1967 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 4th place Eastern Conference Century Division 4-9-1 .308 |
| Head Coach: Bill Austin |
| 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 | |||
| Sat | 8/12/1967 | A | Green Bay Packers | 20-31 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50861 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1967 | A | New Orleans Saints | 17-20 | L | Baton Rouge, LA | Tiger Stadium | 35000 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1967 | N | St. Louis Cardinals | 24-13 | W | Nashville, TN | Busch Memorial Stadium | 10376 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1967 | A | San Diego Chargers | 16-7 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 31620 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1967 | A | Washington Redskins | 10-16 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 20600 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1967 | H | Chicago Bears | 41-13 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 53365 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1967 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 14-28 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 45579 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1967 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-34 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60335 | |
| Sat | 10/7/1967 | A | Cleveland Browns | 10-21 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 82949 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1967 | H | New York Giants | 24-27 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 39782 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1967 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 21-24 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 39641 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1967 | A | New Orleans Saints | 14-10 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 68911 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1967 | H | Cleveland Browns | 14-34 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 47131 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1967 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 14-14 | T | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 46994 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1967 | A | New York Giants | 20-28 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62892 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1967 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 27-41 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 23773 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1967 | A | Detroit Lions | 24-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 47713 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1967 | H | Washington Redskins | 10-15 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 22251 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1967 | A | Green Bay Packers | 24-17 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50861 | |
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 |
| 46 | Chet Anderson | TE | 6-3 | 245 | 22 | Minnesota | 14 | 1 |
| 71 | Dick Arndt | DT | 6-5 | 265 | 23 | Stanford; Idaho | 14 | 0 |
| 30 | Willie Asbury | FB | 6-1 | 230 | 24 | Kent State | 12 | 8 |
| 11 | Rich Badar | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Indiana | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | John Baker | LDE | 6-6 | 279 | 32 | North Carolina Central | 13 | 11 |
| 36 | Charlie Bivins | RB | 6-2 | 212 | 29 | Morris Brown | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Jim Bradshaw | LS | 6-1 | 199 | 28 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 13 | 3 |
| 63 | Rod Breedlove | LLB | 6-2 | 225 | 29 | Maryland | 14 | 0 |
| 74 | John Brown | LOT | 6-2 | 250 | 28 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| 23 | Jim Butler | HB | 5-10 | 191 | 24 | Edward Waters | 11 | 6 |
| 53 | John Campbell | LLB | 6-3 | 222 | 29 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| 83 | Mike Clark | K | 6-1 | 203 | 27 | Texas A&M | 14 | 0 |
| 45 | Dick Compton | SE | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | McMurry | 12 | 12 |
| 89 | Marshall Cropper | SE | 6-3 | 205 | 23 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 7 | 0 |
| 57 | Sam Davis | OG-ROT | 6-1 | 245 | 23 | Allen | 14 | 0 |
| 6 | Jim Elliott | P | 5-11 | 184 | 23 | Presbyterian | 14 | 0 |
| 9 | John Foruria | S | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Idaho | 3 | 0 |
| 79 | Larry Gagner | LOG | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | Florida | 14 | 14 |
| 38 | Earl Gros | FB | 6-3 | 224 | 27 | Louisiana State | 12 | 6 |
| 76 | Mike Haggerty | ROT | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 10 |
| 82 | John Hilton | TE | 6-5 | 222 | 25 | Richmond | 13 | 13 |
| 64 | Chuck Hinton | RDT | 6-5 | 257 | 28 | North Carolina Central | 14 | 14 |
| 42 | Dick Hoak | HB | 5-11 | 191 | 28 | Penn State | 14 | 1 |
| 29 | Bob Hohn | LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 187 | 26 | Nebraska | 13 | 8 |
| 87 | Roy Jefferson | FL | 6-2 | 194 | 24 | Utah | 13 | 13 |
| 26 | Brady Keys | RCB | 6-0 | 189 | 30 | East Los Angeles JC; Colorado State | 6 | 6 |
| 75 | Ken Kortas | LDT | 6-2 | 282 | 25 | Louisville | 14 | 14 |
| 73 | Ray Mansfield | C | 6-3 | 252 | 26 | Washington | 14 | 14 |
| 85 | Jerry Marion | SE | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | Wyoming | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | Paul Martha | RS | 6-0 | 186 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
| 59 | Ray May | RLB | 6-1 | 233 | 22 | Los Angeles CC; Southern California | 14 | 1 |
| 61 | Jerry Mazzanti | RDE | 6-3 | 240 | 27 | Arkansas | 12 | 0 |
| 60 | Ben McGee | RDE | 6-2 | 255 | 28 | Jackson State | 10 | 4 |
| 37 | Bobby Morgan | CB | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | Independence CC; New Mexico | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | Bill Nelsen | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | El Cerritos JC; Southern California | 8 | 5 |
| 10 | Kent Nix | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Texas Christian | 12 | 9 |
| 72 | Fran O'Brien | ROT | 6-1 | 253 | 31 | Michigan State | 4 | 4 |
| 34 | Andy Russell | RLB-MLB | 6-2 | 217 | 26 | Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| 50 | Bill Saul | MLB | 6-4 | 225 | 27 | Penn State | 14 | 13 |
| 25 | Don Shy | HB | 6-1 | 208 | 22 | Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego State | 14 | 7 |
| 28 | Clendon Thomas | LS | 6-2 | 196 | 32 | Oklahoma | 13 | 11 |
| 66 | Bruce Van Dyke | ROG | 6-2 | 248 | 23 | Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| 65 | Lloyd Voss | RDE-LDE | 6-4 | 256 | 25 | Nebraska | 13 | 13 |
| 62 | Ralph Wenzel | OG | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | Foothill JC; San Diego State | 13 | 0 |
| 86 | J.R. Wilburn | SE-FL | 6-2 | 190 | 24 | South Carolina | 14 | 3 |
| 47 | Marv Woodson | RCB-LCB | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Tommy Burnett | E | Arkansas |
| 2 | 35 | Don Shy | HB | San Diego State |
| 3 | 73 | Rocky Freitas | C | Oregon State |
| 4 | 89 | Ray May | LB | Southern California |
| 6 | 140 | Mike Haggerty | T | Miami (Florida) |
| 8 | 192 | John Foruria | QB | Idaho |
| 8 | 194 | Mike Barnes | T | Purdue |
| 9 | 220 | Paul Otis | DT | Houston |
| 10 | 246 | Bill Wilsey | LB | Fresno State |
| 11 | 272 | Jim Whitcomb | FL | Emporia State |
| 13 | 324 | Jim Homan | G | Southern California |
| 14 | 350 | Chet Anderson | TE | Minnesota |
| 15 | 376 | Mike Love | FB | Abilene Christian |
| 16 | 402 | Bill Smith | C | Oregon |
| 17 | 428 | Mike Davenport | RB | Wyoming |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 54 | 89 | 58 | 80 | |
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 115 | 42 | 96 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 252 | 83 | 145 | 24 | / % | / % | 68 | 759 | |
| Opponents Totals | 228 | 80 | 128 | 20 | / % | / % | 73 | 833 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Clark | 0 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 0 | 71 |
| John Hilton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Don Shy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| J.R. Wilburn | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Willie Asbury | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Roy Jefferson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Chet Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick Hoak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Kent Nix | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Charlie Bivins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Compton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Earl Gros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Hinton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ken Kortas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ben McGee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 35 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 0 | 281 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 36 | 39 | 92.3 | 16 | 30 | 53.3 | 1 | 320 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Clark | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 0 | 47 | 2/3 | 5/6 | 1/3 | 4/8 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 0 | 47 | 2/3 | 5/6 | 1/3 | 4/8 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 30 | 53.3 | 1/ | 5/ | 9/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Shy | 99 | 341 | 3.4 | 33t | 4 |
| Willie Asbury | 80 | 315 | 3.9 | 73 | 4 |
| Jim Butler | 90 | 293 | 3.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Earl Gros | 72 | 252 | 3.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Dick Hoak | 52 | 142 | 2.7 | 11 | 1 |
| Kent Nix | 15 | 45 | 3.0 | 15 | 2 |
| Charlie Bivins | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 9 | 1 |
| John Hilton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dick Compton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Roy Jefferson | 5 | -11 | -2.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Bill Nelsen | 9 | -19 | -2.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 431 | 1397 | 3.2 | 73 | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 418 | 1377 | 3.3 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nelsen | 165 | 74 | 74 | 82 | 1125 | 6.8 | 15.2 | 58t | 10 | 6.1 | 9 | 5.5 | 22 | 186 | 939 | 65.3 |
| Kent Nix | 268 | 136 | 136 | 113 | 1587 | 5.9 | 11.7 | 66t | 8 | 3.0 | 19 | 7.1 | 8 | 84 | 1503 | 49.5 |
| Dick Hoak | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 69 | 8.6 | 17.3 | 21 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 79.7 |
| Mike Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 442 | 214 | 214 | 199 | 2781 | 6.3 | 13.0 | 66t | 19 | 4.3 | 29 | 6.6 | 30 | 270 | 2511 | 55.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 397 | 201 | 201 | 170 | 2854 | 7.2 | 14.2 | 22 | 5.5 | 26 | 6.5 | 29 | 276 | 2578 | 65.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.R. Wilburn | 51 | 767 | 15.0 | 66t | 5 |
| Dick Compton | 42 | 507 | 12.1 | 40 | 1 |
| Roy Jefferson | 29 | 459 | 15.8 | 58t | 4 |
| John Hilton | 26 | 343 | 13.2 | 43t | 5 |
| Earl Gros | 19 | 175 | 9.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Dick Hoak | 17 | 111 | 6.5 | 20 | 1 |
| Don Shy | 12 | 152 | 12.7 | 55 | 1 |
| Chet Anderson | 8 | 141 | 17.6 | 48 | 2 |
| Jim Butler | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Willie Asbury | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Charlie Bivins | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jerry Marion | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Marshall Cropper | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 214 | 2781 | 13.0 | 66t | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 201 | 2854 | 14.2 | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marv Woodson | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Paul Martha | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Andy Russell | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 42 | 0 |
| John Campbell | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Brady Keys | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Hohn | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben McGee | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21t | 1 |
| Lloyd Voss | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| John Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Saul | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 264 | 10.2 | 42 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 368 | 12.7 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Elliott | 72 | 2744 | 38.1 | 55 | 2 | 277 | ||||
| Team Totals | 72 | 2744 | 38.1 | 55 | 2 | 277 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 2726 | 38.9 | 143 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bradshaw | 16 | 13 | 97 | 6.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 9 | 2 | 34 | 3.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Brady Keys | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Roy Jefferson | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jerry Marion | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Shy | 1 | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 19 | 143 | 4.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 277 | 7.1 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Shy | 21 | 473 | 22.5 | 45 | 0 | |
| Paul Martha | 18 | 403 | 22.4 | 32 | 0 | |
| Jim Butler | 10 | 223 | 22.3 | 32 | 0 | |
| Andy Russell | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 26 | 0 | |
| John Campbell | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| John Hilton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray May | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 58 | 1221 | 21.1 | 45 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 1300 | 23.2 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Asbury | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Baker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Bradshaw | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Clark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Compton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Elliott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Foruria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Gros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Haggerty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Hinton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| Dick Hoak | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Hohn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Jefferson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brady Keys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Kortas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Ray Mansfield | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -21 | 0 | |
| Paul Martha | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Nelsen | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kent Nix | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | |
| Bill Saul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Shy | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clendon Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Van Dyke | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J.R. Wilburn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marv Woodson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 8 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 1 |
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