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1951 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 4-7-1, Finished 4th in NFL American Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 183 points (15.2/g), 11th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 235 points (19.6/g), 4th.
 Differential of -52 points (-4.3/g), 8th.
 Expected W-L: 4.3-7.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 4th.

Coached by John Michelosen (4-7-1)

1951 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 Mon October 1 box T 0-0-1 New York Giants 13 13 12 251 155 96 3 11 303 133 170 2
2 Sun October 7 box L 0-1-1 @ Green Bay Packers 33 35 16 247 96 151 2 17 393 252 141 3
3 Sun October 14 box L 0-2-1 San Francisco 49ers 24 28 20 326 192 134 5 18 374 216 158 4
4 Sun October 21 box L 0-3-1 @ Cleveland Browns 0 17 12 201 96 105 4 17 243 46 197 4
5 Sun October 28 box W 1-3-1 @ Chicago Cardinals 28 14 11 287 159 128 1 23 392 227 165 6
6 Sun November 4 box L 1-4-1 Philadelphia Eagles 13 34 14 187 68 119 3 15 242 123 119 3
7 Sun November 11 box W 2-4-1 Green Bay Packers 28 7 21 324 148 176 5 16 218 159 59 5
8 Sun November 18 box L 2-5-1 Washington Redskins 7 22 5 115 45 70 1 19 321 50 271 2
9 Sun November 25 box W 3-5-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 17 13 17 323 167 156 3 18 300 136 164 5
10 Sun December 2 box L 3-6-1 @ New York Giants 0 14 14 199 120 79 4 10 171 34 137 3
11 Sun December 9 box L 3-7-1 Cleveland Browns 0 28 13 209 118 91 5 15 251 91 160 2
12 Sun December 16 box W 4-7-1 @ Washington Redskins 20 10 17 411 288 123 7 9 215 97 118 7

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 183 2952 795 3.7 172 130 330 1524 10 26 4.1 79 425 1428 9 3.4 76 43 17 17
Team Defense 235 3345 790 4.2 279 136 266 1486 12 30 5.1 74 499 1859 13 3.7 188 46 16 17
Lg Rank Offense 11 11 11 6 9 11 8 12 8 10 11 11 8 7
Lg Rank Defense 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 5 12 6 5 5 3 4

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Chuck Ortmann 22 tb 12 0 56 139 40.3 671 3 2.2 13 9.4 37 4.8 0.8 12.0 55.9 24.0
Joe Geri* 27 TB 12 0 29 90 32.2 506 2 2.2 7 7.8 77 5.6 2.3 17.4 42.2 27.4
Lynn Chandnois 26 WB 12 0 16 43 37.2 256 2 4.7 4 9.3 49 6.0 2.2 16.0 21.3 34.6
Ray Mathews 22 RET 12 0 15 31 48.4 208 2 6.5 0 0.0 39 6.7 7.4 13.9 17.3 91.9
Jim Finks 24 RDH 12 0 14 24 58.3 201 1 4.2 1 4.2 40 8.4 6.9 14.4 16.8 82.1
Joe Gasparella 24 4 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0
Fran Rogel 24 FB 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.6 12 130 330 39.4 1842 10 3.0 26 7.9 77 5.6 2.3 14.2 153.5 35.4
Opp Total 12 136 266 51.1 1486 12 4.5 30 11.3 5.6 1.0 10.9 123.8 43.4 25 201 5.1 0.2

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
Fran Rogel 24 FB 12 0 109 385 3 51 3.5 32.1 9.1 10 59 5.9 0 24 0.8 4.9 444 3 4
Lynn Chandnois 26 WB 12 0 108 332 2 34 3.1 27.7 9.0 28 440 15.7 4 55 2.3 36.7 772 6 7
Joe Geri* 27 TB 12 0 90 252 3 17 2.8 21.0 7.5 3 59 19.7 1 49 0.3 4.9 311 4 5
Chuck Ortmann 22 tb 12 0 59 327 0 32 5.5 27.3 4.9 4 62 15.5 0 22 0.3 5.2 389 0 5
Jerry Nuzum 28 fb 11 0 27 56 1 9 2.1 5.1 2.5 2 43 21.5 0 39 0.2 3.9 99 1 2
Ray Mathews 22 RET 12 0 21 37 0 15 1.8 3.1 1.8 37 0 3
Joe Hollingsworth 26 10 0 7 11 0 6 1.6 1.1 0.7 11 0 1
Jim Finks 24 RDH 12 0 3 27 0 22 9.0 2.3 0.3 27 0 1
Truett Smith 27 BB 11 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 4 71 17.8 0 24 0.4 6.5 72 0 0
Henry Minarik 24 le 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 459 13.1 1 37 3.2 41.7 459 1 0
Elbie Nickel 29 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 447 16.0 3 77 2.3 37.3 447 3 0
Val Jansante 31 LE 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 194 12.9 1 46 2.5 32.3 194 1 0
Tom Jelley 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.2 1.6 8 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 425 1428 9 51 3.4 119.0 35.4 130 1842 14.2 10 77 10.8 153.5 3270 19 31
Opp Total 12 499 1859 13 3.7 154.9 41.6 136 1486 10.9 12 11.3 123.8 3345 25 30

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
Ray Mathews 22 RET 12 0 15 231 1 68 15.4 13 327 0 40 25.2 595
Lynn Chandnois 26 WB 12 0 12 55 0 20 4.6 12 390 0 55 32.5 1217
Howard Hartley 27 LS 12 0 18 156 0 35 8.7 1 14 0 14 14.0 170
Bill McPeak 25 RDE 12 0 3 10 0 8 3.3 10
Joe Geri* 27 TB 12 0 2 108 0 86 54.0 419
Fran Rogel 24 FB 12 0 2 9 0 9 4.5 453
Jack Butler 24 LDH 12 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Jim Finks 24 RDH 12 0 1 20 0 13 20.0 47
Frank Wydo 27 RT 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 47 464 1 68 9.9 34 858 0 86 25.2 4592
Opp Total 12 40 0 32 597 0 18.7

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
Joe Geri* 27 TB 12 0 14 7 50.0% 23 22 95.7% 73 2787 72 0 38.2
Chuck Ortmann 22 tb 12 0 7 302 72 1 43.1
Team Total 25.6 12 14 7 50.0% 23 22 95.7% 80 3089 72 1 38.6
Opp Total 12 12 7 58.3% 30 28 93.3% 77 3134 40.7

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
Lou Allen 27 LT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Jack Butler 24 LDH 12 0 5 142 1 52
Lynn Chandnois 26 WB 12 0 7 2 0 0
Dale Dodrill 25 MG 7 0 0 1 3 0
Jim Finks 24 RDH 12 0 3 46 1 25 1 0 0 0
Joe Geri* 27 TB 12 0 5 4 2 0
Howard Hartley 27 LS 12 0 10 69 0 23 1 2 0 0
George Hays 27 LDT 12 0 0 3 15 0
Darrell Hogan 25 RS 12 0 1 3 0 3
Joe Hollingsworth 26 10 0 1 2 0 0
George Hughes* 26 RG 12 0 0 2 0 0
Tom Jelley 25 5 0 0 1 0 0
Ray Mathews 22 RET 12 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0
Charley Mehelich 29 LDE 5 0 0 1 0 0 1
Jerry Nuzum 28 fb 11 0 2 0 0 0
Chuck Ortmann 22 tb 12 0 1 62 0 62 5 0 0 0
Fran Rogel 24 FB 12 0 4 2 0 0
Carl Samuelson 28 12 0 1 1 0 0
John Schweder 24 12 0 1 20 0 20 0 1 0 0
Jerry Shipkey*+ 26 RLB 10 0 6 113 1 58 0 2 0 0
Frank Sinkovitz 28 LLB 12 0 2 6 0 6 0 2 0 0
Ernie Stautner 26 RDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Frank Wydo 27 RT 12 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 30 461 3 62 31 30 20 0 1
Opp Total 12 40 30 14

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
Joe Geri* 27 TB 12 0 3 1 22 7 67
Lynn Chandnois 26 WB 12 0 2 4 36
Elbie Nickel 29 RE 12 0 3 18
Fran Rogel 24 FB 12 0 3 18
Jack Butler 24 LDH 12 0 1 6
Jim Finks 24 RDH 12 0 1 6
Val Jansante 31 LE 6 0 1 6
Ray Mathews 22 RET 12 0 1 6
Henry Minarik 24 le 11 0 1 6
Jerry Nuzum 28 fb 11 0 1 6
Jerry Shipkey*+ 26 RLB 10 0 1 6
Charley Mehelich 29 LDE 5 0 1 2
Team Total 25.6 12 9 10 1 3 22 7 1 183
Opp Total 12 13 12 28 7 235