recovery (Jim Bradshaw, 1964).
• Most road wins in a season, postseason included (9 games, 2005).

[edit] References

1. ^ As of December 3, 2007. Ed Bouchette (2007-12-03). "Hines' field ... Steelers put best footing forward in win". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07337/838775-66.stm.