1958 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Conference • 7-4-1 .636 |
| Head Coach: Buddy Parker |
| Babe Dimancheff | Assistant Coach |
| Harry Gilmer | Quarterbacks/Defensive Secondary |
| Walt Kiesling | Assistant Coach |
| Thurman McGraw | Assistant Coach |
| Bill McPeak | Defensive Ends |
| Dick Plasman | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Dick Alban | 42 | RDH | 6-0 | 193 | 29 | Northwestern | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Beatty | 57 | C | 6-3 | 229 | 26 | Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| Don Bishop | 85 | LOE-ROE | 6-2 | 209 | 24 | Los Angeles CC | 12 | 0 |
| Jack Butler | 80 | RS | 6-0 | 195 | 31 | St. Bonaventure | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Campbell | 66 | LLB-C | 6-1 | 227 | 23 | Marquette | 12 | 4 |
| Dick Christy | 20 | ROH-DB | 5-10 | 191 | 23 | North Carolina State | 12 | 4 |
| Len Dawson | 16 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Purdue | 4 | 0 |
| Dean Derby | 27 | LS | 6-0 | 187 | 23 | Washington | 12 | 7 |
| Darrell Dess | 72 | LOT-ROG | 6-0 | 243 | 23 | North Carolina State | 12 | 4 |
| Dale Dodrill | 60 | MLB | 6-1 | 211 | 32 | Colorado State | 12 | 8 |
| Bob Dougherty | 68 | LLB | 6-0 | 238 | 26 | Cincinnati; Kentucky | 12 | 7 |
| Leo Elter | 34 | FB | 5-10 | 201 | 29 | Duquesne; Villanova | 7 | 5 |
| Jon Evans | 85 | LOE | 6-4 | 200 | 22 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 |
| Gary Glick | 26 | LDH | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | Colorado State | 12 | 12 |
| Ted Karras | 61 | LOT-LOG | 6-1 | 240 | 24 | Indiana | 12 | 8 |
| Billy Krisher | 64 | LOG-OT | 6-1 | 233 | 23 | Oklahoma | 11 | 1 |
| Joe Krupa | 75 | RDT-ROG | 6-2 | 232 | 25 | Purdue | 10 | 9 |
| Larry Krutko | 39 | FB | 6-2 | 217 | 23 | West Virginia | 4 | 0 |
| Dick Lasse | 90 | MLB-LLB | 6-2 | 222 | 23 | Syracuse | 12 | 5 |
| Bobby Layne | 22 | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 32 | Texas | 10 | 10 |
| Joe Lewis | 71 | LDT | 6-2 | 256 | 22 | Compton JC | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Lucas | 83 | ROE-LOE | 6-2 | 213 | 24 | Boston College | 4 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 25 | LOH-LOE | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | Clemson | 12 | 12 |
| Richie McCabe | 24 | LS | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 5 |
| Jack McClairen | 87 | ROE | 6-4 | 213 | 27 | Bethune-Cookman | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Miner | 88 | K | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Tulsa | 12 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 10 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Michigan State | 2 | 2 |
| John Nisby | 65 | ROG | 6-1 | 235 | 22 | Stockton JC; Pacific | 11 | 11 |
| Jimmy Orr | 86 | LOE-ROH | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Clemson; Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| John Reger | 50 | RLB | 6-0 | 225 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| Billy Reynolds | 46 | LOH-ROH | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 1 |
| Mike Sandusky | 62 | LOG-LOT | 6-0 | 231 | 23 | Maryland | 12 | 12 |
| John Simerson | 72 | LOT | 6-3 | 257 | 23 | Purdue | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Ray Smith | 77 | RDE-LDE | 6-4 | 240 | 23 | Arkansas | 12 | 8 |
| Ernie Stautner | 70 | RDE-LDT | 6-1 | 230 | 33 | Boston College | 12 | 11 |
| George Tarasovic | 82 | LDE | 6-4 | 245 | 28 | Boston College; Northeast Louisana JC; Louisiana State | 12 | 8 |
| Tom Tracy | 30 | ROH | 5-9 | 205 | 24 | Tennessee | 12 | 7 |
| Frank Varrichione | 74 | ROT | 6-1 | 234 | 26 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Tank Younger | 35 | FB | 6-3 | 225 | 30 | Grambling State | 12 | 7 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 20 | Larry Krutko | B | West Virginia |
| 3 | 32 | Billy Krisher | G | Oklahoma |
| 6 | 68 | Dick Lasse | E | Syracuse |
| 9 | 100 | Mike Henry | T | Southern California |
| 10 | 116 | Dick Campbell | C | Marquette |
| 11 | 127 | Larry Aldrich | E | Idaho |
| 12 | 140 | Leroy Reed | B | Mississippi |
| 14 | 164 | Doyle Jennings | T | Oklahoma |
| 15 | 175 | Ed Sears | B | Florida |
| 16 | 188 | John Perkins | T | Southern Mississippi |
| 17 | 199 | Joe Lewis | T | Compton JC |
| 19 | 223 | Gene Keady | B | Kansas State |
| 20 | 236 | George Johnson | T | Wake Forest |
| 21 | 247 | Evert Jones | G | Utah |
| 22 | 260 | Bill Thompson | E | Duke |
| 23 | 271 | Ken Trowbridge | B | North Carolina State |
| 24 | 284 | Norm Roberts | E | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 25 | 295 | Bill Groce | B | North Texas |
| 26 | 308 | Jon Evans | E | Oklahoma State |
| 27 | 319 | Floyd Dellinger | B | Texas Tech |
| 28 | 332 | Dean Akin | E | Jacksonville State |
| 29 | 343 | Mert Fuquay | E | Baylor |
| 30 | 355 | Dick Scherer | E | Pittsburgh |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 41 | 92 | 61 | 67 | 261 |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 67 | 48 | 57 | 230 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Miner | 14 | 28 | 50.0 | 6 | 47 | 2/3 | 4/7 | 5/9 | 3/7 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 28 | 50.0 | 6 | 47 | 2/3 | 4/7 | 5/9 | 3/7 | 0/2 |
| 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 | 21 | 3 |
| Leo Elter | 37 | 104 | 2.8 | 18 | 2 |
| Dick Christy | 38 | 101 | 2.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 40 | 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% | TS | 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 | 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 | 48t | 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 | 48t | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Butler | 9 | 81 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dick Alban | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dean Derby | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Glick | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dick Campbell | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Dale Dodrill | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Lewis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| John Reger | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 248 | 10.3 | 58 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 330 | 15.7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | 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 | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Christy | 17 | 153 | 9.0 | 43 | 0 | |
| Billy Reynolds | 25 | 143 | 5.7 | 22 | 0 | |
| Gary Glick | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Dodrill | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 45 | 301 | 6.7 | 43 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 233 | 6.1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | 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 |
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