Terry Bradshaw
Terry Paxton Bradshaw
Born: September 2, 1948
Shreveport, LA USA
Position: QB
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 215
College: Louisiana Tech
High School: Woodlawn (Shreveport, LA)
Career: 1970-1983
Drafted: 1970 in Round 1, #1 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989
Terry Bradshaw played from 1970 to 1983 during his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Bradshaw threw for 27,989 yards in his career, completing 2,025 of 3,901 passes with 212 touchdowns and 210 interceptions. He also ran for 2,257 yards in 444 attempts with 32 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 218 | 83 | 38.1 | 1410 | 6.5 | 6 | 2.8 | 24 | 11.0 | 87 | 25 | 242 | 30.4 |
| 1971 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 373 | 203 | 54.4 | 2259 | 6.1 | 13 | 3.5 | 22 | 5.9 | 49 | 33 | 287 | 59.7 |
| 1972 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 308 | 147 | 47.7 | 1887 | 6.1 | 12 | 3.9 | 12 | 3.9 | 78 | 29 | 237 | 64.1 |
| 1973 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 180 | 89 | 49.4 | 1183 | 6.6 | 10 | 5.6 | 15 | 8.3 | 67 | 24 | 186 | 54.5 |
| 1974 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 148 | 67 | 45.3 | 785 | 5.3 | 7 | 4.7 | 8 | 5.4 | 56 | 10 | 104 | 55.2 |
| 1975 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 286 | 165 | 57.7 | 2055 | 7.2 | 18 | 6.3 | 9 | 3.1 | 59 | 31 | 290 | 88.0 |
| 1976 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 192 | 92 | 47.9 | 1177 | 6.1 | 10 | 5.2 | 9 | 4.7 | 50 | 16 | 164 | 65.4 |
| 1977 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 314 | 162 | 51.6 | 2523 | 8.0 | 17 | 5.4 | 19 | 6.1 | 65 | 26 | 235 | 71.4 |
| 1978 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 368 | 207 | 56.2 | 2915 | 7.9 | 28 | 7.6 | 20 | 5.4 | 70 | 21 | 222 | 84.7 |
| 1979 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 472 | 259 | 54.9 | 3724 | 7.9 | 26 | 5.5 | 25 | 5.3 | 65 | 24 | 196 | 77.0 |
| 1980 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 424 | 218 | 51.4 | 3339 | 7.9 | 24 | 5.7 | 22 | 5.2 | 68 | 33 | 245 | 75.0 |
| 1981 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 370 | 201 | 54.3 | 2887 | 7.8 | 22 | 5.9 | 14 | 3.8 | 90 | 17 | 155 | 83.9 |
| 1982 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 240 | 127 | 52.9 | 1768 | 7.4 | 17 | 7.1 | 11 | 4.6 | 74 | 18 | 131 | 81.4 |
| 1983 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 77 | 9.6 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 133.9 |
| Totals | 3901 | 2025 | 51.9 | 27989 | 7.2 | 212 | 5.4 | 210 | 5.4 | 90 | 307 | 2694 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 32 | 233 | 7.3 | 22 | 1 |
| 1971 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 53 | 247 | 4.7 | 39 | 5 |
| 1972 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 58 | 346 | 6.0 | 20 | 7 |
| 1973 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 34 | 145 | 4.3 | 21 | 3 |
| 1974 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 34 | 224 | 6.6 | 34 | 2 |
| 1975 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 35 | 210 | 6.0 | 27 | 3 |
| 1976 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 31 | 219 | 7.1 | 17 | 3 |
| 1977 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 31 | 171 | 5.5 | 26 | 3 |
| 1978 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 32 | 93 | 2.9 | 17 | 1 |
| 1979 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 21 | 83 | 4.0 | 28 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 36 | 111 | 3.1 | 18 | 2 |
| 1981 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 38 | 162 | 4.3 | 16 | 2 |
| 1982 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 10 | 1.2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 444 | 2257 | 5.1 | 39 | 32 |
Receiving:
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 39 |
| 1980 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 173 | 34.6 | 44 |
| Totals | 8 | 225 | 28.1 | 44 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1971 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 4 | -2 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 2 | -9 | 0 | |||
| 1973 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 1 | -4 | 0 | |||
| 1974 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1976 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 2 | -4 | 0 | |||
| 1977 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 4 | -3 | 0 | |||
| 1978 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 1 | -3 | 0 | |||
| 1979 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 4 | -10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1980 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 3 | -34 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 3 | -23 | 0 | |||
| 1982 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 84 | 25 | -95 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1970 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1971 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1972 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| 1973 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1974 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1975 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1976 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1977 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1978 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1980 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1981 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Totals | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 8 |
| 1971 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 13 |
| 1972 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 14 |
| 1973 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 9 |
| 1974 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 7 |
| 1975 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 14 |
| 1976 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 8 |
| 1977 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 14 |
| 1978 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 16 |
| 1979 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 16 |
| 1980 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 15 | 15 |
| 1981 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 14 |
| 1982 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9 | 9 |
| 1983 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 1 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame 2nd team All-1970s Team
1978 - AP MVP
1978 - Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1978 - Super Bowl MVP
1979 - Super Bowl MVP
Honors
1975 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1978 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1978 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1978 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1978 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1978 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1978 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1978 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1979 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1979 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
