1989 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)

3rd place American Football Conference Central Division 9-7-0 .563

Head Coach: Chuck Noll

Ron Blackledge	Offensive Line
Dave Brazil	Linebackers
Tony Dungy	Defensive Backs
John Fox	Defensive Backs
Joe Greene	Defensive Line
Dick Hoak	Offensive Backs
Jon Kolb	Strength and Conditioning Coordinator
Tom Moore	Offensive Coordinator
Dwain Painter	Receivers
Rod Rust	Defensive Coordinator
George Stewart	Special Teams

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/12/1989	H	Washington Redskins	14-21	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50595
Sat	8/19/1989	A	Cleveland Browns	24-21	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	71939
Sat	8/26/1989	A	Philadelphia Eagles	14-38	L		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	61785
Sat	9/2/1989	A	New York Giants	13-10	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	32058
Sun	9/10/1989	H	Cleveland Browns	0-51	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	57928
Sun	9/17/1989	A	Cincinnati Bengals	10-41	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	53885
Sun	9/24/1989	H	Minnesota Vikings	27-14	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50744
Sun	10/1/1989	A	Detroit Lions	23-3	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	43804
Sun	10/8/1989	H	Cincinnati Bengals	16-26	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	52785
Sun	10/15/1989	A	Cleveland Browns	17-7	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	78840
Sun	10/22/1989	A	Houston Oilers	0-27	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	59091
Sun	10/29/1989	H	Kansas City Chiefs	23-17	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	54194
Sun	11/5/1989	A	Denver Broncos	7-34	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74739
Sun	11/12/1989	H	Chicago Bears	0-20	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	56505
Sun	11/19/1989	H	San Diego Chargers	20-17	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	44203
Sun	11/26/1989	A	Miami Dolphins	34-14	W		Miami-Dade County, FL	Joe Robbie Stadium	59936
Sun	12/3/1989	H	Houston Oilers	16-23	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	40541
Sun	12/10/1989	A	New York Jets	13-0	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	41037
Sun	12/17/1989	H	New England Patriots	28-10	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	26594
Sun	12/24/1989	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	31-22	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	29690
AFC Wild Card Playoff
Sun	12/31/1989	A	Houston Oilers	26-23	W	OT	Houston, TX	Astrodome	58306
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	1/7/1990	A	Denver Broncos	23-24	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	75868

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
1	Gary Anderson	K	5-11	181	30	Syracuse	16	0
25	David Arnold	CB	6-2	194	23	Michigan	15	0
14	Todd Blackledge	QB	6-3	225	28	Penn State	3	2
60	Brian Blankenship	ROG	6-1	275	26	Nebraska-Omaha; Nebraska	16	7
6	Bubby Brister	QB	6-3	205	27	Tulane; Louisiana-Monroe	14	14
24	Rodney Carter	RB	6-0	219	25	Purdue	15	0
63	Dermontti Dawson	C	6-2	290	24	Kentucky	16	16
27	Thomas Everett	FS	5-9	181	25	Baylor	16	16
68	Lorenzo Freeman	NT	6-5	298	25	Pittsburgh	16	0
22	Larry Griffin	S	6-0	198	26	North Carolina	16	1
35	Delton Hall	CB	6-1	206	24	Clemson	16	2
82	Derek Hill	WR	6-1	189	22	Arizona	16	8
53	Bryan Hinkle	LOLB	6-1	224	30	Oregon	13	13
67	Mike Hinnant	OT	6-3	258	23	Temple	5	0
33	Merril Hoge	RB	6-2	228	24	Idaho State	16	16
62	Tunch Ilkin	ROT	6-3	267	32	Indiana State	16	16
65	John Jackson	OT	6-6	296	24	Eastern Kentucky	14	12
99	A.J. Jenkins	LB	6-1	237	23	Merced JC; Fullerton State	16	0
44	D.J. Johnson	CB	6-0	189	23	Kentucky	16	0
88	Jason Johnson	WR	5-11	180	24	Illinois State	14	0
78	Tim Johnson	RDE	6-3	275	24	Penn State	14	14
97	Aaron Jones	DE	6-5	261	23	Eastern Kentucky	16	2
37	Carnell Lake	SS	6-0	210	22	UCLA	15	15
51	Chuck Lanza	C	6-2	263	25	Notre Dame	11	0
83	Louis Lipps	WR	5-10	188	27	Southern Mississippi	16	16
50	David Little	LILB	6-1	240	30	Florida	16	16
95	Greg Lloyd	ROLB	6-2	228	24	Fort Valley State	16	16
74	Terry Long	OG	5-11	272	30	East Carolina	13	9
84	Mike Mularkey	TE	6-4	239	28	Florida	14	14
18	Harry Newsome	P	6-0	186	26	Wake Forest	16	0
54	Hardy Nickerson	RILB	6-2	234	24	California	10	8
92	Jerry Olsavsky	LB	6-0	222	22	Pittsburgh	16	8
85	Terry O'Shea	TE	6-4	230	23	California (Pennsylvania)	16	2
71	Tom Ricketts	LOG	6-4	300	24	Pittsburgh	12	2
79	John Rienstra	OG	6-4	273	26	Temple	15	14
80	Mark Stock	WR	5-11	177	23	Virginia Military Institute	8	0
20	Dwight Stone	WR	6-0	194	25	Marion Military Institute JC; Middle Tennessee State	16	8
90	Tyronne Stowe	LB	6-1	240	24	Rutgers	16	0
11	Rick Strom	QB	6-2	210	24	Georgia Tech	3	0
87	Weegie Thompson	WR	6-6	213	28	Florida State	16	0
23	Tim Tyrrell	RB	6-1	208	28	Harper JC; Northern Illinois	7	0
43	Ray Wallace	RB	6-0	225	26	Purdue	9	0
40	Eric Wilkerson	RB	5-9	185	23	Kent State	1	0
98	Gerald Williams	NT	6-3	293	26	Auburn	16	16
91	Jerrol Williams	LB	6-4	244	22	Purdue	16	3
42	Warren Williams	RB	6-0	208	24	Miami (Florida)	5	2
93	Keith Willis	LDE	6-1	263	30	Northeastern	16	16
73	Craig Wolfley	LOT	6-1	268	31	Syracuse	15	4
49	Dwayne Woodruff	LCB	5-11	195	32	Louisville	16	16
26	Rod Woodson	RCB	6-0	203	24	Purdue	15	14
38	Tim Worley	RB	6-2	216	23	Georgia	15	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	7	Tim Worley	RB	Georgia
1	24	Tom Ricketts	T	Pittsburgh
2	34	Carnell Lake	DB	UCLA
3	61	Derek Hill	WR	Arizona
4	91	Jerrol Williams	LB	Purdue
5	118	David Arnold	DB	Michigan
6	144	Mark Stock	WR	Virginia Military Institute
7	174	D.J. Johnson	DB	Kentucky
8	201	Chris Asbeck	NT	Cincinnati
9	228	A.J. Jenkins	DE	Fullerton State
10	258	Jerry Olsavsky	LB	Pittsburgh
11	285	Brian Slater	WR	Washington
12	312	Carlton Haselrig	DE	Pittsburgh-Johnstown#

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	57	91	72	45
Opponents Totals	78	110	60	78

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	28:50	244	106	117	21	66/209 31.6%	6/19 31.6%	116	986
Opponents Totals	31:10	323	112	177	34	106/229 46.3%	7/20 35.0%	96	785

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Gary Anderson	0	28	28	100.0	21	30	70.0	0	91
Merril Hoge	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Louis Lipps	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Tim Worley	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Rodney Carter	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Derek Hill	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mike Mularkey	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ray Wallace	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Warren Williams	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dwayne Woodruff	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Rod Woodson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	29	28	29	96.6	21	30	70.0	0	265
Opponents Totals	38	37	38	97.4	19	27	70.4	2	326

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Gary Anderson	21	30	70.0	2/2	5/5	5/8	9/15	0/0
Team Totals	21	30	70.0	2/2	5/5	5/8	9/15	0/0
Opponents Totals	19	27	70.4	0/0	11/11	3/8	3/6	2/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tim Worley	195	770	3.9	38	5
Merril Hoge	186	621	3.3	31	8
Louis Lipps	13	180	13.8	58t	1
Warren Williams	37	131	3.5	13	1
Dwight Stone	10	53	5.3	32	0
Bubby Brister	27	25	0.9	15	0
Todd Blackledge	9	20	2.2	11	0
Rodney Carter	11	16	1.5	7	1
Ray Wallace	5	10	2.0	5	1
Tim Tyrrell	1	3	3.0	3	0
Rick Strom	4	-3	-0.8	0	0
Harry Newsome	2	-8	-4.0	0	0
Team Totals	500	1818	3.6	58t	17
Opponents Totals	498	2008	4.0	65t	16

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bubby Brister	342	187	54.7	145	2365	6.9	12.6	79t	9	2.6	10	2.9	45	452	1913	73.1
Todd Blackledge	60	22	36.7	35	282	4.7	12.8	30	1	1.7	3	5.0	4	25	257	36.9
Rodney Carter	1	1	100.0	0	15	15.0	15.0	15	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	7	8	118.8
Rick Strom	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	404	210	52.0	181	2662	6.6	12.7	79t	10	2.5	13	3.2	51	484	2178	67.7
Opponents Totals	548	290	52.9	237	3721	6.8	12.8	66t	17	3.1	21	3.8	31	180	3541	68.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Louis Lipps	50	944	18.9	79t	5
Rodney Carter	38	267	7.0	22t	3
Merril Hoge	34	271	8.0	22	0
Derek Hill	28	455	16.3	53	1
Mike Mularkey	22	326	14.8	34	1
Tim Worley	15	113	7.5	19	0
Dwight Stone	7	92	13.1	16	0
Warren Williams	6	48	8.0	16	0
Mark Stock	4	74	18.5	27	0
Weegie Thompson	4	74	18.5	28	0
Terry O'Shea	1	8	8.0	8	0
Bubby Brister	1	-10	-10.0	-10	0
Team Totals	210	2662	12.7	79t	10
Opponents Totals	290	3721	12.8	66t	17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dwayne Woodruff	4	57	14.3	35	0
Thomas Everett	3	68	22.7	32	0
Greg Lloyd	3	49	16.3	31	0
Rod Woodson	3	39	13.0	39	0
David Little	3	23	7.7	13	0
Larry Griffin	1	15	15.0	15	0
Delton Hall	1	6	6.0	6	0
Bryan Hinkle	1	4	4.0	4	0
D.J. Johnson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Carnell Lake	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	21	261	12.4	39	0
Opponents Totals	13	103	7.9	21	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Harry Newsome	82	3368	41.1	57	1	9	15	361	2827	34.1
Team Totals	83	3368	40.6	57	1	9	15	361	2827	34.1
Opponents Totals	69	2793	40.5	62	0	9	16	278	2335	33.8

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Rod Woodson	29	2	207	7.1	20
Derek Hill	5	0	22	4.4	12
Louis Lipps	4	0	27	6.8	9
Jason Johnson	2	0	22	11.0	13
Team Totals	40	2	278	7.0	20
Opponents Totals	45	19	361	8.0	42

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rod Woodson	36	0	982	27.3	84t	1
Dwight Stone	7	0	173	24.7	73	0
Weegie Thompson	4	0	41	10.3	15	0
Jerrol Williams	4	0	31	7.8	22	0
Jason Johnson	3	0	43	14.3	19	0
Larry Griffin	1	0	21	21.0	21	0
Mike Hinnant	1	0	13	13.0	13	0
Team Totals	56	0	1304	23.3	84t	1
Opponents Totals	53		1096	20.7	42	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Greg Lloyd	7.0
Keith Willis	6.5
Tim Johnson	4.5
Gerald Williams	3.0
Jerrol Williams	3.0
Aaron Jones	2.0
David Little	2.0
Carnell Lake	1.0
Hardy Nickerson	1.0
Jerry Olsavsky	1.0
Team Totals	31.0	180.0
Opponents Totals	51.0	484.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Todd Blackledge	3		0	0	0	0	0
Bubby Brister	4		1	0	1	0	0
Thomas Everett	1		0	1	1	21	0
Larry Griffin	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Delton Hall	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Derek Hill	2		0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Hinkle	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Merril Hoge	2		2	0	2	0	0
Jason Johnson	1		1	0	1	0	0
Carnell Lake	0	0	1	5	6	2	0
Louis Lipps	2		1	0	1	0	0
David Little	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Greg Lloyd	1		0	3	3	0	0
Harry Newsome	1		1	0	1	-13	0
John Rienstra	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Dwight Stone	2		1	0	1	0	0
Tyronne Stowe	0	0	0	2	2	3	0
Rick Strom	1		0	0	0	-18	0
Tim Tyrrell	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gerald Williams	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Warren Williams	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Dwayne Woodruff	0	0	0	1	1	21	1
Rod Woodson	3		1	3	4	1	0
Tim Worley	9		1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	32	19	13	21	34	17	1
Opponents Totals	40	21	17	17	34		4