1990 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)

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

Head Coach: Chuck Noll

Ron Blackledge	Offensive Line
Dave Brazil	Defensive Coordinator
Tony Dungy	Defensive Backs
John Fox	Defensive Backs
Joe Greene	Defensive Line
Dick Hoak	Offensive Backs
Jon Kolb	Tight Ends/Conditioning
Dwain Painter	Receivers
George Stewart	Special Teams
Bob Valesente	Linebackers
Joe Walton	Offensive Coordinator

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Thu	8/9/1990	N	New England Patriots	30-14	W	Montreal, QC	Olympic Stadium	26869
Fri	8/17/1990	A	Washington Redskins	24-27	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	50557
Sat	8/25/1990	A	Dallas Cowboys	9-20	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	47723
Sat	9/1/1990	H	Philadelphia Eagles	20-10	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	52105
Sun	9/9/1990	A	Cleveland Browns	3-13	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	78298
Sun	9/16/1990	H	Houston Oilers	20-9	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	54814
Sun	9/23/1990	A	Los Angeles Raiders	3-20	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	50657
Sun	9/30/1990	H	Miami Dolphins	6-28	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	54691
Sun	10/7/1990	H	San Diego Chargers	36-14	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	53486
Sun	10/14/1990	A	Denver Broncos	34-17	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74285
Sun	10/21/1990	A	San Francisco 49ers	7-27	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	64301
Mon	10/29/1990	H	Los Angeles Rams	41-10	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	56466
Sun	11/4/1990	H	Atlanta Falcons	21-9	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	57093
Sun	11/18/1990	A	Cincinnati Bengals	3-27	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	60064
Sun	11/25/1990	A	New York Jets	24-7	W	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	57806
Sun	12/2/1990	H	Cincinnati Bengals	12-16	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	58200
Sun	12/9/1990	H	New England Patriots	24-3	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48354
Sun	12/16/1990	A	New Orleans Saints	9-6	W	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	68582
Sun	12/23/1990	H	Cleveland Browns	35-0	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	51665
Sun	12/30/1990	A	Houston Oilers	14-34	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	56906

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	31	Syracuse	16	0
21	Richard Bell	RB	6-2	200	23	Nebraska	16	1
60	Brian Blankenship	LOG	6-1	275	27	Nebraska-Omaha; Nebraska	16	13
6	Bubby Brister	QB	6-3	205	28	Tulane; Louisiana-Monroe	16	16
88	Chris Calloway	WR	5-10	189	22	Michigan	16	2
64	Kenny Davidson	DE	6-5	286	23	Louisiana State	14	0
89	Lorenzo Davis	WR	5-11	185	22	Youngstown State	4	0
63	Dermontti Dawson	C	6-2	290	25	Kentucky	16	16
66	Donald Evans	RDE	6-2	266	26	Winston-Salem State	16	16
27	Thomas Everett	FS	5-9	181	26	Baylor	15	14
29	Barry Foster	RB	5-10	214	22	Arkansas	16	1
68	Lorenzo Freeman	NT	6-5	298	26	Pittsburgh	11	1
86	Eric Green	TE	6-5	283	23	Liberty	13	7
22	Larry Griffin	CB	6-0	198	27	North Carolina	16	3
35	Delton Hall	LCB	6-1	206	25	Clemson	12	1
77	Carlton Haselrig	OG	6-1	290	24	Pittsburgh-Johnstown	16	0
82	Derek Hill	WR	6-1	189	23	Arizona	16	11
53	Bryan Hinkle	LOLB	6-1	224	31	Oregon	16	16
33	Merril Hoge	RB	6-2	228	25	Idaho State	16	15
62	Tunch Ilkin	ROT	6-3	267	33	Indiana State	13	13
65	John Jackson	LOT	6-6	296	25	Eastern Kentucky	16	16
99	A.J. Jenkins	LB	6-1	237	24	Merced JC; Fullerton State	5	0
44	D.J. Johnson	LCB	6-0	189	24	Kentucky	16	15
97	Aaron Jones	DE	6-5	261	24	Eastern Kentucky	7	1
25	Gary Jones	S	6-1	215	23	Texas A&M	16	1
37	Carnell Lake	SS	6-0	210	23	UCLA	16	16
83	Louis Lipps	WR	5-10	188	28	Southern Mississippi	14	14
50	David Little	LILB	6-1	240	31	Florida	16	14
95	Greg Lloyd	ROLB	6-2	228	25	Fort Valley State	15	14
74	Terry Long	ROG	5-11	272	31	East Carolina	16	16
94	Eddie Miles	LB	6-1	233	22	Minnesota	1	0
84	Mike Mularkey	TE	6-4	239	29	Florida	16	15
54	Hardy Nickerson	RILB	6-2	234	25	California	16	14
55	Jerry Olsavsky	LB	6-0	222	23	Pittsburgh	15	0
85	Terry O'Shea	TE	6-4	230	24	California (Pennsylvania)	16	0
71	Tom Ricketts	OT	6-4	300	25	Pittsburgh	16	3
90	John Rienstra	LOG	6-4	273	27	Temple	6	3
24	Richard Shelton	CB	5-10	202	24	Liberty	2	1
20	Dwight Stone	WR	6-0	194	26	Marion Military Institute JC; Middle Tennessee State	16	2
90	Tyronne Stowe	LB	6-1	240	25	Rutgers	16	0
11	Rick Strom	QB	6-2	210	25	Georgia Tech	6	0
4	Dan Stryzinski	P	6-2	200	25	Indiana	16	0
73	Justin Strzelczyk	OT	6-6	297	22	Maine	16	0
91	Craig Veasey	NT	6-2	286	24	Houston	10	0
98	Gerald Williams	NT	6-3	293	27	Auburn	16	15
57	Jerrol Williams	LB	6-4	244	23	Purdue	16	1
42	Warren Williams	RB	6-0	208	25	Miami (Florida)	14	4
93	Keith Willis	LDE	6-1	263	31	Northeastern	16	16
49	Dwayne Woodruff	CB	5-11	195	33	Louisville	15	1
26	Rod Woodson	RCB	6-0	203	25	Purdue	16	16
38	Tim Worley	RB	6-2	216	24	Georgia	11	8

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	21	Eric Green	TE	Liberty
2	43	Kenny Davidson	DE	Louisiana State
3	70	Neil O'Donnell	QB	Maryland
3	81	Craig Veasey	DT	Houston
4	97	Chris Calloway	WR	Michigan
5	128	Barry Foster	RB	Arkansas
6	155	Ron Heard	WR	Bowling Green State
7	182	Danny Grayson	LB	Washington State
8	209	Karl Dunbar	DT	Louisiana State
9	239	Gary Jones	DB	Texas A&M
10	266	Eddie Miles	LB	Minnesota
11	293	Justin Strzelczyk	T	Maine
12	319	Richard Bell	RB	Nebraska

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	64	71	54	103
Opponents Totals	58	86	56	40

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:06	263	93	150	20	76/189 40.2%	4/10 40.0%	110	928
Opponents Totals	29:54	257	102	130	25	81/204 39.7%	6/17 35.3%	89	719

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Gary Anderson	0	32	32	100.0	20	25	80.0	0	92
Merril Hoge	10	0	0		0	0		0	60
Eric Green	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Warren Williams	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Louis Lipps	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Mike Mularkey	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Richard Bell	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Chris Calloway	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Barry Foster	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
D.J. Johnson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dwight Stone	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Rod Woodson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tyronne Stowe	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	33	32	33	97.0	20	25	80.0	1	292
Opponents Totals	26	26	26	100.0	18	28	64.3	2	240

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Gary Anderson	20	25	80.0	1/1	3/3	8/8	8/11	0/2
Team Totals	20	25	80.0	1/1	3/3	8/8	8/11	0/2
Opponents Totals	18	28	64.3	0/0	4/4	4/5	9/17	1/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Merril Hoge	203	772	3.8	41t	7
Tim Worley	109	418	3.8	38	0
Warren Williams	68	389	5.7	70t	3
Barry Foster	36	203	5.6	38	1
Bubby Brister	25	64	2.6	11	0
Richard Bell	5	18	3.6	12	0
Dan Stryzinski	3	17	5.7	9	0
Rick Strom	4	10	2.5	10	0
Louis Lipps	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Dwight Stone	2	-6	-3.0	10	0
Team Totals	456	1880	4.1	70t	11
Opponents Totals	446	1615	3.6	31	13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bubby Brister	387	223	57.6	150	2725	7.0	12.2	90	20	5.2	14	3.6	28	213	2512	81.6
Rick Strom	21	14	66.7	6	162	7.7	11.6	22	0	0.0	1	4.8	5	29	133	69.9
Team Totals	408	237	58.1	156	2887	7.1	12.2	90	20	4.9	15	3.7	33	242	2645	81.0
Opponents Totals	460	236	51.3	200	2728	5.9	11.6	66t	9	2.0	24	5.2	34	228	2500	54.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Louis Lipps	50	682	13.6	37	3
Merril Hoge	40	342	8.6	27	3
Eric Green	34	387	11.4	46	7
Mike Mularkey	32	365	11.4	28	3
Derek Hill	25	391	15.6	66	0
Dwight Stone	19	332	17.5	90	1
Richard Bell	12	137	11.4	43	1
Chris Calloway	10	124	12.4	20t	1
Tim Worley	8	70	8.8	27	0
Warren Williams	5	42	8.4	13	1
Terry O'Shea	1	13	13.0	13	0
Barry Foster	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	237	2887	12.2	90	20
Opponents Totals	236	2728	11.6	66t	9

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rod Woodson	5	67	13.4	34	0
Larry Griffin	4	75	18.8	36	0
Dwayne Woodruff	3	110	36.7	59	0
Thomas Everett	3	2	0.7	2	0
D.J. Johnson	2	60	30.0	34	1
David Little	1	35	35.0	35	0
Bryan Hinkle	1	19	19.0	19	0
Greg Lloyd	1	9	9.0	9	0
Keith Willis	1	5	5.0	5	0
Aaron Jones	1	3	3.0	3	0
Delton Hall	1	0	0.0	0	0
Carnell Lake	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	24	385	16.0	59	1
Opponents Totals	15	124	8.3	24	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dan Stryzinski	65	2454	37.8	51	1	5	18	105	2249	34.1
Team Totals	66	2454	37.2	51	1	5	18	105	2249	34.1
Opponents Totals	64	2616	40.9	62	1	3	13	398	2158	33.7

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rod Woodson	38	8	398	10.5	52t	1
Derek Hill	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	39	8	398	10.2	52t	1
Opponents Totals	16	32	105	6.6	39	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rod Woodson	35	1	764	21.8	49	0
Dwight Stone	5	0	91	18.2	24	0
Jerrol Williams	3	0	31	10.3	20	0
Barry Foster	3	0	29	9.7	13	0
Larry Griffin	2	0	16	8.0	14	0
Eric Green	1	0	16	16.0	16	0
Louis Lipps	1	0	9	9.0	9	0
Jerry Olsavsky	0	1	0			0
Team Totals	50	2	956	19.1	49	0
Opponents Totals	56		1245	22.2	99t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Gerald Williams	6.0
Keith Willis	5.0
Greg Lloyd	4.5
Kenny Davidson	3.5
Donald Evans	3.0
Lorenzo Freeman	2.0
Bryan Hinkle	2.0
A.J. Jenkins	2.0
Aaron Jones	2.0
Hardy Nickerson	2.0
Carnell Lake	1.0
Jerrol Williams	1.0
Team Totals	34.0	228.0
Opponents Totals	33.0	242.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Brian Blankenship	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bubby Brister	9		4	0	4	-28	0
Donald Evans	0	0	0	3	3	59	0
Barry Foster	2		1	0	1	0	0
Lorenzo Freeman	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Eric Green	1		1	0	1	0	0
Larry Griffin	1		1	0	1	1	0
Derek Hill	1		1	0	1	0	0
Bryan Hinkle	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Merril Hoge	6		2	0	2	0	0
Tunch Ilkin	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
D.J. Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	9	0
Aaron Jones	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Carnell Lake	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Louis Lipps	1		0	0	0	0	0
David Little	0	0	0	2	2	6	0
Mike Mularkey	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dwight Stone	1		1	1	2	0	0
Tyronne Stowe	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rick Strom	1		1	0	1	-3	0
Dan Stryzinski	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Craig Veasey	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jerrol Williams	1		0	2	2	1	0
Warren Williams	5		0	0	0	0	0
Keith Willis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dwayne Woodruff	0	0	0	1	1	13	0
Rod Woodson	3		3	0	3	0	0
Tim Worley	6		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	40	23	17	18	35	58	0
Opponents Totals	33	18	12	17	29		3