1974 Pittsburgh Steelers

The Pittsburgh Steelers made the big leap in 1974 from a solid playoff team and title contender to a Super Bowl Championship squad. Lynn Swann and his fellow rookie wide receiver, John Stallworth (pictured at right), exceeded everyone's expectations and pumped life into the Steelers previously dormant passing attack.

1974 Record: 10-3-1 (Regular Season), 3-0 (Playoffs)

Head Coach: Chuck Noll

Points Scored: 305 (6th out of 26 NFL teams)

Points Allowed: 189 (2nd out of 26 NFL teams)

Home Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA

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1974 Game-by-Game Results

Regular Season

Date Opponent Result

9/15/74 Baltimore W 30- 0

9/22/74 at Denver T 35-35 (OT)

9/29/74 Oakland L 0-17

10/ 6/74 at Houston W 13- 7

10/13/74 at Kansas City W 34-24

10/20/74 Cleveland W 20-16

10/28/74 Atlanta W 24-17

11/ 3/74 Philadelphia W 27- 0

11/10/74 at Cincinnati L 10-17

11/17/74 at Cleveland W 26-16

11/25/74 at New Orleans W 28- 7

12/ 1/74 Houston L 10-13

12/ 8/74 at New England W 21-17

12/14/74 Cincinnati W 27- 3

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result

AFC Div. Playoff Buffalo W 32-14

AFC Championship at Oakland W 24-13

Super Bowl IX vs. Minnesota W 16- 6

Note: Super Bowl IX played at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, LA

1974 Pittsburgh Steelers Depth Chart / Roster:

Note: All players wore style 2 helmets!

# Player Ht Wt Age Exp College Face Shape Equipment

Quarterbacks

1. 12 Terry Bradshaw 6-3 218 26 4 LA. Tech 27 5 blo crop 2 bar (thin), bk sleeves (grass), wt sleeves (turf)

2. 5 Terry Hanratty 6-1 210 26 5 Notre Dame 55 8 brn crop 2 bar (thin)

3. 17 Joe Gilliam 6-2 187 23 2 Tennessee St 67 4 blk afro 2 bar, wt elbowpads, tc wristbands

Halfbacks

1. 32 Franco Harris 6-2 230 24 2 Penn State med skin 15 9 blk crop half cage, tc wristbands

2. 26 Preston Pearson 6-1 205 29 7 Illinois 161 4 blk crop half cage, wt wristbands, right wt glove, left fingers taped, tc wristbands (turf)

3. 46 Reggie Harrison 6-0 220 23 R Cincinnati 226 10 blk crop half cage, eye paint, wt wristbands

# 33 John Fuqua 5-11 205 27 5 Morgan St. dk skin 142 6 blk crop 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands

Fullbacks

1. 20 Rocky Bleier 5-11 210 28 4 Notre Dame 50 5 brn crop half cage, bk elbowpads, tc wristbands, wt elbowpads (turf)

2. 35 Steve Davis 6-0 218 24 2 Delaware St. half cage, bk elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt elbowpads (turf), tc wristbands (turf)

Wide Receivers

1. 88 Lynn Swann 5-10 178 22 R USC 164 2 blk afro 2 bar, eye paint, wt wristbands, right fingers taped, wt elbowpads (turf), tc wristbands (turf)

2. 82 John Stallworth 6-2 183 22 R Alabama A&M 210 4 blk crop 2 bar, tc wristbands, bk elbowpads (turf), wt wrist double (turf)

3. 43 Frank Lewis 6-1 196 27 3 Grambling St. 109 6 blk crop 2 bar, tc wristbands, fingers taped

4. 25 Ron Shanklin 6-1 190 26 4 North Texas 2 bar, wt elbowpads, tc wristbands

5. 86 Reggie Garrett 6-1 172 23 R East Mich. 2 bar, wt wristbands, wt sleeves, wt elbowpads (turf)

Tight Ends

1. 87 Larry Brown 6-4 229 25 3 Kansas 173 12 blk crop half cage, tc wristbands, right wt elbowpad (grass)

2. 84 Randy Grossman 6-1 215 22 R Temple 55 3 brn crop 2 bar, eye paint, wt elbowpads, bk sleeves (grass), wt sleeves (turf)

3. 89 John McMakin 6-3 232 24 2 Clemson half cage, right bk elbowpad, tc wristbands

Left Tackles

1. 55 Jon Kolb 6-2 262 27 5 Oklahoma St. 11 9 blo crop half cage, wt gloves, wt elbowpads (grass)

2. 72 Gerry Mullins 6-3 240 25 3 USC 33 18 brn crop half cage, tc extended, bk elbowpads, wt wrist double, wt gloves

Left Guards

1. 57 Sam Davis 6-1 255 30 7 N/A 246 14 blk afro half cage, wt wristbands, bk elbowpads (turf)

2. 73 Rich Druschel 6-2 250 22 R N.C. State

Centers

1. 56 Ray Mansfield 6-3 255 33 11 Washington 86 16 brn crop half cage, eye paint, wt elbowpads (turf), tc wristbands (turf)

2. 52 Mike Webster 6-1 232 22 R Wisconsin 24 11 blo crop half cage, wt elbowpads (turf), wt wristbands (turf)

Right Guards

1. 50 Jim Clack 6-3 250 27 3 Wake Forest 55 12 brn crop half cage, bk elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt elbowpads (grass)

2. 66 Bruce Van Dyke 6-2 255 30 8 Missouri half cage, wt elbowpads, wt gloves (grass), bk gloves (turf)

Right Tackles

1. 71 Gordon Gravelle 6-5 250 25 2 BYU 15 3 brn crop half cage, wt gloves

2. 74 Dave Reavis 6-5 250 24 R Arkansas 12 5 brn crop half cage, wt wtistbands

# 76 Glen Hines 6-5 264 31 8 Arkansas

Left Defensive Ends

1. 68 L.C.Greenwood 6-5 245 28 5 Arkansas P.B. 130 9 blk crop half cage, bk elbowpads, wt wrist double, wt gloves, tc shoes, wt elbowpads (turf)

2. 64 Steve Furness 6-4 255 24 2 Rhode Island 55 17 brn crop half cage, wt wrist double, wt gloves

3. 62 Jim Wolf 6-2 230 22 R P. View A&M half cage, wt wristbands

Right Defensive Ends

1. 78 Dwight White 6-4 255 25 3 N/A 88 11 blk crop half cage, wt wrist double, wt gloves, wt elbowpads (turf)

2. n/a (switch position to RT)

Defensive Tackles

1. 75 Joe Greene 6-4 280 28 5 North Texas 130 18 blk crop half cage, right wrist double (grass), left fingers taped (grass), wt gloves (turf)

2. 63 Ernie Holmes 6-3 260 26 2 Texas South. 35 20 blk fade half cage, bk elbowpads, wt wrist double, wt gloves, wt elbowpads (turf)

3. 77 Charlie Davis 6-1 265 22 R TCU 264 20 blk afro half cage, bk elbowpads, wt gloves

Left Outside Linebackers

1. 59 Jack Ham 6-2 225 25 3 Penn State 21 2 brn crop half cage, bk elbowpads, wt gloves, bk sleeves, wt wrist double (grass), wt elbowpads (turf)

2. 54 Marv Kellum 6-2 225 22 R N/A 50 4 brn crop half cage, bk elbowpads, wt wrist double, wt gloves, wt elbowpads (turf) , qb wristbands (turf)

Middle Linebackers

1. 58 Jack Lambert 6-4 215 22 R Kent State 17 7 blo crop half cage, neck roll, bk elbowpads (grass), right wt wrist double, left tc wristband, fingers taped, wt elbowpads (turf)

2. 38 Ed Bradley 6-2 239 24 2 Wake Forest 24 7 brn crop half cage, wt wristbands, wt elbowpads (turf), qb wristbands (turf)

Right Outside Linebacks

1. 34 Andy Russell 6-2 225 33 9 Missouri 50 9 brn crop half cage, tc extended, wt tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt elbowpads (turf), wt wrist double (turf), wt gloves (turf)

2. 51 Loren Toews 6-3 212 23 1 California 14 3 brn crop half cage, wt elbowpads (turf)

Cornerbacks

1. 47 Mel Blount 6-3 205 26 4 Southern 84 8 blk bald 2 bar, bk elbowpads, tc wristbands, wt elbowpads (turf)

2. 24 J.T. Thomas 6-2 196 23 1 Florida State 244 4 blk crop 2 bar, tc wristbands

3. 22 Dick Conn 6-0 180 23 R Georgia 55 6 brn crop wt elbowpads

4. 45 Jimmy Allen 6-2 194 22 R UCLA 91 5 blk crop half cage, bk elbowpads, tc wristbands, wt elbowpads (turf)

Free Safeties

1. 27 Glen Edwards 6-0 185 27 3 Florida A&M 170 1 blk crop half cage, wt elbowpads, tc wristbands

2. n/a (switch position to HB)

Strong Safeties

1. 23 Mike Wagner 6-1 210 25 3 W. Illinois 56 8 brn crop half cage, bk elbowpads, tc wristbands (grass), wt wristbands (turf)

2. 31 Donnie Shell 5-11 190 22 R S.C. State 256 2 blk afro 2 bar, wt half sleeves (grass), wt elbowpads (turf)

Kicker

1. 10 Roy Gerela 5-10 185 26 5 New Mex. St. 62 10 brn crop 1 bar, bk sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)

Punter

1. 39 Bobby Walden 6-0 190 36 13 Georgia 21 3 brn crop 1 bar, bk sleeves, bk shoes, wt sleeves (turf)

Player Ratings spd-str-awr-agi-acl-cth-car-jmp-bkt-tak-thp-tha-pbk-rbk-kpr-kac-ret-stm-inj-tgh

T. Bradshaw 59-56-70-58-61-29-60-48-46-23-91-85-24-24-28-23-0-86-70-74

Hanratty 47-52-78-47-45-29-49-53-41-18-81-75-22-20-23-19-0-73-73-70

J.Gilliam 52-54-66-52-53-27-43-58-44-20-85-74-22-22-25-21-0-77-75-66

Collier 86-52-55-85-85-56-66-68-59-21-27-20-29-27-26-22-81-75-76-59

F. Harris 80-71-88-80-92-67-91-58-84-24-43-32-60-71-28-24-30-90-85-85

P. Pearson 80-65-84-79-77-78-83-69-67-21-26-23-38-36-28-20-74-81-66-66

R. Harrison 75-58-51-74-74-54-82-65-70-22-24-21-44-40-25-20-45-77-74-67

Fuqua 79-62-79-78-77-69-84-64-69-18-25-22-38-38-25-20-54-76-61-68

Bleier 80-66-74-74-86-65-75-48-87-20-27-21-46-44-34-22-68-79-73-84

St. Davis 83-56-73-82-80-63-68-72-55-21-25-19-47-42-27-19-87-78-77-69

F. Lewis 89-63-79-88-88-88-80-79-75-22-47-31-55-50-28-23-61-84-77-66

Shanklin 85-49-83-83-84-76-69-77-64-21-22-20-27-28-26-20-10-77-64-61

Swann 93-53-63-92-92-84-64-99-54-20-22-21-27-26-24-20-77-82-81-74

J. Stallworth 91-51-53-90-90-79-75-85-45-23-25-23-28-27-26-22-10-84-69-65

R. Garrett 85-47-49-84-84-71-56-83-43-23-24-22-22-23-24-21-10-76-77-56

L. Brown 65-73-65-65-65-61-57-67-58-25-23-19-80-75-28-22-8-81-85-71

R. Grossman 72-60-61-72-71-76-69-64-62-28-26-23-60-59-26-23-8-84-86-59

McMakin 67-65-64-66-66-60-54-57-58-24-28-20-64-66-28-20-8-76-72-62

Kolb 46-88-86-45-58-21-22-43-33-27-27-18-88-93-29-20-0-65-90-84

G. Mullins 51-88-76-50-66-18-18-52-32-26-27-19-86-84-27-20-0-71-75-80

Sa. Davis 42-89-88-43-61-17-18-35-34-28-30-19-79-85-26-20-0-57-73-81

Druschel 44-83-49-44-54-18-19-52-31-24-29-22-76-77-26-22-0-65-64-74

Mansfield 41-86-96-40-57-17-16-41-33-28-27-19-84-84-50-38-0-56-96-90

M. Webster 57-84-62-56-69-23-21-52-33-27-26-20-87-88-28-19-0-69-85-81

J. Clack 47-83-79-45-58-25-24-53-32-27-28-20-88-89-28-22-0-63-81-78

B. Van Dyke 38-88-83-38-54-18-18-39-33-24-25-19-85-89-27-20-0-52-87-77

Gravelle 56-81-66-54-64-22-24-40-28-27-25-22-83-82-24-20-0-69-70-78

Reavis 53-82-54-49-66-22-23-54-31-25-26-19-82-79-27-21-0-64-71-80

G. Hines 43-83-86-38-54-21-18-44-33-28-29-17-79-76-28-20-0-52-84-66

L. C. Greenwood 74-86-93-73-81-17-20-62-32-94-28-21-25-37-28-21-0-86-84-86

Furness 55-85-68-54-66-21-24-50-28-85-25-20-25-34-29-20-0-75-74-86

J. Wolf 53-84-52-51-58-22-18-47-29-75-25-20-23-36-29-21-0-74-83-74

D. White 70-83-85-67-79-24-28-60-33-95-28-20-26-36-28-18-0-82-81-84

J. Greene 68-95-98-66-79-19-25-49-36-97-28-22-25-35-28-22-0-87-72-96

E. Holmes 61-92-85-59-71-17-23-54-30-94-26-23-26-34-27-23-0-80-77-90

C. Davis 48-84-54-46-60-16-19-47-34-78-29-18-24-35-28-18-0-77-82-83

Ham 79-79-90-79-78-53-38-61-32-94-28-21-26-35-27-20-0-86-90-84

Kellum 72-69-53-71-70-45-40-55-30-78-26-20-22-31-25-18-0-79-84-63

Lambert 78-83-73-77-80-47-42-64-34-99-27-19-25-34-27-20-0-90-88-95

E. Bradley 68-73-67-67-67-39-35-58-31-83-24-22-24-33-28-20-0-75-69-72

H. Davis 68-70-77-65-63-37-30-45-31-76-28-20-24-38-29-19-0-70-45-71

A. Russell 69-80-97-67-60-45-36-46-32-94-28-20-28-40-29-18-0-75-95-92

Toews 75-68-67-73-73-39-36-55-30-83-26-18-23-33-28-21-0-77-83-80

M. Blount 87-65-83-86-89-77-64-82-29-80-25-18-16-22-25-21-61-88-89-84

J.T. Thomas 89-55-65-89-88-62-58-86-28-73-23-20-14-16-24-20-10-86-86-77

Conn 84-57-57-83-83-57-50-76-26-67-22-21-14-18-20-20-68-79-69-66

J. Allen 86-52-54-86-86-60-51-82-29-61-22-19-14-17-22-20-25-78-79-68

G. Edwards 84-58-82-83-83-64-54-80-28-82-23-21-15-20-24-22-73-83-83-72

M. Wagner 74-65-88-73-73-69-47-68-30-87-24-22-19-28-27-20-10-86-77-83

D. Shell 84-60-57-83-83-62-53-80-29-74-22-20-14-17-21-20-15-80-80-77

Gerela 54-32-87-54-49-36-39-52-19-14-23-22-12-14-84-93-0-52-86-46

Walden 41-27-88-40-40-32-40-47-18-17-35-39-13-16-82-78-0-45-80-48

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1974 Pittsburgh Steelers Individual Statistical Leaders:

Passing: Joe Gilliam, 1274 yds., 45.3 comp. pct, 4 TDs, 55.4 rating

Rushing: Franco Harris, 1006 yds., 5 TDs, 4.8 yds./carry

Receiving: Frank Lewis, 30 rec., 365 yds., 4 TDs

Touchdowns: Franco Harris, 6 (5 rush., 1 rec.)

Interceptions: Glen Edwards, J.T. Thomas, & Jack Ham, 5

Scoring: Roy Gerela, 93 pts. (20 FG’s, 33 PAT’s)

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1974 AFC CENTRAL DIVISION STANDINGS

1^st Place – Pittsburgh (10-3-1)

2^nd Place – Houston (7-7)

3^rd Place – Cincinnati (7-7)

4^th Place – Cleveland (4-10)

Fullback Franco Harris and his Italian Army continued to punish opposing defenses in its third year of operation.