Record 12–4 Head coach Chuck Noll General manager Dick Haley Home field Three Rivers Stadium | Division place 1st AFC Central Start date 1979 Owner Art Rooney Team MVP John Stallworth | |
Playoff finish Won Divisional Playoffs (Dolphins) 34–14
Won AFC Championship (Oilers) 27–13
Won Super Bowl XIV (Rams) 31–19 Pro Bowlers 10
CB Mel Blount
QB Terry Bradshaw
DT Joe Greene
DE L. C. Greenwood
LB Jack Ham
RB Franco Harris
LB Jack Lambert
S Donnie Shell
WR John Stallworth
C Mike Webster AP All-Pros 6
Jack Ham (1st team)
Jack Lambert (1st team)
Donnie Shell (1st team)
John Stallworth (1st team)
Mike Webster (1st team)
Mel Blount (2nd team) Similar 1975 Pittsburgh Steelers s, 1978 Pittsburgh Steelers s, 1972 Pittsburgh Steelers s, 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers s, 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers s | ||
The 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers season saw the Steelers successfully defend their Super Bowl Championship from the previous year as they achieved a 12–4 record and 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. Finally defeating the Los Angeles Rams 31-19 in Super Bowl XIV.
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 the New York Mets won the 1986 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.