- Source: 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers season
The 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 47th season in the National Football League (NFL). The Steelers successfully defended their Super Bowl Championship from the previous year, despite not improving on their 14–2 record from last year with a 12–4 record. They went on to defeat the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl XIV. The Steelers started out to a 4–0 record. Adding to the previous season, the Steelers had won 12 in a row. They finished the regular season at 12–4. In six of those games the opponents were held to a touchdown or less. In the playoffs Pittsburgh defeated Miami, 34–14 and then for the second consecutive season beat Houston 27–13, in the AFC championship game. The Steelers ended the decade by defeating the Los Angeles Rams 31–19 in Super Bowl XIV. Despite them and the San Diego Chargers having 12–4 records, the Chargers were awarded the top seed in the AFC because of their victory over the Steelers.
With the win, and the Pittsburgh Pirates win in the 1979 World Series, Pittsburgh would be the last city to claim Super Bowl and World Series wins in the same year until 1986 when the New York Mets won the World Series in 7 games over the Boston Red Sox, and the New York Giants won Super Bowl XXI 39–20 over the Denver Broncos.
On February 23, 2007, NFL Network aired America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions, the 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers, with team commentary from John Banaszak, L. C. Greenwood and John Stallworth, and narrated by Ed Harris. They are the last team to win a Super Bowl featuring players that had never played for another team; 40 original draft picks and six free agents out of college. The records for most points scored per game as well as in the regular season overall for the Steelers belonged to the 1979 squad, until they scored 436, amounting to 27.3 per game in 2014, the all-time franchise record in both categories.
Offseason
= NFL draft
=Personnel
= Staff
== Roster
=Preseason
= Schedule
=Notes:
Regular season
= Schedule
=Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Notes:
= Game summaries
=Week 1: at New England Patriots
Week 2: vs. Houston Oilers
Week 3: at St. Louis Cardinals
Week 4: vs. Baltimore Colts
Week 5: at Philadelphia Eagles
Week 6: at Cleveland Browns
Week 7: at Cincinnati Bengals
Week 8: vs. Denver Broncos
Week 9: vs. Dallas Cowboys
Week 10: vs. Washington Redskins
In that game. Franco Harris became the 5th man to rush for 8,000 career rushing yards, and it was also Chuck Noll's 95th win as a head coach, the same number that Vince Lombardi won during his career.
Week 11: at Kansas City Chiefs
Week 12: at San Diego Chargers
Week 13: vs. Cleveland Browns
Week 14: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Week 15: at Houston Oilers
Week 16: vs. Buffalo Bills
= Standings
=Stats
Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Kicking
Punting
Kick Return
Punt Return
Defense & Fumbles
Scoring Summary
Team
Quarter-by-quarter
Postseason
= Schedule
=Notes:
= Game summaries
=AFC Divisional Playoff: vs. Miami Dolphins
AFC Championship: vs. Houston Oilers
Super Bowl XIV: vs. Los Angeles Rams
Statistics
= Passing
== Rushing
== Receiving
=Honors and awards
Terry Bradshaw, Super Bowl MVP
References
External links
1979 Pittsburgh Steelers season at Profootballreference.com
1979 Pittsburgh Steelers season statistics at jt-sw.com
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