Pittsburgh Steelers statistics
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This page details statistics about the Pittsburgh Steelers American football team.
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[edit] Club Records
[edit] Single Season Records
Passing
- Attempts: 519 Tommy Maddox (2003)
- Completions: 337 Ben Roethlisberger (2009)
- Yards: 4,328 Ben Roethlisberger (2009)[1]
- Touchdowns: 32 Ben Roethlisberger (2007)
- 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: 112 Hines Ward (2002)
- Receiving Yards: 1,398 Yancey Thigpen (1997)
- Receiving Touchdowns: 12 Buddy Dial (1961), Louis Lipps (1985), Hines Ward (2002)
Defensive
- Sacks: 16 James Harrison (2008)
- Interceptions: 11 Mel Blount (1975)
Kicking
- Field Goals: 34 Norm Johnson (1995)
[edit] Career-with-Franchise Records
Receiving
- Receiving Touchdowns: 83 Hines Ward (1998-), 63 John Stallworth (1974-87), 51 Lynn Swann (1974-82), 42 Buddy Dial (1959-63), 39 Louis Lipps (1984-91)[2]
[edit] NFL records
The Steelers franchise holds many NFL records including[1]:
[edit] All-time
- Most Super Bowl Wins (Six).
- Most Trips to the Super Bowl (8 - tied with Dallas).
- Most AFC Conference Championships won (8) - which gives the Steelers two more AFC Conference Championships than any other AFC franchise.
- Most Conference Championship games played in [AFC or NFC] (15 - all with AFC).
- Most Conference Championship games hosted [AFC or NFC] (11).
- Second Most Division Titles won by any team in the history of the NFL (20 - Second only to Dallas' 21) (all with AFC Central & North)
- Most post-merger games won overall [regular season & playoffs] (416).
- Most post-merger regular season games won (384).
- Most playoff games won by any NFL team in history (33 - tied with Dallas).
- Highest post-merger winning percentage [regular season & playoffs] (61.1%).
- Highest post-merger regular season winning percentage (61%).
- Highest playoff winning percentage in the history of the NFL (63.25%).
- Third Most Primary Hall of Famers of any NFL Franchise (behind Chicago [1st] & Green Bay [2nd])
- 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).
[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).
- Most consecutive games allowing a special-teams or defensive return for a touchdown (8 games, 2009).[3]
- One of two sixth-seeded teams (along with the Green Bay Packers) to ever win the Super Bowl (Super Bowl XL)
[edit] References
- ^ "NFL Stats: by Player Category". The National Football League. http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?tabSeq=0&statisticCategory=PASSING&conference=null&season=2009&seasonType=REG&d-447263-s=PASSING_YARDS&d-447263-o=2&d-447263-n=1. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Florio, Mike (2009-11-22). "Steelers set the wrong kind of a record". NBC Sports. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/22/steelers-set-the-wrong-kind-of-a-record/. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
