1951 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)

4th place American Conference 4-7-1 .364

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
73	Lou Allen	LOT	6-3	220	27	Duke	12	12
80	Jack Butler	RDH	6-0	195	24	St. Bonaventure	12	10
14	Lynn Chandnois	ROH	6-2	198	28	Michigan State	12	9
60	Dale Dodrill	MG	6-1	211	25	Colorado State	7	6
7	Jim Finks	S-RDH-TB	5-11	175	24	Tulsa	12	12
23	Joe Gasparella	BB	6-4	222	24	Notre Dame	4	4
35	Joe Geri	TB-P-K	5-10	185	28	Georgia	12	12
11	Howard Hartley	LDH	5-11	185	27	Duke	12	12
75	George Hays	LDE-LDT	6-2	211	27	St. Bonaventure	12	12
25	Dick Hendley	BB	5-11	200	25	Clemson	7	0
63	Darrell Hogan	MLB	5-10	210	25	Baylor; Trinity (Texas)	12	12
37	Joe Hollingsworth	FB-LLB	6-0	198	26	Georgia; Eastern Kentucky	10	1
65	George Hughes	ROG	6-1	225	26	William & Mary	12	12
54	Val Jansante	LOE	6-1	190	31	Duquesne; Villanova	6	6
86	Tom Jelley	ROE	6-5	225	25	Miami (Florida)	5	0
72	Paul Lea	LOT	6-2	240	22	Tulane	9	0
44	Ray Mathews	WB	6-0	185	22	Clemson	12	3
84	Bill McPeak	RDE-ROE	6-1	208	25	Notre Dame; Pittsburgh	12	12
55	Charley Mehelich	LDE	6-1	199	29	Duquesne	5	5
82	Hank Minarik	LOE-ROE	6-2	200	24	Michigan State	11	6
55	Tony Momsen	C	6-1	215	23	Michigan	11	0
81	Elbie Nickel	ROE	6-1	196	29	Cincinnati	12	12
22	Jerry Nuzum	FB	6-1	199	28	Compton JC; New Mexico State	11	9
49	Chuck Ortmann	S-TB	6-1	190	22	Michigan	12	2
27	Fran Rogel	FB	5-11	203	24	California (Pennsylvania); Penn State	12	2
78	Carl Samuelson	LDT-RDT	6-4	250	28	Nebraska	12	7
68	John Schweder	MG	6-1	224	24	Pennsylvania	12	6
33	Jerry Shipkey	LLB-FB	6-1	213	26	Southern California; UCLA	11	11
57	Frank Sinkovitz	RLB	6-1	218	28	Duke	12	12
30	Truett Smith	BB	6-2	208	27	Mississippi State; Wyoming	11	8
70	Ernie Stautner	RDT	6-1	230	26	Boston College	12	12
62	Dick Tomlinson	LOG	6-1	205	23	Kansas	12	12
56	Bill Walsh	C	6-2	230	24	Notre Dame	12	12
79	Frank Wydo	ROT	6-4	225	27	Duquesne; Cornell	12	12

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	30	75	16	62
Opponents Totals	34	85	61	55

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		172	76	79	17	/ %	/ %	51	428
Opponents Totals		188	97	74	17	/ %	/ %	84	725

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Joe Geri	4	22	23	95.7	7	14	50.0	0	67
Lynn Chandnois	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Elbie Nickel	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Fran Rogel	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jack Butler	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jim Finks	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Val Jansante	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ray Mathews	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Hank Minarik	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jerry Nuzum	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jerry Shipkey	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Charley Mehelich	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	23	22	23	95.7	7	14	50.0	1	183
Opponents Totals	31	28	31	90.3	7	12	58.3	1	235

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Joe Geri	7	14	50.0	1/	4/	1/	1/	0/
Team Totals	7	14	50.0	1/	1/	1/	1/	0/
Opponents Totals	7	12	58.3	2/	2/	3/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Fran Rogel	109	385	3.5	51	3
Lynn Chandnois	108	332	3.1	34	2
Chuck Ortmann	59	327	5.5	32	0
Joe Geri	90	252	2.8	17	3
Jerry Nuzum	27	56	2.1	9	1
Ray Mathews	21	37	1.8	15	0
Jim Finks	3	27	9.0	22	0
Joe Hollingsworth	7	11	1.6	6	0
Truett Smith	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	425	1428	3.4	51	9
Opponents Totals	499	1859	3.7		13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Chuck Ortmann	139	56	40.3	70	671	4.8	12.0	37t	3	2.2	13	9.4		199	472	24.0
Joe Geri	90	29	32.2	54	506	5.6	17.4	77t	2	2.2	7	7.8		24	482	27.4
Lynn Chandnois	43	16	37.2	23	256	6.0	16.0	49t	2	4.7	4	9.3		47	209	34.6
Ray Mathews	31	15	48.4	16	208	6.7	13.9	39	2	6.5	0	0.0		30	178	91.9
Jim Finks	24	14	58.3	9	201	8.4	14.4	40t	1	4.2	1	4.2		9	192	82.1
Fran Rogel	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Joe Gasparella	2	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	330	130	39.4	174	1842	5.6	14.2	77t	10	3.0	26	7.9		318	1524	35.4
Opponents Totals	266	136	51.1	100	1687	6.3	12.4		12	4.5	30	11.3		201	1486	46.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Hank Minarik	35	459	13.1	37	1
Lynn Chandnois	29	490	16.9	55	4
Elbie Nickel	28	447	16.0	77t	3
Val Jansante	15	194	12.9	46t	1
Fran Rogel	10	59	5.9	24	0
Truett Smith	4	71	17.8	24	0
Chuck Ortmann	4	62	15.5	22	0
Jerry Nuzum	2	43	21.5	39	0
Joe Geri	2	9	4.5	8	0
Tom Jelley	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	130	1842	14.2	77t	10
Opponents Totals	136	1687	12.4		12

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Howard Hartley	10	69	6.9	23	0
Jerry Shipkey	6	113	18.8	58	1
Jack Butler	5	142	28.4	52t	1
Jim Finks	3	46	15.3	25t	1
Frank Sinkovitz	2	6	3.0	6	0
Chuck Ortmann	1	62	62.0	62	0
John Schweder	1	20	20.0	20	0
Darrell Hogan	1	3	3.0	3	0
Ray Mathews	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	30	461	15.4	62	3
Opponents Totals	26	446	17.2		3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Joe Geri	73	2787	38.2	72	0
Chuck Ortmann	7	302	43.1	72	1
Team Totals	80	3089	38.6	72	1	411	33.5
Opponents Totals	77	3133	40.7			464

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ray Mathews	15	231	15.4	68t	1
Howard Hartley	18	156	8.7	35	0
Lynn Chandnois	12	55	4.6	20	0
Jim Finks	1	20	20.0	13	0
Jack Butler	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	47	464	9.9	68t	1
Opponents Totals	40	411	10.3		0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Lynn Chandnois	12	390	32.5	55
Ray Mathews	13	327	25.2	40
Bill McPeak	3	10	3.3	8
Joe Geri	2	108	54.0	86
Fran Rogel	2	9	4.5	9
Howard Hartley	1	14	14.0	14
Frank Wydo	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	34	858	25.2	86
Opponents Totals	32	597	18.7

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Lou Allen	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Lynn Chandnois	7		2	0	2	0	0
Dale Dodrill	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Jim Finks	1		0	0	0	0	0
Joe Geri	5		4	0	4	2	0
Howard Hartley	1		1	1	2	0	0
George Hays	0	0	0	3	3	15	0
Joe Hollingsworth	1		1	1	2	0	0
George Hughes	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Tom Jelley	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ray Mathews	3		2	0	2	0	0
Charley Mehelich	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jerry Nuzum	2		0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Ortmann	5		0	0	0	0	0
Fran Rogel	4		2	0	2	0	0
Carl Samuelson	1		0	1	1	0	0
John Schweder	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jerry Shipkey	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Frank Sinkovitz	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ernie Stautner	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Frank Wydo	1		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	31	17	14	16	30	20	0
Opponents Totals	30	16	14	17	31		1