1957 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 3rd place Eastern Conference 6-6-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Buddy Parker |
| Chuck Cherundolo | Assistant Coach |
| Harry Gilmer | Quarterbacks/Defensive Secondary |
| Walt Kiesling | Advisory Coach |
| Bill McPeak | Defensive Line |
| Lowell Perry | Assistant Coach |
| Nick Skorich | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/17/1957 | N | Chicago Bears | 7-24 | L | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 18000 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1957 | A | Cleveland Browns | 13-28 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 26669 | |
| Mon | 9/2/1957 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-12 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 14251 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1957 | N | Detroit Lions | 20-14 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 20630 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1957 | H | Chicago Bears | 10-37 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 24689 | |
| Sat | 9/21/1957 | N | Green Bay Packers | 10-10 | T | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 17226 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1957 | H | Washington Redskins | 28-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 27452 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1957 | H | Cleveland Browns | 12-23 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 35750 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1957 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 29-20 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 29446 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1957 | A | New York Giants | 0-35 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 52589 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1957 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 6-0 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 27016 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1957 | A | Baltimore Colts | 19-13 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 42575 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1957 | A | Cleveland Browns | 0-24 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 53709 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1957 | H | Green Bay Packers | 10-27 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 29701 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1957 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 6-7 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 16364 | |
| Sat | 12/7/1957 | H | New York Giants | 21-10 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 19772 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1957 | A | Washington Redskins | 3-10 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 22577 | |
| Sun | 12/22/1957 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 27-2 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 10084 | |
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 |
| 42 | Dick Alban | RDH | 6-0 | 193 | 28 | Northwestern | 12 | 12 |
| 57 | Ed Beatty | C | 6-3 | 229 | 25 | Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| 43 | Bill Bowman | FB | 6-2 | 215 | 26 | William & Mary | 7 | 1 |
| 22 | Fred Bruney | LS | 5-10 | 184 | 26 | Ohio State | 12 | 11 |
| 80 | Jack Butler | RS | 6-0 | 195 | 30 | St. Bonaventure | 12 | 12 |
| 20 | Gene Cichowski | LS | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Indiana | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | Len Dawson | QB-K | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Purdue | 6 | 1 |
| 27 | Dean Derby | LDH-LOH-K | 6-0 | 187 | 22 | Washington | 11 | 2 |
| 60 | Dale Dodrill | MLB | 6-1 | 211 | 31 | Colorado State | 12 | 12 |
| 72 | Sid Fournet | ROG | 6-0 | 235 | 25 | Louisiana State | 5 | 2 |
| 41 | Jug Girard | LOE-P | 5-11 | 176 | 30 | Wisconsin | 12 | 8 |
| 26 | Gary Glick | LDH-K | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | Colorado State | 12 | 10 |
| 82 | Bob Gunderman | DB | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Virginia | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Dick Hughes | LOH | 5-11 | 175 | 25 | Tulsa | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Jack Kemp | QB-P | 6-1 | 201 | 22 | Occidental | 9 | 0 |
| 75 | Joe Krupa | LDT | 6-2 | 232 | 24 | Purdue | 12 | 9 |
| 66 | Gerry Leahy | RLB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Colorado | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Herm Lee | LOT | 6-3 | 244 | 26 | Florida A&M | 8 | 8 |
| 79 | Dave Liddick | LDT-RDT | 6-2 | 240 | 22 | George Washington | 10 | 3 |
| 25 | Ray Mathews | ROE-LOE | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | Clemson | 11 | 9 |
| 24 | Richie McCabe | LCB | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 |
| 87 | Jack McClairen | ROH-ROE | 6-4 | 213 | 26 | Bethune-Cookman | 12 | 12 |
| 76 | Willie McClung | LOT | 6-2 | 250 | 27 | Florida A&M | 12 | 4 |
| 84 | Bill McPeak | RDE | 6-1 | 208 | 31 | Notre Dame; Pittsburgh | 10 | 10 |
| 64 | Bill Michael | ROG | 6-2 | 215 | 22 | Ohio State | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | Earl Morrall | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Michigan State | 12 | 11 |
| 81 | Elbie Nickel | ROH-LOE | 6-1 | 196 | 35 | Cincinnati | 12 | 4 |
| 65/83 | John Nisby | ROG-RDE | 6-1 | 235 | 21 | Stockton JC; Pacific | 12 | 9 |
| 86 | Bob O'Neil | LDE | 6-1 | 229 | 26 | Duquesne; Notre Dame | 12 | 11 |
| 64 | Bill Priatko | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | John Reger | RLB | 6-0 | 225 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| 89 | Perry Richards | ROE-ROH | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Detroit Mercy | 12 | 3 |
| 33 | Fran Rogel | FB | 5-11 | 203 | 30 | California (Pennsylvania); Penn State | 12 | 10 |
| 66 | Aubrey Rozzell | LLB | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | Delta State | 9 | 8 |
| 62 | Mike Sandusky | LOG | 6-0 | 231 | 22 | Maryland | 12 | 12 |
| 70 | Ernie Stautner | RDT | 6-1 | 230 | 32 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| 52 | George Tarasovic | LLB-LDE | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Boston College; Northeast Louisana JC; Louisiana State | 12 | 5 |
| 74 | Frank Varrichione | ROT | 6-1 | 234 | 25 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 39 | Sid Watson | LOH | 5-11 | 187 | 25 | Northeastern | 6 | 0 |
| 27/24 | Billy Wells | LOH | 5-9 | 176 | 26 | Michigan State | 11 | 9 |
| 35 | Dick Young | LOH-FB | 5-11 | 210 | 27 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 11 | 3 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Len Dawson | QB | Purdue |
| 2 | 16 | Bill Michael | T | Ohio State |
| 3 | 30 | Don Owens | T | Southern Mississippi |
| 5 | 55 | Perry Richards | E | Detroit Mercy |
| 6 | 66 | George Volkert | B | Georgia Tech |
| 7 | 77 | Curley Johnson | B | Houston |
| 9 | 102 | Charley Hutchings | T | Miami (Florida) |
| 10 | 113 | Ralph Jelic | B | Pittsburgh |
| 11 | 127 | Dick Hughes | B | Tulsa |
| 12 | 138 | Vern Ellison | G | Oregon State |
| 13 | 149 | Dwaine Underwood | T | Oklahoma State |
| 14 | 163 | Jim Crawford | B | Wyoming |
| 15 | 174 | Herman Canil | T | Pittsburgh |
| 17 | 199 | Corny Salvaterra | QB | Pittsburgh |
| 18 | 210 | Len Bigbee | E | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 19 | 221 | Phil Bennett | E | Miami (Florida) |
| 20 | 235 | John Szuchan | T | North Carolina State |
| 21 | 246 | Gene Cichowski | QB | Indiana |
| 22 | 257 | Aurealius Thomas | G | Ohio State |
| 23 | 271 | Bob Pollock | T | Pittsburgh |
| 24 | 282 | Gary Francis | E | Illinois |
| 25 | 293 | Jim Hinesly | E | Michigan State |
| 26 | 307 | Bob Swann | T | Vanderbilt |
| 27 | 318 | Bob Konkoly | B | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 28 | 329 | Frank Kolinsky | T | Tennessee |
| 29 | 343 | Tom Ramage | G | Utah State |
| 30 | 353 | Don Sevier | E | Arkansas State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 39 | 50 | 33 | 39 | |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 65 | 36 | 58 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 159 | 59 | 92 | 8 | / % | / % | 48 | 405 | |
| Opponents Totals | 156 | 69 | 77 | 10 | / % | / % | 43 | 370 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jug Girard | 4 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 29 |
| Gary Glick | 0 | 10 | 12 | 83.3 | 5 | 18 | 27.8 | 0 | 25 |
| Ray Mathews | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dean Derby | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 15 |
| Jack McClairen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Earl Morrall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Elbie Nickel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Reger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob O'Neil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Wells | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill McPeak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Len Dawson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 15 | 20 | 75.0 | 8 | 26 | 30.8 | 1 | 161 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 20 | 21 | 95.2 | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 1 | 178 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Glick | 5 | 18 | 27.8 | 2 | 35 | 3/6 | 1/6 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Dean Derby | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 34 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 15 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Len Dawson | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 8 | 26 | 30.8 | 2 | 35 | 4/7 | 2/8 | 2/9 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 3/ | 3/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Wells | 154 | 532 | 3.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 68 | 232 | 3.4 | 23 | 1 |
| Dick Young | 56 | 153 | 2.7 | 14 | 2 |
| Earl Morrall | 41 | 81 | 2.0 | 35 | 2 |
| Bill Bowman | 28 | 76 | 2.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Dean Derby | 18 | 49 | 2.7 | 7 | 1 |
| Len Dawson | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Sid Watson | 12 | 21 | 1.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Hughes | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 390 | 1174 | 3.0 | 51 | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 412 | 1425 | 3.5 | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Morrall | 289 | 139 | 139 | 138 | 1900 | 6.6 | 13.7 | 64 | 11 | 3.8 | 12 | 4.2 | 274 | 1626 | 64.9 | |
| Jack Kemp | 18 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 88 | 4.9 | 11.0 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11.1 | 22 | 66 | 19.9 | |
| Len Dawson | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 6.3 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 24 | 69.8 | |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 312 | 149 | 149 | 149 | 2013 | 6.5 | 13.5 | 64 | 11 | 3.5 | 14 | 4.5 | 297 | 1716 | 61.8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 234 | 112 | 112 | 103 | 1523 | 6.5 | 13.6 | 12 | 5.1 | 19 | 8.1 | 157 | 1366 | 52.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack McClairen | 46 | 630 | 13.7 | 48t | 2 |
| Jug Girard | 21 | 419 | 20.0 | 46 | 4 |
| Fran Rogel | 20 | 128 | 6.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 15 | 369 | 24.6 | 64 | 4 |
| Billy Wells | 14 | 89 | 6.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Bowman | 11 | 107 | 9.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Elbie Nickel | 10 | 115 | 11.5 | 31 | 1 |
| Dean Derby | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Dick Young | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Sid Watson | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Perry Richards | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 149 | 2013 | 13.5 | 64 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 112 | 1523 | 13.6 | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Butler | 10 | 85 | 8.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Dale Dodrill | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 44 | 0 |
| George Tarasovic | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Gary Glick | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Alban | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Aubrey Rozzell | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Fred Bruney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 195 | 10.3 | 44 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 230 | 16.4 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jug Girard | 68 | 2754 | 40.5 | 56 | 0 | |||||
| Jack Kemp | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 33 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 70 | 2809 | 40.1 | 56 | 0 | 324 | 35.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 2649 | 42.7 | 276 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Wells | 21 | 143 | 6.8 | 30 | 0 | |
| Fred Bruney | 17 | 86 | 5.1 | 15 | 0 | |
| Dean Derby | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 | |
| Jack Butler | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Dick Hughes | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Gary Glick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aubrey Rozzell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 51 | 276 | 5.4 | 30 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 324 | 7.2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Wells | 11 | 306 | 27.8 | 96t | 1 | |
| Dean Derby | 6 | 137 | 22.8 | 30 | 0 | |
| Fred Bruney | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 31 | 0 | |
| Dick Alban | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | 581 | 23.2 | 96t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 704 | 20.1 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Alban | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Beatty | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bowman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Bruney | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dean Derby | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Dodrill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Girard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Glick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 0 |
| Bob Gunderman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Hughes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Kemp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Krupa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Herm Lee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie McClung | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill McPeak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | |
| Bill Priatko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Reger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 1 |
| Perry Richards | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Sandusky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Stautner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sid Watson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Wells | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 49 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 1 |
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