Big Ben compared to other Steeler QB's

[Brinker]

List of all Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterbacks               
                     
 
Season

   Regular season   Post season               
2010
Ben Roethlisberger (12) / Charlie Batch (2) / Dennis Dixon (2)   Ben Roethlisberger ()               
2009
Ben Roethlisberger (15) / Dennis Dixon (1)                   
2008
Ben Roethlisberger (16)
Ben Roethlisberger (3)               
2007
Ben Roethlisberger (15) / Charlie Batch (1)   Ben Roethlisberger (1)               
2006
Ben Roethlisberger (15) / Charlie Batch (1)                   
2005
Ben Roethlisberger (12) / Tommy Maddox (2) / Charlie Batch (2)   Ben Roethlisberger (4)               
2004
Ben Roethlisberger (13) / Tommy Maddox (3)   Ben Roethlisberger (2)               
2003
Tommy Maddox (16)
                
2002
Tommy Maddox (11) / Kordell Stewart (5)   Tommy Maddox (2)               
2001
Kordell Stewart (16)
Kordell Stewart (2)               
2000
Kordell Stewart (11) / Kent Graham (5)                   
1999
Kordell Stewart (12) / Mike Tomczak (4)                   
1998
Kordell Stewart (16)
                
1997
Kordell Stewart (16)
Kordell Stewart (2)               
1996
Mike Tomczak (15) / Jim Miller (1)   Mike Tomczak (2)               
1995
Neil O'Donnell (12) / Mike Tomczak (4)   Neil O'Donnell (3)               
1994
Neil O'Donnell (14) / Mike Tomczak (2)   Neil O'Donnell (2)               
1993
Neil O'Donnell (15) / Mike Tomczak (1)|   Neil O'Donnell (1)               
1992
Neil O'Donnell (12) / Bubby Brister (4)   Neil O'Donnell (1)   





1991
Neil O'Donnell ( / Bubby Brister (                   
1990
Bubby Brister (16)
                
1989
Bubby Brister (14) / Todd Blackledge (2)   Bubby Brister (2)               
1988
Bubby Brister (13) / Todd Blackledge (3)                   
1987
Mark Malone (12) / Steve Bono (3)                   
1986
Mark Malone (14) / Bubby Brister (2)                   
1985
Mark Malone ( / David Woodley (6) / Scott Campbell (2)                   
1984
Mark Malone (9) / David Woodley (7)                   
1983
Cliff Stoudt (15) / Terry Bradshaw (1)   Cliff Stoudt (1)               
1982
Terry Bradshaw (9)
Terry Bradshaw (1)               
1981
Terry Bradshaw (14) / Mark Malone (2)                   
1980
Terry Bradshaw (15) / Mark Malone (1)                   
1979
Terry Bradshaw (16)
Terry Bradshaw (3)               
1978
Terry Bradshaw (16)
Terry Bradshaw (3)               
1977
Terry Bradshaw (14)
Terry Bradshaw (1)               
1976
Terry Bradshaw ( / Mike Kruczek (6)   Terry Bradshaw (2)               
1975
Terry Bradshaw (14)
Terry Bradshaw (3)               
1974
Terry Bradshaw (7) / Joe Gilliam (6) / Terry Hanratty (1)   Terry Bradshaw (4)               
1973
Terry Bradshaw (9) / Terry Hanratty (4) / Joe Gilliam (1)   Terry Bradshaw (1)               
1972
Terry Bradshaw (14)
Terry Bradshaw (2)               
1971
Terry Bradshaw (13) / Terry Hanratty (1)       





1970
Terry Bradshaw ( / Terry Hanratty (6)                   
1969
Dick Shiner (9) / Terry Hanratty (5)                   
1968
Dick Shiner (11) / Kent Nix (3)                   
1967
Kent Nix (9) / Bill Nelsen (5)                   
1966
Ron C. Smith (7) / Bill Nelsen (5) / George Izo (2)                   
1965
Bill Nelsen (12) / Tommy Wade (2)                   
1964
Ed Brown (13) / Bill Nelsen (3)                   
1963
Ed Brown (14)
                
1962
Bobby Layne (11) / Ed Brown (3)                   
1961
Bobby Layne (7) / Rudy Bukich (7)                   
1960
Bobby Layne (11) / Rudy Bukich (1)                   
1959
Bobby Layne (12)
                
1958
Bobby Layne (10) / Earl Morrall (2)                   
1957
Earl Morrall (11) / Len Dawson (1)                   
1956
Ted Marchibroda (11) / Jack Scarbath (1)                   
1955
Jim Finks (12)
                
1954
Jim Finks (12)
                
1953
Jim Finks (9) / Bill Mackrides (3)                   
1952
Jim Finks (12)
                
1951
Joe Geri / Chuck Ortmann                   
1950
Joe Geri
                
1949
Joe Geri / Jim Finks       





1948
Ray Evans / Johnny Clement                   
1947
Johnny Clement / Charley Seabright   Johnny Clement (1)               
1946
Bill Dudley / Johnny Clement                   
1945
Buss Warren / Bill Dudley                   
1944
John Grigas
                
1943
Roy Zimmerman / Allie Sherman                   
1942
Bill Dudley
                
1941
Boyd Brumbaugh / Coley McDonough                   
1940
Billy Patterson
                
1939
Hugh McCullough
                
1938
Max Fiske / Frankie Filchock / Byron White                   
1937
Max Fiske / Johnny Gildea                   
1936
Ed Matesic
                
1935
Johnny Gildea
                
1934
Warren Heller
                
1933
Tony Holm
                
 Most Games as Starting Quarterback







These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Steelers in regular season games.                           
                            
    Name                   Period                          Starts   Win    Losses        Win %   
1   Terry Bradshaw   1970–1983   158   107   51   0.677   
2   Ben Roethlisberger   2004–Present   96   69   29   0.718   
3   Kordell Stewart   1997–2002   75   46   29   0.613   
4   Neil O'Donnell   1991–1995   61   39   22   0.639   
5   Bubby Brister   1986–1992   57   28   29   0.491   
                     
 

   

                                                             

                   Completions Attempts Completion % Yards TDs       Ints   QB Rating
Ben Roethlisberger    1,751   2,778   63.00%   22,222   142   86   92.1
Bobby Layne   569   1,159   49.20%   9,030   66   78   65.5
Bubby Brister   776   1,477   52.50%   10,104   51   57   69.8
Kordell Stewart   1,190   2,107   56.50%   13,328   70   72   72.3
Neil O'Donnell   1,069   1,871   57.10%   12,867   68   39   81.8
Terry Bradshaw   2,025   3,901   51.90%   27,989   212   210   70.9
                     
1 Updated through week 16 of the 2010 season                  

Wikipedia...via a friend

[Joetorious]

Posting that must have been a true test of patience. Very thorough.

[Finnegans Wake]

Not surprised that BR's win % > than Bradshaw's.  I'm a heathen: I feel BR > TB.  Sorry.  There it is.  Love the 70s classic version beyond compare, but current QB is tops in my book.

Surprised by relatively high win % for Brister and Kordell.  Bad memories seem to overshadow them unduly?

Also, really surprising, and bolstering my assertion of BR > TB, is Bradshaw's completion stat.  Yes, different eras.  Still.

[aj_law]

SING BOOBY BLISTER!!!!11111

[Merman1983]

The important question is can Ben outdrink Bobby Layne yet. Ben's got the weight advantage, but Bobby just had a 12 pack at halftime.

[msdmnr2002]

Surprised by relatively high win % for Brister and Kordell.  Bad memories seem to overshadow them unduly?

Seemed like every year in the Brister era we were 8-7 or 7-8 going into the final week, with the "Steelers clinch a playoff berth if..." followed by a long list of scenarios.  So .500 sounds about right.

Running game was dominant during Stewart's time, minimizing Kordell Effect.

[Preacherman0]

Running game was dominant during Stewart's time, minimizing Kordell Effect.

Yes, that was when we truly had a dominant power running attack and minimized throwing the football.  With that in mind...

Is anyone else getting a little annoyed with the ongoing commentary about how the Steelers are a power/running team and they just pound the football and minimize Ben's throws and Ben's a product of that and all that yada-yada-yada?

I mean, that argument is soooooo 2004.  I really think that actually watching the games--or at least reading box scores--should become a requirement for sports commentators.