1999 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Encyclopedia
For the second consecutive season the Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...

 failed to make the playoffs after starting off the season by winning 5 of their first 8 games. Losing seven of the remaining eight dropped Pittsburgh to 6–10 for the year, their worst record under Bill Cowher.

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Location Time (ET
North American Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

)
TV Result Record
1 Sunday September 12 Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

Cleveland Browns Stadium
Cleveland Browns Stadium
-See also:* List of current National Football League stadiums* Chronology of home stadiums for current National Football League teams* List of American football stadiums by capacity* List of U.S. stadiums by capacity* List of North American stadiums by capacity...

8:20 PM ESPN W 43–0 1–0
2 Sunday September 19 Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens are a professional football franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland.The Baltimore Ravens are officially a quasi-expansion franchise, having originated in 1995 with the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his...

PSInet Stadium 1:00 PM CBS W 23–20 2–0
3 Sunday September 26 Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...

Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

1:00 PM CBS L 29–10 2–1
4 Sunday October 3 Jacksonville Jaguars
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 PM CBS L 17–3 2–2
5 Sunday October 10 Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

Ralph Wilson Stadium
Ralph Wilson Stadium
Ralph Wilson Stadium is a football stadium, located in the town of Orchard Park, a suburb of Buffalo, New York. It is the home for the Buffalo Bills, of the NFL...

1:00 PM CBS L 24–21 2–3
6 Sunday October 17 Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...

Cinergy Field
Cinergy Field
Riverfront Stadium , later known as Cinergy Field , was the home of the Cincinnati Reds National League baseball team and the Cincinnati Bengals National Football League team. Located on the Ohio River in downtown Cincinnati, the stadium was best known as the home of "The Big Red Machine," as the...

1:00 PM CBS W 17–3 3–3
7 Monday October 25 Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

Three Rivers Stadium 9:00 PM ABC W 13–9 4–3
8 Sunday October 31 Bye
9 Sunday November 7 San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

3Com Park 4:15 PM CBS W 27–6 5–3
10 Sunday November 14 Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 PM CBS L 16–15 5–4
11 Sunday November 21 Tennessee Titans
Tennessee Titans
The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...

Adelphia Coliseum 1:00 PM CBS L 16–10 5–5
12 Sunday November 28 Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...

Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 PM CBS L 27–20 5–6
13 Thursday December 2 Jacksonville Jaguars
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

Alltel Stadium
Alltel Stadium
EverBank Field is an American football stadium in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, and the home stadium facility of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League . It also hosts the annual Florida vs...

8:20 PM ESPN L 20–6 5–7
14 Sunday December 12 Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens are a professional football franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland.The Baltimore Ravens are officially a quasi-expansion franchise, having originated in 1995 with the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his...

Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 PM CBS L 31–24 5–8
15 Saturday December 18 Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

Arrowhead Stadium
Arrowhead Stadium
Arrowhead Stadium is a stadium located in Kansas City, Missouri and home to the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs....

12:30 PM CBS L 35–19 5–9
16 Sunday December 26 Carolina Panthers
Carolina Panthers
The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are currently members of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Panthers, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, joined the NFL as expansion...

Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 PM FOX W 30–20 6–9
17 Sunday January 2 Tennessee Titans
Tennessee Titans
The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...

Three Rivers Stadium 4:15 PM CBS L 47–36 6–10

Week 1 (Sunday September 12, 1999): at Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Cleveland Browns Stadium
Cleveland Browns Stadium
-See also:* List of current National Football League stadiums* Chronology of home stadiums for current National Football League teams* List of American football stadiums by capacity* List of U.S. stadiums by capacity* List of North American stadiums by capacity...

, Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...


  • Game time: 8:20 PM EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 73,138
  • Referee: Bob McElwee
    Bob McElwee
    Robert T. "Bob" McElwee is a former American football official, who served for 41 years, with 27 of those years in the National Football League from 1976 to 2003...

  • TV announcers: (ESPN) Mike Patrick
    Mike Patrick
    Mike Patrick is an American sportscaster.-Career:Patrick began his broadcasting career in the fall of 1966 at WVSC-Radio in Somerset, Pa. In 1970, he was named Sports Director at WJXT-TV in Jacksonville, Fla., where he provided play-by-play for Jacksonville Sharks' World Football League telecasts...

     (play by play), Joe Theismann
    Joe Theismann
    Joseph Robert "Joe" Theismann is a former quarterback in the National Football League and Canadian Football League . He achieved his most enduring fame in his 12 seasons playing for the Washington Redskins, where he was a two-time Pro Bowler and quarterback of the winning team in Super Bowl XVII...

     & Paul Maguire
    Paul Maguire
    Paul Leo Maguire is a former American football player and current television sportscaster.-Early sports career:Maguire attended Ursuline High School in Youngstown,Ohio and was recruited to play at The Citadel by the late Al Davis who was then an assistant coach and chief recruiter...

     (color commentators), Solomon Wilcots
    Solomon Wilcots
    Solomon Wilcots is a former American football defensive back in the NFL. Wilcots played sixs in the league for the Cincinnati Bengals, Minnesota Vikings, and Pittsburgh Steelers.-Broadcasting:...

     (sideline reporter)


Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – Stewart 1 run (Brown kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 18
  • Pittsburgh – Huntley 5 pass from Stewart (Brown kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 28
  • Pittsburgh – Huntley 3 run (kick blocked)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 19
  • Pittsburgh – Huntley 21 pass from Tomczak (Brown kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Ward 1 pass from Tomczak (Brown kick)

Week 2 (Sunday September 19, 1999): at Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens are a professional football franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland.The Baltimore Ravens are officially a quasi-expansion franchise, having originated in 1995 with the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his...

 

at PSINet Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 68,965
  • Referee: Gerald Austin
    Gerald Austin
    Dr. Gerald "Gerry" Austin is a retired American football official, who worked in the National Football League from the 1982 season through the 2007 season. He wore uniform number 34, which is now worn by Clete Blakeman. Austin has officiated in three Super Bowls, one as a side judge and two as a...

  • TV announcers: (CBS) Ian Eagle
    Ian Eagle
    Ian Eagle is an American sports announcer calling National Football League games on CBS, New Jersey Nets games on the YES Network and hosts Full Court Press, a basketball talk show with former player Kenny Smith on Sirius Satellite Radio...

     (play by play), Mark May
    Mark May
    Mark Eric May is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. He is currently a football analyst for ESPN.-Football career:...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – Stewart 8 run (Brown kick)
  • Baltimore – Rhett 2 run (Stover kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Huntley 17 run (Brown kick)
  • Baltimore – FG Stover 45
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 32
  • Baltimore – FG Stover 28
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 28
  • Baltimore – Ismail 19 pass from Case (Stover kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 36

Week 3 (Sunday September 26, 1999): vs. Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather: 78°F (Sunny)
  • Game attendance: 57,881
  • Referee: Phil Luckett
    Phil Luckett
    Phil Luckett was an official in the National Football League . His officiating uniform number was 59. He entered the NFL as a field judge in 1991, then became a referee in 1997 after Red Cashion and Howard Roe announced their retirements, and returned to the back judge position in 2001...

  • TV announcers: (CBS) Kevin Harlan
    Kevin Harlan
    Kevin Harlan is an American television sports announcer. The son of former Green Bay Packers executive Bob Harlan, he currently broadcasts NFL and college basketball games on CBS. Harlan is also a play-by-play announcer for the NBA on TNT...

     (play by play), Sam Wyche
    Sam Wyche
    Samuel David "Sam" Wyche is a former American football player and head coach, who is best known as the head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Seattle – Hanks 23 interception return (Peterson kick)
  • Seattle – Rogers 94 punt return (Peterson kick)
  • Seattle – FG Peterson 45
  • Seattle – FG Peterson 51
  • Seattle – FG Peterson 41
  • Seattle – FG Peterson 26
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 33
  • Seattle – FG Peterson 38
  • Pittsburgh – Edwards 16 pass from Tomczak (Brown kick)

Week 4 (Sunday October 3, 1999): vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather: 59°F (Partly Sunny)
  • Game attendance: 57,308
  • Referee: Dick Hantak
    Dick Hantak
    Dick Hantak was an American football official in the National Football League for 25 years between 1978 and 2003. He began his NFL officiating career as a back judge and became a referee eight years later...

  • TV announcers: (CBS) Verne Lundquist
    Verne Lundquist
    Merton Laverne "Verne" Lundquist, Jr. is an American sportscaster, currently employed by CBS Sports television.-Early life and career:Lundquist was born in Duluth, Minnesota...

     (play by play), Dan Dierdorf
    Dan Dierdorf
    Daniel Lee "Dan" Dierdorf is a former American football player and current television sportscaster. He played 13 NFL seasons and has worked for ABC's Monday Night Football and CBS as a color commentator since retiring from football....

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Jacksonville – McCardell 7 pass from Brunell (Hollis kick)
  • PIttsburgh – FG Brown 48
  • Jacksonville – FG Hollis 27
  • Jacksonville – FG Hollis 41
  • Jacksonville – Safety, Stewart fumbled ball out of end zone
  • Jacksonville – Safety, Smeenge sacked Stewart in end zone

Week 5 (Sunday October 10, 1999): at Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Ralph Wilson Stadium
Ralph Wilson Stadium
Ralph Wilson Stadium is a football stadium, located in the town of Orchard Park, a suburb of Buffalo, New York. It is the home for the Buffalo Bills, of the NFL...

, Orchard Park, New York

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 71,038
  • Referee: Ed Hochuli
    Ed Hochuli
    Edward G. Hochuli is an attorney for the firm of Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C. since 1983, and better known as an American football official in the National Football League since the 1990 NFL season. His uniform number is 85...

  • TV announcers: (CBS) Ian Eagle
    Ian Eagle
    Ian Eagle is an American sports announcer calling National Football League games on CBS, New Jersey Nets games on the YES Network and hosts Full Court Press, a basketball talk show with former player Kenny Smith on Sirius Satellite Radio...

     (play by play), Mark May
    Mark May
    Mark Eric May is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. He is currently a football analyst for ESPN.-Football career:...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – Ward 12 pass from Stewart (Brown kick)
  • Buffalo – Gash 2 pass from Flutie (Christie kick)
  • Buffalo – Moulds 49 pass from Flutie (Christie kick)
  • Buffalo – FG Christie 29
  • Pittsburgh – Edwards 17 pass from Stewart (Brown kick)
  • Buffalo – Riemersma 8 pass from Flutie (Christie kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Bettis 1 run (Brown kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 17, 1999): at Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...

 

at Cinergy Field
Cinergy Field
Riverfront Stadium , later known as Cinergy Field , was the home of the Cincinnati Reds National League baseball team and the Cincinnati Bengals National Football League team. Located on the Ohio River in downtown Cincinnati, the stadium was best known as the home of "The Big Red Machine," as the...

, Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...


  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 59,669
  • Referee: Jeff Triplette
    Jeff Triplette
    Jeff Triplette is an official in the National Football League since the 1996 season. He wears uniform number 42. His 2011 NFL officiating crew consists of umpire Jeff Rice, head linesman Phil McKinnely, line judge Jeff Bergman, field judge Barry Anderson, side judge Dave Wyant and back judge Steve...

  • TV announcers: (CBS) Gus Johnson
    Gus Johnson (sportscaster)
    Augustus Cornelius "Gus" Johnson, Jr. is an American sportscaster. Formerly employed by CBS Sports, he currently calls play-by-play for Fox Sports, Showtime, the Big Ten Network and EA Sports.-Education:...

     (play by play), Brent Jones
    Brent Jones
    Brent Michael Jones is a former American Football tight end who played almost his entire career with the San Francisco 49ers from 1987 to 1997. He was selected in the 5th round by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1986 NFL Draft...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – Bettis 1 run (Brown kick)
  • Cincinnati – FG Pelfrey 37
  • Pittsburgh – Bettis 5 run (Brown kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 43

Week 7 (Monday October 25, 1999): vs. Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time: 9:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather: 48°F (Clear)
  • Game attendance: 58,141
  • Referee: Ron Winter
    Ron Winter
    Ronald J. "Ron" Winter is an American football official in the National Football League . Winter previously served as a football official for the National Collegiate Athletic Association ....

  • TV announcers: (ABC) Al Michaels
    Al Michaels
    Alan Richard "Al" Michaels is an American television sportscaster. Now employed by NBC Sports after nearly three decades with ABC Sports, Michaels is one of the most prominent members of his profession...

     (play by play), Boomer Esiason
    Boomer Esiason
    Norman Julius "Boomer" Esiason is a former American football quarterback and current network color commentator. He played for the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets, and Arizona Cardinals before working as an analyst for ABC and HBO...

     (color commentator), Lesley Visser
    Lesley Visser
    Lesley Candace Visser is an American sportscaster, radio personality, and sportswriter. Visser is the first female NFL analyst on TV, and the only sportscaster in history, male or female, who has worked on Final Four, NBA Finals, World Series, Triple Crown, Monday Night Football, the Olympics, the...

     (sideline reporter)


Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – Huntley 13 pass from Stewart (Brown kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 51
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 25
  • Atlanta – Mathis 5 pass from Chandler (Andersen kick)
  • Atlanta – Safety, Miller stepped out of end zone

Week 9 (Sunday November 7, 1999): at San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...

 

at 3Com Park, San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...


  • Game time: 4:15 PM EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 68,657
  • Referee: Tom White
    Tom White (American football official)
    Tom White was an American football official in the United States Football League from 1983-1986 and then National Football League for seventeen seasons from the 1989 to 2005 seasons. He started in the league as a head linesman and was promoted to referee with the start of the 1990 NFL season. He...

  • TV announcers: (CBS) Greg Gumbel
    Greg Gumbel
    Greg Gumbel is an American television sportscaster. He is best known for his various assignments on the CBS network...

     (play by play), Phil Simms
    Phil Simms
    Phillip Martin "Phil" Simms is a former American football quarterback, and currently a television sportscaster for the CBS network. After a standout career at Morehead State University, Simms was drafted in the first round by the New York Giants of the National Football League with the number...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – Bettis 1 run (Brown kick)
  • San Francisco – FG Richey 19
  • Pittsburgh – Ward 13 pass from Stewart (Brown kick)
  • PIttsburgh – FG Brown 28
  • San Francisco – FG Richey 20
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 38
  • Pittsburgh – Bettis 22 run (Brown kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 14, 1999): vs. Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game weather: 53°F (Partly Sunny)
  • Game attendance: 58,213
  • Referee: Johnny Grier
    Johnny Grier
    Johnny Grier was an American football official for 23 years in the National Football League from 1981 to 2004. He began in the NFL as a field judge before becoming the first African-American referee in the history of the NFL with the start of the 1988 NFL season...

  • TV announcers: (CBS) Craig Bolerjack
    Craig Bolerjack
    Craig Bolerjack is an American sportscaster. He is currently an announcer for FOX Sports, working mostly college football and college basketball games.-Biography:...

     (play by play), Beasley Reece
    Beasley Reece
    Beasley Young Reece, Jr. was an American football defensive back with a nine year NFL career from 1976 to 1984...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Cleveland – K. Johnson 35 pass from Couch (Dawson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 41
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 32
  • Pittsburgh – Huntley 5 run (run failed)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 47
  • Cleveland – Edwards 5 pass from Couch (run failed)
  • Cleveland – FG Dawson 39

Week 11 (Sunday November 21, 1999): at Tennessee Titans
Tennessee Titans
The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...

 

at Adelphia Coliseum, Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...


  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 66,619
  • Referee: Mike Carey
    Mike Carey (American football official)
    Michael "Mike" Carey is an American football official in the National Football League since the 1990 NFL season. His uniform number is 94. Prior to his officiating career, he played college football as a running back for Santa Clara University .Carey is a respected official in the NFL for his...

  • TV announcers: (CBS) Don Criqui
    Don Criqui
    Don Criqui is an American sportscaster, currently employed as a play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports. Criqui's duties include occasional television coverage of National Football League games, women's and men's college basketball, occasional college football and radio play-by-play of ISP Sports'...

     (play by play), Steve Tasker
    Steve Tasker
    Steven Jay Tasker is a broadcaster for CBS Sports, who previously was a wide receiver/gunner in the National Football League. He was drafted in the ninth round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers. He played college football at Northwestern...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Tennessee – McNair 2 run (Del Greco kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Edwards 15 pass from Stewart (Brown kick)
  • Tennessee – McNair 3 run (Del Greco kick)
  • Tennessee – Safety, Stewart penalized for intentional grounding in end zone
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 24

Week 12 (Sunday November 28, 1999): vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game weather: 45°F (Mostly Sunny)
  • Game attendance: 50,907
  • Referee: Walt Coleman
    Walt Coleman
    Walt Coleman is an American football official in the National Football League since the 1989 NFL season. He wears uniform number 65.- Personal :Coleman resides in Little Rock, Arkansas and is a sixth-generation family operator of Coleman Dairy....

  • TV announcers: (CBS) Bill Macatee
    Bill Macatee
    Bill Macatee is an American sports broadcaster.-Early life and career:Macatee was born in Rome, New York, and grew up in El Paso, Texas. In 1978, he earned a bachelor of science degree in speech from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas...

     (play by play), Beasley Reece
    Beasley Reece
    Beasley Young Reece, Jr. was an American football defensive back with a nine year NFL career from 1976 to 1984...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Cincinnati – Scott 76 pass from Blake (Pelfrey kick)
  • Cincinnati – Blake 4 run (Pelfrey kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 35
  • Cincinnati – Heath 58 interception return (Pelfrey kick)
  • Cincinnati – FG Pelfrey 29
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 33
  • Pittsburgh – Shaw 15 pass from Tomczak (Brown kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Ward 34 pass from Tomczak (Brown kick)
  • Cincinnati – FG Pelfrey 29

Week 13 (Thursday December 2, 1999): at Jacksonville Jaguars
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Alltel Stadium
Alltel Stadium
EverBank Field is an American football stadium in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, and the home stadium facility of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League . It also hosts the annual Florida vs...

, Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...


  • Game time: 8:20 PM EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 68,806
  • Referee: Bill Carollo
    Bill Carollo
    William F. "Bill" Carollo is a retired American football official who officiated National Football League games from the 1989 through 2008. He wore uniform number 63. Carollo officiated in two Super Bowls and seven conference championship games...

  • TV announcers: (ESPN) Mike Patrick
    Mike Patrick
    Mike Patrick is an American sportscaster.-Career:Patrick began his broadcasting career in the fall of 1966 at WVSC-Radio in Somerset, Pa. In 1970, he was named Sports Director at WJXT-TV in Jacksonville, Fla., where he provided play-by-play for Jacksonville Sharks' World Football League telecasts...

     (play by play), Joe Theismann
    Joe Theismann
    Joseph Robert "Joe" Theismann is a former quarterback in the National Football League and Canadian Football League . He achieved his most enduring fame in his 12 seasons playing for the Washington Redskins, where he was a two-time Pro Bowler and quarterback of the winning team in Super Bowl XVII...

     & Paul Maguire
    Paul Maguire
    Paul Leo Maguire is a former American football player and current television sportscaster.-Early sports career:Maguire attended Ursuline High School in Youngstown,Ohio and was recruited to play at The Citadel by the late Al Davis who was then an assistant coach and chief recruiter...

     (color commentators), Solomon Wilcots
    Solomon Wilcots
    Solomon Wilcots is a former American football defensive back in the NFL. Wilcots played sixs in the league for the Cincinnati Bengals, Minnesota Vikings, and Pittsburgh Steelers.-Broadcasting:...

     (sideline reporter)


Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 40
  • Jacksonville – FG Hollis 25
  • Jacksonville – FG Hollis 32
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 39
  • Jacksonville – Smith 27 pass from Brunell (Hollis kick)
  • Jacksonville – Stewart 1 run (Hollis kick)

Week 14 (Sunday December 12, 1999): vs. Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens are a professional football franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland.The Baltimore Ravens are officially a quasi-expansion franchise, having originated in 1995 with the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game weather: 42°F (Partly Sunny)
  • Game attendance: 46,715
  • Referee: Jeff Triplette
    Jeff Triplette
    Jeff Triplette is an official in the National Football League since the 1996 season. He wears uniform number 42. His 2011 NFL officiating crew consists of umpire Jeff Rice, head linesman Phil McKinnely, line judge Jeff Bergman, field judge Barry Anderson, side judge Dave Wyant and back judge Steve...

  • TV announcers: (CBS) Ian Eagle
    Ian Eagle
    Ian Eagle is an American sports announcer calling National Football League games on CBS, New Jersey Nets games on the YES Network and hosts Full Court Press, a basketball talk show with former player Kenny Smith on Sirius Satellite Radio...

     (play by play), Mark May
    Mark May
    Mark Eric May is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. He is currently a football analyst for ESPN.-Football career:...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – Ward 21 pass from Bettis (Brown kick)
  • Baltimore – Holmes 64 run (Stover kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 31
  • Baltimore – FG Stover 19
  • Baltimore – Ismail 54 pass from Banks (Stover kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Edwards 6 pass from Tomczak (Brown kick)
  • Baltimore – Ismail 59 pass from Banks (Stover kick)
  • Baltimore – Ismail 76 pass from Banks (Stover kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Stewart 11 pass from Tomczak (Brown kick)

Week 15 (Saturday December 18, 1999): at Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

 

at Arrowhead Stadium
Arrowhead Stadium
Arrowhead Stadium is a stadium located in Kansas City, Missouri and home to the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs....

, Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...


  • Game time: 12:30 PM EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 78,697
  • Referee: Larry Nemmers
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Verne Lundquist
    Verne Lundquist
    Merton Laverne "Verne" Lundquist, Jr. is an American sportscaster, currently employed by CBS Sports television.-Early life and career:Lundquist was born in Duluth, Minnesota...

     (play by play), Dan Dierdorf
    Dan Dierdorf
    Daniel Lee "Dan" Dierdorf is a former American football player and current television sportscaster. He played 13 NFL seasons and has worked for ABC's Monday Night Football and CBS as a color commentator since retiring from football....

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – T. Edwards 12 pass from Tomczak (Brown kick)
  • Kansas City – Gonzales 15 pass from Grbac (Stoyanovich kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 42
  • Kansas City – D. Edwards 28 interception return (Stoyanovich kick)
  • Kansas City – Gonzales 2 pass from Grbac (Stoyanovich kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 47
  • Kansas City – Alexander 82 run (Stoyanovich kick)
  • Kansas City – Morris 10 run (Stoyanovich kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Shaw 11 pass from Tomczak (pass failed)

Week 16 (Sunday December 26, 1999): vs. Carolina Panthers
Carolina Panthers
The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are currently members of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Panthers, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, joined the NFL as expansion...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game weather: 30°F (Light Snow)
  • Game attendance: 39,428
  • Referee: Bob McElwee
    Bob McElwee
    Robert T. "Bob" McElwee is a former American football official, who served for 41 years, with 27 of those years in the National Football League from 1976 to 2003...

  • TV announcers: (FOX) Ray Bentley
    Ray Bentley
    Ray Russell Bentley is a former professional American football linebacker.-Playing career:...

     (play by play), Ron Pitts
    Ron Pitts
    Ronald Dwayne Pitts is a former professional American football player. He played defensive back for the Buffalo Bills and the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League . He played college football for the University of California, Los Angeles Bruins.Pitts was drafted by the Bills in the...

     (color commentator)


Scoring Drives:
  • Pittsburgh – FG Brown 46
  • Pittsburgh – Davis 102 fumble return (Brown kick)
  • Carolina – Lane 41 run (Kasay kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Huntley 25 run (fumbled snap)
  • Carolina – Jeffers 88 pass from Beuerlein (kick failed)
  • Pittsburgh – Ward 9 pass from Tomczak (Brown kick)
  • Carolina – Jeffers 43 pass from Beuerlein (Kasay kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Bettis 8 run (Brown kick)

Week 17 (Sunday January 2, 2000): vs. Tennessee Titans
Tennessee Titans
The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...

 

at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...


  • Game time: 4:15 PM EST
  • Game weather: 66°F (Mostly Cloudy)
  • Game attendance: 48,025
  • Referee: Tom White
    Tom White (American football official)
    Tom White was an American football official in the United States Football League from 1983-1986 and then National Football League for seventeen seasons from the 1989 to 2005 seasons. He started in the league as a head linesman and was promoted to referee with the start of the 1990 NFL season. He...

  • TV announcers: (CBS) Don Criqui
    Don Criqui
    Don Criqui is an American sportscaster, currently employed as a play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports. Criqui's duties include occasional television coverage of National Football League games, women's and men's college basketball, occasional college football and radio play-by-play of ISP Sports'...

     (play by play), Steve Tasker
    Steve Tasker
    Steven Jay Tasker is a broadcaster for CBS Sports, who previously was a wide receiver/gunner in the National Football League. He was drafted in the ninth round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers. He played college football at Northwestern...

     (color commentator)

  • Tennessee – Wycheck 9 pass from McNair (Del Greco kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Huntley 8 run (Brown kick)
  • Tennessee – Thomas 11 run (Del Greco kick)
  • Tennessee – Wycheck 26 pass from O'Donnell (Del Greco kick)
  • Tennessee – Kearse 14 fumble return (Del Greco kick)
  • Tennessee – FG Del Greco 42
  • Pittsburgh – Ward 15 pass from Tomczak (Ward pass from Tomczak)
  • Tennessee – Safety, Thorton sacked Tomczak in end zone
  • Tennessee – Roan 24 pass from O'Donnell (Del Greco kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Bettis 1 run (Brown kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Porter 46 fumble return (Brown kick)
  • Tennessee – Walker 83 fumble return (Del Greco kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Shaw 35 pass from Tomczak (Brown kick)

Roster

1999 Pittsburgh Steelers roster
Quarterbacks
  •  7 Pete Gonzalez
  • 10 Kordell Stewart
    Kordell Stewart
    Kordell Stewart, nicknamed "Slash" , is a former American NFL quarterback. Stewart attended the University of Colorado and was drafted 60th in the 1995 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers...

  • 18 Mike Tomczak
    Mike Tomczak
    Michael John "Mike" Tomczak is a former American football player. Tomczak played quarterback for several NFL teams including the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Cleveland Browns, and Pittsburgh Steelers....



Running Backs
  • 36 Jerome Bettis
    Jerome Bettis
    Jerome Abram "The Bus" Bettis is a retired American football halfback who played for the NFL's Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers. Bettis is considered one of the best big backs ever because his footwork and power, and is currently fifth on the National Football League's all-time...

  • 45 Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala
    Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala
    Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala is a retired American football running back who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was selected in the sixth round of the 1998 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers out of the University of Utah.-Early...

     FB
  • 33 Richard Huntley
    Richard Huntley
    Richard Earl Huntley is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League. He played six seasons for the Atlanta Falcons , the Pittsburgh Steelers , the Carolina Panthers , and the Detroit Lions . He played college football at Winston-Salem State University....

  • 38 Jon Witman
    Jon Witman
    Jon Doyle Witman is a former professional American football player who played full back for six seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers-Biography:...

     FB
  • 21 Amos Zereoue
    Amos Zereoue
    Amos Zereoué is an African-born former American football player in the National Football League, who last played for the New England Patriots...



Wide Receivers
  • 89 Will Blackwell
    Will Blackwell
    Will Blackwell is a former American football player who played wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League. Blackwell was picked in the 2nd round of the 1997 draft with high expectations from his successful career at San Diego State, but played sparingly in five years...

  • 81 Troy Edwards
    Troy Edwards
    Troy Edwards , is a professional American football player who was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1st round of the 1999 NFL Draft. A wide receiver from Louisiana Tech University, Edwards led the nation in receiving during his senior year in college with 140 receptions for 1,996 yards and...

  • 88 Courtney Hawkins
  • 83 Malcolm Johnson
  • 82 Bobby Shaw
    Bobby Shaw
    Bobby T. Shaw is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. Shaw has played for 4 NFL teams: Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Buffalo Bills, and San Diego Chargers and 1 team in the ACFL . Shaw attended Galileo High School and played college football at...

  • 86 Hines Ward
    Hines Ward
    Hines E. Ward, Jr. is an American football player who currently plays the wide receiver position for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, where he is the longest-tenured current player on the team. He was voted MVP of Super Bowl XL. He played college football at the University of Georgia...



Tight Ends
  • 87 Mark Bruener
    Mark Bruener
    Mark Frederick Bruener is a former American football tight end of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers 27th overall in the 1995 NFL Draft. He played college football at Washington.Bruener played nine seasons with the Steelers followed by five with the Houston...

  • 48 Tony Cline
    Tony Cline
    Anthony Cline was an American football defensive end in the NFL for two different teams. He played college football at the University of Miami. His son Tony Cline Jr...

  • 80 Matt Cushing
    Matt Cushing
    Matthew Jay Cushing is a former professional American football player who played tight end for six seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers.The Steelers signed Matt Cushing to a one-year contract in March 2004...

  • 85 Mitch Lyons
    Mitch Lyons
    Mitchell Warren "Mitch" Lyons is a former American football tight end in the National Football League. He attended Forest Hills Northern High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan and played college football at Michigan State University. At 6'5" tall and 265 pounds, the Atlanta Falcons drafted him in...

  • 84 Jerame Tuman
    Jerame Tuman
    Jerame Dean Tuman is an American football tight end who is a free agent. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan....

Offensive Linemen
  • 60 Anthony Brown
    Anthony Brown
    Anthony Brown is an American jazz percussionist, drummer, composer, and bandleader, and ethnomusicologist. He is the son of a Choctaw and African American father and a Japanese mother. Long associated with the Asian American jazz movement, he specializes in the juxtaposition of American and Asian...

     T/G
  • 78 Chris Conrad
    Chris Conrad
    Christopher Andrew "Chris" Conrad is an American actor, known for playing Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. He should not be confused with fellow actor Christian Conrad ....

     T
  • 63 Dermontti Dawson
    Dermontti Dawson
    Dermontti Farra Dawson is a former American football center in the National Football League. He played his entire career with the Pittsburgh Steelers....

     C
  • 62 Roger Duffy
    Roger Duffy
    Roger Duffy is an American architect, known for rigorous and unconventional approach to design. He currently works as a partner at the firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill...

     C/G
  • 65 Alan Faneca
    Alan Faneca
    Alan Joseph Faneca, Jr. is a former American football guard in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers 26th overall in the 1998 NFL Draft and played college football for Louisiana State....

     G
  • 72 Wayne Gandy
    Wayne Gandy
    Wayne Gandy is an American football offensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams 15th overall in the 1994 NFL Draft...

     T
  • 67 Shar Pourdanesh
    Shar Pourdanesh
    Shahriar Pourdanesh is a former American football offensive lineman who played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Oakland Raiders from 1996 to 2001 when in 2001 a severe knee injury cut his career short.He previously played with the Baltimore...

     T
  • 66 Jim Sweeney
    Jim Sweeney (American football)
    James Joseph Sweeney is a former American football center and guard who played 16 seasons in the National Football League. He played for the Jets for 11 years, then the Seahawks for 1 year, and finally the Steelers for 4 years....

     C/G/T
  • 68 Brenden Stai
    Brenden Stai
    Brenden Michael Stai is a former American football offensive guard in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 1995 NFL Draft...

     G


  • Defensive Linemen
    • 98 Ernie Brown DE
    • 76 Kevin Henry
      Kevin Henry
      Kevin Lerell Henry is a former American football defensive lineman who played eight seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers...

       DE
    • 91 Aaron Smith
      Aaron Smith (American football)
      Aaron Douglas Smith is a professional American football player with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League. He plays left defensive end in a 3-4 defensive alignment.-Pittsburgh Steelers:...

       DE
    • 94 Jeremy Staat
      Jeremy Staat
      Jeremy Ray Staat is a former American Football defensive end who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1998 and the St. Louis Rams for two games in 2003. He also played for the Los Angeles Avengers arena football team...

       DE
    • 93 Joel Steed
      Joel Steed
      Joel Steed is a former American football nose tackle who played eight seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He went to the University of Colorado at Boulder. Steed was an important and often underappreciated part of the Steeler's defense during their 1995 season, at the end of which they reached...

       NT
    • 74 Nolan Harrison
      Nolan Harrison
      Nolan Harrison III is a former American football defensive lineman who played ten seasons in the National Football League for the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Indiana University and was team captain All Big 10...

       DE/DT
    • 71 Orpheus Roye
      Orpheus Roye
      Orpheus Michael Roye is a former American football defensive end who played in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the sixth round of the 1996 NFL Draft...

       DE/DT
    Linebackers
  • 51 Carlos Emmons
    Carlos Emmons
    Carlos Antoine Emmons is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League...

  • 57 John Fiala
    John Fiala
    John Charles Fiala is a retired American football linebacker who played from 1998-2002 with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League....

     ILB
  • 92 Jason Gildon
    Jason Gildon
    Jason Larue Gildon is a former linebacker for the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers and Jacksonville Jaguars . He was selected to three Pro Bowl teams from 2000, 2001, and 2002, and is currently the Steelers all-time career sacks leader with 77.0 quarterback take-downs...

  • 50 Earl Holmes
    Earl Holmes
    Earl Holmes is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 4th round of the 1996 NFL Draft 126th overall out of Florida A&M University. While attending Florida A&M, Holmes became a member of the Alpha Xi chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity in the...

  • 97 Chad Kelsay
  • 99 Levon Kirkland
    Levon Kirkland
    Lorenzo Levon Kirkland is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League...

     ILB
  • 55 Joey Porter
    Joey Porter
    Joseph "Joey" Eugene Porter is an American football linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Colorado State.A four-time Pro Bowl selection, Porter earned a...

  • 56 Mike Vrabel
    Mike Vrabel
    Michael George "Mike" Vrabel is an assistant coach at Ohio State. He is a retired American football linebacker in the National Football League. Vrabel spent 14 seasons in the NFL, having played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots and most recently, the Kansas City Chiefs...



  • Defensive Backs
    • 29 Lance Brown
      Lance Brown
      Lance Allen Brown is a former professional American football defensive back in the National Football League. He played five seasons for the Arizona Cardinals , the Pittsburgh Steelers , and the Buffalo Bills ....

       SS
    • 27 Travis Davis
      Travis Davis
      Travis Horace Davis is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the seventh round of the 1995 NFL Draft. He played college football at Notre Dame.Davis also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers....

       FS
    • 41 Lee Flowers SS
    • 24 Chris Oldham
      Chris Oldham
      Christopher Martin Oldham is a former professional American football cornerback for twelve seasons in the NFL for the Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills, Arizona Cardinals, Pittsburgh Steelers, and New Orleans Saints. Oldham graduated from Highlands High School in 1986....

       CB
    • 30 Chad Scott
      Chad Scott
      Chad Oliver Scott was an American football cornerback who retired in 2008. He was a surprise number 1 draft choice for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who picked him 24th overall in the 1997 NFL Draft...

       CB
    • 47 Scott Shields
      Scott Shields (American football)
      Scott Paul Shields is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of the 1999 NFL Draft and also played for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2004. He played college football for the Weber State Wildcats....

       FS
    • 23 Jason Simmons
      Jason Simmons
      Jason Lawrence Simmons is an American football strong safety who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fifth round of the 1998 NFL Draft...

       CB
    • 26 Deshea Townsend
      Deshea Townsend
      Trevor Deshea Townsend is a former defensive back in the National Football League, and is currently a defensive backs coach for the Arizona Cardinals and most recently a player for the Indianapolis Colts...

       CB
    • 20 Dewayne Washington
      Dewayne Washington
      Dewayne Neron Washington is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He played for the Minnesota Vikings , the Pittsburgh Steelers , the Jacksonville Jaguars , and the Kansas City Chiefs...

       CB


    Special Teams
    •  3 Kris Brown
      Kris Brown
      Kristopher "Kris" Clayton Brown is an American football placekicker who is currently a free agent.He was originally drafted in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first six years of his NFL career, he has converted 132 of 173 field goals and scored 573 points...

       K
    •  4 Josh Miller
      Josh Miller
      Josh Miller is a former American football punter and current football analyst.He was signed by the Baltimore Stallions of the Canadian Football League as an undrafted free agent in 1994...

       P
    • 54 Mike Schneck
      Mike Schneck
      Michael Louis Schneck is a retired American football long snapper who most recently played for the Atlanta Falcons. He was originally signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 1999...

      LS
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