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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.

OwnerThe Rooney Family
General managerTom Donahoe
Head coachBill Cowher
Offensive coordinatorRon Erhardt
Quick facts Pittsburgh Steelers season, Owner ...
1994 Pittsburgh Steelers season
OwnerThe Rooney Family
General managerTom Donahoe
Head coachBill Cowher
Offensive coordinatorRon Erhardt
Defensive coordinatorDom Capers
Home stadiumThree Rivers Stadium
Results
Record12–4
Division place1st AFC Central
PlayoffsWon Divisional Playoffs
(vs. Browns) 29–9
Lost AFC Championship
(vs. Chargers) 13–17
All-Pros
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  • Dermontti Dawson (1st team)
  • Kevin Greene (1st team)
  • Greg Lloyd (1st team)
  • Rod Woodson (1st team)
  • Carnell Lake (2nd team)
Pro Bowlers
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Team MVPGreg Lloyd
Team ROYBam Morris
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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

More information Additions, Subtractions ...
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)
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NFL draft

Main article: 1994 NFL draft
More information Round, Pick ...
1994 Pittsburgh Steelers draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 17 Charles Johnson  Wide receiver Colorado
2 50 Brentson Buckner  Defensive end Clemson
3 88 Jason Gildon *  Linebacker Oklahoma State
3 91 Bam Morris  Running back Texas Tech
4 122 Ta'ase Faumui  Defensive end Hawaii
5 140 Myron Bell  Safety Michigan State
5 148 Gary Brown  Tackle Georgia Tech
6 178 Jim Miller  Quarterback Michigan State
6 180 Eric Ravotti  Linebacker Penn State
7 209 Brice Abrams  Running back Michigan State
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career
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Undrafted free agents

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1994 undrafted free agents of note
Player Position College
Frank Adams Cornerback South Carolina
Mike Baker Wide receiver West Virginia
Dominic Callway Cornerback Memphis
Pheathur Edwards Defensive end Jackson State
Elbert Ellis Wide receiver Pittsburgh
Corey Holliday Wide receiver North Carolina
Latish Kinsler Safety Cincinnati
Curtis Parker Tackle North Carolina
Walter Rasby Tight end Wake Forest
Ed Robinson Linebacker Florida
Patrick Scott Linebacker South Carolina State
Chris Williams Defensive end Hampton
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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

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Reserve

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

Preseason

Schedule

More information Week, Date ...
Week Date Opponent Game site Kickoff (ET) TV Result Record
1 August 6 at Miami Dolphins Joe Robbie Stadium 8:00 p.m. WPXI L 24–14 0–1
2 August 13 Los Angeles Raiders Three Rivers Stadium 6:00 p.m. WPXI W 29–17 1–1
3 August 20 Indianapolis Colts Three Rivers Stadium 6:00 p.m. WPXI L 17–14 1–2
4 August 26 at Washington Redskins RFK Stadium 8:00 p.m. WPXI L 22–21 1–3
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Regular season

Schedule

More information Week, Date ...
Week Date Opponent Game site Kickoff (ET) TV Result Record
1 September 4 Dallas Cowboys Three Rivers Stadium 4:00 p.m. FOX L 26–9 0–1
2 September 11 at Cleveland Browns Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1:00 p.m. NBC W 17–10 1–1
3 September 18 Indianapolis Colts Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 p.m. NBC W 31–21 2–1
4 September 25 at Seattle Seahawks Husky Stadium 6:00 p.m. NBC (Local) L 30–13 2–2
5 October 3 Houston Oilers Three Rivers Stadium 9:00 p.m. ABC W 30–14 3–2
6 October 9 Bye
7 October 16 Cincinnati Bengals Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 p.m. NBC W 14–10 4–2
8 October 23 at New York Giants Giants Stadium 1:00 p.m. NBC W 10–6 5–2
9 October 30 at Arizona Cardinals Sun Devil Stadium 8:00 p.m. TNT L 20–17 OT 5–3
10 November 6 at Houston Oilers Astrodome 1:00 p.m. NBC W 12–9 OT 6–3
11 November 14 Buffalo Bills Three Rivers Stadium 9:00 p.m. ABC W 23–10 7–3
12 November 20 Miami Dolphins Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 p.m. NBC W 16–13 OT 8–3
13 November 27 at Los Angeles Raiders Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 4:00 p.m. NBC W 21–3 9–3
14 December 4 at Cincinnati Bengals Riverfront Stadium 1:00 p.m. NBC W 38–15 10–3
15 December 11 Philadelphia Eagles Three Rivers Stadium 1:00 p.m. FOX W 14–3 11–3
16 December 18 Cleveland Browns Three Rivers Stadium 4:00 p.m. NBC W 17–7 12–3
17 December 24 at San Diego Chargers Jack Murphy Stadium 4:00 p.m. NBC L 37–34 12–4
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Standings

More information AFC Central, W ...
AFC Central
 W L T PCT PF PA STK
(1) Pittsburgh Steelers 12 4 0 .750 316 234 L1
(4) Cleveland Browns 11 5 0 .688 340 204 W1
Cincinnati Bengals 3 13 0 .188 276 406 W1
Houston Oilers 2 14 0 .125 226 352 W1
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Game summaries

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

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1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 3 13 0 10 26
Steelers 0 3 0 6 9
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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

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1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 14 0 3 17
Browns 7 3 0 0 10
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at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Scoring drives:

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

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1 2 3 4 Total
Colts 7 7 7 0 21
Steelers 0 17 0 14 31
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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

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1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 3 3 0 7 13
Seahawks 7 13 0 10 30
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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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1 2 3 4 Total
Oilers 0 0 0 14 14
Steelers 20 3 0 7 30
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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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1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 0 7 3 10
Steelers 0 14 0 0 14
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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

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1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 3 0 7 10
Giants 3 3 0 0 6
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at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Scoring drives:

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

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Week 9: Pittsburgh Steelers at Arizona Cardinals – Game summary
More information Quarter, OT ...
Quarter 1 2 34OTTotal
Steelers (5–3) 0 14 03017
Cardinals (3–5) 7 10 00320
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at Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona

  • Date: October 30, 1994
  • Game time: 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Clear; 73 °F (23 °C), relative humidity 39%, wind 4 miles per hour (6.4 km/h; 3.5 kn)
  • Game attendance: 73,400
  • Referee: Ron Blum
  • TV announcers (TNT): Gary Bender (play-by-play), Pat Haden (color commentator) and Kevin Kiley (sidelines)
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More information Team, Category ...
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
PIT PassingNeil O'Donnell18/31, 260 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
RushingBam Morris14 CAR, 72 YDS, 1 TD
ReceivingJohn L. Williams6 REC, 50 YDS
ARI PassingSteve Beuerlein13/26, 251 YDS
RushingRonald Moore30 CAR, 67 YDS, 1 TD
ReceivingRicky Proehl
Gary Clark		3 REC, 94 YDS
3 REC, 38 YDS
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More information Scoring summary, Quarter ...
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  • Point spread: Steelers +2
  • Over/Under: 35.0 (over)
  • Time of Game:
More information Steelers, Game Statistics ...
Steelers Game Statistics Cardinals
12 First downs 16
20–85 Rushes–yards 37–99
260 Passing yards 251
18–31–0 Passes 13–27–0
4–28 Sacked–yards 2–15
232 Net passing yards 236
317 Total yards 335
125 Return yards 94
6–41.3 Punts 7–43.3
2–2 Fumbles–lost 1–1
3 Turnovers 1
7–36 Penalties–yards 4–45
3–11 Third Down Conversion 3–14
0–1 Fourth Down Conversion 1–1
25:11 Time of possession 36:29
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Starting Lineups

More information Position, Starting Lineups at Arizona ...
PositionStarting Lineups at Arizona
Offense
QBNeil O'Donnell
RBBam Morris
FBJohn L. Williams
WRAndre Hastings
WRCharles Johnson
TEEric Green
LTJohn Jackson
LGDuval Love
CDermontti Dawson
RGTodd Kalis
RTLeon Searcy
Defense
LDEGerald Williams
NTJoel Steed
RDEKevin Henry
LOLBKevin Greene
LILBLevon Kirkland
RILBCChad Brown
ROLBGreg Lloyd
LCBRod Woodson
RCBDeon Figures
SSCarnell Lake
FSDarren Perry
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Individual stats

More information Steelers Passing, C/ATT1 ...
Steelers Passing
C/ATT1 Yds TD INT Sk Yds LG3 Rate
O'Donnell 18/31 260 1 1 4 28 60 82.7
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More information Steelers Rushing, Car2 ...
Steelers Rushing
Car2 Yds TD LG3
Morris 14 72 1 12
O'Donnell 3 13 0 8
Anderson 1 3 0 3
J. Williams 1 2 0 2
Johnson 1 –5 0 –5
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More information Steelers Receiving, Rec4 ...
Steelers Receiving
Rec4 Yds TD LG3
J. Williams 6 50 0 19
Green 5 97 0 46
Thigpen 3 95 1 60
Morris 2 12 0 7
Johnson 1 6 0 6
Hastings 1 0 0 0
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More information Steelers Kicking, FGM–FGA ...
Steelers Kicking
FGM–FGA XPM–XPA
Anderson 2–2 1–1
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More information Steelers Punting, Pnt ...
Steelers Punting
Pnt Yds Y/P Lng Blck
Royals 6 248 41.3 55
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More information Steelers Kick Returns, Ret ...
Steelers Kick Returns
Ret Yds Y/Rt TD Lng
Johnson 2 39 19.5 0
Thigpen 1 27 27.0 0
Woodson 1 20 20.0 0
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More information Steelers Punt Returns, Ret ...
Steelers Punt Returns
Ret Yds Y/Rt TD Lng
Woodson 3 29 9.7 0 0
Johnson 1 10 10.0 0 0
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More information Steelers Sacks, Sacks ...
Steelers Sacks
Sacks
Lloyd 2.0
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More information Steelers Tackles, Comb ...
Steelers Tackles
Comb Solp Ast
Brown 12 10 2
Kirkland 11 6 5
Perry 10 5 5
Lloyd 9 8 1
G. Williams 7 3 4
Lake 5 5 0
Steed 4 4 0
Figures 3 2 1
Seals 3 1 2
Greene 2 1 1
Woodson 2 2 0
Bell 1 1 0
Henry 1 1 0
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Week 10 (Sunday November 6, 1994): at Houston Oilers

More information OT, Total ...
1 2 3 4OT Total
Steelers 0 6 0 33 12
Oilers 3 3 0 30 9
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at Astrodome, Houston

Scoring drives:

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

More information Total ...
1 2 3 4 Total
Bills 0 3 7 0 10
Steelers 10 6 7 0 23
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at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring drives:

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

More information OT, Total ...
1 2 3 4OT Total
Dolphins 0 7 3 30 13
Steelers 3 3 0 73 16
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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

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1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 0 0 14 21
Raiders 0 3 0 0 3
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at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Scoring drives:

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

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1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 7 7 17 38
Bengals 7 0 0 8 15
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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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1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 0 0 0 3
Steelers 0 0 0 14 14
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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

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1 2 3 4 Total
Browns 0 7 0 0 7
Steelers 14 0 0 3 17
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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

More information Total ...
1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 13 6 15 34
Chargers 3 14 7 13 37
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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

More information Total ...
1 2 3 4 Total
Browns 0 3 0 6 9
Steelers 3 21 3 2 29
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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

More information Total ...
1 2 3 4 Total
Chargers 0 3 7 7 17
Steelers 7 3 3 0 13
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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

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