1947 Pittsburgh Steelers - The Pro Football Archives

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Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Fri	8/22/1947	N	Bethlehem Bulldogs	28-0	W	Erie, PA	Memorial Stadium	7559
Fri	8/29/1947	H	Green Bay Packers	24-17	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	31507
Sat	9/6/1947	N	Norfolk Shamrocks	48-0	W	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	8000
Sat	9/13/1947	N	Richmond Rebels	35-0	W	New Kensington, PA	Memorial Stadium	8500
Sun	9/21/1947	H	Detroit Lions	17-10	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	34681	Boxscore
Mon	9/29/1947	H	Los Angeles Rams	7-48	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	35658	Boxscore
Sun	10/5/1947	A	Washington Redskins	26-27	L	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	36585	Boxscore
Sun	10/12/1947	A	Boston Yanks	30-14	W	Boston, MA	Fenway Park	18894	Boxscore
Sun	10/19/1947	H	Philadelphia Eagles	35-24	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	33538	Boxscore
Sun	10/26/1947	A	New York Giants	38-21	W	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	41736	Boxscore
Sun	11/2/1947	A	Green Bay Packers	18-17	W	West Allis, WI	Wisconsin State Fair Park	30073	Boxscore
Sun	11/9/1947	H	Washington Redskins	21-14	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	36257	Boxscore
Sun	11/16/1947	H	New York Giants	24-7	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	35000	Boxscore
Sun	11/23/1947	A	Chicago Bears	7-49	L	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	34142	Boxscore
Sun	11/30/1947	A	Philadelphia Eagles	0-21	L	Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	37218	Boxscore
Sun	12/7/1947	H	Boston Yanks	17-7	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	31398	Boxscore
Sun	12/21/1947	H	Philadelphia Eagles	0-21	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	35729	Eastern Division Playoff

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
85	Tony Bova	DE	6-1	190	30	St. Francis (Pennsylvania)	9	0
47	Ralph Calcagni	OT-DT	6-3	230	25	Pennsylvania; Cornell	9	0
21	Chuck Cherundolo	CLB	6-1	215	31	Penn State	12	12
45	Bob Cifers	OHB-DB	5-11	201	27	Tennessee	11	4
0	Johnny Clement	TB-DB	6-0	189	28	Southern Methodist	10	4
44	Tony Compagno	FB-LB-OHB-DB	5-11	200	26	St. Mary's (California)	11	4
73	Bill Cregar	OG-DG	5-11	195	22	Holy Cross	12	0
28	Bob Davis	ROE-RDE	5-11	192	26	Penn State	11	11
77	Paul Davis	FB-LB	6-1	188	22	Ohio State; Otterbein	5	0
25	Al Drulis	LB	5-10	193	26	Temple	10	2
30	Bill Garnaas	OHB-DB	5-11	187	26	Minnesota	10	0
17	Joe Glamp	OHB-DB	5-11	185	26	Louisiana State	12	5
23	Sam Gray	DE	6-0	195	28	Tulsa	10	0
40	Bill Hornick	OT-DT	6-1	207	28	Tulane	4	0
35	Gene Hubka	OHB	5-10	175	23	Temple; Bucknell	2	0
54	Val Jansante	LOE-LDE	6-1	190	27	Duquesne; Villanova	12	8
37	Steve Lach	FB-LB	6-1	210	27	Duke	12	8
65	John Mastrangelo	ROG-RDG	6-1	228	21	Notre Dame	11	5
64	Bryant Meeks	C-LB	6-2	193	21	Georgia; South Carolina	9	0
55	Charley Mehelich	LOE-LDE	6-1	199	25	Duquesne	11	4
72	Bill Moore	LOG-LDG	5-11	218	25	Penn State	12	12
16	Gonzalo Morales	TB-DB	6-0	188	25	St. Mary's (California)	7	1
81	Elbie Nickel	ROE-RDE	6-1	196	25	Cincinnati	12	1
22	John Perko	OG-DG	6-1	207	33	Duquesne	6	0
38	Joe Repko	OT-DT	6-0	236	27	Seton Hall; Boston College	7	0
33	Charley Seabright	BB-DB	6-2	204	29	West Virginia	12	12
57	Frank Sinkovitz	C-LB	6-1	218	24	Duke	10	0
12	Nick Skorich	ROG-RDG	5-9	197	26	Cincinnati	11	6
31	Walt Slater	TB-DB	5-11	187	27	Tennessee	11	8
78	Paul Stenn	ROT-RDT-OG-DG	6-1	242	29	Villanova	11	5
27	Bob Sullivan	OHB-DB	5-9	198	23	Holy Cross; Iowa	3	1
42	Paul White	OHB-DB	6-1	183	26	Michigan	12	1
75	Jack Wiley	LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT	5-11	208	27	Waynesburg	12	11
79	Frank Wydo	ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT	6-4	225	23	Duquesne; Cornell	11	7

DRAFT LIST	Round	Overall	Pos	College
Hub Bechtol	1	5	E	Texas
John Mastrangelo	3	16	G	Notre Dame
Frank Wydo	5	29	T	Cornell
Frank Aschenbrenner	6	38	B	Northwestern
Bryant Meeks	7	49	C	South Carolina
Jerry Shipkey	8	58	B	UCLA
Burt VanderClute	9	69	G	Wesleyan
Paul Gibson	10	78	E	North Carolina State
Jack Medd	11	89	C	Wesleyan
Jack Fitch	12	98	B	North Carolina
Ara Parseghian	13	109	B	Miami (Ohio)
Bill Moore	14	118	T	Penn State
Larry Bruno	15	129	B	Geneva
Ralph Jenkins	16	138	C	Clemson
Elbie Nickel	17	149	E	Cincinnati
Bill Cregar	18	158	C	Holy Cross
Jerry Mulready	19	169	B	North Dakota State
Warren Smith	20	178	T	Kansas Wesleyan
Fred Hamilton	21	189	T	Vanderbilt
Fred Taylor	22	198	E	Texas Christian
Binks Bushmiaer	23	209	B	Vanderbilt
Paul Davis	24	218	B	Otterbein
Tommy Kalmanir	25	229	B	Nevada-Reno
Don Mohr	26	238	E	Baldwin-Wallace
Art Young	27	249	G	Dartmouth
Ralph Sazio	28	258	T	William & Mary
Dick Pitzer	29	269	E	Army
Tony Stalloni	28	278	T	Delaware
Vince DiFrancesca	31	287	G	Northwestern
Warren Lahr	32	294	B	Case Western Reserve

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	47	72	42	79
Opponents Totals	47	70	44	98

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		176	108	57	11	/ %	/ %	60	527
Opponents Totals		170	88	68	14	/ %	/ %	78	622

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Paul White	1	0			0			0	6
Steve Lach	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Joe Glamp	0	30	31	96.8	6	14	42.9	0	48
Val Jansante	5	0	0		0	0		1	32
Tony Compagno	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Johnny Clement	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Bill Garnaas	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bob Sullivan	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Mastrangelo	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Joe Repko	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Charley Seabright	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Frank Sinkovitz	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tony Bova	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Ralph Calcagni	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	31	30	31	96.8	6	14	42.9	3	240
Opponents Totals	35	34	35	97.1	5	7	71.4	0	259

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Joe Glamp	6	14	42.9	2/	1/	3/	0/	0/
Team Totals	6	14	42.9	2/	1/	3/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	5	7	71.4	3/	0/	1/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Johnny Clement	129	670	5.2	43	4
Steve Lach	120	372	3.1	19	8
Bob Cifers	87	356	4.1	41	0
Walt Slater	46	167	3.6	19	0
Tony Compagno	34	126	3.7	13	2
Gonzalo Morales	29	96	3.3	18	0
Paul White	22	85	3.9	52t	1
Bob Sullivan	21	61	2.9	14	0
Paul Davis	4	5	1.3	6	0
Gene Hubka	2	4	2.0	3	0
Charley Seabright	1	4	4.0	4	0
Joe Glamp	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	496	1948	3.9	52t	15
Opponents Totals	403	1622	4.0		11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Johnny Clement	123	52	42.3	62	1004	8.2	19.3	68t	7	5.7	9	7.3		124	880	59.8
Walt Slater	39	18	46.2	16	215	5.5	11.9	37	1	2.6	5	12.8		33	182	32.5
Gonzalo Morales	27	8	29.6	15	78	2.9	9.8	23	1	3.7	4	14.8	0	0	78	12.3
Bob Sullivan	9	3	33.3	5	52	5.8	17.3	24	0	0.0	1	11.1	0	0	52	14.4
Bob Cifers	3	2	66.7	1	28	9.3	14.0	22	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	28	96.5
Steve Lach	5	2	40.0	3	12	2.4	6.0	6	1	20.0	0	0.0		10	2	87.5
Paul White	3	1	33.3	2	21	7.0	21.0	21	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	21	59.0
Team Totals	209	86	41.1	104	1410	6.7	16.4	68t	10	4.8	19	9.1				42.6
Opponents Totals	244	98	40.2	128	1847	7.6	18.8		20	8.2	18	7.4				63.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Val Jansante	35	599	17.1	46	5
Steve Lach	11	77	7.0	2	1
Tony Compagno	9	190	21.1	39t	1
Charley Seabright	7	16	2.3	10	0
Bob Davis	5	145	29.0	44	0
Bill Garnaas	5	144	28.8	68t	2
Bob Sullivan	4	72	18.0	30t	1
Bob Cifers	3	58	19.3	37	0
Charley Mehelich	3	38	12.7	13	0
Paul White	2	55	27.5	53	0
Johnny Clement	1	6	6.0	6	0
Elbie Nickel	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team Totals	86	1410	16.4	68t	10
Opponents Totals	98	1847	18.8		20

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tony Compagno	4	163	40.8	64t	2
Walt Slater	4	38	9.5	38	0
Charley Seabright	3	80	26.7	39t	1
Frank Sinkovitz	3	57	19.0	47t	1
Paul White	2	22	11.0	15	0
Bob Cifers	1	32	32.0	32	0
Gonzalo Morales	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	18	397	22.1	64t	4
Opponents Totals	19	287	15.1		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Bob Cifers	68	2796	41.1	74	2	330
Team Totals	68	2796	41.1	74	1	330	30.1
Opponents Totals	70	2976	42.5			583	33.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Walt Slater	28	435	15.5	33
Gonzalo Morales	6	88	14.7	20
Paul White	5	50	10.0	14
Bob Sullivan	1	10	10.0	10
Team Totals	40	583	14.6	33
Opponents Totals	30	330	11.0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Walt Slater	22	480	21.8	39
Gonzalo Morales	5	113	22.6	27
Bob Sullivan	4	86	21.5	26
Steve Lach	3	59	19.7	26
Paul White	3	50	16.7	26
Charley Seabright	3	23	7.7	11
Val Jansante	2	42	21.0	21
Tony Compagno	2	32	16.0	17
Bob Cifers	2	30	15.0	16
Johnny Clement	1	24	24.0	24
Bill Garnaas	1	17	17.0	17
Tony Bova	1	16	16.0	16
Bob Davis	1	3	3.0	3
Team Totals	50	975	19.5	39
Opponents Totals	43	892	20.7

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ralph Calcagni	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Cifers	3		0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Clement	7		1	0	1	0	0
Tony Compagno	6		0	0	0	0	0
Paul Davis	1		0	0	0	0	0
Al Drulis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Garnaas	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Val Jansante	1		1	2	3	7	0
Steve Lach	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Mastrangelo	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Charley Mehelich	0	0	0	2	2	13	0
Bill Moore	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
Gonzalo Morales	1		0	0	0	0	0
Joe Repko	0	0	0	1	1	48	1
Charley Seabright	2		0	0	0	0	0
Nick Skorich	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Walt Slater	2		1	2	3	7	0
Paul Stenn	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Sullivan	2		1	0	1	7	0
Paul White	2		3	0	3	0	0
Jack Wiley	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Team Totals	28	16	12	14	26	81	1
Opponents Totals	34	14	20	16	36		0

Assistant Coach	Johnny Michelosen
Backfield	Mike Nixon
Ends	Joe Skladany
Line	Frank Walton