1947 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 1st place Eastern Division 8-4-0 .667 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Jock Sutherland |
| Johnny Michelosen | Assistant Coach |
| Mike Nixon | Backfield |
| Joe Skladany | Ends |
| Frank Walton | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/22/1947 | N | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 28-0 | W | Erie, PA | Memorial Stadium | 7559 | |
| Fri | 8/29/1947 | H | Green Bay Packers | 24-17 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 31507 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1947 | N | Norfolk Shamrocks | 48-0 | W | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Island Stadium | 8000 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1947 | N | Richmond Rebels | 35-0 | W | New Kensington, PA | Memorial Stadium | 8500 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1947 | H | Detroit Lions | 17-10 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 34681 | |
| Mon | 9/29/1947 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 7-48 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 35658 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1947 | A | Washington Redskins | 26-27 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 36585 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1947 | A | Boston Yanks | 30-14 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 18894 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1947 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 35-24 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 33538 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1947 | A | New York Giants | 38-21 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 41736 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1947 | A | Green Bay Packers | 18-17 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 30073 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1947 | H | Washington Redskins | 21-14 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 36257 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1947 | H | New York Giants | 24-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 35000 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1947 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-49 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 34142 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1947 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-21 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 37218 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1947 | H | Boston Yanks | 17-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 31398 | |
| Eastern Division Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/21/1947 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-21 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 35729 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 85 | Tony Bova | RDE-ROE | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | St. Francis (Pennsylvania) | 9 | 1 |
| 47 | Ralph Calcagni | LDT-OT | 6-3 | 230 | 25 | Pennsylvania; Cornell | 9 | 0 |
| 21 | Chuck Cherundolo | C-RLB | 6-1 | 215 | 31 | Penn State | 12 | 12 |
| 45 | Bob Cifers | WB-RDH | 5-11 | 201 | 27 | Tennessee | 12 | 4 |
| 0 | Johnny Clement | TB-LDH | 6-0 | 189 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 10 | 4 |
| 44 | Tony Compagno | RDH-FDB | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | St. Mary's (California) | 12 | 12 |
| 73 | Bill Cregar | OG-DG | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | Holy Cross | 12 | 0 |
| 28 | Bob Davis | ROE-RDE | 5-11 | 192 | 26 | Penn State | 11 | 11 |
| 77 | Paul Davis | FB-LB | 6-1 | 188 | 22 | Ohio State; Otterbein | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | Al Drulis | LLB-FB | 5-10 | 193 | 26 | Temple | 10 | 10 |
| 30 | Bill Garnaas | WB-RDH | 5-11 | 187 | 26 | Minnesota | 10 | 0 |
| 17 | Joe Glamp | WB-RDH-K | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Louisiana State | 12 | 5 |
| 23 | Sam Gray | LDE-OE? | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | Tulsa | 10 | 0 |
| 40 | Bill Hornick | OT-DT | 6-1 | 207 | 28 | Tulane | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | Gene Hubka | HB-DB | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | Temple; Bucknell | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | Val Jansante | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Duquesne; Villanova | 12 | 8 |
| 37 | Steve Lach | FB-LB | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Duke | 12 | 8 |
| 65 | John Mastrangelo | ROG-LLB | 6-1 | 228 | 21 | Notre Dame | 12 | 6 |
| 64 | Bryant Meeks | LB-C | 6-2 | 193 | 21 | Georgia; South Carolina | 9 | 0 |
| 55 | Charley Mehelich | LDE-LOE | 6-1 | 199 | 25 | Duquesne | 11 | 11 |
| 72 | Bill Moore | LOG-MG | 5-11 | 218 | 25 | Penn State | 12 | 12 |
| 16 | Gonzalo Morales | S-TB | 6-0 | 188 | 25 | St. Mary's (California) | 7 | 1 |
| 81 | Elbie Nickel | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 196 | 25 | Cincinnati | 12 | 1 |
| 22 | John Perko | OG-DG | 6-1 | 207 | 33 | Duquesne | 7 | 0 |
| 38 | Joe Repko | OT-DT | 6-0 | 236 | 27 | Seton Hall; Boston College | 7 | 0 |
| 33 | Charley Seabright | BB-MLB | 6-2 | 204 | 29 | West Virginia | 12 | 12 |
| 57 | Frank Sinkovitz | RLB-C | 6-1 | 218 | 24 | Duke | 10 | 10 |
| 12 | Nick Skorich | ROG-MG | 5-9 | 197 | 26 | Cincinnati | 12 | 7 |
| 31 | Walt Slater | S-TB-WB | 5-11 | 187 | 27 | Tennessee | 11 | 11 |
| 78 | Paul Stenn | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 242 | 29 | Villanova | 11 | 5 |
| 27 | Bob Sullivan | WB-RDH | 5-9 | 198 | 23 | Holy Cross; Iowa | 4 | 1 |
| 42 | Paul White | LDH-WB | 6-1 | 183 | 26 | Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| 75 | Jack Wiley | LOT-LDT | 5-11 | 208 | 27 | Waynesburg | 12 | 12 |
| 79 | Frank Wydo | RDT-ROT | 6-4 | 225 | 23 | Duquesne; Cornell | 11 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Hub Bechtol | E | Texas |
| 3 | 16 | John Mastrangelo | G | Notre Dame |
| 5 | 29 | Frank Wydo | T | Cornell |
| 6 | 38 | Frank Aschenbrenner | B | Northwestern |
| 7 | 49 | Bryant Meeks | C | South Carolina |
| 8 | 58 | Jerry Shipkey | B | UCLA |
| 9 | 69 | Burt VanderClute | G | Wesleyan |
| 10 | 78 | Paul Gibson | E | North Carolina State |
| 11 | 89 | Jack Medd | C | Wesleyan |
| 12 | 98 | Jack Fitch | B | North Carolina |
| 13 | 109 | Ara Parseghian | B | Miami (Ohio) |
| 14 | 118 | Bill Moore | T | Penn State |
| 15 | 129 | Larry Bruno | B | Geneva |
| 16 | 138 | Ralph Jenkins | C | Clemson |
| 17 | 149 | Elbie Nickel | E | Cincinnati |
| 18 | 158 | Bill Cregar | C | Holy Cross |
| 19 | 169 | Jerry Mulready | B | North Dakota State |
| 20 | 178 | Warren Smith | T | Kansas Wesleyan |
| 21 | 189 | Fred Hamilton | T | Vanderbilt |
| 22 | 198 | Fred Taylor | E | Texas Christian |
| 23 | 209 | Binks Bushmiaer | B | Vanderbilt |
| 24 | 218 | Paul Davis | B | Otterbein |
| 25 | 229 | Tommy Kalmanir | B | Nevada-Reno |
| 26 | 238 | Don Mohr | E | Baldwin-Wallace |
| 27 | 249 | Art Young | G | Dartmouth |
| 28 | 258 | Ralph Sazio | T | William & Mary |
| 29 | 269 | Dick Pitzer | E | Army |
| 28 | 278 | Tony Stalloni | T | Delaware |
| 31 | 287 | Vince DiFrancesca | G | Northwestern |
| 32 | 294 | Warren Lahr | B | Case Western Reserve |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 47 | 72 | 42 | 79 | |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 70 | 44 | 98 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 176 | 108 | 57 | 11 | / % | / % | 60 | 527 | |
| Opponents Totals | 170 | 88 | 68 | 14 | / % | / % | 78 | 622 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Lach | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Joe Glamp | 0 | 30 | 31 | 96.8 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 48 |
| Val Jansante | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | ||
| Tony Compagno | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Johnny Clement | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bill Garnaas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Mastrangelo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Repko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Sinkovitz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tony Bova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ralph Calcagni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 30 | 31 | 96.8 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 3 | 240 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 34 | 35 | 97.1 | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 0 | 259 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Glamp | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 37 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 3/5 | 0/3 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 37 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 3/5 | 0/4 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 3/ | 0/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Clement | 129 | 670 | 5.2 | 43 | 4 |
| Steve Lach | 120 | 372 | 3.1 | 19 | 8 |
| Bob Cifers | 87 | 356 | 4.1 | 41 | 0 |
| Walt Slater | 46 | 167 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Tony Compagno | 34 | 126 | 3.7 | 13 | 2 |
| Gonzalo Morales | 29 | 96 | 3.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Paul White | 22 | 85 | 3.9 | 52t | 1 |
| Bob Sullivan | 21 | 61 | 2.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Davis | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Gene Hubka | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Glamp | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 496 | 1948 | 3.9 | 52t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 403 | 1622 | 4.0 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Clement | 123 | 52 | 52 | 62 | 1004 | 8.2 | 19.3 | 68t | 7 | 5.7 | 9 | 7.3 | 124 | 880 | 59.8 | |
| Walt Slater | 39 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 215 | 5.5 | 11.9 | 37 | 1 | 2.6 | 5 | 12.8 | 33 | 182 | 32.5 | |
| Gonzalo Morales | 27 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 78 | 2.9 | 9.8 | 23 | 1 | 3.7 | 4 | 14.8 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 12.3 |
| Bob Sullivan | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 52 | 5.8 | 17.3 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 14.4 |
| Bob Cifers | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 9.3 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 96.5 |
| Steve Lach | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2.4 | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | 87.5 | |
| Paul White | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7.0 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 59.0 |
| Team Totals | 209 | 86 | 86 | 104 | 1410 | 6.7 | 16.4 | 68t | 10 | 4.8 | 19 | 9.1 | 42.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 244 | 98 | 98 | 128 | 1847 | 7.6 | 18.8 | 21 | 8.6 | 18 | 7.4 | 65.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val Jansante | 35 | 599 | 17.1 | 46 | 5 |
| Steve Lach | 11 | 77 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Tony Compagno | 9 | 190 | 21.1 | 39t | 1 |
| Charley Seabright | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 5 | 145 | 29.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Bill Garnaas | 5 | 144 | 28.8 | 68t | 2 |
| Bob Sullivan | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 30t | 1 |
| Bob Cifers | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 37 | 0 |
| Charley Mehelich | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Paul White | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 53 | 0 |
| Johnny Clement | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Elbie Nickel | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 86 | 1410 | 16.4 | 68t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 98 | 1847 | 18.8 | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Compagno | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 64t | 2 |
| Walt Slater | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Charley Seabright | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 39t | 1 |
| Frank Sinkovitz | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 47t | 1 |
| Paul White | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Cifers | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Gonzalo Morales | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 397 | 22.1 | 64t | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 287 | 15.1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Cifers | 68 | 2796 | 41.1 | 74 | 2 | 330 | ||||
| Team Totals | 68 | 2796 | 41.1 | 74 | 1 | 330 | 30.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 2976 | 42.5 | 583 | 33.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Slater | 28 | 435 | 15.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Gonzalo Morales | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 20 | 0 | |
| Paul White | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Bob Sullivan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 583 | 14.6 | 33 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 330 | 11.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Slater | 22 | 480 | 21.8 | 39 | 0 | |
| Gonzalo Morales | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 27 | 0 | |
| Bob Sullivan | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Steve Lach | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 26 | 0 | |
| Paul White | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 26 | 0 | |
| Charley Seabright | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 11 | 0 | |
| Val Jansante | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Tony Compagno | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bob Cifers | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Johnny Clement | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Bill Garnaas | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Tony Bova | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Bob Davis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 50 | 975 | 19.5 | 39 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 892 | 20.7 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Calcagni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Cifers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Clement | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Compagno | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Drulis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Garnaas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Val Jansante | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| Steve Lach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Mastrangelo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Mehelich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| Bill Moore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Gonzalo Morales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Repko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 1 |
| Charley Seabright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Skorich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Slater | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| Paul Stenn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Sullivan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| Paul White | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Wiley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 81 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 0 |
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