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1947 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 8-4-0, Finished 1st in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 240 points (20.0/g), 7th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 259 points (21.6/g), 7th.
 Differential of -19 points (-1.6/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 5.5-6.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 6th.

Coached by Jock Sutherland (8-4-0)

1947 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 21 box W 1-0 Detroit Lions 17 10 14 283 194 89 6 14 278 165 113 5
2 Mon September 29 box L 1-1 Los Angeles Rams 7 48 10 149 74 75 6 20 455 258 197 1
3 Sun October 5 box L 1-2 @ Washington Redskins 26 27 16 373 167 206 1 15 384 275 109 3
4 Sun October 12 box W 2-2 @ Boston Yanks 30 14 19 403 127 276 3 8 112 86 26 1
5 Sun October 19 box W 3-2 Philadelphia Eagles 35 24 25 406 177 229 1 16 343 168 175 3
6 Sun October 26 box W 4-2 @ New York Giants 38 21 14 313 155 158 4 14 250 130 120 5
7 Sun November 2 box W 5-2 @ Green Bay Packers 18 17 14 261 128 133 12 290 165 125 1
8 Sun November 9 box W 6-2 Washington Redskins 21 14 15 260 89 171 2 16 316 183 133 2
9 Sun November 16 box W 7-2 New York Giants 24 7 13 239 94 145 2 6 82 35 47 3
10 Sun November 23 box L 7-3 @ Chicago Bears 7 49 17 316 92 224 5 26 522 242 280 2
11 Sun November 30 box L 7-4 @ Philadelphia Eagles 0 21 6 120 45 75 3 15 251 32 219 2
12 Sun December 7 box W 8-4 Boston Yanks 17 7 13 235 68 167 2 8 186 108 78 4
Playoffs
Division December 21 box L 8-5 Philadelphia Eagles 0 21

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 240 3358 705 4.8 176 85 209 1410 10 19 6.7 57 496 1948 15 3.9 108 35 16 11
Team Defense 259 3469 647 5.4 252 98 244 1847 20 18 7.6 68 403 1622 11 4.0 170 32 14 14
Lg Rank Offense 7 8 8 10 10 10 2 9 2 5 4 5 3 4
Lg Rank Defense 7 2 1 1 2 7 10 8 4 6 3 7 9 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Johnny Clement 28 TB 10 4 52 123 42.3 1004 7 5.7 9 7.3 68 8.2 5.4 19.3 100.4 59.8
Walt Slater 27 tb 11 8 18 39 46.2 215 1 2.6 5 12.8 37 5.5 0.0 11.9 19.5 32.5
Gonzalo Morales 25 8 1 8 27 29.6 78 1 3.7 4 14.8 23 2.9 -3.4 9.8 9.8 12.3
Bob G. Sullivan 23 3 1 3 9 33.3 52 0 0.0 1 11.1 24 5.8 0.8 17.3 17.3 14.4
Steve Lach 27 FB 12 8 2 5 40.0 12 1 20.0 0 0.0 6 2.4 4.4 6.0 1.0 87.5
Bob Cifers 27 P 10 4 2 3 66.7 28 0 0.0 0 0.0 22 9.3 9.3 14.0 2.8 96.5
Paul White 26 11 1 1 3 33.3 21 0 0.0 0 0.0 21 7.0 7.0 21.0 1.9 59.0
Team Total 26.0 12 86 209 41.1 1410 10 4.8 19 9.1 68 6.7 3.1 16.4 117.5 42.6
Opp Total 12 98 244 40.2 1847 20 8.2 18 7.4 7.6 5.1 18.8 153.9 63.7 0 0 7.6 5.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Johnny Clement 28 TB 10 4 129 670 4 43 5.2 67.0 12.9 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.6 676 4 7
Steve Lach 27 FB 12 8 120 372 8 19 3.1 31.0 10.0 11 77 7.0 1 24 0.9 6.4 449 9 1
Bob Cifers 27 P 10 4 87 356 0 41 4.1 35.6 8.7 3 58 19.3 0 37 0.3 5.8 414 0 3
Walt Slater 27 tb 11 8 46 167 0 19 3.6 15.2 4.2 167 0 2
Tony Compagno 26 12 4 34 126 2 13 3.7 10.5 2.8 9 190 21.1 1 39 0.8 15.8 316 3 6
Gonzalo Morales 25 8 1 29 96 0 18 3.3 12.0 3.6 96 0 1
Paul White 26 11 1 22 85 1 52 3.9 7.7 2.0 2 55 27.5 0 55 0.2 5.0 140 1 2
Bob G. Sullivan 23 3 1 21 61 0 14 2.9 20.3 7.0 4 72 18.0 1 50 1.3 24.0 133 1 2
Paul Davis 22 5 0 4 5 0 6 1.3 1.0 0.8 5 0 1
Gene Hubka 23 1 0 2 4 0 3 2.0 4.0 2.0 4 0 0
Charlie Seabright 29 BB 12 12 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 7 16 2.3 0 10 0.6 1.3 20 0 2
Joe Glamp 26 HB 12 5 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.2 0.1 2 0 0
Val Jansante 27 LE 12 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 599 17.1 5 46 2.9 49.9 599 5 1
Bob B. Davis 26 RE 11 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 145 29.0 0 44 0.5 13.2 145 0 0
Bill Garnaas 26 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 144 28.8 2 68 0.5 14.4 144 2 0
Charley Mehelich 25 11 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 38 12.7 0 13 0.3 3.5 38 0 0
Elbie Nickel 25 11 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.1 0.9 10 0 0
Team Total 26.0 12 496 1948 15 52 3.9 162.3 41.3 86 1410 16.4 10 68 7.2 117.5 3358 25 28
Opp Total 12 403 1622 11 4.0 135.2 33.6 98 1847 18.8 20 8.2 153.9 3469 31 34

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Walt Slater 27 tb 11 8 28 435 0 33 15.5 22 480 0 39 21.8 1082
Gonzalo Morales 25 8 1 6 88 0 20 14.7 5 113 0 27 22.6 297
Paul White 26 11 1 5 50 0 14 10.0 3 50 0 26 16.7 240
Bob G. Sullivan 23 3 1 1 10 0 10 10.0 4 86 0 26 21.5 229
Steve Lach 27 FB 12 8 3 59 0 26 19.7 508
Charlie Seabright 29 BB 12 12 3 23 0 11 7.7 43
Bob Cifers 27 P 10 4 2 30 0 16 15.0 444
Tony Compagno 26 12 4 2 32 0 17 16.0 348
Val Jansante 27 LE 12 8 2 42 0 21 21.0 641
Tony Bova 30 10 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
Johnny Clement 28 TB 10 4 1 24 0 24 24.0 700
Bob B. Davis 26 RE 11 11 1 3 0 3 3.0 148
Bill Garnaas 26 10 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 161
Team Total 26.0 12 40 583 0 33 14.6 50 975 0 39 19.5 4916
Opp Total 12 30 0 43 892 0 20.7

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Bob Cifers 27 P 10 4 68 2796 74 2 41.1
Joe Glamp 26 HB 12 5 14 6 42.9% 31 30 96.8%
Team Total 26.0 12 14 6 42.9% 31 30 96.8% 68 2796 74 2 41.1
Opp Total 12 7 5 71.4% 35 34 97.1% 70 2975 42.5

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Ralph Calcagni 25 9 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bob Cifers 27 P 10 4 1 32 0 32 3 0 0 0
Johnny Clement 28 TB 10 4 7 1 0 0
Tony Compagno 26 12 4 4 163 2 64 6 0 0 0
Paul Davis 22 5 0 1 0 0 0
Al Drulis 26 10 2 0 1 0 0
Bill Garnaas 26 10 0 0 1 0 0
Val Jansante 27 LE 12 8 1 3 7 0 1
Steve Lach 27 FB 12 8 1 0 0 0
John Mastrangelo 21 rg 11 5 0 2 0 0
Charley Mehelich 25 11 4 0 2 13 0
Red Moore 25 LG 12 12 0 2 5 0
Gonzalo Morales 25 8 1 1 5 0 5 1 0 0 0
Joe Repko 27 8 0 0 1 48 1
Charlie Seabright 29 BB 12 12 3 80 1 39 2 0 0 0
Frank Sinkovitz 24 9 0 3 57 1 47
Nick Skorich 26 RG 12 6 0 2 0 0
Walt Slater 27 tb 11 8 4 38 0 38 2 3 7 0
Paul Stenn 29 rt 11 5 0 1 0 0
Bob G. Sullivan 23 3 1 2 1 7 0
Paul White 26 11 1 2 22 0 15 2 3 0 0
Jack Wiley 27 LT 11 11 0 2 0 0
Team Total 26.0 12 18 397 4 64 28 26 87 1 3
Opp Total 12 34 20

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Steve Lach 27 FB 12 8 8 1 54
Joe Glamp 26 HB 12 5 30 6 48
Val Jansante 27 LE 12 8 5 1 32
Tony Compagno 26 12 4 2 1 2 30
Johnny Clement 28 TB 10 4 4 24
Bill Garnaas 26 10 0 2 12
John Mastrangelo 21 rg 11 5 1 6
Joe Repko 27 8 0 1 6
Charlie Seabright 29 BB 12 12 1 6
Frank Sinkovitz 24 9 0 1 6
Bob G. Sullivan 23 3 1 1 6
Paul White 26 11 1 1 6
Tony Bova 30 10 0 1 2
Ralph Calcagni 25 9 0 1 2
Team Total 26.0 12 15 10 1 4 1 30 6 3 240
Opp Total 12 11 20 34 5 259