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The 1981 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 49th in the National Football League.After enduring an injury plagued 9–7 season the previous year and missing the playoffs for the first time since 1971, the Steelers had hoped that the 1980 season was just a small hiatus from contending for championships.
The 1981 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 28–29, 1981, at the New York Sheraton Hotel in New York City.
The Pittsburgh Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in 1933, the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC; seven franchises in the National Football Conference (NFC) have longer tenures in the NFL. The team struggled to be competitive in its ...
The Steelers' first selection in the inaugural NFL draft was William Shakespeare, a halfback from Notre Dame. [5] The Steelers have selected first overall three times, drafting Bill Dudley in 1942, Gary Glick in 1956 and Terry Bradshaw in 1970. The team has selected second overall once, and third overall four times. [5]
The 1981 NFL season was the 62nd regular season of the National Football League. ... The 1981 NFL draft was held from April 28 to 29, ... NFL Record and Fact Book ...
Little was chosen in the seventh round (183rd pick overall) of the 1981 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers, [11] and he played for the Steelers from 1981 to 1992. [12] He was a middle linebacker for the team, [12] at one point starting eighty-nine games in a row. He was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 1990 season. [1]
He was a two-year starter at Arizona State University and was chosen by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the 28th pick in the 1980 NFL draft. [4] Malone set an NCAA record with a 98-yard touchdown run against Utah State in 1979, the longest run ever by a college quarterback at that time, which wasn't surpassed until 2021.
Bill Kenney began the 1981 season as the club's starting quarterback and directed the Chiefs to a 6–2 start, including a 37–33 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers at Three Rivers Stadium on Opening Day. 2nd round draft choice, running back Joe Delaney electrified the club's offense by rushing for 1,121 yards, a team single-season record at the ...