1968 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Conference • Century Division • 2-11-1 .154 |
| Head Coach: Bill Austin |
| Carl Depasqua | Defensive Line |
| Tom Fletcher | Defensive Backs |
| Don Heinrich | Offensive Backs |
| Leon McLaughlin | Offensive Line |
| Hugh Taylor | Offensive Ends |
| LaVern Torgeson | Defense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/9/1968 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 7-24 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 26811 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1968 | A | San Diego Chargers | 36-33 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 34286 | |
| Sun | 8/25/1968 | N | Cincinnati Bengals | 3-19 | L | Morgantown, WV | Mountaineer Field | 11500 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1968 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-21 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47265 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1968 | A | Washington Redskins | 17-24 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 17712 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1968 | H | New York Giants | 20-34 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 45698 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1968 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 10-45 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 49647 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1968 | H | Baltimore Colts | 7-41 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 44480 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1968 | A | Cleveland Browns | 24-31 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 81865 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1968 | A | Washington Redskins | 13-16 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50659 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1968 | H | New Orleans Saints | 12-16 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 32303 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1968 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 6-3 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 26908 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1968 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 41-21 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 47727 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1968 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 28-28 | T | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 45432 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1968 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-45 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 41572 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1968 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 28-45 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 21408 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1968 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 10-20 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 22682 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1968 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 7-28 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 55069 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1968 | A | New Orleans Saints | 14-24 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 66131 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Dick Arndt | 71 | LDT | 6-5 | 265 | 24 | Stanford; Idaho | 3? | 0 |
| Willie Asbury | 30 | FB | 6-1 | 230 | 25 | Kent State | 7 | 1 |
| Rocky Bleier | 26 | HB | 5-11 | 205 | 22 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 |
| John Brown | 74 | LOT | 6-2 | 250 | 29 | Syracuse | 13 | 12 |
| John Campbell | 53 | LLB | 6-3 | 222 | 30 | Minnesota | 8 | 8 |
| Dick Capp | 67 | LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Boston College | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Compton | 45 | SE | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | McMurry | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Connelly | 52 | C | 6-3 | 242 | 33 | Washington State; Pasadena CC; Utah State | 14 | 0 |
| Marshall Cropper | 89 | SE | 6-3 | 205 | 24 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 5 | 0 |
| Sam Davis | 57 | LOG | 6-1 | 245 | 24 | Allen | 14 | 1 |
| John Foruria | 9 | RS-CB | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Idaho | 6 | 2 |
| Larry Gagner | 79 | LOG | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Florida | 12 | 12 |
| Earl Gros | 38 | FB | 6-3 | 224 | 28 | Louisiana State | 13 | 13 |
| Mike Haggerty | 76 | OT | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 0 |
| Lou Harris | 49 | LS-LCB | 6-0 | 180 | 22 | Kent State | 14 | 4 |
| Ken Hebert | 16 | FL-SE | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Houston | 3 | 0 |
| Jon Henderson | 24 | FL | 6-0 | 198 | 24 | Colorado State | 14 | 1 |
| Jerry Hillebrand | 69 | LLB-MLB | 6-3 | 240 | 28 | Colorado | 14 | 6 |
| John Hilton | 82 | TE | 6-5 | 222 | 26 | Richmond | 14 | 12 |
| Chuck Hinton | 64 | RDT | 6-5 | 257 | 29 | North Carolina Central | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Hoak | 42 | HB | 5-11 | 191 | 29 | Penn State | 14 | 13 |
| Bob Hohn | 29 | LCB | 6-0 | 187 | 27 | Nebraska | 8 | 6 |
| Roy Jefferson | 87 | FL | 6-2 | 194 | 25 | Utah | 14 | 13 |
| Tony Jeter | 84 | TE | 6-3 | 222 | 24 | Nebraska | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Kortas | 75 | LDT | 6-2 | 282 | 26 | Louisville | 14 | 10 |
| Rich Kotite | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Miami (Florida); Wagner | 12 | 2 |
| Booth Lusteg | 35 | K | 5-11 | 190 | 31 | Connecticut | 13 | 0 |
| Ray Mansfield | 56 | C | 6-3 | 252 | 27 | Washington | 14 | 14 |
| Paul Martha | 20 | RS | 6-0 | 186 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 9 |
| Ray May | 59 | MLB | 6-1 | 233 | 23 | Los Angeles CC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| Ben McGee | 60 | RDE | 6-2 | 255 | 29 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| Kent Nix | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Texas Christian | 8 | 3 |
| Fran O'Brien | 72 | ROT-LOT | 6-1 | 253 | 32 | Michigan State | 14 | 12 |
| Frank Parker | 78 | LDT | 6-5 | 263 | 29 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 4 |
| Ernie Ruple | 73 | LDE | 6-4 | 256 | 23 | Arkansas | 14 | 0 |
| Andy Russell | 34 | RLB | 6-2 | 217 | 27 | Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Saul | 50 | MLB | 6-4 | 225 | 28 | Penn State | 3 | 2 |
| Dick Shiner | 17 | QB | 6-0 | 197 | 26 | Maryland | 13 | 11 |
| Bill Shockley | 14 | K | 5-11 | 185 | 31 | West Chester | 1 | 0 |
| Don Shy | 25 | HB | 6-1 | 208 | 23 | Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego State | 13 | 1 |
| Mike Taylor | 77 | ROT-LOT | 6-4 | 247 | 23 | San Francisco CC; Southern California | 14 | 3 |
| Clendon Thomas | 28 | LS-RS | 6-2 | 196 | 33 | Oklahoma | 14 | 10 |
| Bruce Van Dyke | 66 | ROG | 6-2 | 248 | 24 | Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| Lloyd Voss | 65 | LDE | 6-4 | 256 | 26 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Wade | 44 | RCB-LCB | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Morgan State | 14 | 11 |
| Bobby Walden | 39 | P | 6-0 | 192 | 30 | Georgia | 14 | 0 |
| Tommy Watkins | 23 | RB | 6-1 | 195 | 31 | East Los Angeles JC; Iowa State | 1 | 0 |
| Ralph Wenzel | 62 | LOG | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Foothill JC; San Diego State | 2 | 1 |
| J.R. Wilburn | 86 | SE | 6-2 | 190 | 25 | South Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| Marv Woodson | 47 | LCB-LS-RCB | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 10 | Mike Taylor | T | Southern California |
| 2 | 36 | Ernie Ruple | T | Arkansas |
| 3 | 61 | Jon Henderson | DB | Colorado State |
| 3 | 79 | Ken Hebert | FL-K | Houston |
| 7 | 174 | Doug Dalton | RB | New Mexico State |
| 7 | 189 | Bill Glennon | DT | Washington |
| 8 | 201 | Danny Holman | QB | San Jose State |
| 9 | 228 | John Knight | DE | Weber State |
| 11 | 282 | Kim King | QB | Georgia Tech |
| 12 | 309 | Sam Wheeler | LB | Wisconsin |
| 13 | 335 | Joe Roundy | G | Puget Sound |
| 14 | 363 | Lou Harris | DB | Kent State |
| 15 | 390 | Bob Lanning | DE | Montana State-Northern |
| 16 | 417 | Rocky Bleier | RB | Notre Dame |
| 17 | 444 | Bob Cole | LB | South Carolina |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 75 | 71 | 33 | 65 | 244 |
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 148 | 58 | 113 | 397 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 245 | 91 | 137 | 17 | / % | / % | 46 | 479 | |
| Opponents Totals | 244 | 92 | 131 | 21 | / % | / % | 79 | 844 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Jefferson | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Booth Lusteg | 0 | 26 | 29 | 89.7 | 8 | 20 | 40.0 | 0 | 50 |
| Earl Gros | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Dick Hoak | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| J.R. Wilburn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Rich Kotite | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick Compton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Hilton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Martha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ray May | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Shy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Shockley | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 28 | 32 | 87.5 | 8 | 21 | 38.1 | 0 | 244 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 49 | 40 | 122.5 | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 0 | 397 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booth Lusteg | 8 | 20 | 40.0 | 2 | 34 | 2/2 | 4/5 | 2/7 | 0/6 | 0/0 |
| Bill Shockley | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 8 | 21 | 38.1 | 2 | 34 | 2/2 | 4/5 | 2/7 | 0/7 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 5/ | 6/ | 5/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Hoak | 175 | 858 | 4.9 | 77t | 3 |
| Earl Gros | 151 | 579 | 3.8 | 55 | 3 |
| Don Shy | 35 | 106 | 3.0 | 39 | 1 |
| Roy Jefferson | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Dick Shiner | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Rocky Bleier | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Kent Nix | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Willie Asbury | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Bobby Walden | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 399 | 1721 | 4.3 | 77t | 7 |
| Opponents Totals | 441 | 1624 | 3.7 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Shiner | 304 | 148 | 48.7 | 139 | 1856 | 6.1 | 12.5 | 61t | 18 | 5.9 | 17 | 5.6 | 33 | 240 | 1616 | 64.5 |
| Kent Nix | 130 | 56 | 43.1 | 66 | 720 | 5.5 | 12.9 | 61 | 4 | 3.1 | 8 | 6.2 | 8 | 45 | 675 | 45.7 |
| Dick Hoak | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 8 | 188 | 11.8 | 26.9 | 62 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 61.5 |
| Bobby Walden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 451 | 211 | 46.8 | 214 | 2764 | 6.1 | 13.1 | 62 | 22 | 4.9 | 26 | 5.8 | 41 | 285 | 2479 | 58.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 413 | 220 | 53.3 | 176 | 3360 | 8.1 | 15.3 | 20 | 4.8 | 17 | 4.1 | 28 | 199 | 3161 | 79.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Jefferson | 58 | 1074 | 18.5 | 62 | 11 |
| J.R. Wilburn | 39 | 514 | 13.2 | 41 | 3 |
| Dick Hoak | 28 | 253 | 9.0 | 30t | 1 |
| Earl Gros | 27 | 211 | 7.8 | 21t | 3 |
| John Hilton | 20 | 285 | 14.3 | 37t | 1 |
| Don Shy | 13 | 106 | 8.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Rich Kotite | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 20t | 2 |
| Dick Compton | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Marshall Cropper | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Rocky Bleier | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 54 | 0 |
| Willie Asbury | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jon Henderson | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Jerry Hillebrand | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Tony Jeter | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 211 | 2764 | 13.1 | 62 | 22 |
| Opponents Totals | 220 | 3360 | 15.3 | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Martha | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Ray May | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 25t | 1 |
| Marv Woodson | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Hillebrand | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Andy Russell | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Campbell | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 151 | 8.9 | 32 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 404 | 15.5 | 5 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walden | 68 | 2745 | 40.4 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 297 | 34.8 | |
| Team Totals | 68 | 2745 | 40.4 | 57 | 0 | 297 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 2642 | 40.0 | 308 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Jefferson | 28 | 9 | 274 | 9.8 | 80t | 1 |
| Lou Harris | 6 | 3 | 21 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Rocky Bleier | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Tommy Watkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 38 | 14 | 308 | 8.1 | 80t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 297 | 9.3 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Shy | 28 | 682 | 24.4 | 80 | 0 | |
| Jon Henderson | 29 | 589 | 20.3 | 44 | 0 | |
| Rocky Bleier | 6 | 119 | 19.8 | 27 | 0 | |
| Marshall Cropper | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Tommy Watkins | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Lou Harris | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| John Hilton | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Mike Taylor | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 70 | 1502 | 21.5 | 80 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 1154 | 23.6 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Bleier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Davis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Gros | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Henderson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Hinton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Hoak | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Jefferson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Martha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 1 |
| Ben McGee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Nix | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Russell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Shiner | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Shy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Wade | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Walden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -8 | 0 | |
| J.R. Wilburn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Marv Woodson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 78 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 0 |
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