1962 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Conference • 9-5-0 .643 |
| Head Coach: Buddy Parker |
| Jack Butler | Assistant Coach |
| Mike Nixon | Assistant Coach |
| Buster Ramsey | Assistant Coach |
| Ken Stilley | Assistant Coach |
| LaVern Torgeson | Assistant Coach |
| Willie Walls | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/11/1962 | N | Chicago Bears | 19-14 | W | Atlanta, GA | Grady Stadium | 11000 | |
| Sat | 8/18/1962 | A | Cleveland Browns | 10-33 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 77683 | |
| Mon | 8/27/1962 | A | Detroit Lions | 20-26 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 23246 | |
| Sat | 9/1/1962 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-35 | L | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 13800 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1962 | H | Baltimore Colts | 20-9 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 8962 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1962 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-45 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 46641 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1962 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 30-28 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 19478 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1962 | H | New York Giants | 27-31 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 40916 | |
| Sat | 10/6/1962 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 13-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 23164 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1962 | A | New York Giants | 20-17 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62808 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1962 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 27-42 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 23106 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1962 | H | Cleveland Browns | 14-41 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 35417 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1962 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 39-31 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 14642 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1962 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 26-17 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 20264 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1962 | H | Washington Redskins | 23-21 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 21231 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1962 | A | Cleveland Browns | 14-35 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 53601 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1962 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 19-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 18556 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1962 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 26-17 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60671 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1962 | A | Washington Redskins | 27-24 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 34508 | |
| Sun | 1/6/1963 | N | Detroit Lions | 10-17 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 36284 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8/18/1962 | Cleveland Browns | Doubleheader |
| 1/6/1963 | Detroit Lions | Playoff Bowl |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Gary Ballman | 48 | HB | 6-0 | 203 | 22 | Michigan State | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Bettis | 65 | MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 29 | Purdue | 11 | 10 |
| Charlie Bradshaw | 71 | ROT | 6-6 | 255 | 26 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
| Ed Brown | 15 | QB-P | 6-2 | 209 | 34 | Hartnell JC; San Francisco | 14 | 1 |
| Johnny Burrell | 86 | SE | 6-3 | 191 | 22 | Rice | 14 | 7 |
| Preston Carpenter | 40 | TE | 6-2 | 197 | 28 | Arkansas | 13 | 13 |
| Lou Cordileone | 74 | RDT | 6-0 | 247 | 25 | Clemson | 12 | 0 |
| Willie Daniel | 44 | RS | 5-11 | 187 | 25 | Mississippi State | 13 | 8 |
| Buddy Dial | 84 | FL | 6-1 | 194 | 25 | Rice | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Ferguson | 46 | FB | 5-11 | 220 | 23 | Ohio State | 13 | 0 |
| Glenn Glass | 87 | RS | 6-0 | 197 | 22 | Tennessee | 7 | 0 |
| Dick Haley | 27 | LS | 5-10 | 193 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
| Rudy Hayes | 36 | LB | 6-0 | 217 | 27 | Clemson | 4 | 2 |
| Harlon Hill | 87 | SE | 6-3 | 199 | 30 | North Alabama | 7 | 7 |
| Dick Hoak | 42 | HB | 5-11 | 191 | 23 | Penn State | 14 | 5 |
| Dan James | 77 | LOT | 6-4 | 262 | 25 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| John Henry Johnson | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 33 | St. Mary's (California); Arizona State | 14 | 14 |
| John Kapele | 64 | RDE | 6-0 | 240 | 25 | Brigham Young | 6 | 0 |
| John Kenerson | 74 | LDT | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Kentucky State | 1 | 0 |
| Brady Keys | 26 | RCB | 6-0 | 189 | 25 | East Los Angeles JC; Colorado State | 14 | 14 |
| Ken Kirk | 37 | RLB | 6-2 | 229 | 24 | Mississippi | 14 | 5 |
| Joe Krupa | 75 | LDT | 6-2 | 232 | 29 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Layne | 22 | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 36 | Texas | 13 | 13 |
| Ray Lemek | 72 | ROG | 6-0 | 238 | 28 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Gene Lipscomb | 76 | RDT | 6-6 | 284 | 31 | none | 14 | 14 |
| Red Mack | 23 | FL-SE | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Notre Dame | 14 | 0 |
| Lou Michaels | 79 | LDE-K | 6-2 | 243 | 27 | Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 18 | QB | 6-4 | 209 | 24 | Utah | 1 | 0 |
| Buzz Nutter | 51 | C | 6-4 | 230 | 31 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| John Powers | 88 | TE | 6-2 | 211 | 22 | Notre Dame | 14 | 1 |
| John Reger | 50 | RLB-MLB | 6-0 | 225 | 31 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 7 |
| Johnny Sample | 24 | RS | 6-1 | 203 | 26 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 6 | 6 |
| Mike Sandusky | 62 | LOG | 6-0 | 231 | 27 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Schmitz | 67 | LB | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | Wisconsin; Montana State | 9 | 4 |
| Bob Simms | 34 | RLB-LLB | 6-2 | 217 | 24 | Rutgers | 5 | 0 |
| Jackie Simpson | 47 | LS | 5-10 | 183 | 28 | Florida | 13 | 0 |
| Ernie Stautner | 70 | RDE | 6-1 | 230 | 37 | Boston College | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Stehouwer | 68 | ROG | 6-2 | 232 | 25 | Colorado State | 14 | 0 |
| George Strugar | 74 | DT | 6-5 | 259 | 28 | Washington | 1 | 0 |
| George Tarasovic | 82 | LLB | 6-4 | 245 | 32 | Boston College; Northeast Louisana JC; Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Clendon Thomas | 28 | LCB | 6-2 | 196 | 27 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Tracy | 30 | HB | 5-9 | 205 | 28 | Tennessee | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Womack | 32 | HB | 5-9 | 210 | 26 | Los Angeles CC; Los Angeles State | 13 | 9 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Bob Ferguson | B | Ohio State |
| 7 | 89 | Jack Collins | HB | Texas |
| 8 | 104 | Gary Ballman | B | Michigan State |
| 9 | 117 | John Powers | E | Notre Dame |
| 10 | 132 | Larry Vignali | G | Pittsburgh |
| 11 | 145 | Bob Wills | E | California |
| 12 | 160 | Sam Mudie | B | Rutgers |
| 13 | 173 | Dave Woodward | T | Auburn |
| 14 | 188 | Jim Whitaker | E | Nevada-Reno |
| 15 | 201 | Vern Hatch | E | North Carolina Central |
| 16 | 216 | Bobby Ply | B | Baylor |
| 17 | 229 | Nat Tucker | B | Florida A&M |
| 18 | 244 | Ferrell Yarbrough | T | Northwestern State (Louisiana) |
| 19 | 257 | John Kuprok | E | Pittsburgh |
| 20 | 272 | John Knight | B | Valparaiso |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 58 | 84 | 56 | 114 | 312 |
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 90 | 87 | 135 | 363 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 261 | 133 | 112 | 16 | / % | / % | 45 | 427 | |
| Opponents Totals | 250 | 78 | 157 | 15 | / % | / % | 53 | 581 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Michaels | 0 | 32 | 33 | 97.0 | 26 | 42 | 61.9 | 0 | 110 |
| John Henry Johnson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Buddy Dial | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Joe Womack | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Preston Carpenter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dick Hoak | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Red Mack | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Willie Daniel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bobby Layne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Schmitz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ernie Stautner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 33 | 32 | 33 | 97.0 | 26 | 42 | 61.9 | 2 | 312 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 48 | 48 | 100.0 | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 0 | 363 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Michaels | 26 | 42 | 61.9 | 4 | 46 | 8/10 | 6/6 | 9/13 | 3/10 | 0/3 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 42 | 61.9 | 4 | 46 | 8/10 | 6/6 | 9/13 | 3/10 | 0/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 1/ | 2/ | 3/ | 2/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Henry Johnson | 251 | 1141 | 4.5 | 40 | 7 |
| Joe Womack | 128 | 468 | 3.7 | 28 | 5 |
| Dick Hoak | 117 | 442 | 3.8 | 38 | 4 |
| Tom Tracy | 20 | 116 | 5.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Harlon Hill | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Johnny Burrell | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Ferguson | 20 | 37 | 1.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 15 | 25 | 1.7 | 17 | 1 |
| Gary Ballman | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Red Mack | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 572 | 2333 | 4.1 | 40 | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 363 | 1419 | 3.9 | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Layne | 233 | 116 | 49.8 | 100 | 1686 | 7.2 | 14.5 | 62 | 9 | 3.9 | 17 | 7.3 | 193 | 1493 | 56.2 | |
| Ed Brown | 84 | 43 | 51.2 | 35 | 726 | 8.6 | 16.9 | 50 | 5 | 6.0 | 6 | 7.1 | 157 | 569 | 70.8 | |
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 95.8 |
| Dick Hoak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 319 | 160 | 50.2 | 136 | 2419 | 7.6 | 15.1 | 14 | 14 | 4.4 | 23 | 7.2 | 350 | 2069 | 60.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 438 | 223 | 50.9 | 187 | 3490 | 8.0 | 15.7 | 34 | 7.8 | 28 | 6.4 | 284 | 3206 | 77.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Dial | 50 | 981 | 19.6 | 62 | 6 |
| Preston Carpenter | 36 | 492 | 13.7 | 43t | 4 |
| John Henry Johnson | 32 | 226 | 7.1 | 18 | 2 |
| Dick Hoak | 9 | 133 | 14.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Red Mack | 8 | 203 | 25.4 | 40 | 2 |
| Johnny Burrell | 8 | 193 | 24.1 | 42 | 0 |
| Harlon Hill | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Joe Womack | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| John Powers | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Ferguson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 160 | 2419 | 15.1 | 62 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 223 | 3490 | 15.7 | 34 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clendon Thomas | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Willie Daniel | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 49t | 1 |
| George Tarasovic | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 37 | 0 |
| Dick Haley | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Schmitz | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 24t | 1 |
| Brady Keys | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Ernie Stautner | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Reger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Sample | 0 | 21 | 21L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 318 | 11.4 | 49t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 257 | 11.2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Brown | 60 | 2400 | 40.0 | 78 | 0 | 119 | ||||
| Team Totals | 60 | 2400 | 40.0 | 78 | 0 | 119 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 2524 | 40.7 | 169 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Keys | 7 | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 7 | 5 | 109 | 15.6 | 60 | 0 |
| Johnny Sample | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Haley | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 19 | 169 | 8.9 | 60 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 119 | 6.6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Glass | 16 | 396 | 24.8 | 55 | 0 | |
| Brady Keys | 28 | 667 | 23.8 | 57 | 0 | |
| Dick Haley | 7 | 105 | 15.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Johnny Sample | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Dick Hoak | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bob Ferguson | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Lou Michaels | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Preston Carpenter | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Joe Womack | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Mike Sandusky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 62 | 1350 | 21.8 | 57 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1151 | 21.3 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Bettis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Ferguson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Hoak | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| John Henry Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Kirk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Krupa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Lemek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Lipscomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Red Mack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Michaels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Reger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Sandusky | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Simms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Stautner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Womack | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 1 |
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