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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

1999 Pittsburgh SteelersW1999 Pittsburgh Steelers↗

NFL · AFC Central · 6–10 (.375) · 4th in division · PF 317 · PA 320 · Coach Bill Cowher

◀ 1998 2000 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 1625Mike Tomczak
2. 1464Kordell Stewart
3. 21Jerome Bettis

Rushing (yds)

1. 1091Jerome Bettis
2. 567Richard Huntley
3. 258Kordell Stewart

Receiving (yds)

1. 714Troy Edwards
2. 638Hines Ward
3. 387Bobby Shaw

Sacks

1. 8.5Jason Gildon
2. 6Carlos Emmons
3. 5Lee Flowers

Interceptions

1. 4Scott Shields
2. 4Dewayne Washington
3. 1Travis Davis

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	1044	917
EPA per play	-0.07	-0.06
Pass EPA per play	-0.10	-0.06
Rush EPA per play	-0.03	-0.05
Success rate	41.6%	37.3%
Pass rate	54.4%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.06, success rate 39.4%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
1999-09-12	1	@ Cleveland Browns	W 43–0	1–0	Cleveland Browns Stadium
1999-09-19	2	@ Baltimore Ravens	W 23–20	2–0	PSINet Stadium
1999-09-26	3	vs Seattle Seahawks	L 10–29	2–1	Three Rivers Stadium
1999-10-03	4	vs Jacksonville Jaguars	L 3–17	2–2	Three Rivers Stadium
1999-10-10	5	@ Buffalo Bills	L 21–24	2–3	Ralph Wilson Stadium
1999-10-17	6	@ Cincinnati Bengals	W 17–3	3–3	Cinergy Field
1999-10-25	7	vs Atlanta Falcons	W 13–9	4–3	Three Rivers Stadium
1999-11-07	9	@ San Francisco 49ers	W 27–6	5–3	3Com Park
1999-11-14	10	vs Cleveland Browns	L 15–16	5–4	Three Rivers Stadium
1999-11-21	11	@ Tennessee Titans	L 10–16	5–5	Adelphia Coliseum
1999-11-28	12	vs Cincinnati Bengals	L 20–27	5–6	Three Rivers Stadium
1999-12-02	13	@ Jacksonville Jaguars	L 6–20	5–7	Alltel Stadium
1999-12-12	14	vs Baltimore Ravens	L 24–31	5–8	Three Rivers Stadium
1999-12-18	15	@ Kansas City Chiefs	L 19–35	5–9	Arrowhead Stadium
1999-12-26	16	vs Carolina Panthers	W 30–20	6–9	Three Rivers Stadium
2000-01-02	17	vs Tennessee Titans	L 36–47	6–10	Three Rivers Stadium

Roster (61)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
1	Anthony Wright	QB	6-1	211	South Carolina		ACT
7	Pete Gonzalez	QB	6-1	216	Pittsburgh		ACT
10	Kordell Stewart	QB	6-1	218	Colorado		ACT
18	Mike Tomczak	QB	6-1	210	Ohio State		ACT
21	Amos Zereoue	RB	5-8	205	West Virginia		ACT
33	Richard Huntley	RB	5-11	225	Winston Salem State University		ACT
36	Jerome Bettis	RB	5-11	255	Notre Dame		ACT
38	Jon Witman	RB	6-2	244	Penn State		ACT
45	Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	RB	6-0	252	Utah		ACT
19	Ryan Thelwell	WR	6-2	188	Minnesota		ACT
81	Troy Edwards	WR	5-10	195	Louisiana Tech		ACT
82	Bobby Shaw	WR	6-1	185	California		ACT
83	Malcolm Johnson	WR	6-5	215	Notre Dame		ACT
86	Hines Ward	WR	6-0	205	Georgia		ACT
88	Courtney Hawkins	WR	5-9	190	Michigan State		ACT
89	Will Blackwell	WR	6-1	196	San Diego State		RES
48	Tony Cline	TE	6-5	260	Stanford		ACT
80	Harold Bishop	TE	6-4	254	LSU		CUT
80	Matt Cushing	TE	6-4	251	Illinois		ACT
84	Jerame Tuman	TE	6-4	253	Michigan		RES
85	Mitch Lyons	TE	6-5	268	Michigan State		RES
87	Mark Bruener	TE	6-4	253	Washington		ACT
20	Dewayne Washington	DB	5-11	193	N.C. State		ACT
23	Jason Simmons	DB	5-9	204	Arizona State		ACT
24	Chris Oldham	DB	5-9	200	Oregon		ACT
26	Deshea Townsend	DB	5-10	190	Alabama		ACT
27	Travis Davis	DB	6-0	209	Notre Dame		ACT
29	Lance Brown	DB	6-1	203	Indiana		ACT
30	Chad Scott	DB	6-1	205	Maryland; Towson State		ACT
41	Lee Flowers	DB	6-0	214	Georgia Tech		ACT
47	Scott Shields	DB	6-4	232	Weber State		ACT
54	Mike Schneck	DB	6-1	231	Wisconsin		ACT
71	Orpheus Roye	DL	6-4	330	Florida State; Jones County JC		ACT
74	Nolan Harrison	DL	6-5	289	Indiana		RES
76	Kevin Henry	DL	6-4	285	Mississippi State		ACT
90	Reggie Lowe	DL	6-2	250	Troy		ACT
91	Aaron Smith	DL	6-5	298	Northern Colorado		ACT
93	Joel Steed	DL	6-2	310	Colorado		ACT
94	Jeremy Staat	DL	6-5	300	Arizona State; Bakersfield College		ACT
98	Ernie Brown	DL	6-3	295	Syracuse		ACT
50	Earl Holmes	LB	6-2	242	Florida A&M		ACT
51	Carlos Emmons	LB	6-5	245	Arkansas State		ACT
55	Joey Porter	LB	6-3	248	Colorado State		ACT
56	Mike Vrabel	LB	6-4	261	Ohio State		ACT
57	John Fiala	LB	6-3	237	Washington		ACT
92	Jason Gildon	LB	6-4	250	Oklahoma State		ACT
97	Chad Kelsay	LB	6-2	252	Nebraska		ACT
99	Levon Kirkland	LB	6-1	275	Clemson		ACT
60	Anthony Brown	OL	6-5	315	Utah; Mesa CC		ACT
62	Roger Duffy	OL	6-2	298	Penn State		ACT
63	Dermontti Dawson	OL	6-2	292	Kentucky		RES
65	Alan Faneca	OL	6-5	316	LSU		ACT
66	Jim Sweeney	OL	6-4	298	Pittsburgh		ACT
67	Shar Pourdanesh	OL	6-6	325	Nevada		ACT
68	Brenden Stai	OL	6-4	318	Nebraska		ACT
72	Wayne Gandy	OL	6-5	315	Auburn		ACT
73	Justin Strzelczyk	OL	6-6	305	Maine		RES
77	Kris Farris	OL	6-8	318	UCLA		RES
78	Chris Conrad	OL	6-6	310	Fresno State		ACT
3	Kris Brown	SPEC	5-11	215	Nebraska		ACT
4	Josh Miller	SPEC	6-4	225	Arizona; Scottsdale CC		ACT

Biggest contracts on the books in 1999

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Levon Kirkland	LB	1998	4	$24.0M	$6.0M	$4.8M	11.5%
Jerome Bettis	RB	1997	4	$14.4M	$3.6M	$4.0M	8.7%
Alan Faneca	LG	1998	5	$5.2M	$1.1M	$1.6M	2.0%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.