1947 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Division • 8-4-0 .667 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Eastern Division Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/21/1947 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-21 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 35729 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ralph Calcagni | 47 | T | 6-3 | 230 | 25 | Pennsylvania; Cornell | 1 | 0 |
| Chuck Cherundolo | 21 | C | 6-1 | 215 | 31 | Penn State | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Cifers | 45 | RH | 5-11 | 201 | 27 | Tennessee | 1 | 1 |
| Johnny Clement | 0 | B | 6-0 | 189 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Compagno | 44 | FB | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | St. Mary's (California) | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Cregar | 73 | G | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | Holy Cross | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 28 | ROE-RDE | 5-11 | 192 | 26 | Penn State | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Davis | 77 | B | 6-1 | 188 | 22 | Ohio State; Otterbein | 1 | 0 |
| Al Drulis | 25 | B | 5-10 | 193 | 26 | Temple | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Garnaas | 30 | B | 5-11 | 187 | 26 | Minnesota | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Glamp | 17 | B | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Louisiana State | 1 | 0 |
| Val Jansante | 54 | E | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Duquesne; Villanova | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Lach | 37 | B | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Duke | 1 | 0 |
| John Mastrangelo | 65 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 228 | 21 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 |
| Charley Mehelich | 55 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 199 | 25 | Duquesne | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Moore | 72 | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 218 | 25 | Penn State | 1 | 1 |
| Elbie Nickel | 81 | E | 6-1 | 196 | 25 | Cincinnati | 1 | 0 |
| Charley Seabright | 33 | QB | 6-2 | 204 | 29 | West Virginia | 1 | 1 |
| Frank Sinkovitz | 57 | C | 6-1 | 218 | 24 | Duke | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Skorich | 12 | G | 5-9 | 197 | 26 | Cincinnati | 1 | 0 |
| Walt Slater | 31 | LH | 5-11 | 187 | 27 | Tennessee | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Stenn | 78 | T | 6-1 | 242 | 29 | Villanova | 1 | 0 |
| Paul White | 42 | B | 6-1 | 183 | 26 | Michigan | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Wiley | 75 | LOT-LDT | 5-11 | 208 | 27 | Waynesburg | 1 | 1 |
| Frank Wydo | 79 | ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 225 | 23 | Duquesne; Cornell | 1 | 1 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | / % | / % | 5 | 65 | |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | / % | / % | 7 | 49 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWN | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| OPP | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Clement | 14 | 59 | 4.2 | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Cifers | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Tony Compagno | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Paul White | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 102 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 124 | 2.4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Clement | 16 | 4 | 25.0 | 12 | 52 | 3.3 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 43 | 40.6 | |
| Bob Cifers | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 18 | 4 | 22.2 | 14 | 52 | 2.9 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 43 | 39.6 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 7 | 131 | 7.3 | 11.9 | 2 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 120.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elbie Nickel | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Bob Cifers | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Steve Lach | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 131 | 11.9 | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Cifers | 9 | 360 | 40.0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 248 | 27.6 | |
| Team Totals | 9 | 360 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 248 | 27.6 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 218 | 36.3 | 0 | 34 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Slater | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| Paul White | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 112 | 22.4 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Compagno | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Charley Mehelich | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 9.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elbie Nickel | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Frank Sinkovitz | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
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