1953 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Conference • 6-6-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Joe Bach |
| Chuck Cherundolo | Line |
| Edgar Jones | Backfield |
| Walt Kiesling | Defense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/15/1953 | H | Chicago Bears | 29-10 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 26927 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1953 | N | Detroit Lions | 13-16 | L | Syracuse, NY | Archbold Stadium | 22000 | |
| Wed | 8/26/1953 | N | Baltimore Colts | 6-13 | L | Rochester, NY | Aquinas Stadium | 15000 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1953 | N | Chicago Bears | 28-31 | L | Tulsa, OK | Skelly Field | 12000 | |
| Wed | 9/9/1953 | N | Washington Redskins | 21-14 | W | Columbia, SC | Carolina Stadium | 22000 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1953 | A | Green Bay Packers | 26-23 | W | Milwaukee, WI | Marquette Stadium | 16859 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1953 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 6-49 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 27274 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1953 | A | Detroit Lions | 21-38 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 44587 | |
| Sat | 10/3/1953 | H | New York Giants | 24-14 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 31500 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1953 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 31-28 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 25935 | |
| Sat | 10/17/1953 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-23 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 18681 | |
| Sat | 10/24/1953 | H | Green Bay Packers | 31-14 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 22918 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1953 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-35 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 27547 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1953 | A | Cleveland Browns | 16-34 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 35592 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1953 | A | New York Giants | 14-10 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 20411 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1953 | H | Cleveland Browns | 16-20 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 32904 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1953 | H | Washington Redskins | 9-17 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 17026 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1953 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 21-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 14138 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1953 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-13 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 22057 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| John Alderton | 85 | RDE-LDE | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Maryland | 10 | 3 |
| Ed Barker | 86 | LOE-S | 6-3 | 196 | 22 | Washington State | 8? | 6 |
| Nick Bolkovac | 75 | K | 6-1 | 230 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 0 |
| Pat Brady | 18 | P-QB | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Nevada-Reno; Bradley | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Brandt | 27 | LOH-ROH-S | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | St. Thomas (Minnesota) | 12 | 2 |
| Jack Butler | 80 | RDH-ROE | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | St. Bonaventure | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Calvin | 35 | S-ROH | 6-0 | 200 | 27 | Alabama | 10 | 2 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 49 | ROH | 6-2 | 198 | 30 | Michigan State | 12 | 11 |
| Art DeCarlo | 26 | LDH | 6-2 | 196 | 22 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| Dale Dodrill | 60 | MG | 6-1 | 211 | 27 | Colorado State | 12 | 12 |
| Leo Elter | 39 | FB | 5-10 | 201 | 24 | Duquesne; Villanova | 12 | 1 |
| Lou Ferry | 78 | LDT | 6-2 | 244 | 26 | Villanova | 12 | 12 |
| Jim Finks | 7 | QB | 5-11 | 175 | 26 | Tulsa | 12 | 9 |
| Dick Flanagan | 57 | LLB | 6-0 | 216 | 27 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Fullerton | 34 | S | 5-10 | 190 | 22 | Maryland | 2 | 1? |
| Bob Gaona | 76 | LOT | 6-3 | 243 | 22 | Wake Forest | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Hegarty | 79 | LOT | 6-4 | 237 | 26 | Georgia; Villanova | 2 | 0 |
| Claude Hipps | 24 | S | 6-1 | 189 | 26 | Georgia | 5 | 5 |
| Darrell Hogan | 63 | MLB | 5-10 | 210 | 27 | Baylor; Trinity (Texas) | 12 | 12 |
| George Hughes | 65 | ROT | 6-1 | 225 | 28 | William & Mary | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Mackrides | 13 | QB | 5-11 | 182 | 28 | Nevada-Reno | 4 | 3 |
| Ted Marchibroda | 14 | QB | 5-10 | 178 | 22 | St. Bonaventure; Detroit Mercy | 5 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 25 | LOH-S | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Clemson | 12 | 11 |
| Marv Matuszak | 61 | RLB | 6-3 | 232 | 22 | Tulsa | 12 | 12 |
| Marv McFadden | 64 | ROG | 6-0 | 223 | 23 | Michigan State | 12 | 12 |
| Bill McPeak | 84 | RDE | 6-1 | 208 | 27 | Notre Dame; Pittsburgh | 12 | 9 |
| Elbie Nickel | 81 | ROE | 6-1 | 196 | 31 | Cincinnati | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Palmer | 72 | RDT | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Wake Forest | 11 | 5 |
| Fran Rogel | 33 | FB | 5-11 | 203 | 26 | California (Pennsylvania); Penn State | 11 | 11 |
| John Schweder | 66 | LOG | 6-1 | 224 | 26 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 12 |
| Ernie Stautner | 70 | RDT-LDT | 6-1 | 230 | 28 | Boston College | 11 | 7 |
| George Sulima | 88 | LOE | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | Boston University | 10 | 2 |
| George Tarasovic | 82 | LDE | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | Boston College; Northeast Louisana JC; Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| Lou Tepe | 62 | C-OG | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Duke | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Walsh | 56 | C | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Ted Marchibroda | QB | Detroit Mercy |
| 2 | 18 | John Henry Johnson | B | Arizona State |
| 3 | 29 | Marv Matuszak | T | Tulsa |
| 4 | 43 | Lloyd Colteryahn | E | Maryland |
| 5 | 54 | Bob Gaona | T | Wake Forest |
| 6 | 67 | Tom Barton | G | Clemson |
| 7 | 78 | John Alderton | E | Maryland |
| 8 | 91 | Lowell Perry | E | Michigan |
| 9 | 102 | Pat Sarnese | T | Temple |
| 10 | 115 | Frank Holohan | T | Tennessee |
| 12 | 139 | Jerry Robertson | B | Kansas |
| 13 | 150 | Leo Davis | E | Bradley |
| 14 | 163 | Charley Montgomery | T | Mississippi |
| 15 | 174 | Bob O'Neil | E | Notre Dame |
| 16 | 187 | Jack Zachary | B | Miami (Ohio) |
| 17 | 198 | Reed Quinn | B | Florida |
| 18 | 211 | Carl Holben | T | Duke |
| 19 | 222 | Jim Williams | B | Louisville |
| 20 | 235 | Lee Hayley | E | Auburn |
| 21 | 246 | Don Earley | G | South Carolina |
| 22 | 259 | Ed O'Connor | T | Maryland |
| 23 | 270 | Ray Correll | G | Kentucky |
| 24 | 283 | Bob Schneidenbach | B | Miami (Florida) |
| 25 | 294 | Vic Hampel | E | Houston |
| 26 | 307 | Jack McClairen | E | Bethune-Cookman |
| 27 | 318 | Jack Delaney | B | Cincinnati |
| 28 | 331 | Joe Cimini | T | Mississippi State |
| 29 | 342 | Art Massaro | B | Washington & Jefferson |
| 30 | 355 | Lou Tepe | C | Duke |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 48 | 41 | 35 | 87 | 211 |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 89 | 43 | 75 | 263 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 206 | 98 | 97 | 11 | / % | / % | 54 | 546 | |
| Opponents Totals | 184 | 63 | 110 | 11 | / % | / % | 66 | 603 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Bolkovac | 1 | 27 | 28 | 96.4 | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 0 | 45 |
| Ray Mathews | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | ||
| Lynn Chandnois | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Elbie Nickel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jim Brandt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jack Butler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Finks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Fran Rogel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ed Barker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dale Dodrill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Mackrides | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lou Ferry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 28 | 27 | 28 | 96.4 | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 2 | 211 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 32 | 33 | 97.0 | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 0 | 263 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Bolkovac | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 2 | 40 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 1/5 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 2 | 40 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 1/5 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 3/ | 3/ | 1/ | 3/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Rogel | 137 | 527 | 3.8 | 58 | 2 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 123 | 470 | 3.8 | 38 | 3 |
| Ray Mathews | 65 | 260 | 4.0 | 31 | 2 |
| Jim Brandt | 42 | 106 | 2.5 | 9 | 3 |
| Leo Elter | 26 | 81 | 3.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Tom Calvin | 13 | 65 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Mackrides | 13 | 25 | 1.9 | 4 | 1 |
| Ted Marchibroda | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 4t | 2 |
| Team Totals | 432 | 1549 | 3.6 | 58 | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 366 | 1125 | 3.1 | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Finks | 292 | 131 | 44.9 | 147 | 1484 | 5.1 | 11.3 | 77t | 8 | 2.7 | 14 | 4.8 | 100 | 1384 | 49.8 | |
| Bill Mackrides | 94 | 48 | 51.1 | 41 | 453 | 4.8 | 9.4 | 36 | 1 | 1.1 | 5 | 5.3 | 27 | 426 | 46.1 | |
| Ted Marchibroda | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 11 | 66 | 3.0 | 7.3 | 16 | 1 | 4.5 | 2 | 9.1 | 12 | 54 | 25.9 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 11 | 3.7 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | -4 | 45.1 | |
| Pat Brady | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Jim Brandt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Ray Mathews | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | -10 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 416 | 189 | 45.4 | 206 | 2014 | 4.8 | 10.7 | 77t | 10 | 2.4 | 21 | 5.0 | 164 | 1850 | 47.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 372 | 193 | 51.9 | 158 | 2413 | 6.5 | 12.5 | 61 | 2 | 0.5 | 21 | 5.6 | 157 | 2256 | 50.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elbie Nickel | 62 | 743 | 12.0 | 40 | 4 | ||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 43 | 412 | 9.6 | 55 | 0 | ||||
| Ray Mathews | 27 | 346 | 12.8 | 77t | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Fran Rogel | 19 | 95 | 5.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Barker | 17 | 172 | 10.1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Sulima | 10 | 131 | 13.1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Calvin | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leo Elter | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Butler | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 33t | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Brandt | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 189 | 2014 | 10.7 | 77t | 10 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 193 | 2413 | 12.5 | 61 | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Butler | 9 | 147 | 16.3 | 28 | 1 |
| Art DeCarlo | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 27 | 0 |
| Dick Flanagan | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Claude Hipps | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Dale Dodrill | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Marv Matuszak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 273 | 13.0 | 28 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 373 | 17.8 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Brady | 80 | 3752 | 46.9 | 64 | 0 | 6 | 403 | 40.4 | ||
| Team Totals | 80 | 3752 | 46.9 | 64 | 0 | 403 | 41.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 83 | 3531 | 42.5 | 269 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Mathews | 16 | 128 | 8.0 | 54 | 0 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 26 | 101 | 3.9 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jim Brandt | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 18 | 0 | |
| Jack Butler | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Art DeCarlo | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 50 | 269 | 5.4 | 54 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 403 | 8.1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Chandnois | 21 | 610 | 29.0 | 93t | 1 | |
| Ray Mathews | 10 | 261 | 26.1 | 44 | 0 | |
| Jim Brandt | 6 | 135 | 22.5 | 44 | 0 | |
| Lou Tepe | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 18 | 0 | |
| Ted Marchibroda | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Leo Elter | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bob Gaona | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 1101 | 25.0 | 93t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 604 | 16.3 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Bolkovac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Jim Brandt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Butler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art DeCarlo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Dodrill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 1 |
| Jim Finks | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Flanagan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Hogan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Mackrides | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Mathews | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Marv Matuszak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Elbie Nickel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fran Rogel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Schweder | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| George Sulima | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Tarasovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Lou Tepe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 34 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 0 |
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