1948 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 3rd place Eastern Division 4-8-0 .333 |
| Head Coach: Johnny Michelosen |
| Mike Nixon | Backfield |
| Ken Ormiston | Line |
| Frank Patrick | Backfield |
| Harvey Rooker | Ends |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/22/1948 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-28 | L | PIttsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 33506 | |
| Sun | 9/5/1948 | A | Green Bay Packers | 7-9 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 13900 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1948 | H | Detroit Lions | 10-38 | L | PIttsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 23398 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1948 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 14-35 | L | Chicago, IL | Comsikey Park | 16834 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1948 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-17 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 32084 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1948 | H | Boston Yanks | 24-14 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 26216 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1948 | H | Washington Redskins | 10-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 28969 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1948 | A | Boston Yanks | 7-13 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 7208 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1948 | A | New York Giants | 27-34 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 13443 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1948 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-34 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 32474 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1948 | H | Green Bay Packers | 38-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 26058 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1948 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 7-24 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 33364 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1948 | A | Detroit Lions | 14-17 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 13646 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1948 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-17 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 22001 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1948 | H | New York Giants | 38-28 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 27645 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1948 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-31 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 27967 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 21 | Chuck Cherundolo | C-RDT | 6-1 | 215 | 32 | Penn State | 12 | 8 |
| 45 | Bob Cifers | WB-P | 5-11 | 201 | 28 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| 0 | Johnny Clement | TB | 6-0 | 189 | 29 | Southern Methodist | 5 | 3 |
| 44 | Tony Compagno | RDH-FB | 5-11 | 200 | 27 | St. Mary's (California) | 12 | 12 |
| 73 | Bill Cregar | LDG-ROG | 5-11 | 195 | 23 | Holy Cross | 12 | 12 |
| 28 | Bob Davis | RDE-ROE | 5-11 | 192 | 27 | Penn State | 12 | 12 |
| 77 | Paul Davis | S-WB | 6-1 | 188 | 23 | Ohio State; Otterbein | 7 | 7 |
| 42 | Ray Evans | TB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Kansas | 9 | 8 |
| 30 | Bill Garnaas | BB | 5-11 | 187 | 27 | Minnesota | 6 | 1 |
| 48 | Joe Gasparella | FB-LB-BB-S | 6-4 | 222 | 21 | Notre Dame | 9 | 9 |
| 17 | Joe Glamp | WB-FB-K | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Louisiana State | 12 | 0 |
| 54 | Val Jansante | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Duquesne; Villanova | 12 | 8 |
| 51 | Roy Kurrasch | RDE | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | UCLA | 9 | 0 |
| 65 | John Mastrangelo | LOT-RDG | 6-1 | 228 | 22 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 64 | Bryant Meeks | RLB-C | 6-2 | 193 | 22 | Georgia; South Carolina | 10 | 10 |
| 55 | Charley Mehelich | LDE | 6-1 | 199 | 26 | Duquesne | 12 | 10 |
| 72 | Bill Moore | LOG-RDG | 5-11 | 218 | 26 | Penn State | 12 | 12 |
| 16 | Gonzalo Morales | TB-LDH | 6-0 | 188 | 26 | St. Mary's (California) | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | Norm Mosley | TB-DB? | 5-9 | 185 | 26 | Alabama | 5 | 1 |
| 81 | Elbie Nickel | ROE | 6-1 | 196 | 26 | Cincinnati | 12 | 11 |
| 60 | Leo Nobile | ROG-LOG | 5-10 | 215 | 26 | Penn State | 12 | 1 |
| 22 | Jerry Nuzum | WB-TB? | 6-1 | 199 | 25 | Compton JC; New Mexico State | 11 | 2 |
| 27 | George Papach | FB-WB | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Purdue | 10 | 2 |
| 46 | Ed Ryan | LDE | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | St. Mary's (California) | 9 | 2 |
| 86 | Carl Samuelson | RDT-ROT | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Nebraska | 11 | 3 |
| 33 | Charley Seabright | LLB-BB | 6-2 | 204 | 30 | West Virginia | 12 | 12 |
| 49 | Jerry Shipkey | FB | 6-1 | 213 | 23 | Southern California; UCLA | 12 | 8 |
| 89 | Hub Shurtz | LT | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Louisiana State | 11 | 0 |
| 57 | Frank Sinkovitz | LB-C | 6-1 | 218 | 25 | Duke | 9 | 3 |
| 12 | Nick Skorich | ROG-RDG? | 5-9 | 197 | 27 | Cincinnati | 12 | 1 |
| 62 | Steve Suhey | ROG | 5-11 | 215 | 26 | Penn State | 12 | 5 |
| 75 | Jack Wiley | LDT-LOT | 5-11 | 208 | 28 | Waynesburg | 12 | 12 |
| 79 | Frank Wydo | ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 225 | 24 | Duquesne; Cornell | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 9 | Danny Edwards | E | Georgia |
| 3 | 20 | Jerry Nuzum | B | New Mexico State |
| 5 | 34 | John Wozniak | G | Alabama |
| 6 | 43 | Joe Gasparella | B | Notre Dame |
| 6 | 45 | Phil O'Reilly | T | Purdue |
| 7 | 52 | Bill Luongo | B | Pennsylvania |
| 8 | 64 | Jim Cooper | C | North Texas |
| 9 | 73 | Ed Ryan | E | St. Mary's (California) |
| 10 | 82 | Dick Deranek | B | Indiana |
| 11 | 94 | Paul Redfield | T | Colgate |
| 12 | 103 | George Papach | B | Purdue |
| 13 | 112 | Tom Finical | E | Princeton |
| 14 | 124 | Clayton Lane | T | New Hampshire |
| 15 | 133 | Dick Mazuca | G | Canisius |
| 16 | 142 | Bill McPeak | E | Pittsburgh |
| 17 | 154 | Frank Messoline | B | Scranton |
| 18 | 163 | Tom Lane | T | Muhlenberg |
| 19 | 172 | Pete Barbolak | T | Purdue |
| 20 | 184 | Fred Folger | B | Duke |
| 21 | 193 | Charley Snyder | T | Marshall |
| 22 | 202 | Tally Stevens | E | Utah |
| 23 | 214 | Dyke Norman | C | Washington & Lee |
| 24 | 223 | Floyd Simmons | B | Notre Dame |
| 25 | 232 | Paul Hausser | T | Wichita State |
| 26 | 244 | Bob Ramsey | B | Southern Methodist |
| 27 | 253 | Felton Whitlow | T | North Texas |
| 28 | 262 | Dinky Bowen | B | Georgia Tech |
| 29 | 274 | Abe Gibron | G | Purdue |
| 30 | 283 | Bruce Hilkene | T | Michigan |
| 31 | 290 | Ted Zuchowski | T | Toledo |
| 32 | 299 | Tony DiMatteo | B | Pittsburgh |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 41 | 55 | 38 | 66 | |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 69 | 21 | 89 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 210 | 122 | 68 | 20 | / % | / % | 63 | 616 | |
| Opponents Totals | 188 | 90 | 83 | 15 | / % | / % | 106 | 927 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Glamp | 3 | 26 | 27 | 96.3 | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 0 | 56 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Val Jansante | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| George Papach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Johnny Clement | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ray Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Cifers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tony Compagno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gonzalo Morales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Norm Mosley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Elbie Nickel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 27 | 26 | 27 | 96.3 | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 0 | 200 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 30 | 32 | 93.8 | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 0 | 243 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Glamp | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 1 | 40 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 2/4 | 2/1 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 1 | 40 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 2/4 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 0/ | 2/ | 2/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Cifers | 112 | 361 | 3.2 | 21 | 1 |
| Ray Evans | 99 | 343 | 3.5 | 24 | 2 |
| George Papach | 60 | 324 | 5.4 | 42 | 2 |
| Johnny Clement | 67 | 261 | 3.9 | 28t | 2 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 64 | 199 | 3.1 | 16 | 8 |
| Joe Glamp | 28 | 167 | 6.0 | 55t | 1 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 26 | 109 | 4.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Tony Compagno | 24 | 101 | 4.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Norm Mosley | 13 | 39 | 3.0 | 8 | 1 |
| Gonzalo Morales | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Gasparella | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Paul Davis | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Val Jansante | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 510 | 1934 | 3.8 | 55t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 434 | 1648 | 3.8 | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Evans | 137 | 64 | 64 | 56 | 924 | 6.7 | 14.4 | 66t | 5 | 3.6 | 17 | 12.4 | 81 | 843 | 41.7 | |
| Joe Gasparella | 57 | 23 | 23 | 30 | 294 | 5.2 | 12.8 | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 7.0 | 18 | 276 | 28.0 | |
| Johnny Clement | 58 | 18 | 18 | 33 | 281 | 4.8 | 15.6 | 39t | 3 | 5.2 | 7 | 12.1 | 13 | 268 | 25.8 | |
| Gonzalo Morales | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 7.5 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 95.8 |
| Joe Glamp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Charley Mehelich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Norm Mosley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Bob Cifers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 19 | -19 | 0.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 266 | 108 | 108 | 129 | 1529 | 5.7 | 14.2 | 66t | 8 | 3.0 | 29 | 10.9 | 30.3 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 279 | 149 | 149 | 117 | 1987 | 7.1 | 13.3 | 18 | 6.5 | 13 | 4.7 | 78.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val Jansante | 39 | 623 | 16.0 | 66t | 3 |
| Elbie Nickel | 22 | 324 | 14.7 | 35 | 1 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 10 | 106 | 10.6 | 43 | 0 |
| Joe Glamp | 9 | 138 | 15.3 | 39t | 2 |
| Charley Seabright | 8 | 63 | 7.9 | 16 | 1 |
| Ray Evans | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Bob Cifers | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 29 | 0 |
| George Papach | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Bob Davis | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Tony Compagno | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 108 | 1529 | 14.2 | 66t | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 149 | 1987 | 13.3 | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Compagno | 7 | 179 | 25.6 | 82t | 1 |
| Frank Sinkovitz | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65 | 0 |
| Carl Samuelson | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Gonzalo Morales | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Paul Davis | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 320 | 24.6 | 82t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 378 | 13.0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Cifers | 62 | 2454 | 39.6 | 66 | 0 | |||||
| Ray Evans | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Team Totals | 63 | 2454 | 39.0 | 66 | 1 | 374 | 33.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 2867 | 42.8 | 353 | 34.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Evans | 10 | 133 | 13.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Gonzalo Morales | 8 | 83 | 10.4 | 20 | 0 | |
| Norm Mosley | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 13 | 0 | |
| Paul Davis | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Tony Compagno | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 | |
| Joe Glamp | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bob Cifers | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Jerry Nuzum | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 353 | 9.8 | 22 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 374 | 11.3 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Cifers | 9 | 245 | 27.2 | 55 | 0 | |
| Joe Glamp | 7 | 158 | 22.6 | 30 | 0 | |
| Ray Evans | 7 | 122 | 17.4 | 27 | 0 | |
| Jerry Nuzum | 6 | 122 | 20.3 | 32 | 0 | |
| Gonzalo Morales | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| Jerry Shipkey | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Norm Mosley | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Bill Garnaas | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| George Papach | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Paul Davis | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Steve Suhey | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Bob Davis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Charley Mehelich | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 42 | 846 | 20.1 | 55 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 622 | 17.8 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Cifers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 | |
| Johnny Clement | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Compagno | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Cregar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Davis | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Ray Evans | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |
| Joe Gasparella | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Glamp | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Val Jansante | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Bryant Meeks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gonzalo Morales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 1 |
| Norm Mosley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elbie Nickel | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Jerry Nuzum | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Papach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Samuelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Shipkey | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 0 | |
| Hub Shurtz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Suhey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Wiley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Wydo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 43 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 44 | 54 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 5 |
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