The Steelers did not score an offensive touchdown until the 5th game of the season, but did rebound to a 9–7 record (the same they posted the previous season). Unfortunately, unlike the previous season, 9–7 was not enough to gain a playoff berth.
1990 Pittsburgh Steelers season | |
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Head Coach | Chuck Noll |
Home Field | Three Rivers Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 9–7 |
Place | 3rd in AFC Central |
Playoff Finish | did not qualify |
Pro Bowlers | 2
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Team MVP | Rod Woodson |
Team ROY | Eric Green |
Timeline | |
Previous season | Next season |
1989 | 1991 |
Regular season[]
Schedule[]
Week | Date | Opponent | Location | Time (ET) | TV | Result | Record |
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1 | Sunday September 9 | at Cleveland Browns | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 4:00 pm | NBC | L 13–3 | 0–1 |
2 | Sunday September 16 | Houston Oilers | Three Rivers Stadium | 8:00 pm | TNT | W 20–9 | 1–1 |
3 | Sunday September 23 | at Los Angeles Raiders | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 4:00 pm | NBC | L 20–3 | 1–2 |
4 | Sunday September 30 | Miami Dolphins | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 pm | NBC | L 28–6 | 1–3 |
5 | Sunday October 7 | San Diego Chargers | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 pm | NBC | W 36–14 | 2–3 |
6 | Sunday October 14 | at Denver Broncos | Mile High Stadium | 4:00 pm | NBC | W 34–17 | 3–3 |
7 | Sunday October 21 | at San Francisco 49ers | Candlestick Park | 4:00 pm | NBC | L 27–7 | 3–4 |
8 | Monday October 29 | Los Angeles Rams | Three Rivers Stadium | 9:00 pm | ABC | W 41–10 | 4–4 |
9 | Sunday November 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 pm | CBS | W 21–9 | 5–4 |
10 | Sunday November 11 | Bye | |||||
11 | Sunday November 18 | at Cincinnati Bengals | Riverfront Stadium | 8:00 pm | ESPN | L 27–3 | 5–5 |
12 | Sunday November 25 | at New York Jets | Giants Stadium | 4:00 pm | NBC | W 24–7 | 6–5 |
13 | Sunday December 2 | Cincinnati Bengals | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 pm | NBC | L 16–12 | 6–6 |
14 | Sunday December 9 | New England Patriots | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 pm | NBC | W 24–3 | 7–6 |
15 | Sunday December 16 | at New Orleans Saints | Louisiana Superdome | 1:00 pm | NBC | W 9–6 | 8–6 |
16 | Sunday December 23 | Cleveland Browns | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 pm | NBC | W 35–0 | 9–6 |
17 | Sunday December 30 | at Houston Oilers | Astrodome | 8:00 pm | ESPN | L 34–14 | 9–7 |
Game summaries[]
Week 1 (Sunday September 9, 1990): at Cleveland Browns[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Steelers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Browns | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
- Game time: 4:00 pm EDT
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 78,298
- Referee: Dick Hantak
- TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui (play by play), Bob Trumpy (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 19
- Cleveland – Blaylock 30 fumble return (Kauric kick)
- Cleveland – FG Kauric 28
- Cleveland – FG Kauric 47
Week 2 (Sunday September 16, 1990): vs. Houston Oilers[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Oilers | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
Steelers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time: 8:00 pm EDT
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 54,814
- Referee: Gene Barth
- TV announcers: (TNT) Skip Caray (play by play), Pat Haden (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – D. Johnson 26 interception return (Anderson kick)
- Houston – White 1 run (Zendejas kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 31
- Houston – Safety, Childress tackled Brister in end zone
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 27
- Pittsburgh – Woodson 52 punt return (Anderson kick)
Week 3 (Sunday September 23, 1990): at Los Angeles Raiders[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Steelers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Raiders | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 |
at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
- Game time: 4:00 pm EDT
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 50,657
- Referee: Howard Roe
- TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert (play by play), Paul Maguire (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 31
- Los Angeles Raiders – FG Jaeger 40
- Los Angeles Raiders – FG Jaeger 45
- Los Angeles Raiders – Allen 1 run (Jaeger kick)
- Los Angeles Raiders – Fernandez 66 pass from Schroeder (Jaeger kick)
Week 4 (Sunday September 30, 1990): vs. Miami Dolphins[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Dolphins | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
Steelers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 54,691
- Referee: Gerald Austin
- TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert (play by play), Paul Maguire (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Miami – S. Smith 1 run (Stoyanovich kick)
- Miami – S. Smith 7 run (Stoyanovich kick)
- Clayton 35 pass from Marino (Stoyanovich kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 46
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 35
- Miami – Paige 1 run (Stoyanovich kick)
Week 5 (Sunday October 7, 1990): vs. San Diego Chargers[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Chargers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Steelers | 3 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 36 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 53,486
- Referee: Tom White
- TV announcers: (NBC) Joel Meyers (play by play), Ahmad Rashad (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 45
- San Diego – Plummer 2 pass from Tolliver (Reveiz kick)
- Pittsburgh – Green 8 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Green 1 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – W. Williams 2 run (Anderson kick)
- San Diego – L. Miller fumble recovery in end zone (Reveiz kick)
- Pittsburgh – Safety, Stone blocked punt out of end zone
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 45
- Pittsburgh – Foster 2 run (Anderson kick)
Week 6 (Sunday October 14, 1990): at Denver Broncos[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Steelers | 0 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
Broncos | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado
- Game time: 4:00 pm EDT
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 74,285
- Referee: Jerry Markbreit
- TV announcers: (NBC) Joel Meyers (play by play), Ahmad Rashad (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Denver – Winder 1 run (Treadwell kick)
- Denver – FG Treadwell 24
- Pittsburgh – Lipps 6 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
- Denver – Sewell 2 run (Treadwell kick)
- Pittsburgh – Green 3 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Hoge 6 run (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Green 10 pass from Brister (kick failed)
- Pittsburgh – Green 3 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
Week 7 (Sunday October 21, 1990): at San Francisco 49ers[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Steelers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
49ers | 0 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California
- Game time: 4:00 pm EDT
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 64,301
- Referee: Jim Tunney
- TV announcers: (NBC) Dick Enberg (play by play), Bill Walsh (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – Bell 2 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
- San Francisco – FG Cofer 39
- San Francisco – Sherrard 5 pass from Montana (Cofer kick)
- San Francisco – FG Cofer 20
- San Francisco – Rathman 1 run (Cofer kick)
- San Francisco – Rathman 1 run (Cofer kick)
Week 8 (Monday October 29, 1990): vs. Los Angeles Rams[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Rams | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Steelers | 14 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 41 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time: 9:00 pm EST
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 56,466
- Referee: Dick Hantak
- TV announcers: (ABC) Al Michaels (play by play), Frank Gifford & Dan Dierdorf (color commentators)
Scoring Drives:
- Los Angeles Rams – Greens 100 kickoff return (Lansford kick)
- Pittsburgh – Hoge 6 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Green 17 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
- Los Angeles Rams – FG Lansford 32
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 42
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 30
- Pittsburgh – Hoge 1 run (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Stone 8 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Hoge 2 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
Week 9 (Sunday November 4, 1990): vs. Atlanta Falcons[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Falcons | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Steelers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time: 1:00 pm EST
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 57,093
- Referee: Johnny Grier
- TV announcers: (CBS) Brad Nessler (play by play), Dan Jiggetts (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Atlanta – FG Davis 41
- Atlanta – FG Davis 43
- Atlanta – FG Davis 38
- Pittsburgh – Lipps 11 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Mularkey 19 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Williams 70 run (Anderson kick)
Week 10 (Sunday November 11, 1990): Bye Week[]
Week 11 (Sunday November 18, 1990): at Cincinnati Bengals[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Steelers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Bengals | 7 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Game time: 8:00 pm EST
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 60,064
- Referee: Tom Dooley
- TV announcers: (ESPN) Mike Patrick (play by play), Joe Theismann (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Cincinnati – Woods 5 run (Breech kick)
- Cincinnati – FG Breech 21
- Cincinnati – Taylor 1 run (Breech kick)
- CIncinnati – Bussey 70 fumble return (Breech kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 31
- Cincinnati – FG Breech 33
Week 12 (Sunday November 25, 1990): at New York Jets[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Steelers | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
Jets | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
- Game time: 4:00 pm EST
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 57,806
- Referee: Bob McElwee
- TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert (play by play), Paul Maguire (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- New York Jets – Moore 53 pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick)
- Pittsburgh – W. Williams 5 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 33
- Pittsburgh – Hoge 1 run (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Lipps 3 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
Week 13 (Sunday December 2, 1990): vs. Cincinnati Bengals[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Bengals | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Steelers | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time: 1:00 pm EST
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 58,200
- Referee: Jerry Markbreit
- TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui (play by play), Bob Trumpy (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 32
- Cincinnati – Brown 50 pass from Esiason (Breech kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 36
- Cincinnati – Safety, Francis tackled Brister in end zone
- Cincinnati – Brooks 7 run (Breech kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 29
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 48
Week 14 (Sunday December 9, 1990): vs. New England Patriots[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Patriots | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Steelers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time: 1:00 pm EST
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 48,354
- Referee: Dale Hamer
- TV announcers: (NBC) Tom Hammond (play by play), Joe Namath (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 42
- Pittsburgh – Hoge 8 run (Anderson kick)
- New England – FG Staurovsky 49
- Pittsburgh – Green 14 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Hoge 41 run (Anderson kick)
Week 15 (Sunday December 16, 1990): at New Orleans Saints[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Steelers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
Saints | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Game time: 1:00 pm EST
- Game weather: Dome
- Game attendance: 68,582
- Referee: Howard Roe
- TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert (play by play), Paul Maguire (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 29
- New Orleans – FG Andersen 50
- New Orleans – FG Andersen 43
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 42
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 43
Week 16 (Sunday December 23, 1990): vs. Cleveland Browns[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Browns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steelers | 21 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time: 1:00 pm EST
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 51,665
- Referee: Johnny Grier
- TV announcers: (NBC) Joel Meyers (play by play), Ahmad Rashad (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – Mularkey 20 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Calloway 20 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Mularkey 2 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Hoge 20 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – W. Williams 1 run (Anderson kick)
Week 17 (Sunday December 30, 1990): at Houston Oilers[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Steelers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Oilers | 7 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
- Game time: 8:00 pm EST
- Game weather: Dome
- Game attendance: 56,906
- Referee: Gerald Austin
- TV announcers: (ESPN) Mike Patrick (play by play), Joe Theismann (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Houston – White 1 run (Garcia kick)
- Houston – Givins 14 pass from Carlson (Garcia kick)
- Houston – Hill 3 pass from Carlson (Garcia kick)
- Houston – FG Garcia 47
- Pittsburgh – Hoge 4 run (Anderson kick)
- Houston – Jeffires 53 pass from Carlson (Garcia kick)
- Pittsburgh – Hoge 3 run (Anderson kick)
- Houston – FG Garcia 45
Standings[]
AFC Central | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
Cincinnati Bengals | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 5–1 | 8–4 | 360 | 352 | W2 |
Houston Oilers | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 4–2 | 8–4 | 405 | 307 | W1 |
Pittsburgh Steelers | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 2–4 | 6–6 | 292 | 240 | L1 |
Cleveland Browns | 3 | 13 | 0 | .188 | 1–5 | 2–10 | 228 | 462 | L2 |
References[]
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AFC | East | Central | West | East | Central | West | NFC |
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Buffalo | Cincinnati | Denver | Dallas | Chicago | Atlanta | ||
Indianapolis | Cleveland | Kansas City | NY Giants | Detroit | LA Rams | ||
Miami | Houston | LA Raiders | Philadelphia | Green Bay | New Orleans | ||
New England | Pittsburgh | San Diego | Phoenix | Minnesota | San Francisco | ||
NY Jets | Seattle | Washington | Tampa Bay | ||||
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