1994 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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1994 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Owner The Rooney Family
General manager Tom Donahoe
Head coach Bill Cowher
Home stadium Three Rivers Stadium
Results
Record12–4
Division place1st AFC Central
PlayoffsWon Divisional Playoffs
(vs. Browns) 29–9
Lost AFC Championship
(vs. Chargers) 13–17
Pro Bowlers
All-Pros
5
  • Dermontti Dawson (1st team)
  • Kevin Greene (1st team)
  • Greg Lloyd (1st team)
  • Rod Woodson (1st team)
  • Carnell Lake (2nd team)
Team MVPGreg Lloyd
Team ROY Bam Morris

The 1994 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 62nd season as a professional sports franchise and as a member of the National Football League.

Contents

This season marked as their third consecutive trip to the playoffs under head coach Bill Cowher. For the second time in Cowher's three seasons as head coach of the Steelers the team was the top seed in the AFC playoffs. Pittsburgh won its first playoff game since 1989 with a win in the divisional playoffs over their division rival Cleveland Browns, 29–9, to advance to their first AFC Championship Game in 10 years. The following week the Steelers failed to advance to the Super Bowl after losing to the San Diego Chargers 17–13, in the AFC Championship game.

Offseason

AdditionsSubtractions
TE Jonathan Hayes (Chiefs)RB Leroy Thompson (Patriots)
RB John L. Williams (Seahawks)DE Donald Evans (Jets)
DE Ray Seals (Buccaneers)FB Merril Hoge (Bears)

NFL draft

1994 Pittsburgh Steelers draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
117 Charles Johnson   Wide receiver Colorado
250 Brentson Buckner   Defensive end Clemson
388 Jason Gildon *  Linebacker Oklahoma State
391 Bam Morris   Running back Texas Tech
4122 Ta'ase Faumui   Defensive end Hawaii
5140 Myron Bell   Safety Michigan State
5148 Gary Brown   Tackle Georgia Tech
6178 Jim Miller   Quarterback Michigan State
6180 Eric Ravotti   Linebacker Penn State
7209Brice Abrams  Running back Michigan State
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Undrafted Free Agents

1994 Undrafted Free Agents of note
PlayerPositionCollege
Frank AdamsCornerback South Carolina
Mike BakerWide receiver West Virginia
Dominic CallwayCornerback Memphis

Staff

1994 Pittsburgh Steelers staff

Front office

  • President – Daniel M. Rooney
  • Vice president – John R. McGinley
  • Vice president – Arthur J. Rooney, Jr.
  • Secretary & counsel – Arthur J. Rooney II
  • Administration advisor – Chuck Noll
  • Director of communications – Joe Gordon
  • Media relations coordinator – Rob Boulware
  • PR Assistant/Community Relations – Ron Miller
  • Controller – Michael J. Hagan
  • Assistant controller – Dan Ferens
  • Assistant controller – Jim Ellenberger
  • Ticket sales manager – Geraldine Glenn
  • Football operations
  • Director of football operations – Tom Donahoe
  • Scouting staff
  • College personnel coordinator – Tom Modrak
  • Pro personnel coordinator – Charles Bailey
  • College scout – Bob Schmitz
  • College scout – Max McCartney
  • College scout – Phil Kreidler
  • BLESTO College Scout – Bob Lane

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Conditioning coordinator – Chet Fuhrman
  • Medical staff
  • Ophthalmologist – Dr. Randy Beatty
  • Physician, orthopedic – Dr. James P. Bradley
  • Neurological surgery consultant – Dr. Joseph Maroon
  • Physician, M.D. – Dr. Richard Rydze
  • Physician, consultant – Dr. Abraham J. Twerski
  • Physician, M.D. – Dr. Anthony P. Yates
  • Training staff
  • Head trainer – John Norwig
  • Assistant trainer – Rick Burkholder
  • Equipment manager – Anthony Parisi
  • Field manager – Rodgers Freyvogel
  • Video coordinator – Bob McCartney
  • Video assistant – Pat Dolan
  • Player development coordinator – Anthony Griggs
  • Football operations – Bill Davis
  • Photographers – Mike Fabus, Bill Amatucci

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Notable additions include Bam Morris, Jason Gildon and Brenston Buckner

Roster

1994 Pittsburgh Steelers roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams (ST)

Practice squad

[1] [2] [3] Reserve

Rookies in italics
53 active, 3 reserve, 4 practice squad

Preseason

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentGame siteKickoff (ET)TVResultRecord
1August 6at Miami Dolphins Joe Robbie Stadium 8:00 p.m. WPXI L 24–140–1
2August 13 Los Angeles Raiders Three Rivers Stadium 6:00 p.m.WPXIW 29–171–1
3August 20 Indianapolis Colts Three Rivers Stadium6:00 p.m.WPXIL 17–141–2
4August 26at Washington Redskins RFK Stadium 8:00 p.m.WPXIL 22–211–3

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentGame siteKickoff (ET)TVResultRecord
1September 4 Dallas Cowboys Three Rivers Stadium 4:00 p.m. FOX L 26–90–1
2September 11at Cleveland Browns Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1:00 p.m. NBC W 17–101–1
3September 18 Indianapolis Colts Three Rivers Stadium1:00 p.m.NBCW 31–212–1
4September 25at Seattle Seahawks Husky Stadium 6:00 p.m.NBC (Local)L 30–132–2
5October 3 Houston Oilers Three Rivers Stadium9:00 p.m. ABC W 30–143–2
6October 9Bye
7October 16 Cincinnati Bengals Three Rivers Stadium1:00 p.m.NBCW 14–104–2
8October 23at New York Giants Giants Stadium 1:00 p.m.NBCW 10–65–2
9October 30at Arizona Cardinals Sun Devil Stadium 8:00 p.m. TNT L 20–17 OT5–3
10November 6at Houston Oilers Astrodome 1:00 p.m.NBCW 12–9 OT6–3
11November 14 Buffalo Bills Three Rivers Stadium9:00 p.m.ABCW 23–107–3
12November 20 Miami Dolphins Three Rivers Stadium1:00 p.m.NBCW 16–13 OT8–3
13November 27at Los Angeles Raiders Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 4:00 p.m.NBCW 21–39–3
14December 4at Cincinnati Bengals Riverfront Stadium 1:00 p.m.NBCW 38–1510–3
15December 11 Philadelphia Eagles Three Rivers Stadium1:00 p.m.FOXW 14–311–3
16December 18 Cleveland Browns Three Rivers Stadium4:00 p.m.NBCW 17–712–3
17December 24at San Diego Chargers Jack Murphy Stadium 4:00 p.m.NBCL 37–3412–4

Standings

AFC Central
WLTPCTPFPASTK
(1) Pittsburgh Steelers 1240.750316234L1
(4) Cleveland Browns 1150.688340204W1
Cincinnati Bengals 3130.188276406W1
Houston Oilers 2140.125226352W1

Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 4, 1994): vs. Dallas Cowboys

1234Total
Cowboys31301026
Steelers03069

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 4:00 pm EDT
  • Game weather:68 °F (20 °C) (Partly cloudy)
  • Game attendance: 60,156
  • Referee: Bob McElwee
  • TV announcers: (FOX) Pat Summerall (play by play), John Madden (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

Week 2 (Sunday September 11, 1994): at Cleveland Browns

1234Total
Steelers0140317
Browns730010

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Scoring drives:

Week 3 (Sunday September 18, 1994): vs. Indianapolis Colts

1234Total
Colts777021
Steelers01701431

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
  • Game weather:66 °F (19 °C) (Mostly sunny)
  • Game attendance: 54,040
  • Referee: Gerry Austin
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui (play by play), Beasley Reece (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

  • Indianapolis – Humphrey 95 kickoff return (Biasucci kick)
  • Indianapolis – Coryatt 78 fumble return (Biasucci kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Green 27 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Foster 29 run (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 46
  • Indianapolis – Dawkins 19 pass from Harbaugh (Biasucci kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Williams 8 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Morris 1 run (Anderson kick)

Week 4 (Sunday September 25, 1994): at Seattle Seahawks

1234Total
Steelers330713
Seahawks71301030

at Husky Stadium, Seattle, Washington

This game was played at Husky Stadium due to ceiling tiles falling off in the Kingdome.

Scoring drives:

  • Seattle – Warren 3 run (Kasay kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 31
  • Seattle – FG Kasay 31
  • Seattle – Junkin 1 pass from Mirer (Kasay kick)
  • Seattle – FG Kasay 40
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 38
  • Seattle – Watters 35 interception return (Kasay kick)
  • Pittsburgh – C. Johnson 36 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)
  • Seattle – FG Kasay 31

Week 5 (Monday October 3, 1994): vs. Houston Oilers

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Oilers0001414
Steelers2030730

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring drives:

Week 6 (Sunday October 9, 1994): Bye Week

Week 7 (Sunday October 16, 1994): vs. Cincinnati Bengals

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Bengals007310
Steelers0140014

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
  • Game weather:67 °F (19 °C) (Mostly sunny)
  • Game attendance: 55,353
  • Referee: Johnny Grier
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui (play by play), Beasley Reece (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

Week 8 (Sunday October 23, 1994): at New York Giants

1234Total
Steelers030710
Giants33006

at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Scoring drives:

Week 9 (Sunday October 30, 1994): at Arizona Cardinals

1234OTTotal
Steelers01403017
Cardinals71000320

at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

  • Game time: 8:00 pm EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 65,690
  • Referee: Ron Blum
  • TV announcers: (TNT) Gary Bender (play by play), Pat Haden (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

  • Arizona – Centers 4 run (Davis kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Morris 11 run (Anderson kick)
  • Arizona – FG Davis 20
  • Pittsburgh – Thigpen 60 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)
  • Arizona – Moore 1 run (Davis kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 23
  • Arizona – FG Davis 51

Week 10 (Sunday November 6, 1994): at Houston Oilers

1234OTTotal
Steelers0603312
Oilers330309

at Astrodome, Houston

Scoring drives:

Week 11 (Monday November 14, 1994): vs. Buffalo Bills

1234Total
Bills037010
Steelers1067023

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring drives:

Week 12 (Sunday November 20, 1994): vs. Miami Dolphins

1234OTTotal
Dolphins0733013
Steelers3307316

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 pm EST
  • Game weather:55 °F (13 °C) (Partly sunny)
  • Game attendance: 59,148
  • Referee: Tom White
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Jim Lampley (play by play), Todd Christensen (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

Week 13 (Sunday November 27, 1994): at Los Angeles Raiders

1234Total
Steelers7001421
Raiders03003

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Scoring drives:

Week 14 (Sunday December 4, 1994): at Cincinnati Bengals

1234Total
Steelers7771738
Bengals700815

at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati

Scoring drives:

  • Pittsburgh – Morris 1 run (Anderson kick)
  • Cincinnati – Pickens 7 pass from Blake (Pelfrey kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Green 5 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Morris 8 run (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 41
  • Pittsburgh – Woodson 27 interception return (Anderson kick)
  • Cincinnati – Blake 5 run (Blake run)
  • Pittsburgh – Hayes 3 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)

Week 15 (Sunday December 11, 1994): vs. Philadelphia Eagles

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Eagles30003
Steelers0001414

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 pm EST
  • Game weather:31 °F (−1 °C) (Flurries)
  • Game attendance: 55,474
  • Referee: Bob McElwee
  • TV announcers: (FOX) Kevin Harlan (play by play), Jerry Glanville (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

Week 16 (Sunday December 18, 1994): vs. Cleveland Browns

1234Total
Browns07007
Steelers1400317

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 4:00 pm EST
  • Game weather:38 °F (3 °C) (Cloudy)
  • Game attendance: 60,808
  • Referee: Ed Hochuli
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Charlie Jones (play by play), Randy Cross (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

Week 17 (Saturday December 24, 1994): at San Diego Chargers

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Steelers01361534
Chargers31471337

at Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego

Scoring drives:

  • San Diego – FG Carney 37
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 28
  • San Diego – Coleman 90 kickoff return (Carney kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 28
  • Pittsburgh – C. Johnson 19 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)
  • San Diego – Seay 2 pass from Humphries (Carney kick)
  • San Diego – Means 2 run (Carney kick)
  • Pittsburgh – McAffee 6 run (pass failed)
  • Pittsburgh – C. Johnson 84 pass from Tomczak (Stone pass from Tomczak)
  • San Diego – FG Carney 40
  • Pittsburgh – Hastings 11 pass from Tomczak (Anderson kick)
  • San Diego – Means 20 run (Carney kick)
  • San Diego – FG Carney 32

Playoffs

Game summaries

AFC Divisional Playoff (Saturday January 7, 1995): vs. Cleveland Browns

1234Total
Browns03069
Steelers3213229

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 12:30 pm EST
  • Game weather:29 °F (−2 °C) (Light snow)
  • Game attendance: 58,185
  • Referee: Bob McElwee
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert (play by play), Paul Maguire (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

AFC Championship game (Sunday January 15, 1995): vs. San Diego Chargers

1234Total
Chargers037717
Steelers733013

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 12:30 pm EST
  • Game weather:59 °F (15 °C) (Rain & Fog)
  • Game attendance: 61,545
  • Referee: Gerry Austin
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Dick Enberg (play by play), Bob Trumpy (color commentator)

Scoring drives:

  • PIttsburgh – Williams 16 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)
  • San Diego – FG Carney 20
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 39
  • Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 23
  • San Diego – Pupunu 43 pass from Humphries (Carney kick)
  • San Diego – Martin 43 pass from Humphries (Carney kick)

Honors and awards

Pro Bowl Representatives

See: 1995 Pro Bowl

References

  1. 1 2 1994 Pittsburgh Steelers Media Guide.
  2. 1995 Pittsburgh Steelers Media Guide.
  3. "1994 Pittsburgh Steelers" . Retrieved February 11, 2014.