1963 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Conference • 7-4-3 .636 |
| Head Coach: Buddy Parker |
| Jack Butler | Assistant Coach |
| Mike Nixon | Assistant Coach |
| Buster Ramsey | Defense |
| Ernie Stautner | Defensive Line |
| Ken Stilley | Assistant Coach |
| LaVern Torgeson | Assistant Coach |
| Willie Walls | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/10/1963 | N | Green Bay Packers | 7-27 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 26000 | |
| Fri | 8/16/1963 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-13 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty High School Stadium | 14000 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1963 | N | Baltimore Colts | 14-17 | L | Atlanta, GA | Ponce de Leon Stadium | 18000 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1963 | A | Detroit Lions | 22-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 23781 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1963 | N | Cleveland Browns | 16-7 | W | Canton, OH | Fawcett Stadium | 18462 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1963 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-21 | T | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 58205 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1963 | H | New York Giants | 31-0 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 46068 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1963 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 23-10 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 28225 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1963 | A | Cleveland Browns | 23-35 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 84684 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1963 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 23-24 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 23715 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1963 | H | Washington Redskins | 38-27 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 41987 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1963 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 27-21 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 19047 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1963 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-33 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 46293 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1963 | H | Cleveland Browns | 9-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 54497 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1963 | A | Washington Redskins | 34-28 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 49219 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1963 | H | Chicago Bears | 17-17 | T | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 36465 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1963 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-20 | T | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 15721 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1963 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 24-19 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 24136 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1963 | A | New York Giants | 17-33 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 63240 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Art Anderson | 63 | ROT-LOT | 6-3 | 244 | 27 | Idaho | 13 | 0 |
| Frank Atkinson | 73 | RDT-RDE | 6-3 | 245 | 22 | Menlo JC; Stanford | 14 | 0 |
| John Baker | 78 | RDE-LDE | 6-6 | 279 | 28 | North Carolina Central | 14 | 14 |
| Gary Ballman | 85 | SE | 6-0 | 203 | 23 | Michigan State | 14 | 4 |
| Charlie Bradshaw | 71 | ROT-P | 6-6 | 255 | 27 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Bradshaw | 24 | RS | 6-1 | 199 | 24 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14 | 1 |
| Ed Brown | 15 | QB-P | 6-2 | 209 | 35 | Hartnell JC; San Francisco | 14 | 14 |
| Johnny Burrell | 86 | SE | 6-3 | 191 | 23 | Rice | 14 | 5 |
| Preston Carpenter | 40 | TE | 6-2 | 197 | 29 | Arkansas | 14 | 14 |
| Lou Cordileone | 74 | RDT | 6-0 | 247 | 26 | Clemson | 14 | 14 |
| Roy Curry | 25 | FL | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Jackson State | 6 | 0 |
| Willie Daniel | 44 | RCB | 5-11 | 187 | 26 | Mississippi State | 13 | 5 |
| Buddy Dial | 84 | FL | 6-1 | 194 | 26 | Rice | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Ferguson | 46 | FB | 5-11 | 220 | 24 | Ohio State | 5 | 2 |
| Glenn Glass | 43 | LCB | 6-0 | 197 | 23 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Haley | 27 | LS | 5-10 | 193 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Hoak | 42 | HB | 5-11 | 191 | 24 | Penn State | 12 | 12 |
| Dan James | 77 | LOT | 6-4 | 262 | 26 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| John Henry Johnson | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 34 | St. Mary's (California); Arizona State | 12 | 11 |
| Brady Keys | 26 | RCB | 6-0 | 189 | 26 | East Los Angeles JC; Colorado State | 11 | 9 |
| Joe Krupa | 75 | LDT | 6-2 | 232 | 30 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Ray Lemek | 72 | ROG | 6-0 | 238 | 29 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Red Mack | 23 | SE-FL | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Notre Dame | 14 | 5 |
| Lou Michaels | 79 | LDE-K | 6-2 | 243 | 28 | Kentucky | 14 | 12 |
| Bill Nelsen | 14 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | El Cerritos JC; Southern California | 2 | 0 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 12 | QB | 6-4 | 209 | 25 | Utah | 2 | 0 |
| Buzz Nutter | 51 | C | 6-4 | 230 | 32 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Myron Pottios | 66 | MLB | 6-2 | 236 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| John Powers | 88 | TE | 6-2 | 211 | 23 | Notre Dame | 14 | 0 |
| John Reger | 50 | RLB | 6-0 | 225 | 32 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 3 |
| Bob Rowley | 56 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Virginia | 3 | 0 |
| Andy Russell | 36 | RLB-LLB | 6-2 | 217 | 22 | Missouri | 14 | 11 |
| Mike Sandusky | 62 | LOG | 6-0 | 231 | 28 | Maryland | 13 | 13 |
| Theron Sapp | 33 | FB-HB | 6-1 | 203 | 28 | Georgia | 10 | 1 |
| Bob Schmitz | 67 | MLB | 6-1 | 235 | 25 | Wisconsin; Montana State | 11 | 6 |
| Ernie Stautner | 70 | RDE-LDE-LDT | 6-1 | 230 | 38 | Boston College | 14 | 3 |
| Ron Stehouwer | 68 | LOG-ROT | 6-2 | 232 | 26 | Colorado State | 14 | 1 |
| George Tarasovic | 82 | LLB | 6-4 | 245 | 33 | Boston College; Northeast Louisana JC; Louisiana State | 8 | 8 |
| Clendon Thomas | 28 | RS | 6-2 | 196 | 28 | Oklahoma | 13 | 13 |
| Tom Tracy | 30 | HB | 5-9 | 205 | 29 | Tennessee | 6 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 8 | 108 | Frank Atkinson | T | Stanford |
| 9 | 123 | Gene Carrington | T | Boston College |
| 10 | 136 | Bill Nelsen | B | Southern California |
| 11 | 151 | Hewritt Dixon | B | Florida A&M |
| 12 | 164 | Roy Curry | B | Jackson State |
| 13 | 179 | Harold Gray | LB | Los Angeles State |
| 14 | 192 | Bob Dickerson | E | Bethune-Cookman |
| 15 | 207 | Matt Szykowny | B | Iowa |
| 16 | 220 | Andy Russell | B | Missouri |
| 17 | 235 | Tim Stein | C | Miami (Ohio) |
| 18 | 248 | Jim Bradshaw | B | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 19 | 263 | Roger Berg | T | St. Thomas (Minnesota) |
| 20 | 276 | Jim Traficant | B | Pittsburgh |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30 | 113 | 46 | 132 | 321 |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 76 | 79 | 71 | 295 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 272 | 122 | 129 | 21 | / % | / % | 51 | 495 | |
| Opponents Totals | 244 | 90 | 132 | 22 | / % | / % | 78 | 780 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Michaels | 0 | 32 | 35 | 91.4 | 21 | 41 | 51.2 | 0 | 95 |
| Buddy Dial | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Dick Hoak | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Gary Ballman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| John Henry Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Red Mack | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ed Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Preston Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roy Curry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Haley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Theron Sapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Schmitz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Tom Tracy | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 34 | 37 | 91.9 | 21 | 41 | 51.2 | 1 | 321 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 34 | 36 | 94.4 | 15 | 22 | 68.2 | 0 | 295 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Michaels | 21 | 41 | 51.2 | 1 | 50 | 9/13 | 6/9 | 1/4 | 4/13 | 1/2 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 41 | 51.2 | 1 | 50 | 9/13 | 6/9 | 1/4 | 4/13 | 1/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 22 | 68.2 | 3/ | 3/ | 3/ | 5/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Henry Johnson | 186 | 773 | 4.2 | 48 | 4 |
| Dick Hoak | 216 | 679 | 3.1 | 17 | 6 |
| Theron Sapp | 96 | 431 | 4.5 | 27 | 1 |
| Bob Ferguson | 43 | 171 | 4.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Gary Ballman | 8 | 59 | 7.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 15 | 20 | 1.3 | 7 | 2 |
| Tom Tracy | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 5 | 0 |
| Red Mack | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Bill Nelsen | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 578 | 2136 | 3.7 | 48 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 419 | 1728 | 4.1 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Brown | 362 | 168 | 46.4 | 174 | 2982 | 8.2 | 17.8 | 85t | 21 | 5.8 | 20 | 5.5 | 29 | 240 | 2742 | 71.4 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 46 | 15.3 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 109.7 |
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Bill Nelsen | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | -11 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 368 | 170 | 46.2 | 178 | 3028 | 8.2 | 17.8 | 85t | 21 | 5.7 | 20 | 5.4 | 30 | 251 | 2777 | 71.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 384 | 191 | 49.7 | 168 | 3400 | 8.9 | 17.8 | 21 | 5.5 | 25 | 6.5 | 34 | 299 | 3101 | 71.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Dial | 60 | 1295 | 21.6 | 83t | 9 |
| Gary Ballman | 26 | 492 | 18.9 | 67t | 5 |
| Red Mack | 25 | 618 | 24.7 | 85t | 3 |
| John Henry Johnson | 21 | 145 | 6.9 | 26 | 1 |
| Preston Carpenter | 17 | 233 | 13.7 | 28t | 1 |
| Dick Hoak | 11 | 118 | 10.7 | 23 | 1 |
| Theron Sapp | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Bob Ferguson | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Burrell | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Roy Curry | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31t | 1 |
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 170 | 3028 | 17.8 | 85t | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 191 | 3400 | 17.8 | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clendon Thomas | 8 | 122 | 15.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Dick Haley | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 37 | 1 |
| Myron Pottios | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Andy Russell | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Glenn Glass | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| John Reger | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Bradshaw | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Michaels | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 330 | 13.2 | 38 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 316 | 15.8 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Brown | 57 | 2256 | 39.6 | 57 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Bradshaw | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 38 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 59 | 2326 | 39.4 | 57 | 0 | 287 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 2934 | 44.5 | 281 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Keys | 13 | 9 | 198 | 15.2 | 82 | 0 |
| Dick Haley | 12 | 3 | 59 | 4.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 6 | 5 | 24 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 18 | 281 | 9.1 | 82 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 287 | 9.9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Ballman | 22 | 698 | 31.7 | 93 | 1 | |
| Clendon Thomas | 12 | 286 | 23.8 | 41 | 0 | |
| Brady Keys | 9 | 219 | 24.3 | 58 | 0 | |
| Glenn Glass | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Theron Sapp | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Roy Curry | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Lou Cordileone | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 49 | 1312 | 26.8 | 93 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 1133 | 21.4 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Atkinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Baker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Ballman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bradshaw | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Bradshaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buddy Dial | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Glenn Glass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Haley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Hoak | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Henry Johnson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brady Keys | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Krupa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Mack | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Michaels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Nelsen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Powers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Russell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mike Sandusky | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Theron Sapp | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Stautner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Tarasovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 7 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 0 |
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