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1952 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) 4th place American Conference 5-7-0 .417

Head Coach: Joe Bach

Assistant Coach	Chuck Cherundolo
Backfield	Gus Dorais
Assistant Coach	Walt Kiesling
Backfield	Keith Molesworth

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Tue	8/12/1952	H	Chicago Bears	9-14	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	26224
Sat	8/16/1952	A	Philadelphia Eagles	0-0	T	Hershey, PA	Hershey Stadium	11489
Fri	8/22/1952	N	New York Giants	0-24	L	Des Moines, IA	Drake Stadium	13000
Fri	8/29/1952	H	Green Bay Packers	7-6	W	Latrobe, PA	Memorial Stadium	10000
Sun	9/7/1952	H	San Francisco 49ers	14-29	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	21759
Wed	9/17/1952	N	Green Bay Packers	7-6	W	Minneapolis, MN	Parade Stadium	10000
Sat	9/20/1952	H	Chicago Bears	0-22	L	Shreveport, LA	Independence Stadium	10000
Sun	9/28/1952	H	Philadelphia Eagles	25-31	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	22501
Sat	10/4/1952	H	Cleveland Browns	20-21	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	27923
Sun	10/12/1952	A	Philadelphia Eagles	21-26	L	Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	18648
Sun	10/19/1952	H	Washington Redskins	24-28	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	22605
Sun	10/26/1952	A	Chicago Cardinals	34-28	W	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	20395
Sun	11/2/1952	A	Washington Redskins	24-23	W	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	25866
Sun	11/9/1952	H	Detroit Lions	6-31	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	26170
Sun	11/16/1952	A	Cleveland Browns	28-29	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	34973
Sun	11/23/1952	H	Chicago Cardinals	17-14	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	18330
Sun	11/30/1952	H	New York Giants	63-7	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	15140
Sun	12/7/1952	A	San Francisco 49ers	24-7	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	13866
Sun	12/14/1952	A	Los Angeles Rams	14-28	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	71310

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

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
64	Rudy Andabaker	LOG	6-0	202	24	Pittsburgh	6	5
27	Jim Brandt	DB	6-1	200	23	St. Thomas (Minnesota)	9	0
80	Jack Butler	RDH-LOE	6-0	195	25	St. Bonaventure	12	12
35	Tom Calvin	ROH-FB	6-0	200	26	Alabama	12	4
49	Lynn Chandnois	ROH	6-2	198	29	Michigan State	12	8
60	Dale Dodrill	MG	6-1	211	26	Colorado State	12	12
7	Jim Finks	QB-P	5-11	175	25	Tulsa	12	12
20	Howard Hartley	LDH	5-11	185	28	Duke	10	10
82	George Hays	LDE	6-2	211	28	St. Bonaventure	11	4
63	Darrell Hogan	LLB	5-10	210	26	Baylor; Trinity (Texas)	12	12
65	George Hughes	ROT-DG	6-1	225	27	William & Mary	12	10
58	Lou Levanti	MLB	6-1	215	29	Illinois	8	0
25	Ray Mathews	LOH-K	6-0	185	23	Clemson	12	12
84	Bill McPeak	RDE	6-1	208	26	Notre Dame; Pittsburgh	12	12
81	Elbie Nickel	ROE	6-1	196	30	Cincinnati	12	12
34	Fran Rogel	FB	5-11	203	25	California (Pennsylvania); Penn State	12	2
77	John Schweder	LOG-LOT-MG	6-1	224	25	Pennsylvania	12	11
33	Jerry Shipkey	MLB	6-1	213	27	Southern California; UCLA	12	12
57	Frank Sinkovitz	RLB	6-1	218	29	Duke	11	11
72	Alex Smail	RDT	5-8	235	26	Detroit Mercy	1	0
70	Ernie Stautner	RDT-LDT	6-1	230	27	Boston College	12	12
88	George Sulima	LOE	6-2	200	24	Boston University	12	6
56	Bill Walsh	C	6-2	230	25	Notre Dame	12	12
78	Lou Ferry	LDT-RDT	6-2	244	25	Villanova	12	12
85	Dick Hensley	LOE-ROE	6-4	213	25	Kentucky	11	2
24	Claude Hipps	S-LDH	6-1	189	25	Georgia	12	8
17	Gary Kerkorian	K-QB	5-11	185	22	Stanford	10	0
14	Ed Kissell	S-RDH-K	6-1	193	23	Wake Forest	6	7
66	Pete Ladygo	ROG	6-2	218	24	Potomac State JC; Maryland	12	12
39	Ed Modzelewski	FB	6-0	217	23	Maryland	10	5
72	Earl Murray	LOT-ROT-ROG	6-2	244	26	Purdue	11	8
37	Jack Spinks	FB	6-0	236	22	Alcorn State	10	3
50	George Tarasovic	LDE-RLB	6-4	245	22	Boston College; Northeast Louisana JC; Louisiana State	12	9
28	Pat Brady	P-QB	6-1	195	26	Nevada-Reno; Bradley	12	0
75	Dick Fugler	ROT	6-2	242	21	Tulane	12	1

DRAFT LIST	Round	Overall	Pos	College	Notes
Ed Modzelewski	1	6	B	Maryland
George Tarasovic	2	18	C	Louisiana State
Steve Wadiak	3	30	B	South Carolina
Jack Gearding	4	42	T	Xavier (Ohio)
Claude Hipps	7	78	B	Georgia
Hal Payne	9	102	B	Tennessee
George Gilmartin	10	114	B	Xavier (Ohio)
Jack Spinks	11	126	B	Alcorn State
Marv McFadden	12	138	T	Michigan State
Dave Flood	13	150	B	Notre Dame
June Davis	14	162	G	Texas
Dick Pivirotto	15	174	B	Princeton
Pete Ladygo	16	186	G	Maryland
Patrick Smithwick	17	198	E	St. Norbert
Andy MacDonald	18	210	B	Central Michigan
Gary Kerkorian	19	222	QB	Stanford
Danny Simeone	20	234	T	Villanova
Harry Babcock	21	246	E	Georgia	Declared Ineligible
Bob Byrne	22	258	B	Montana
Vic Pollock	23	270	B	Army
Bob Bestwick	24	282	B	Pittsburgh
Bill Robinson	25	294	B	Lincoln (Missouri)
Bobby Wilson	26	306	B	Alabama
Skip Doyle	27	318	B	Ohio State	Future
Jerry Hanifan	28	330	B	St. Bonaventure
Chris Warriner	29	342	E	Pittsburgh
Ed Kissell	30	354	B	Wake Forest

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	51	83	76	90
Opponents Totals	64	47	63	99

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		187	67	110	10	/ %	/ %	57	520
Opponents Totals		224	100	115	9	/ %	/ %	71	623

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Elbie Nickel	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Gary Kerkorian	0	35	41	85.4	4	9	44.4	0	47
Ray Mathews	7	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	43
Lynn Chandnois	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Jim Finks	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Ed Modzelewski	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Fran Rogel	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jack Butler	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
George Hays	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Dick Hensley	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Dale Dodrill	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Lou Ferry	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Darrell Hogan	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
George Sulima	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ed Kissell	0	0	0		0	2	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	42	36	42	85.7	4	11	36.4	0	300
Opponents Totals	35	35	35	100.0	8	8	100.0	2	273

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Gary Kerkorian	4	9	44.4	1/	2/	1/	0/	0/
Ed Kissell	0	2	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	4	11	36.4	1/	2/	1/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	8	8	100.0	3/	3/	2/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ray Mathews	66	315	4.8	36	0
Lynn Chandnois	97	298	3.1	25	1
Fran Rogel	84	230	2.7	14	3
Ed Modzelewski	82	195	2.4	14	3
Jack Spinks	22	94	4.3	42	0
Jim Finks	23	37	1.6	20t	5
Gary Kerkorian	2	20	10.0	20	0
Tom Calvin	7	14	2.0	11	0
Jerry Shipkey	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	384	1204	3.1	42	12
Opponents Totals	460	1744	3.8		9

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Jim Finks	336	158	47.0	159	2307	6.9	14.6	60t	20	6.0	19	5.7		252	2055	66.2
Gary Kerkorian	11	5	45.5	3	79	7.2	15.8	27	1	9.1	3	27.3		52	27	60.6
Ray Mathews	13	3	23.1	9	104	8.0	34.7	69	0	0.0	1	7.7	0	9	95	28.4
Pat Brady	3	1	33.3	2	14	4.7	14.0	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	14	49.3
Lynn Chandnois	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	365	167	45.8	175	2504	6.9	15.0	69	21	5.8	23	6.3		313	2191	61.7
Opponents Totals	369	167	45.3	175	2765	7.5	16.6		24	6.5	27	7.3		220	2545	62.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Elbie Nickel	55	884	16.1	54t	9
Ray Mathews	33	543	16.5	50	5
Lynn Chandnois	28	370	13.2	48t	2
Dick Hensley	12	217	18.1	60t	2
Fran Rogel	12	140	11.7	26	0
Ed Modzelewski	11	109	9.9	23	0
George Sulima	9	176	19.6	69	1
Jack Butler	3	37	12.3	20t	2
Jack Spinks	2	22	11.0	23	0
Tom Calvin	2	4	2.0	6	0
George Hughes	0	2		2L	0
Team Totals	167	2504	15.0	69	21
Opponents Totals	167	2765	16.6		24

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jack Butler	7	168	24.0	41	0
Ed Kissell	5	71	14.2	37	0
Howard Hartley	4	51	12.8	24	0
Darrell Hogan	4	50	12.5	21	0
Claude Hipps	3	48	16.0	17	0
Jerry Shipkey	2	15	7.5	9	0
Frank Sinkovitz	1	5	5.0	5	0
George Hays	1	1	1.0	1t	1
Team Totals	27	409	15.1	41	1
Opponents Totals	23	426	18.5		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Pat Brady	77	3328	43.2	69	0
Jim Finks	4	156	39.0	50	0
Team Totals	81	3484	43.0	69	0	483	37.0
Opponents Totals	73	3095	42.4			557

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ray Mathews	26	397	15.3	70t	2
Lynn Chandnois	17	111	6.5	19	0
Tom Calvin	2	12	6.0	6	0
Howard Hartley	1	34	34.0	34	0
George Hays	1	3	3.0	3t	1
Team Totals	47	557	11.9	70t	3
Opponents Totals	50	483	9.7		1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lynn Chandnois	17	599	35.2	93t	2
Ray Mathews	14	367	26.2	45	0
Tom Calvin	5	120	24.0	34	0
Jim Brandt	1	24	24.0	24	0
Earl Murray	1	14	14.0	14	0
Pete Ladygo	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	39	1128	28.9	93t	2
Opponents Totals	56	1024	18.3		2

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Jack Butler	0	0	1	0	1	14	0
Tom Calvin	2		0	0	0	0	0
Lynn Chandnois	3		1	0	1	0	0
Dale Dodrill	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Lou Ferry	0	0	0	2	2	71	1
Jim Finks	7		2	0	2	0	0
Howard Hartley	1		1	0	1	0	0
Darrell Hogan	1		0	0	0	0	0
George Hughes	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Gary Kerkorian	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ray Mathews	6		3	0	3	0	0
Bill McPeak	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ed Modzelewski	2		0	0	0	0	0
Elbie Nickel	1		0	0	0	0	0
Fran Rogel	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Schweder	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jerry Shipkey	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Frank Sinkovitz	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jack Spinks	0	0	2	0	2	10	0
Ernie Stautner	0	0	0	1	1	10	0
George Sulima	1		0	0	0	0	0
George Tarasovic	1		0	4	4	14	0
Bill Walsh	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	27	14	13	13	26	119	1
Opponents Totals	26	13	13	14	27		0