1946 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Division • 5-5-1 .500 |
| Head Coach: Jock Sutherland |
| Joe Kuharich | Line |
| Johnny Michelosen | Assistant Coach |
| Mike Nixon | Backfield |
| Frank Souchak | Ends |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/23/1946 | A | Scranton Miners | 47-0 | W | Scranton, PA | Scranton Stadium | 7497 | |
| Fri | 8/30/1946 | N | Newark Bombers | 42-0 | W | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 9000 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1946 | A | Richmond Rebels | 55-6 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 11000 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1946 | A | Paterson Panthers | 55-0 | W | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 11000 | |
| Fri | 9/20/1946 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 14-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 32851 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1946 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-14 | T | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 33620 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1946 | H | New York Giants | 14-17 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 33702 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1946 | H | Boston Yanks | 16-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 34297 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1946 | A | Green Bay Packers | 7-17 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 22588 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1946 | A | Boston Yanks | 33-7 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 13797 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1946 | H | Washington Redskins | 14-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 39060 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1946 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-17 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 13621 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1946 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 38882 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1946 | A | New York Giants | 0-7 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 45347 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1946 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-10 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 29943 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ernie Bonelli | 74 | HB | 5-11 | 194 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 0 |
| Tony Bova | 85 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | St. Francis (Pennsylvania) | 10 | 0 |
| Art Brandau | 45 | C-LB | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Tennessee | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Bucek | 64 | ROG-LOG-LLB | 6-1 | 187 | 24 | Texas A&M | 11 | 11 |
| Chuck Cherundolo | 21 | C-MLB | 6-1 | 215 | 30 | Penn State | 11 | 11 |
| Johnny Clement | 0 | TB-LDH | 6-0 | 189 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 11 | 0 |
| Tony Compagno | 44 | FB-RLB | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | St. Mary's (California) | 11 | 11 |
| Merl Condit | 42 | WB-LDH | 5-11 | 187 | 29 | Carnegie Mellon | 9 | 9 |
| Joe Coomer | 50 | LOT-LDT | 6-5 | 281 | 29 | Texas A&M: Austin | 9 | 3 |
| Bob Davis | 28 | ROE-RDE | 5-11 | 192 | 25 | Penn State | 11 | 11 |
| Bill Dudley | 35 | TB-RDH-K | 5-10 | 175 | 25 | Virginia | 11 | 11 |
| Bill Dutton | 16 | WB | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 3 |
| Ralph Fife | 26 | LOG-MG | 5-11 | 207 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 10 |
| Bill Garnaas | 30 | BB | 5-11 | 187 | 25 | Minnesota | 10 | 4 |
| Walt Gorinski | 20 | BB-S | 6-1 | 207 | 27 | Louisiana State | 5 | 1 |
| Sam Gray | 23 | OE-DE | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | Tulsa | 4 | 0 |
| Val Jansante | 54 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Duquesne; Villanova | 11 | 11 |
| Max Kielbasa | 73 | HB | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Duquesne | 2 | 0 |
| Earl Klapstein | 40 | OT-DT | 6-0 | 220 | 24 | San Joaquin Delta JC; Pacific | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Lach | 37 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Duke | 11 | 3 |
| Frank Mattioli | 92 | ROG-MG | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 2 |
| Art McCaffray | 48 | ROT-RDT | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Santa Clara; Pacific | 11 | 11 |
| Charley Mehelich | 55 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 199 | 24 | Duquesne | 11 | 4 |
| Al Merkovsky | 36 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 223 | 29 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 1 |
| John Patrick | 27 | BB-S | 6-0 | 202 | 28 | Penn State | 4 | 0 |
| John Perko | 22 | OG-DG | 6-1 | 207 | 32 | Duquesne | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Repko | 38 | OT-DT | 6-0 | 236 | 26 | Seton Hall; Boston College | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Reynolds | 25 | HB-DH | 6-0 | 193 | 25 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 |
| Cullen Rogers | 25 | HB-DH | 5-10 | 175 | 25 | Texas A&M | 5 | 0 |
| Charley Seabright | 33 | BB-S | 6-2 | 204 | 28 | West Virginia | 10 | 10 |
| Nick Skorich | 12 | OG-DG | 5-9 | 197 | 25 | Cincinnati | 7 | 0 |
| George Titus | 43 | C-LB | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Holy Cross | 11 | 0 |
| Andy Tomasic | 17 | TB-LDH | 5-9 | 173 | 27 | Temple | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Wiley | 75 | LOT-LDT | 5-11 | 208 | 26 | Waynesburg | 11 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Doc Blanchard | B | Army |
| 2 | 13 | George Clark | B | Duke |
| 3 | 18 | Harmon Rowe | B | San Francisco |
| 4 | 28 | Joe Tepsic | B | Penn State |
| 5 | 33 | Jack Seiferling | B | Fresno State |
| 6 | 43 | Marion Woods | G | Clemson |
| 7 | 53 | Tom Reinhardt | T | Minnesota |
| 8 | 63 | Joe Ponsetto | B | Michigan |
| 9 | 73 | Bob Evans | B | Pennsylvania |
| 10 | 83 | Mel Bonwell | B | Central (Iowa) |
| 11 | 93 | Doc Holloway | G | William & Mary |
| 12 | 103 | Carroll Owen | B | Catawba |
| 13 | 113 | George Poppin | T | New Mexico |
| 14 | 123 | Bob McCain | E | Mississippi |
| 15 | 133 | Tom Tallchief | T | Oklahoma |
| 16 | 143 | Al Perl | B | Georgia |
| 17 | 153 | Russ Lopez | C | West Virginia |
| 18 | 163 | Charles Garrison | G | Wake Forest |
| 19 | 173 | Bill Cloud | T | Temple |
| 20 | 183 | Mike Garbinski | B | Penn State |
| 21 | 193 | Charley Loiacono | C | Lafayette |
| 22 | 203 | George Johnson | T | Pittsburgh |
| 23 | 213 | Bill Leitheiser | G | Duke |
| 24 | 223 | Roger Adams | C | Florida |
| 25 | 233 | Bob Verkins | B | Tulsa |
| 26 | 243 | Clarence Castle | B | Mississippi |
| 27 | 253 | Marino Marchi | T | Penn State |
| 28 | 263 | Bob Hanson | E | UCLA |
| 29 | 273 | Larry Graves | T | Newberry |
| 30 | 283 | Gail Bruce | E | Washington |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 20 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 136 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 54 | 14 | 35 | 117 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 120 | 75 | 35 | 10 | / % | / % | 69 | 534 | |
| Opponents Totals | 147 | 94 | 44 | 9 | / % | / % | 75 | 707 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 5 | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 48 |
| Steve Lach | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Bill Dutton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Merl Condit | 1 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Johnny Clement | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tony Compagno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Garnaas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Val Jansante | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 19 | 16 | 19 | 84.2 | 2 | 9 | 22.2 | 0 | 136 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 15 | 15 | 100.0 | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 0 | 117 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 34 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Merl Condit | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 9 | 22.2 | 0 | 34 | 1/4 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 0 | 1/ | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 146 | 604 | 4.1 | 41 | 3 |
| Tony Compagno | 67 | 217 | 3.2 | 23 | 1 |
| Bill Dutton | 53 | 169 | 3.2 | 38t | 2 |
| Merl Condit | 46 | 141 | 3.1 | 23 | 1 |
| Steve Lach | 42 | 111 | 2.6 | 14 | 5 |
| Johnny Clement | 43 | 60 | 1.4 | 13 | 1 |
| Ernie Bonelli | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Val Jansante | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Walt Gorinski | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Max Kielbasa | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cullen Rogers | 6 | -8 | -1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 414 | 1307 | 3.2 | 41 | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 466 | 1754 | 3.8 | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 90 | 32 | 35.6 | 49 | 452 | 5.0 | 14.1 | 37 | 2 | 2.2 | 9 | 10.0 | 20.5 | |||
| Johnny Clement | 47 | 16 | 34.0 | 28 | 345 | 7.3 | 21.6 | 52 | 1 | 2.1 | 3 | 6.4 | 41.5 | |||
| Bill Dutton | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 2 | 31 | 5.2 | 7.8 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 79.2 | |||
| Andy Tomasic | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 7 | 53 | 4.4 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 13.5 | |||
| Merl Condit | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 89 | 22.3 | 44.5 | 80t | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 135.4 | |||
| Steve Lach | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Cullen Rogers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 161 | 58 | 36.0 | 90 | 970 | 6.0 | 16.7 | 80t | 4 | 2.5 | 13 | 8.1 | 31.8 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 162 | 64 | 39.5 | 84 | 939 | 5.8 | 14.7 | 6 | 3.7 | 14 | 8.6 | 35.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val Jansante | 10 | 136 | 13.6 | 34 | 1 |
| Charley Mehelich | 10 | 116 | 11.6 | 35 | 0 |
| Tony Compagno | 8 | 101 | 12.6 | 36 | 0 |
| Tony Bova | 6 | 171 | 28.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Merl Condit | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 4 | 109 | 27.3 | 80t | 1 |
| Charley Seabright | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 33 | 1 |
| Bill Garnaas | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 30t | 1 |
| Steve Lach | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Dutton | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Ernie Bonelli | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Johnny Clement | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Sam Gray | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 58 | 970 | 16.7 | 80t | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 939 | 14.7 | 6 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 10 | 242 | 24.2 | 80t | 1 |
| Tony Compagno | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Steve Lach | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chuck Cherundolo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 295 | 21.1 | 80t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 131 | 10.1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 60 | 2408 | 40.1 | 69 | 1 | |||||
| Johnny Clement | 9 | 315 | 35.0 | 52 | 0 | |||||
| Andy Tomasic | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 70 | 2779 | 39.7 | 69 | 1 | 247 | 35.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 2869 | 42.2 | 498 | 33.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 27 | 385 | 14.3 | 52 | 0 | |
| Bill Dutton | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Merl Condit | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| Johnny Clement | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 12 | 0 | |
| Andy Tomasic | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 498 | 13.5 | 52 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 247 | 7.7 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 14 | 280 | 20.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Johnny Clement | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Merl Condit | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 | |
| Ralph Fife | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Bill Garnaas | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Tony Compagno | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Bill Dutton | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 474 | 18.2 | 34 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 684 | 24.4 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Bonelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Tony Bova | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Bucek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Clement | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Compagno | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
| Merl Condit | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
| Joe Coomer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 1 | |
| Bill Dudley | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 0 | |
| Walt Gorinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Val Jansante | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 | |
| Max Kielbasa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Lach | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Mattioli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Art McCaffray | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Mehelich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Al Merkovsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cullen Rogers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Titus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Wiley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 38 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 124 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 1 |
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