1959 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 4th place Eastern Conference 6-5-1 .545 |
| Head Coach: Buddy Parker |
| John Bridgers | Assistant Coach |
| Babe Dimancheff | Defensive Backs |
| Harry Gilmer | Offensive Backs |
| Walt Kiesling | Assistant Coach |
| Thurman McGraw | Assistant Coach |
| Dick Plasman | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/12/1959 | H | Cleveland Browns | 34-20 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 27432 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1959 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 10-21 | L | Austin, TX | Memorial Stadium | 15000 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1959 | N | Chicago Bears | 17-54 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 28000 | |
| Fri | 9/4/1959 | N | Baltimore Colts | 21-30 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 39555 | |
| Fri | 9/11/1959 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 21-13 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 30055 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1959 | N | Green Bay Packers | 10-13 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 18081 | |
| Sat | 9/26/1959 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 33844 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1959 | H | Washington Redskins | 17-23 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 26570 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1959 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-28 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 27343 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1959 | A | Washington Redskins | 27-6 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 28218 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1959 | H | New York Giants | 16-21 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 33596 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1959 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 24-45 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 23187 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1959 | H | Detroit Lions | 10-10 | T | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 24619 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1959 | A | New York Giants | 14-9 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 66786 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1959 | A | Cleveland Browns | 21-20 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 68563 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1959 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-0 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 22191 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1959 | A | Chicago Bears | 21-27 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 41476 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1959 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 35-20 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 19011 | |
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 | 30 | Northwestern | 12 | 12 |
| 43 | Tom Barnett | ROH-LOH | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | Purdue | 12 | 6 |
| 72 | Byron Beams | RDT-LDT | 6-6 | 249 | 30 | East Central; Notre Dame | 6 | 0 |
| 57 | Ed Beatty | C | 6-3 | 229 | 27 | Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| 28 | Don Bishop | RS | 6-2 | 209 | 25 | Los Angeles CC | 2 | 2 |
| 88 | Pete Brewster | ROE-LOE | 6-3 | 210 | 29 | Purdue | 9 | 7 |
| 80 | Jack Butler | RS | 6-0 | 195 | 32 | St. Bonaventure | 8 | 7 |
| 20 | Jack Call | ROH-DB | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Colgate | 4 | 0 |
| 66 | Dick Campbell | LLB-C | 6-1 | 227 | 24 | Marquette | 12 | 12 |
| 16 | Len Dawson | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Purdue | 12 | 0 |
| 27 | Dean Derby | LDH | 6-0 | 187 | 24 | Washington | 12 | 12 |
| 83 | Buddy Dial | ROE-LOH-ROH | 6-1 | 194 | 22 | Rice | 12 | 5 |
| 60 | Dale Dodrill | MLB | 6-1 | 211 | 33 | Colorado State | 12 | 9 |
| 34 | Leo Elter | FB-LOH | 5-10 | 201 | 30 | Duquesne; Villanova | 8 | 1 |
| 73 | Ray Fisher | LDT-RDT-LOT | 6-0 | 230 | 25 | Eastern Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| 26 | Gary Glick | DB | 6-2 | 195 | 29 | Colorado State | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Ronnie Hall | LS | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Missouri Valley | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Rudy Hayes | RLB-MLB | 6-0 | 217 | 24 | Clemson | 12 | 1 |
| 68/37 | Mike Henry | MLB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Southern California | 12 | 3 |
| 61 | Ted Karras | LOT-LOG | 6-1 | 240 | 25 | Indiana | 12 | 12 |
| 75 | Joe Krupa | RDT | 6-2 | 232 | 26 | Purdue | 9 | 9 |
| 39 | Larry Krutko | FB | 6-2 | 217 | 24 | West Virginia | 12 | 7 |
| 89 | Dick Lasse | LB | 6-2 | 222 | 24 | Syracuse | 12 | 0 |
| 22 | Bobby Layne | QB-K | 6-1 | 201 | 33 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| 71 | Joe Lewis | LDT | 6-2 | 256 | 23 | Compton JC | 5 | 4 |
| 24 | Bobby Luna | LS-P | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Alabama | 12 | 11 |
| 25 | Ray Mathews | LOH-ROH | 6-0 | 185 | 30 | Clemson | 12 | 6 |
| 87 | Jack McClairen | LOE | 6-4 | 213 | 28 | Bethune-Cookman | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Gern Nagler | LOE-ROE | 6-2 | 190 | 27 | Santa Clara | 12 | 4 |
| 65 | John Nisby | ROG | 6-1 | 235 | 23 | Stockton JC; Pacific | 12 | 12 |
| 86 | Jimmy Orr | LOE-ROE | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Clemson; Georgia | 12 | 11 |
| 50 | John Reger | RLB | 6-0 | 225 | 28 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| 62 | Mike Sandusky | LOG | 6-0 | 231 | 24 | Maryland | 11 | 11 |
| 77 | Billy Ray Smith | RDE | 6-4 | 240 | 24 | Arkansas | 6 | 5 |
| 70 | Ernie Stautner | RDE-RDT | 6-1 | 230 | 34 | Boston College | 12 | 7 |
| 20 | Don Sutherin | RS-K | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | Ohio State | 6 | 2 |
| 82 | George Tarasovic | LDE | 6-4 | 245 | 29 | Boston College; Northeast Louisana JC; Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| 30 | Tom Tracy | ROH-FB-LOH | 5-9 | 205 | 25 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| 74 | Frank Varrichione | ROT | 6-1 | 234 | 27 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 8 | 91 | Tom Barnett | B | Purdue |
| 9 | 103 | Burr Davis | G | Houston |
| 10 | 115 | Riley Gunnels | T | Georgia |
| 11 | 127 | Overton Curtis | B | Utah State |
| 12 | 139 | Billy Pavliska | B | Baylor |
| 13 | 151 | Dewey Bohling | B | Hardin-Simmons |
| 14 | 163 | John Peppercorn | E | Kansas |
| 15 | 175 | J.W. Brodnax | B | Louisiana State |
| 16 | 187 | Bill Carrico | G | North Texas |
| 17 | 199 | Bill Leeka | T | UCLA |
| 18 | 211 | John Seinturier | T | Southern California |
| 19 | 223 | Dave Kocourek | E | Wisconsin |
| 20 | 235 | Rudy Hayes | B | Clemson |
| 21 | 247 | Johnny Green | QB | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 22 | 259 | Burley Polk | T | Hardin-Simmons |
| 23 | 271 | Ernie Davis | B | McMurry |
| 24 | 283 | Wayne Farmer | T | Purdue |
| 25 | 295 | Ron Miller | E | Vanderbilt |
| 26 | 307 | Jack Scott | T | Ohio State |
| 27 | 319 | Charlie Tolar | B | Northwestern State (Louisiana) |
| 28 | 331 | Ronnie Hall | B | Missouri Valley |
| 29 | 343 | Dick Loncar | T | Notre Dame |
| 30 | 355 | Willus Fjerstad | B | Minnesota |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 34 | 83 | 61 | 79 | |
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 67 | 38 | 48 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 207 | 82 | 103 | 22 | / % | / % | 60 | 532 | |
| Opponents Totals | 179 | 85 | 80 | 14 | / % | / % | 55 | 483 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Layne | 2 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 0 | 77 |
| Tom Tracy | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Buddy Dial | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Jimmy Orr | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Larry Krutko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Tom Barnett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Pete Brewster | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gern Nagler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| George Tarasovic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Sutherin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 11 | 18 | 61.1 | 0 | 257 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 24 | 26 | 92.3 | 12 | 32 | 37.5 | 0 | 216 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Layne | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 3 | 37 | 4/6 | 4/4 | 3/7 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Don Sutherin | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 11 | 18 | 61.1 | 4 | 37 | 4/6 | 4/4 | 3/7 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 32 | 37.5 | 1/ | 6/ | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Tracy | 199 | 794 | 4.0 | 51 | 3 |
| Tom Barnett | 75 | 238 | 3.2 | 19 | 1 |
| Larry Krutko | 75 | 226 | 3.0 | 12 | 4 |
| Bobby Layne | 33 | 181 | 5.5 | 21 | 2 |
| Jimmy Orr | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Len Dawson | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jack Call | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bobby Luna | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 406 | 1543 | 3.8 | 51 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 405 | 1500 | 3.7 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Layne | 297 | 142 | 47.8 | 134 | 1986 | 6.7 | 14.0 | 48 | 20 | 6.7 | 21 | 7.1 | 219 | 1767 | 62.8 | |
| Tom Tracy | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 7 | 159 | 13.3 | 53.0 | 68 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 16.7 | 7 | 152 | 39.6 | |
| Len Dawson | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 4 | 60 | 8.6 | 20.0 | 32 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 40 | 113.1 | |
| Bobby Luna | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 55 | 55.0 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 118.8 |
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 118.8 |
| Jimmy Orr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 319 | 150 | 47.0 | 146 | 2298 | 7.2 | 15.3 | 68 | 21 | 6.6 | 23 | 7.2 | 246 | 2052 | 63.2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 285 | 128 | 44.9 | 135 | 2014 | 7.1 | 15.7 | 12 | 4.2 | 22 | 7.7 | 172 | 1842 | 50.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Orr | 35 | 604 | 17.3 | 43 | 5 |
| Tom Tracy | 23 | 273 | 11.9 | 45t | 5 |
| Pete Brewster | 22 | 360 | 16.4 | 42 | 2 |
| Buddy Dial | 16 | 428 | 26.8 | 68 | 6 |
| Gern Nagler | 14 | 222 | 15.9 | 35 | 2 |
| Ray Mathews | 13 | 182 | 14.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Larry Krutko | 13 | 100 | 7.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Tom Barnett | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 14 | 1 |
| Jack McClairen | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Jack Call | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 150 | 2298 | 15.3 | 68 | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 128 | 2014 | 15.7 | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Derby | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 24 | 0 |
| Dick Alban | 6 | 119 | 19.8 | 46 | 0 |
| Bobby Luna | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Mike Henry | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Jack Butler | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dick Campbell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ronnie Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 363 | 16.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 287 | 12.5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Luna | 63 | 2563 | 40.7 | 61 | 0 | |||||
| Jimmy Orr | 8 | 302 | 37.8 | 46 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 71 | 2865 | 40.4 | 61 | 0 | 418 | 34.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 2742 | 46.5 | 152 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Sutherin | 12 | 68 | 5.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| Dean Derby | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 10 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Hall | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 7 | 0 | |
| Don Bishop | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| Tom Tracy | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Ray Mathews | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bobby Luna | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 152 | 4.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 418 | 8.5 | 3 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Sutherin | 11 | 225 | 20.5 | 34 | 0 | |
| Tom Tracy | 7 | 145 | 20.7 | 27 | 0 | |
| Jack Call | 6 | 146 | 24.3 | 33 | 0 | |
| Dean Derby | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Tom Barnett | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Hall | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Rudy Hayes | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 613 | 20.4 | 34 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 753 | 17.5 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Barnett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Beatty | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Len Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Dodrill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy Hayes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| Mike Henry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Karras | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Krutko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Layne | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Luna | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 0 | |
| Ray Mathews | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Nisby | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Orr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Sandusky | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Stautner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Sutherin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Tarasovic | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 1 | |
| Tom Tracy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Varrichione | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 126 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0 |
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