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• Won 2nd consecutive Steelers Team MVP award. • Unanimous choice as MVP in Super Bowl XIII vs. Dallas, completing 17 of 30 passes (56.7%) and setting Super Bowl passing records of 318 yards and 4 TDs. • Topped the league in TD passes with a career high 28 (plus 8 in the postseason), the most in pro football since the 1970 merger, and threw at least one TD pass in 18 of 19 games. • Unanimous All-Pro in 1978; selected to ALL-NFL 1st team by AP, Pro Football Writers Association, Pro Football News, and College & Pro Football News; selected to All AFC 1st team by United Press International and Sporting News; selected to his 2nd Pro Bowl (and played in the game for the first time). • Became the only Steeler to ever win a passing title in 1978 when he led the AFC with an 84.8 rating and topped the NFL with 28 TD passes. |
| Opponent | Score | Date | Att | Cmp | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sks | Yds |
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| Buffalo* | 28-17 | 9-3 | 19 | 14 | 73.7 | 217 | 11.4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SEATTLE* | 21-10 | 9-10 | 33 | 17 | 51.5 | 213 | 6.5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 28 | Cincinnati* | 28-3 | 9-17 | 19 | 14 | 73.7 | 242 | 12.7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CLEVELAND* | 15-9 | 9-24 | 32 | 14 | 43.8 | 208 | 6.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| N.Y. Jets* | 28-17 | 10-1 | 25 | 17 | 68.0 | 189 | 7.6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ATLANTA* | 31-7 | 10-8 | 18 | 13 | 72.2 | 231 | 12.8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Cleveland* | 34-14 | 10-15 | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 175 | 8.3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| HOUSTON* | 17-24 | 10-23 | 33 | 17 | 51.5 | 226 | 6.8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| KANSAS CITY* | 27-24 | 10-29 | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 109 | 8.4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 27 |
| NEW ORLEANS* | 20-14 | 11-5 | 23 | 15 | 69.6 | 200 | 8.7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles* | 7-10 | 11-12 | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 125 | 5.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| CINCINNATI* | 7-6 | 11-19 | 30 | 12 | 40.0 | 117 | 3.9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 33 |
| San Francisco* | 24-7 | 11-27 | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 195 | 9.3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 28 |
| Houston* | 13-3 | 12-3 | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 97 | 3.9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
| BALTIMORE* | 35-13 | 12-9 | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 240 | 13.3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| Denver* | 21-17 | 12-16 | 14 | 10 | 71.4 | 131 | 9.4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| TOTALS | 14-2 | N/A | 368 | 207 | 56.3 | 2,915 | 7.9 | 28 | 20 | 21 | 223 |
* Indicates Bradshaw as Starting QB.
Green indicates game I have on on videotape.
Blue indicates game I have on on audio tape.
