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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

2001 Pittsburgh SteelersW2001 Pittsburgh Steelers↗

NFL · AFC Central · 13–3 (.812) · 1st in division · PF 352 · PA 212 · Coach Bill Cowher · Lost Conference Championship

◀ 2000 2002 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 3109Kordell Stewart
2. 154Tommy Maddox
3. 32Jerome Bettis

Rushing (yds)

1. 1072Jerome Bettis
2. 537Kordell Stewart
3. 453Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala

Receiving (yds)

1. 1008Plaxico Burress
2. 1003Hines Ward
3. 409Bobby Shaw

Sacks

1. 12Jason Gildon
2. 9Joey Porter
3. 9Kendrell Bell

Interceptions

1. 5Chad Scott
2. 4Brent Alexander
3. 2Mike Logan

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	1065	920
EPA per play	+0.06	-0.17
Pass EPA per play	+0.12	-0.17
Rush EPA per play	+0.00	-0.18
Success rate	42.2%	37.4%
Pass rate	45.6%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.05, success rate 40.2%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (18 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2001-09-09	1	@ Jacksonville Jaguars	L 3–21	0–1	Alltel Stadium
2001-09-30	3	@ Buffalo Bills	W 20–3	1–1	Ralph Wilson Stadium
2001-10-07	4	vs Cincinnati Bengals	W 16–7	2–1	Heinz Field
2001-10-14	5	@ Kansas City Chiefs	W 20–17	3–1	Arrowhead Stadium
2001-10-21	6	@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 17–10	4–1	Raymond James Stadium
2001-10-29	7	vs Tennessee Titans	W 34–7	5–1	Heinz Field
2001-11-04	8	vs Baltimore Ravens	L 10–13	5–2	Heinz Field
2001-11-11	9	@ Cleveland Browns	W 15–12 OT	6–2	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2001-11-18	10	vs Jacksonville Jaguars	W 20–7	7–2	Heinz Field
2001-11-25	11	@ Tennessee Titans	W 34–24	8–2	Adelphia Coliseum
2001-12-02	12	vs Minnesota Vikings	W 21–16	9–2	Heinz Field
2001-12-09	13	vs New York Jets	W 18–7	10–2	Heinz Field
2001-12-16	14	@ Baltimore Ravens	W 26–21	11–2	PSINet Stadium
2001-12-23	15	vs Detroit Lions	W 47–14	12–2	Heinz Field
2001-12-30	16	@ Cincinnati Bengals	L 23–26 OT	12–3	Paul Brown Stadium
2002-01-06	17	vs Cleveland Browns	W 28–7	13–3	Heinz Field
2002-01-20	Div	vs Baltimore Ravens	W 27–10		Heinz Field
2002-01-27	Conf	vs New England Patriots	L 17–24		Heinz Field

Roster (59)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
8	Tommy Maddox	QB	6-4	219	UCLA		ACT
10	Kordell Stewart	QB	6-1	218	Colorado		ACT
17	Tee Martin	QB	6-2	225	Tennessee		ACT
21	Amos Zereoue	RB	5-8	205	West Virginia		ACT
33	R.J. Bowers	RB	6-0	250	Grove City College		ACT
35	Dan Kreider	RB	5-11	250	New Hampshire		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
80	Plaxico Burress	WR	6-5	232	Michigan State		ACT
81	Troy Edwards	WR	5-10	195	Louisiana Tech		ACT
82	Bobby Shaw	WR	6-1	185	California		ACT
83	Lenzie Jackson	WR	6-0	191	Arizona State		ACT
86	Hines Ward	WR	6-0	205	Georgia		ACT
88	Tim Baker	WR	6-5	215	Texas Tech		CUT
89	Will Blackwell	WR	6-1	196	San Diego State		RES
48	Matt Cushing	TE	6-4	251	Illinois		ACT
84	Jerame Tuman	TE	6-4	253	Michigan		ACT
85	Cory Geason	TE	6-4	270	Tulane		ACT
87	Mark Bruener	TE	6-4	253	Washington		RES
20	Dewayne Washington	DB	5-11	193	N.C. State		ACT
22	Hank Poteat	DB	5-10	195	Pittsburgh		ACT
23	Jason Simmons	DB	5-9	204	Arizona State		ACT
26	Deshea Townsend	DB	5-10	190	Alabama		ACT
27	Brent Alexander	DB	5-11	200	Tennessee State		ACT
30	Chad Scott	DB	6-1	205	Maryland; Towson State		ACT
31	Mike Logan	DB	6-1	211	West Virginia		ACT
40	Myron Bell	DB	5-11	212	Michigan State		ACT
41	Lee Flowers	DB	6-0	214	Georgia Tech		ACT
43	Timothy Strickland	DB	5-9	183	Mississippi		RES
54	Mike Schneck	DB	6-1	231	Wisconsin		ACT
67	Kimo von Oelhoffen	DL	6-4	299	Boise State; Hawaii; Walla Walla Community College		ACT
73	Chris Combs	DL	6-5	286	Duke		ACT
76	Chris Hoke	DL	6-2	305	BYU		CUT
91	Aaron Smith	DL	6-5	298	Northern Colorado		ACT
94	Rodney Bailey	DL	6-3	309	Ohio State		ACT
96	Kendrick Clancy	DL	6-1	305	Mississippi; East Central JC		ACT
98	Casey Hampton	DL	6-1	325	Texas		ACT
50	Earl Holmes	LB	6-2	242	Florida A&M		ACT
51	Mike A. Jones	LB	6-1	245	Missouri		ACT
53	Clark Haggans	LB	6-4	243	Colorado State		ACT
55	Joey Porter	LB	6-3	248	Colorado State		ACT
57	John Fiala	LB	6-3	237	Washington		ACT
90	Justin Kurpeikis	LB	6-3	254	Penn State		ACT
92	Jason Gildon	LB	6-4	250	Oklahoma State		ACT
97	Kendrell Bell	LB	6-1	245	Georgia; Middle Georgia College		ACT
56	Chukky Okobi	OL	6-1	305	Purdue		ACT
62	Roger Duffy	OL	6-2	298	Penn State		ACT
64	Jeff Hartings	OL	6-3	299	Penn State		ACT
65	Rich Tylski	OL	6-4	305	Utah State		ACT
66	Alan Faneca	OL	6-5	316	LSU		ACT
68	David Bobo	OL	6-4	290	TCU		CUT
68	Keydrick Vincent	OL	6-5	325	Mississippi		ACT
72	Wayne Gandy	OL	6-5	315	Auburn		ACT
77	Marvel Smith	OL	6-5	321	Arizona State		ACT
78	Mathias Nkwenti	OL	6-3	300	Temple		ACT
79	Oliver Ross	OL	6-4	327	Iowa State; Southwestern College (CA)		ACT
3	Kris Brown	SPEC	5-11	215	Nebraska		ACT
4	Josh Miller	SPEC	6-4	225	Arizona; Scottsdale CC		ACT

Depth chart, week 21

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Jeff Hartings	Jeff Hartings	Roger Duffy
FB	Jon Witman	Jon Witman	Dan Kreider
LG	Alan Faneca	Alan Faneca	Keydrick Vincent
LT	Wayne Gandy	Wayne Gandy	Mathias Nkwenti
QB	Kordell Stewart	Kordell Stewart	Tommy Maddox
RB	Jerome Bettis	Jerome Bettis	Amos Zereoue
RG	Rich Tylski	Rich Tylski	Roger Duffy
RT	Marvel Smith	Marvel Smith	Oliver Ross
TE	Mark Bruener	Mark Bruener	Jerame Tuman
WR	Hines Ward	Hines Ward	Plaxico Burress

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Brent Alexander	Brent Alexander	Mike Logan
ILB	Earl Holmes	Earl Holmes	Kendrell Bell
LCB	Chad Scott	Chad Scott	Jason Simmons
LDE	Aaron Smith	Aaron Smith	Chris Combs
NT	Kendrick Clancy	Kendrick Clancy	Casey Hampton
OLB	Jason Gildon	Jason Gildon	Joey Porter
RCB	Dewayne Washington	Dewayne Washington	Deshea Townsend
RDE	Kimo von Oelhoffen	Kimo von Oelhoffen	Rodney Bailey
SS	Lee Flowers	Lee Flowers	Myron Bell

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Josh Miller	Josh Miller	Kris Brown
K	Kris Brown	Kris Brown	Josh Miller
LS	Mike Schneck	Mike Schneck	Roger Duffy
P	Josh Miller	Josh Miller	Kris Brown
PR	Hank Poteat	Hank Poteat	Troy Edwards
WR	Troy Edwards	Troy Edwards	Amos Zereoue

Biggest contracts on the books in 2001

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	2001	6	$25.9M	$4.3M	$6.0M	6.4%
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.