1979 Pittsburgh Steelers season
The 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 47th season in the National Football League. 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 [1979 1979 San Diego Chargers season|San Diego Chargers season|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.
The 1979 Steelers are the only team to win a Super Bowl featuring players that had never played for another team, featuring 40 original draft picks and six undrafted free agents. The 1979 squad would set a franchise record for total points and points-per-game, with both records later broken in 2014. They also remain the only team to win four Super Bowls in six years, as well as the only team with two streaks of consecutive Super Bowl wins.
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.
Preseason
Schedule
Notes:Regular season
Schedule
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.Notes:
Game summaries
Week 8: vs. Denver Broncos
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.Stats
PassingRushing
Receiving
Kicking
Punting
Kick Return
Punt Return
Defense & Fumbles
Scoring Summary
Team
'''Quarter-by-quarter'''
Postseason
Schedule
Notes:Statistics
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yards | TD |
| Franco Harris | 267 | 1,186 | 11 |
| Sidney Thornton | 118 | 585 | 6 |
| Rocky Bleier | 92 | 434 | 4 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 21 | 83 | |
| Lynn Swann | 1 | 9 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Yards | TD |
| John Stallworth | 70 | 1,183 | 8 |
| Lynn Swann | 41 | 808 | 5 |
| Bennie Cunningham | 36 | 512 | 4 |
| Franco Harris | 36 | 291 | 1 |
| Rocky Bleier | 31 | 277 | |
| Sidney Thornton | 16 | 231 | 4 |