Pittsburgh Steelers

6-8-0 • 2nd in AFC Central •
Logo for the 1971 Pittsburgh Steelers

PPG

17.6

17th

OPP PPG

20.9

17th

RUSH YDS/G

125.6

13th

PASS YDS/G

174.7

12th

Overview Stats Scores & Schedule Roster Splits History

The Pittsburgh Steelers were 6-8 in 1971. They finished 2nd in the AFC Central and 6th in the AFC.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Sun
12/19
 		vs
LA logo LA
L
14-23
Sun
12/12
 		@
CIN logo CIN
W
21-13
Sun
12/5
 		@
HOU logo HOU
L
3-29
Sun
11/28
 		vs
DEN logo DEN
L
10-22
Sun
11/21
 		vs
NYG logo NYG
W
17-13

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

2,259

Bradshaw

Bradshaw

RUSH YDS

625

Fuqua

Fuqua

REC YDS

663

Smith

Smith

1971 Division Standings

TEAM W L T PCT
Browns logo Browns
9 5 0 .643
Steelers logo Steelers
6 8 0 .429
Oilers logo Oilers
4 9 1 .321
Bengals logo Bengals
4 10 0 .286

1971 Stats

See stats
GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 14 246 3,882 867 4.5 1,758 416 4.2 2,446 414 5.9 37 322 226 98 111 17 88 898
Team Rank 17th 17th 7th 19th 13th 20th 9th 12th 5th 23rd 21st 6th 14th 15th 11th 11th 23rd 23rd
Opponent 14 292 4,248 881 4.8 1,482 440 3.4 3,060 408 7.5 33 294 225 81 132 12 81 784
Opponent Rank 17th 18th 22nd 16th 5th 9th 3rd 26th 23rd 25th 8th 19th 11th 6th 26th 3rd 8th 11th
Net -46 -366 -14 -0.3 +276 -24 +0.9 -614 +6 -1.6 +4 +28 +1 +17 -21 +5 +7 +114
Net Rank 16th 20th 13th 19th 12th 17th 6th 24th 11th 24th 18th 10th 12th 8th 24th 6th 17th 23rd

Gallery

Terry Bradshaw