1964 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 6th place • Eastern Conference • 5-9-0 .357 |
| Head Coach: Buddy Parker |
| Bobby Layne | Assistant Coach |
| Mike Nixon | Assistant Coach |
| Buster Ramsey | Defense |
| Ernie Stautner | Defensive Line |
| LaVern Torgeson | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/14/1964 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 13-24 | L | Allentown, PA | Allentown High School Stadium | 21500 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1964 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-42 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 27255 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1964 | N | San Francisco 49ers | 16-14 | W | Omaha, NE | Rosenblatt Stadium | 15666 | |
| Sun | 9/6/1964 | N | Baltimore Colts | 17-48 | L | Canton, OH | Fawcett Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sun | 9/13/1964 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 14-26 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 33988 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1964 | H | New York Giants | 27-24 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 33053 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1964 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 23-17 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 35594 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1964 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-21 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 59394 | |
| Sat | 10/10/1964 | A | Cleveland Browns | 23-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 80530 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1964 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 10-30 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 39873 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1964 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-34 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 38393 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1964 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-30 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 49568 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1964 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 30-34 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 28245 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1964 | H | Washington Redskins | 0-30 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 31587 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1964 | A | New York Giants | 44-17 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62691 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1964 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 20-21 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 27807 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1964 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-7 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 49219 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1964 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 14-17 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 35271 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| John Baker | 78 | RDE-LDE | 6-6 | 279 | 29 | North Carolina Central | 14 | 14 |
| Gary Ballman | 85 | SE-FL | 6-0 | 203 | 24 | Michigan State | 13 | 13 |
| Charlie Bradshaw | 71 | ROT | 6-6 | 255 | 28 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Bradshaw | 24 | RS-LS | 6-1 | 199 | 25 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14 | 14 |
| Ed Brown | 15 | QB-P | 6-2 | 209 | 36 | Hartnell JC; San Francisco | 14 | 14 |
| Johnny Burrell | 86 | FL-SE | 6-3 | 191 | 24 | Rice | 14 | 5 |
| Mike Clark | 83 | K | 6-1 | 203 | 24 | Texas A&M | 14 | 0 |
| Willie Daniel | 44 | RCB | 5-11 | 187 | 27 | Mississippi State | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Haley | 27 | RS | 5-10 | 193 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 6 |
| Bob Harrison | 30 | LLB | 6-2 | 233 | 27 | Oklahoma | 11 | 6 |
| Urban Henry | 74 | LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 265 | 29 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 8 |
| Chuck Hinton | 64 | LDT-MG-DE | 6-5 | 257 | 25 | North Carolina Central | 14 | 4 |
| Dick Hoak | 42 | HB | 5-11 | 191 | 25 | Penn State | 14 | 6 |
| Ed Holler | 31 | RLB-P | 6-2 | 233 | 24 | South Carolina | 13 | 9 |
| Dan James | 77 | LOT | 6-4 | 262 | 27 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| John Henry Johnson | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 35 | St. Mary's (California); Arizona State | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Kelly | 89 | TE-SE | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | Notre Dame | 6 | 6 |
| Brady Keys | 26 | LCB | 6-0 | 189 | 27 | East Los Angeles JC; Colorado State | 14 | 14 |
| Phil King | 46 | HB | 6-4 | 223 | 28 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Krupa | 75 | RDT-LDT | 6-2 | 232 | 31 | Purdue | 11 | 11 |
| Danny LaRose | 87 | LDE-LDT-RDT | 6-5 | 250 | 25 | Missouri | 12 | 1 |
| Ray Lemek | 72 | ROG | 6-0 | 238 | 30 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Chuck Logan | 82 | SE | 6-4 | 215 | 21 | Northwestern | 14 | 0 |
| Ray Mansfield | 73 | RDT-OT | 6-3 | 252 | 23 | Washington | 14 | 3 |
| Paul Martha | 20 | FL | 6-0 | 186 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 3 |
| Ben McGee | 60 | RDE-LB | 6-2 | 255 | 25 | Jackson State | 14 | 13 |
| Max Messner | 54 | RLB | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Cincinnati | 7 | 5 |
| Bill Nelsen | 14 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | El Cerritos JC; Southern California | 5 | 0 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 12 | QB | 6-4 | 209 | 26 | Utah | 1 | 0 |
| Buzz Nutter | 51 | C | 6-4 | 230 | 33 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Clarence Peaks | 36 | HB | 6-1 | 218 | 29 | Michigan State | 12 | 8 |
| Myron Pottios | 66 | MLB | 6-2 | 236 | 25 | Notre Dame | 7 | 5 |
| John Powers | 88 | TE | 6-2 | 211 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 9 |
| Mike Sandusky | 62 | LOG | 6-0 | 231 | 29 | Maryland | 6 | 6 |
| Theron Sapp | 33 | FB | 6-1 | 203 | 29 | Georgia | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Saul | 50 | LLB-MLB | 6-4 | 225 | 24 | Penn State | 13 | 8 |
| Bob Schmitz | 67 | MLB | 6-1 | 235 | 26 | Wisconsin; Montana State | 6 | 5 |
| Bob Sherman | 49 | DB | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | Iowa | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Soleau | 34 | MLB-LLB | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | William & Mary | 14 | 4 |
| Ron Stehouwer | 68 | LOG | 6-2 | 232 | 27 | Colorado State | 14 | 8 |
| Clendon Thomas | 28 | LS-SE-LB | 6-2 | 196 | 29 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
| Tommy Wade | 16 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | Texas | 1 | 0 |
| Marv Woodson | 46 | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Indiana | 4 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 10 | Paul Martha | HB | Pittsburgh |
| 2 | 28 | Jim Kelly | E | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 38 | Ralph Baker | LB | Penn State |
| 4 | 51 | Ben McGee | T | Jackson State |
| 5 | 66 | T.W. Alley | T | William & Mary |
| 6 | 79 | Tommy Gibson | G | South Carolina |
| 7 | 94 | Bobby Smith | HB | North Texas |
| 8 | 107 | Bobby Currington | HB | North Carolina Central |
| 9 | 122 | Bob Nichols | T | Stanford |
| 11 | 150 | Bob Soleau | G | William & Mary |
| 12 | 163 | Bob Sherman | HB | Iowa |
| 13 | 178 | Glenn Baker | T | Washington State |
| 14 | 191 | Tom Jenkins | G | Ohio State |
| 15 | 206 | Barry Brown | E | Florida |
| 16 | 219 | Eddie Kesler | FB | North Carolina |
| 17 | 234 | Dennis Shaw | C | Detroit Mercy |
| 18 | 247 | Ollie Dobbins | HB | Morgan State |
| 19 | 262 | Don Marshall | T | Lehigh |
| 20 | 275 | Brian Generalovich | E | Pittsburgh |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 36 | 76 | 68 | 73 | 253 |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 94 | 57 | 100 | 315 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 233 | 110 | 105 | 18 | / % | / % | 59 | 615 | |
| Opponents Totals | 253 | 109 | 121 | 23 | / % | / % | 81 | 706 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Clark | 0 | 28 | 31 | 90.3 | 13 | 25 | 52.0 | 0 | 67 |
| John Henry Johnson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Gary Ballman | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Dick Hoak | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jim Bradshaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ed Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Phil King | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Clarence Peaks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Chuck Hinton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Clendon Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 28 | 31 | 90.3 | 13 | 25 | 52.0 | 0 | 253 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 36 | 39 | 92.3 | 15 | 25 | 60.0 | 0 | 315 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Clark | 13 | 25 | 52.0 | 2 | 43 | 4/6 | 4/4 | 4/10 | 1/5 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 25 | 52.0 | 2 | 43 | 4/6 | 4/4 | 4/10 | 1/5 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 25 | 60.0 | 7/ | 3/ | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Henry Johnson | 235 | 1048 | 4.5 | 45t | 7 |
| Clarence Peaks | 118 | 503 | 4.3 | 70t | 2 |
| Dick Hoak | 84 | 258 | 3.1 | 17 | 2 |
| Ed Brown | 26 | 110 | 4.2 | 22 | 2 |
| Phil King | 26 | 71 | 2.7 | 12 | 1 |
| Gary Ballman | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Nelsen | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Theron Sapp | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Paul Martha | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| John Powers | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ed Holler | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 516 | 2102 | 4.1 | 70t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 454 | 1994 | 4.4 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Brown | 272 | 121 | 44.5 | 132 | 1990 | 7.3 | 16.4 | 54 | 12 | 4.4 | 19 | 7.0 | 45 | 394 | 1596 | 55.2 |
| Bill Nelsen | 42 | 16 | 38.1 | 23 | 276 | 6.6 | 17.3 | 44 | 2 | 4.8 | 3 | 7.1 | 5 | 47 | 229 | 47.3 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 35 | 8.8 | 11.7 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 61.5 |
| Tommy Wade | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 7 | 2.3 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 42.4 |
| Gary Ballman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Dick Hoak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 323 | 141 | 43.7 | 158 | 2308 | 7.1 | 16.4 | 54 | 14 | 4.3 | 24 | 7.4 | 51 | 450 | 1858 | 51.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 378 | 185 | 48.9 | 181 | 2582 | 6.8 | 14.0 | 16 | 4.2 | 12 | 3.2 | 42 | 345 | 2237 | 72.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Ballman | 47 | 935 | 19.9 | 47t | 7 |
| Clendon Thomas | 17 | 334 | 19.6 | 49 | 1 |
| John Henry Johnson | 17 | 69 | 4.1 | 21 | 1 |
| Dick Hoak | 12 | 137 | 11.4 | 22t | 3 |
| Clarence Peaks | 12 | 113 | 9.4 | 41 | 0 |
| Jim Kelly | 10 | 186 | 18.6 | 27 | 1 |
| John Powers | 8 | 193 | 24.1 | 42 | 0 |
| Paul Martha | 6 | 145 | 24.2 | 54 | 0 |
| Johnny Burrell | 6 | 113 | 18.8 | 43 | 0 |
| Phil King | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Theron Sapp | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Chuck Logan | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 141 | 2308 | 16.4 | 54 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 185 | 2582 | 14.0 | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Haley | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Brady Keys | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Willie Daniel | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Bradshaw | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Bill Saul | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Chuck Hinton | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 |
| Myron Pottios | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ed Holler | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 96 | 8.0 | 39 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 465 | 19.4 | 6 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Brown | 31 | 1346 | 43.4 | 54 | 0 | |||||
| Ed Holler | 31 | 1334 | 43.0 | 64 | 0 | 172 | ||||
| Team Totals | 62 | 2680 | 43.2 | 64 | 0 | 172 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 2645 | 39.5 | 238 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Keys | 14 | 9 | 172 | 12.3 | 90 | 0 |
| Paul Martha | 13 | 5 | 64 | 4.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Bradshaw | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marv Woodson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 14 | 238 | 7.9 | 90 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 172 | 7.2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Ballman | 14 | 386 | 27.6 | 80 | 0 | |
| Clarence Peaks | 12 | 326 | 27.2 | 49 | 0 | |
| Clendon Thomas | 7 | 171 | 24.4 | 37 | 0 | |
| Brady Keys | 7 | 168 | 24.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Marv Woodson | 5 | 178 | 35.6 | 63 | 0 | |
| Theron Sapp | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 14 | 0 | |
| Phil King | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Johnny Burrell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Martha | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Ray Lemek | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Jim Kelly | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 56 | 1356 | 24.2 | 80 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 989 | 24.7 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Baker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Ballman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bradshaw | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Bradshaw | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 80 | 2 | |
| Ed Brown | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Burrell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Haley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Harrison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Urban Henry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Hinton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Hoak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Holler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Henry Johnson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brady Keys | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny La Rose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Lemek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Martha | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buzz Nutter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarence Peaks | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Myron Pottios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Sandusky | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Theron Sapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Soleau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 80 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 2 |
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