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1958 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) 3rd place Eastern Conference 7-4-1 .636

Babe Dimancheff	Assistant Coach
Harry Gilmer	Quarterbacks/Defensive Secondary
Walt Kiesling	Assistant Coach
Thurman McGraw	Assistant Coach
Bill McPeak	Defensive Ends
Dick Plasman	Line

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/16/1958	A	Cleveland Browns	0-10	L	Akron, OH	Rubber Bowl	27202
Thu	8/21/1958	A	Green Bay Packers	3-0	W	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	17294
Sat	8/30/1958	H	Chicago Bears	10-17	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	16029
Sat	9/6/1958	N	Baltimore Colts	13-10	W	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	10000
Fri	9/12/1958	N	Chicago Cardinals	7-21	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	25302
Sun	9/21/1958	A	Los Angeles Rams	6-31	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	26396
Sun	9/28/1958	A	San Francisco 49ers	20-23	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	51856
Sun	10/5/1958	H	Cleveland Browns	12-45	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	31130
Sun	10/12/1958	H	Philadelphia Eagles	24-3	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	23153
Sun	10/19/1958	A	Cleveland Browns	10-27	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	66852
Sun	10/26/1958	A	New York Giants	6-17	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	25007
Sun	11/2/1958	H	Washington Redskins	24-16	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	19525
Sun	11/9/1958	A	Philadelphia Eagles	31-24	W	Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Field	26306
Sun	11/16/1958	H	New York Giants	31-10	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	30030
Sun	11/23/1958	A	Chicago Cardinals	27-20	W	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	15946
Sun	11/30/1958	H	Chicago Bears	24-10	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	20094
Sun	12/7/1958	A	Washington Redskins	14-14	T	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	23370
Sat	12/13/1958	H	Chicago Cardinals	38-21	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	16660

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
42	Dick Alban	RDH	6-0	193	29	Northwestern	12	12
57	Ed Beatty	C	6-3	229	26	Mississippi	12	12
85	Don Bishop	LOE-ROE	6-2	209	24	Los Angeles CC	12	0
80	Jack Butler	RS	6-0	195	31	St. Bonaventure	12	12
66	Dick Campbell	LLB-C	6-1	227	23	Marquette	12	4
20	Dick Christy	ROH-DB	5-10	191	23	North Carolina State	12	4
16	Len Dawson	QB	6-0	190	23	Purdue	4	1
27	Dean Derby	LS	6-0	187	23	Washington	12	7
72	Darrell Dess	LOT-ROG	6-0	243	23	North Carolina State	12	5
60	Dale Dodrill	MLB	6-1	211	32	Colorado State	12	8
68	Bob Dougherty	LLB	6-0	238	26	Cincinnati; Kentucky	12	7
34	Leo Elter	FB	5-10	201	29	Duquesne; Villanova	7	5
85	Jon Evans	LOE	6-4	200	22	Oklahoma State	1	0
26	Gary Glick	LDH	6-2	195	28	Colorado State	12	12
61	Ted Karras	LOT-LOG	6-1	240	24	Indiana	12	7
64	Billy Krisher	LOG-OT	6-1	233	23	Oklahoma	8	3
75	Joe Krupa	RDT-ROG	6-2	232	25	Purdue	12	9
39	Larry Krutko	FB	6-2	217	23	West Virginia	4	0
90	Dick Lasse	MLB-LLB	6-2	222	23	Syracuse	12	5
22	Bobby Layne	QB	6-1	201	32	Texas	10	9
71	Joe Lewis	LDT	6-2	256	22	Compton JC	12	12
83	Dick Lucas	ROE-LOE	6-2	213	24	Boston College	4	0
25	Ray Mathews	LOH-LOE	6-0	185	29	Clemson	12	12
24	Richie McCabe	LS	6-1	185	25	Pittsburgh	5	5
87	Jack McClairen	ROE	6-4	213	27	Bethune-Cookman	12	12
88	Tom Miner	K	6-3	235	26	Tulsa	12	0
10	Earl Morrall	QB	6-2	205	24	Michigan State	2	2
65	John Nisby	ROG	6-1	235	22	Stockton JC; Pacific	12	10
86	Jimmy Orr	LOE-ROH	5-11	185	23	Clemson; Georgia	12	12
50	John Reger	RLB	6-0	225	27	Pittsburgh	12	12
46	Billy Reynolds	ROH-LOH	5-11	195	27	Pittsburgh	12	1
62	Mike Sandusky	LOG-LOT	6-0	231	23	Maryland	12	10
72	John Simerson	LOT	6-3	257	23	Purdue	3	1
77	Billy Ray Smith	RDE-LDE	6-4	240	23	Arkansas	12	8
70	Ernie Stautner	RDE-LDT	6-1	230	33	Boston College	12	11
82	George Tarasovic	LDE	6-4	245	28	Boston College; Northeast Louisana JC; Louisiana State	12	8
30	Tom Tracy	ROH	5-9	205	24	Tennessee	12	7
74	Frank Varrichione	ROT	6-1	234	26	Notre Dame	12	12
35	Tank Younger	FB	6-3	225	30	Grambling State	12	7

DRAFT LIST	Round	Overall	Pos	College	Notes
Larry Krutko	2	20	B	West Virginia
Billy Krisher	3	32	G	Oklahoma
Dick Lasse	6	68	E	Syracuse
Mike Henry	9	100	T	Southern California	from PHI
Dick Campbell	10	116	C	Marquette
Larry Aldrich	11	127	E	Idaho
Leroy Reed	12	140	B	Mississippi
Doyle Jennings	14	164	T	Oklahoma
Ed Sears	15	175	B	Florida
John Perkins	16	188	T	Southern Mississippi
Joe Lewis	17	199	T	Compton JC
Gene Keady	19	223	B	Kansas State
George Johnson	20	236	T	Wake Forest
Evert Jones	21	247	G	Utah
Bill Thompson	22	260	E	Duke
Ken Trowbridge	23	271	B	North Carolina State
Norm Roberts	24	284	E	Texas A&M-Commerce
Bill Groce	25	295	B	North Texas
Jon Evans	26	308	E	Oklahoma State
Floyd Dellinger	27	319	B	Texas Tech
Dean Akin	28	332	E	Jacksonville State
Mert Fuquay	29	343	E	Baylor
Dick Scherer	30	355	E	Pittsburgh

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	41	92	61	67
Opponents Totals	58	67	48	57

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		202	77	107	18	/ %	/ %	78	875
Opponents Totals		209	81	114	14	/ %	/ %	62	585

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Tom Miner	0	31	31	100.0	14	28	50.0	0	73
Tom Tracy	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Jimmy Orr	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Ray Mathews	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Bobby Layne	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Tank Younger	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Leo Elter	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Gary Glick	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jack McClairen	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Billy Reynolds	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ernie Stautner	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	31	31	31	100.0	14	28	50.0	1	261
Opponents Totals	28	26	28	92.9	12	20	60.0	0	230

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Tom Miner	14	28	50.0	1/	5/	5/	3/	0/
Team Totals	14	28	50.0	1/	5/	5/	3/	0/
Opponents Totals	12	20	60.0	3/	2/	6/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tom Tracy	169	714	4.2	64	5
Tank Younger	88	344	3.9	36	3
Bobby Layne	37	153	4.1		3
Leo Elter	37	104	2.8	18	2
Dick Christy	38	101	2.7	19	0
Earl Morrall	4	39	9.8		0
Billy Reynolds	10	29	2.9	11	1
Ray Mathews	4	24	6.0	14	0
Jimmy Orr	1	8	8.0	8	0
Larry Krutko	4	6	1.5	5	0
Len Dawson	2	-1	-0.5	1	0
Team Totals	394	1521	3.9	64	14
Opponents Totals	403	1491	3.7		14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	YL	NYP	RTG
Bobby Layne	268	133	49.6	125	2339	8.7	17.6	78t	13	4.9	10	3.7	96	2243	80.4
Earl Morrall	46	16	34.8	23	275	6.0	17.2	66	1	2.2	7	15.2	17	258	23.6
Tom Tracy	16	6	37.5	8	270	16.9	45.0	72t	2	12.5	2	12.5	13	257	85.4
Len Dawson	6	1	16.7	3	11	1.8	11.0	11	0	0.0	2	33.3	11	0	0.0
Don Bishop	0	0			0				0		0		6	-6
Team Totals	336	156	46.4	159	2895	8.6	18.6	78t	16	4.8	21	6.3	143	2752	66.5
Opponents Totals	334	173	51.8	137	2136	6.4	12.3		11	3.3	24	7.2	244	1892	52.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jimmy Orr	33	910	27.6	78t	7
Tom Tracy	32	535	16.7	56	4
Jack McClairen	29	491	16.9	35	1
Ray Mathews	25	525	21.0	65	4
Tank Younger	16	188	11.8	51	0
Dick Christy	7	73	10.4	26	0
Leo Elter	6	68	11.3	22	0
Dick Lucas	4	47	11.8	17	0
Don Bishop	3	57	19.0	29	0
Billy Reynolds	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	156	2895	18.6	78t	16
Opponents Totals	173	2136	12.3		11

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Jack Butler	9	81	9.0	19
Dick Alban	5	25	5.0	16
Dean Derby	4	0	0.0	0
Gary Glick	2	60	30.0	20
Dick Campbell	1	58	58.0	58
Dale Dodrill	1	13	13.0	13
Joe Lewis	1	8	8.0	8
John Reger	1	3	3.0	3
Team Totals	24	248	10.3	58
Opponents Totals	21	330	15.7

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Jimmy Orr	51	2023	39.7	62	0	233
Team Totals	51	2023	39.7	62	0	233	35.1
Opponents Totals	62	2601	42.0			301

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Dick Christy	17	153	9.0	43
Billy Reynolds	25	143	5.7	22
Gary Glick	2	0	0.0	0
Dale Dodrill	1	5	5.0	5
Team Totals	45	301	6.7	43
Opponents Totals	38	233	6.1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dick Christy	16	384	24.0	41	0
Billy Reynolds	15	346	23.1	38	0
Frank Varrichione	3	38	12.7	16	0
Ted Karras	1	6	6.0	6	0
Jack McClairen	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	36	774	21.5	41	0
Opponents Totals	50	1115	22.3		2

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Dick Alban	0	0	0	1	1	17	0
Dick Campbell	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Dick Christy	4		0	0	0	0	0
Dean Derby	1		1	1	2	0	0
Leo Elter	2		0	0	0	0	0
Gary Glick	0	0	0	3	3	37	1
Billy Krisher	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Joe Krupa	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Larry Krutko	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Layne	6		0	0	0	0	0
Joe Lewis	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Richie McCabe	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jack McClairen	1		2	1	3	13	0
John Nisby	0	0	0	1	1	7	0
Jimmy Orr	1		2	0	2	0	0
Billy Reynolds	2		1	1	2	0	0
Mike Sandusky	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Billy Ray Smith	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Stautner	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
George Tarasovic	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Tracy	10		1	0	1	0	0
Frank Varrichione	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Tank Younger	3		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	32	21	11	18	29	74	1
Opponents Totals	34	18	16	21	37		1