1981 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Owner	Art Rooney
General manager	Dick Haley
Head coach	Chuck Noll
Home field	Three Rivers Stadium
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	2nd AFC Central
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	CB Mel Blount LB Jack Lambert S Donnie Shell C Mike Webster
AP All-Pros	Mel Blount (1st team) Jack Lambert (1st team) Mike Webster (1st team) Donnie Shell (2nd team)
Team MVP	Jack Lambert
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The 1981 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 49th in the National Football League. After enduring an injury plagued 9–7 season the previous year and missing the playoffs for the first time since 1971, the Steelers had hoped that the 1980 season was just a small hiatus from contending for championships. However, while the Steelers had flashes of their former glory years after starting the season with 2 unimpressive losses, the 1981 season would end in an 8–8 record and eventually prove the end of the Steelers great dynasty of the 1970s. The Steelers had a chance to make the playoffs with an 8–5 start to the year but lost all of their last three games to miss the playoffs.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1981 NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1981 Pittsburgh Steelers draft
1	17	Keith Gary	Defensive end	Oklahoma
Made roster

Staff

**1981 Pittsburgh Steelers staff**
	Front office Chairman of the board – Arthur J. Rooney President – Daniel M. Rooney Vice president – John R. McGinley Vice president – Arthur J. Rooney, Jr. Controller – Dennis P. Thimons Traveling secretary – James A. Boston Public relations director – Ed Kiely Publicity director – Joe Gordon Assistant publicity director – John Evenson Director of ticket sales – Geraldine Glenn Director of player personnel – Dick Haley Assistant director of player personnel – William Nunn, Jr. Talent scout – West Coast – Bob Schmitz Pro talent scout – Tom Modrak College talent scout – Joe Krupa Head coaches Head coach – Chuck Noll Assistant head coach – George Perles Offensive coaches Offensive line – Rollie Dotsch Offensive backfield – Dick Hoak Receivers – Tom Moore			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Woody Widenhofer Defensive assistant – Tony Dungy Defensive backfield – Dick Walker Strength and conditioning Paul Uram Physician, M.D. – Dr. David S. Huber Physician, M.D. – Dr. Anthony P. Yates Physician, orthopedic – Dr. Paul Steele Neurological surgery consultant – Dr. Joseph C. Maroon Dentist – Dr. George P. Boucek Ophthalmologist – Dr. Phillip Buzzelli Trainer – Ralph Berlin Assistant trainer – Gary Stragar Equipment manager – Anthony Parisi Field manager – Rodgers Freyvogel Film director – Bob McCartney Photographers – Harry Homa, Bill Amatucci ^[1]

Roster

**1981 Pittsburgh Steelers final roster**

	Quarterbacks 12 Terry Bradshaw 16 Mark Malone 18 Cliff Stoudt Running backs 45 Russell Davis 32 Franco Harris 27 Greg Hawthorne 39 Rick Moser 44 Frank Pollard 38 Sidney Thornton Wide receivers 87 Johnnie Dirden KR 86 Jim Smith PR 82 John Stallworth 88 Lynn Swann 85 Calvin Sweeney Tight ends 89 Bennie Cunningham 84 Randy Grossman		Offensive linemen 79 Larry Brown T 77 Steve Courson G 62 Tunch Ilkin T 55 Jon Kolb T 61 Tyrone McGriff G 66 Ted Petersen T 74 Ray Pinney G/T 52 Mike Webster C 73 Craig Wolfley G Defensive linemen 76 John Banaszak DE 65 Tom Beasley DT 67 Gary Dunn DT 95 John Goodman DE 75 Joe Greene DT 68 L. C. Greenwood DE 90 Bob Kohrs DE		Linebackers 56 Robin Cole OLB 59 Jack Ham OLB 58 Jack Lambert MLB 50 David Little MLB 51 Loren Toews LB 54 Zack Valentine MLB 53 Dennis Winston MLB Defensive backs 30 Larry Anderson DB/KR 47 Mel Blount CB 29 Ron Johnson DB 31 Donnie Shell SS 26 J. T. Thomas FS 42 Anthony Washington DB 49 Dwayne Woodruff CB Special teams 52 Mike Webster LS 1 David Trout K 5 Craig Colquitt P/H		Reserve lists 78 Joe Cugliari DT (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 55 Rick Donnalley C-G (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 46 Steve Fedell LB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 46 Bryan Hinkle LB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 25 Ricky Martin WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 87 Frank Wilson RB/TE (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 40 Bill Riehl CB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Practice squad ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] Rookies in italics 47 active, 7 inactive

Preseason

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Game Site	Kickoff (ET)	TV	Result	Record
1	August 8	at Cleveland Browns	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	7:30 p.m.	WPXI	W 34–31	1–0
2	August 15	at Philadelphia Eagles	Veterans Stadium	6:00 p.m.	WPXI	L 36–20	1–1
3	August 22	at Dallas Cowboys	Texas Stadium	9:00 p.m.	NBC	L 24–14	1–2
4	August 29	New York Giants	Three Rivers Stadium	6:00 p.m.	WPXI	W 31–6	2–2

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Game Site	Kickoff (ET)	TV	Result	Record
1	September 6	Kansas City Chiefs	Three Rivers Stadium	1:00 p.m.	NBC	L 37–33	0–1
2	September 10	at Miami Dolphins	Miami Orange Bowl	8:30 p.m.	ABC	L 30–10	0–2
3	September 20	New York Jets	Three Rivers Stadium	1:00 p.m.	NBC	W 38–10	1–2
4	September 27	New England Patriots	Three Rivers Stadium	1:00 p.m.	NBC	W 27–21 (OT)	2–2
5	October 4	at New Orleans Saints	Louisiana Superdome	2:00 p.m.	NBC	W 20–6	3–2
6	October 11	Cleveland Browns	Three Rivers Stadium	1:00 p.m.	NBC	W 13–7	4–2
7	October 18	at Cincinnati Bengals	Riverfront Stadium	1:00 p.m.	NBC	L 34–7	4–3
8	October 26	Houston Oilers	Three Rivers Stadium	9:00 p.m.	ABC	W 26–13	5–3
9	November 1	San Francisco 49ers	Three Rivers Stadium	1:00 p.m.	CBS	L 17–14	5–4
10	November 8	at Seattle Seahawks	Kingdome	4:00 p.m.	NBC	L 24–21	5–5
11	November 15	at Atlanta Falcons	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	1:00 p.m.	NBC	W 34–20	6–5
12	November 22	at Cleveland Browns	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	1:00 p.m.	NBC	W 32–10	7–5
13	November 29	Los Angeles Rams	Three Rivers Stadium	1:00 p.m.	CBS	W 24–0	8–5
14	December 7	at Oakland Raiders	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	9:00 p.m.	ABC	L 30–27	8–6
15	December 13	Cincinnati Bengals	Three Rivers Stadium	1:00 p.m.	NBC	L 17–10	8–7
16	December 20	at Houston Oilers	Astrodome	4:00 p.m.	NBC	L 21–20	8–8

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday, September 6, 1981): vs. Kansas City Chiefs

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chiefs	10	3	10	14	37
Steelers	6	13	7	7	33

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
Game weather: 67 °F or 19.4 °C, wind 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h; 4.3 kn)
Game attendance: 53,305
Referee: Jim Tunney
TV announcers: (NBC) Bob Costas (play by play), Bob Trumpy (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Swann 18 pass from Bradshaw (kick failed)
Kansas City – Marshall 48 pass from Kenney (Lowery kick)
Kansas City – FG Lowery 35
Pittsburgh – Harris 7 run (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – Harris 1 run (Trout kick)
Kansas City – FG Lowery 40
Kansas City – Carson 53 pass from Kenney (Lowery kick)
Pittsburgh – Hawthorne 1 run (Trout kick)
Kansas City – FG Lowery 42
Kansas City – McKnight 3 run (Lowery kick)
Pittsburgh – Smith 41 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Kansas City – Howard 65 fumble return (Lowery kick)

Week 2 (Thursday, September 10, 1981): at Miami Dolphins

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	3	7	0	0	10
Dolphins	0	13	14	3	30

at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

Game time: 8:30 pm EDT
Game weather: 81 °F or 27.2 °C, wind 10 miles per hour (16 km/h; 8.7 kn)
Game attendance: 74,190
Referee: Red Cashion
TV announcers: (ABC) Frank Gifford (play by play), Fran Tarkenton & Howard Cosell (color commentators)

Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – FG Trout 23
Miami – Woodley 1 run (kick failed)
Miami – Franklin 1 run (von Schamann kick)
Pittsburgh – Smith 32 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Miami – Nathan 13 pass from Woodley (von Schamann kick)
Miami – Vigorito 87 punt return (von Schamann kick)
Miami – FG von Schamann 32

Week 3 (Sunday, September 20, 1981): vs. New York Jets

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	0	3	0	7	10
Steelers	7	10	14	7	38

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
Game weather: 59 °F or 15 °C, wind 17 miles per hour (27 km/h; 15 kn)
Game attendance: 52,973
Referee: Gordon McCarter
TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui (play by play), John Brodie (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Davis 9 run (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 25
Pittsburgh – Pollard 23 run (Trout kick)
New York Jets – FG Leahy 47
Pittsburgh – Bradshaw 1 run (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Pollard 1 run (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Thornton 1 run (Trout kick)
New York Jets – McNeil 17 pass from Ryan (Leahy kick)

Week 4 (Sunday, September 27, 1981): vs. New England Patriots

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Patriots	0	7	0	14	0	21
Steelers	7	7	7	0	6	27

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
Game weather: 68 °F or 20 °C, wind 17 miles per hour (27 km/h; 15 kn)
Game attendance: 53,344
Referee: Gene Barth
TV announcers: (NBC) Bob Costas (play by play), Bob Trumpy (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Harris 1 run (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Cunningham 1 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
New England – Cavanaugh 1 run (Smith kick)
Pittsburgh – Harris 1 run (Trout kick)
New England – Collins 10 run (Smith kick)
New England – Morgan 12 pass from Cavanaugh (Smith kick)
Pittsburgh – Swann 24 pass from Bradshaw

Week 5 (Sunday, October 4, 1981): at New Orleans Saints

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	7	6	0	7	20
Saints	0	3	3	0	6

at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

Game time: 2:00 pm EDT
Game weather: Dome
Game attendance: 64,578
Referee: Jerry Seeman
TV announcers: (NBC) Sam Nover (play by play), Harmon Wages (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Swann 16 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 25
New Orleans – FG Ricardo 26
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 43
New Orleans – FG Ricardo 33
Pittsburgh – Stallworth 47 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)

Week 6 (Sunday, October 11, 1981): vs. Cleveland Browns

	1	2	3	4	Total
Browns	0	7	0	0	7
Steelers	7	3	0	3	13

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
Game weather: 51 °F or 10.6 °C, wind 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h; 5.2 kn)
Game attendance: 53,255
Referee: Ben Dreith
TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui (play by play), John Brodie (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Stallworth 9 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 19
Cleveland – Newsome 29 pass from Sipe (Bahr kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 23

Week 7 (Sunday, October 18, 1981): at Cincinnati Bengals

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	0	0	7	7
Bengals	10	3	14	7	34

at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
Game weather: 57 °F or 13.9 °C, wind 20 miles per hour (32 km/h; 17 kn)
Game attendance: 57,090
Referee: Jerry Markbreit
TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui (play by play), John Brodie (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

Cincinnati – FG Breech 27
Cincinnati – Johnson 3 run (Breech kick)
Cincinnati – FG Breech 23
Cincinnati – Verser 73 pass from Ken Anderson (Breech kick)
Cincinnati – Alexander 3 run (Breech kick)
Cincinnati – Johnson 5 pass from Ken Anderson (Breech kick)
Pittsburgh – Smith 17 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)

Week 8 (Monday, October 26, 1981): vs. Houston Oilers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oilers	0	3	0	10	13
Steelers	10	3	0	13	26

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time: 9:00 pm EST
Game weather: 53 °F or 11.7 °C, wind 10 miles per hour (16 km/h; 8.7 kn)
Game attendance: 52,732
Referee: Fred Silva
TV announcers: (ABC) Frank Gifford (play by play), Don Meredith & Fran Tarkenton (color commentators)

Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – FG Trout 19
Pittsburgh – Smith 46 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Houston – FG Fritsch 34
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 19
Houston – Casper 52 pass from Stabler (Fritsch kick)
Houston – FG Fritsch 44
Pittsburgh – Stallworth 6 pass from Bradshaw (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – Harris 1 run (Trout kick)

Week 9 (Sunday, November 1, 1981): vs. San Francisco 49ers

	1	2	3	4	Total
49ers	0	10	0	7	17
Steelers	0	0	14	0	14

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time: 1:00 pm EST
Game weather: 50 °F or 10 °C, wind 8 miles per hour (13 km/h; 7.0 kn)
Game attendance: 52,878
Referee: Bob Frederic
TV announcers: (CBS) Vin Scully (play by play), Hank Stram (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

San Francisco – Young 5 pass from Montana (Wersching kick)
San Francisco – FG Wersching 45
Pittsburgh – Blount 50 interception return (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Smith 22 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
San Francisco – Easley 1 run (Wersching kick)

Week 10 (Sunday, November 8, 1981): at Seattle Seahawks

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	7	14	0	0	21
Seahawks	3	7	0	14	24

at The Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Game time: 4:00 pm EST
Game weather: Dome
Game attendance: 59,058
Referee: Dick Jorgensen
TV announcers: (NBC) Jay Randolph (play by play), Rocky Bleier (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Harris 6 run (Trout kick)
Seattle – FG Herrera 37
Pittsburgh – Malone 90 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Thornton 4 run (Trout kick)
Seattle – Doornink 44 pass from Zorn (Herrera kick)
Seattle – T. Brown 1 run (Herrera kick)
Seattle – T. Brown 1 run (Herrera kick)

Week 11 (Sunday, November 15, 1981): at Atlanta Falcons

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	7	7	13	7	34
Falcons	0	7	3	10	20

at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia

Game time: 1:00 pm EST
Game weather: 53 °F or 11.7 °C, wind 11 miles per hour (18 km/h; 9.6 kn)
Game attendance: 57,485
Referee: Pat Haggerty
TV announcers: (NBC) Bob Costas (play by play), Bob Trumpy (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Cunningham 18 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Stallworth 6 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Atlanta – Jackson 35 pass from Bartkowski (Luckhurst kick)
Pittsburgh – Stallworth 19 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Atlanta – FG Luckhurst 43
Pittsburgh – Grossman 14 pass from Bradshaw (kick blocked)
Atlanta – Jenkins 30 pass from Bartkowski (Luckhurst kick)
Pittsburgh – Swann 22 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Atlanta – FG Luckhurst 22

Week 12 (Sunday, November 22, 1981): at Cleveland Browns

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	12	0	6	14	32
Browns	3	7	0	0	10

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Game time: 1:00 pm EST
Game weather: 30 °F or −1.1 °C, wind 15 miles per hour (24 km/h; 13 kn)
Game attendance: 77,958
Referee: Gene Barth
TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui (play by play), John Brodie (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

Cleveland – FG Bahr 33
Pittsburgh – Hawthorne 1 run (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – Thornton 3 run (kick failed)
Cleveland – Logan 13 pass from Sipe (Bahr kick)
Pittsburgh – Harris 2 run (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – Pinney 1 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Moser 5 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)

Week 13 (Sunday, November 29, 1981): vs. Los Angeles Rams

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	0	0	0	0
Steelers	7	14	3	0	24

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time: 1:00 pm EST
Game weather: 33 °F or 0.6 °C, wind 12 miles per hour (19 km/h; 10 kn)
Game attendance: 51,854
Referee: Tom Dooley
TV announcers: (CBS) Vin Scully (play by play), Hank Stram (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Harris 1 run (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Swann 9 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Bradshaw 1 run (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 21

Week 14 (Monday, December 7, 1981): at Oakland Raiders

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	7	7	6	7	27
Raiders	0	7	7	16	30

at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California

Game time: 9:00 pm EST
Game weather: 56 °F or 13.3 °C, wind 7 miles per hour (11 km/h; 6.1 kn)
Game attendance: 51,769
Referee: Jim Tunney
TV announcers: (ABC) Frank Gifford (play by play), Don Meredith & Howard Cosell (color commentators)

Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Cunningham 5 pass from Bradshaw (Trout kick)
Oakland – Ramsey 25 pass from Wilson (Bahr kick)
Pittsburgh – Smith 19 pass from Malone (Trout kick)
Oakland – Whittington 17 pass from Wilson (Bahr kick)
Pittsburgh – Malone 11 run (kick failed)
Oakland – Chandler 36 pass from Wilson (kick failed)
Oakland – Watts 53 punt return (Bahr kick)
Oakland – FG Bahr 29
Pittsburgh – Smith 17 pass from Malone (Trout kick)

Week 15 (Sunday, December 13, 1981): vs. Cincinnati Bengals

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	10	7	0	17
Steelers	0	3	0	7	10

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time: 1:00 pm EST
Game weather: 27 °F or −2.8 °C, wind 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h; 4.3 kn)
Game attendance: 50,623
Referee: Red Cashion
TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui (play by play), John Brodie (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – FG Trout 48
Cincinnati – FG Breech 38
Cincinnati – Curtis 2 pass from Ken Anderson (Breech kick)
Cincinnati – Kreider 22 pass from Ken Anderson (Breech kick)
Pittsburgh – Harris 2 pass from Malone (Trout kick)

Week 16 (Sunday, December 20, 1981): at Houston Oilers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	3	3	14	0	20
Oilers	7	7	0	7	21

at Astrodome, Houston, Texas

Game time: 4:00 pm EST
Game weather: Dome
Game attendance: 41,056
Referee: Bob McElwee
TV announcers: (NBC) Phil Stone (play by play), Gene Washington (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – FG Trout 40
Houston – Casper 15 pass from Nielsen (Fritsch kick)
Houston – Casper 23 pass from Nielsen (Fritsch kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Trout 37
Pittsburgh – Thornton 17 run (Trout kick)
Pittsburgh – Malone 2 run (Trout kick)
Houston – Casper 16 pass from Nielsen (Fritsch kick)

Standings

AFC Central
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cincinnati Bengals⁽¹⁾	12	4	0	.750	4–2	10–2	421	304	W2
Pittsburgh Steelers	8	8	0	.500	3–3	5–7	356	297	L3
Houston Oilers	7	9	0	.438	4–2	6–6	281	355	W1
Cleveland Browns	5	11	0	.313	1–5	2–10	276	375	L5

References

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1981 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
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