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1952 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 5-7-0, Finished 4th in NFL American Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 300 points (25.0/g), 4th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 273 points (22.8/g), 8th.
 Differential of 27 points (2.2/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 6.7-5.3.

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

Coached by Joe Bach (5-7-0)

1952 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 28 box L 0-1 Philadelphia Eagles 25 31 20 320 190 130 4 18 394 275 119 1
2 Sat October 4 box L 0-2 Cleveland Browns 20 21 15 258 183 75 1 19 459 401 58 4
3 Sun October 12 box L 0-3 @ Philadelphia Eagles 21 26 8 178 140 38 4 14 301 188 113 1
4 Sun October 19 box L 0-4 Washington Redskins 24 28 19 311 123 188 2 14 270 133 137 3
5 Sun October 26 box W 1-4 @ Chicago Cardinals 34 28 13 313 199 114 3 19 417 208 209 2
6 Sun November 2 box W 2-4 @ Washington Redskins 24 23 12 175 41 134 2 22 389 230 159 3
7 Sun November 9 box L 2-5 Detroit Lions 6 31 15 192 195 -3 3 25 391 70 321
8 Sun November 16 box L 2-6 @ Cleveland Browns 28 29 18 379 329 50 3 25 410 209 201 2
9 Sun November 23 box W 3-6 Chicago Cardinals 17 14 14 226 122 104 3 19 278 94 184 3
10 Sun November 30 box W 4-6 New York Giants 63 7 20 415 292 123 5 8 162 147 15 9
11 Sun December 7 box W 5-6 @ San Francisco 49ers 24 7 15 275 133 142 1 14 302 232 70 6
12 Sun December 14 box L 5-7 @ Los Angeles Rams 14 28 18 353 244 109 6 27 516 358 158 6

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 300 3395 788 4.3 187 167 365 2191 21 23 5.4 110 384 1204 12 3.1 67 37 14 10
Team Defense 273 4289 857 5.0 348 167 369 2545 24 27 6.4 115 460 1744 8 3.8 224 40 13 9
Lg Rank Offense 4 6 8 2 5 4 5 5 11 12 5 12 3 4
Lg Rank Defense 8 11 12 11 12 11 5 12 11 9 1 8 8 12

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%
Jim Finks* 25 QB 12 12 158 336 47.0 2307 20 6.0 19 5.7 60 6.9 4.9 14.6 192.3 66.2
Ray Mathews* 23 LH 12 0 3 13 23.1 104 0 0.0 1 7.7 69 8.0 4.5 34.7 8.7 28.4
Gary Kerkorian 22 K 12 0 5 11 45.5 79 1 9.1 3 27.3 27 7.2 -4.2 15.8 6.6 60.6
Pat Brady 26 P 12 0 1 3 33.3 14 0 0.0 0 0.0 14 4.7 4.7 14.0 1.2 49.3
Lynn Chandnois* 27 RH 12 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.4 12 167 365 45.8 2504 21 5.8 23 6.3 69 6.9 4.6 15.0 208.7 61.7
Opp Total 12 167 369 45.3 2545 24 6.5 27 7.3 6.9 4.3 15.2 212.1 59.7 28 220 6.4 3.4

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
Lynn Chandnois* 27 RH 12 0 97 298 1 25 3.1 24.8 8.1 28 370 13.2 2 48 2.3 30.8 668 3 3
Fran Rogel 25 12 0 84 230 3 14 2.7 19.2 7.0 12 140 11.7 0 26 1.0 11.7 370 3 1
Ed Modzelewski 23 FB 10 0 82 195 3 14 2.4 19.5 8.2 11 109 9.9 0 23 1.1 10.9 304 3 2
Ray Mathews* 23 LH 12 0 66 315 0 36 4.8 26.3 5.5 33 543 16.5 5 50 2.8 45.3 858 5 6
Jim Finks* 25 QB 12 12 23 37 5 20 1.6 3.1 1.9 37 5 7
Jack Spinks 22 10 0 22 94 0 42 4.3 9.4 2.2 2 22 11.0 0 23 0.2 2.2 116 0 0
Tom Calvin 26 12 0 7 14 0 11 2.0 1.2 0.6 2 4 2.0 0 6 0.2 0.3 18 0 2
Gary Kerkorian 22 K 12 0 2 20 0 20 10.0 1.7 0.2 20 0 1
Jerry Shipkey*+ 27 LLB 12 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
Elbie Nickel* 30 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 55 884 16.1 9 54 4.6 73.7 884 9 1
Dick Hensley 25 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 217 18.1 2 60 1.1 19.7 217 2 0
George Sulima 24 LE 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 176 19.6 1 69 1.0 19.6 176 1 1
Jack Butler 25 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 37 12.3 2 20 0.3 3.1 37 2 0
Team Total 25.4 12 384 1204 12 42 3.1 100.3 32.0 167 2504 15.0 21 69 13.9 208.7 3708 33 27
Opp Total 12 460 1744 8 3.8 145.3 38.3 167 2545 15.2 24 13.9 212.1 4289 32 26

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* 23 LH 12 0 26 397 2 70 15.3 14 367 0 45 26.2 1622
Lynn Chandnois* 27 RH 12 0 17 111 0 19 6.5 17 599 2 93 35.2 1378
Tom Calvin 26 12 0 2 12 0 6 6.0 5 120 0 34 24.0 150
Jim Brandt 23 RDH 9 0 1 24 0 24 24.0 24
Howard Hartley 28 LS 9 0 1 34 0 34 34.0 34
George Hays 28 LDE 11 0 1 3 1 3 3.0 3
Pete Ladygo 27 RG 12 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
Bill Murray 26 LT 11 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Team Total 25.4 12 47 557 3 70 11.9 39 1128 2 93 28.9 5393
Opp Total 12 50 1 56 1024 2 18.3

Kicking & Punting

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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
Pat Brady 26 P 12 0 77 3328 69 0 43.2
Gary Kerkorian 22 K 12 0 9 4 44.4% 41 35 85.4%
Jim Finks* 25 QB 12 12 4 156 50 0 39.0
Ed Kissell 23 RS 6 0 2 0.0%
Ray Mathews* 23 LH 12 0 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 25.4 12 11 4 36.4% 42 36 85.7% 81 3484 69 0 43.0
Opp Total 12 18 8 44.4% 35 35 100.0% 73 3095 42.4

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
Jack Butler 25 12 0 7 168 0 41 0 1 14 0
Tom Calvin 26 12 0 2 0 0 0
Lynn Chandnois* 27 RH 12 0 3 1 0 0
Dale Dodrill 26 MG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Lou Ferry 25 LDT 12 0 0 2 71 1
Jim Finks* 25 QB 12 12 7 2 0 0
Howard Hartley 28 LS 9 0 4 51 0 24 1 1 0 0
George Hays 28 LDE 11 0 1 1 1 1
Claude Hipps 25 LDH 12 0 3 48 0 17
Darrell Hogan 26 12 0 4 50 0 21 1 0 0 0
George Hughes 27 RT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Gary Kerkorian 22 K 12 0 1 0 0 0
Ed Kissell 23 RS 6 0 5 71 0 37
Ray Mathews* 23 LH 12 0 6 3 0 0
Bill McPeak* 26 RDE 12 0 0 1 0 0
Ed Modzelewski 23 FB 10 0 2 0 0 0
Elbie Nickel* 30 RE 12 0 1 0 0 0
Fran Rogel 25 12 0 1 0 0 0
John Schweder 25 LG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Jerry Shipkey*+ 27 LLB 12 0 2 15 0 9 0 2 0 0
Frank Sinkovitz 29 RLB 11 0 1 5 0 5 0 2 0 0
Jack Spinks 22 10 0 0 2 10 0
Ernie Stautner* 27 RDT 12 0 0 1 10 0
George Sulima 24 LE 9 0 1 0 0 0
George Tarasovic 22 12 0 1 4 14 0
Bill Walsh 25 C 12 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.4 12 27 409 1 41 27 26 119 1
Opp Total 12 39 26 13 2

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Elbie Nickel* 30 RE 12 0 9 54
Gary Kerkorian 22 K 12 0 35 4 47
Ray Mathews* 23 LH 12 0 5 2 1 43
Lynn Chandnois* 27 RH 12 0 1 2 2 30
Jim Finks* 25 QB 12 12 5 30
Ed Modzelewski 23 FB 10 0 3 18
Fran Rogel 25 12 0 3 18
Jack Butler 25 12 0 2 12
George Hays 28 LDE 11 0 1 1 12
Dick Hensley 25 11 0 2 12
Dale Dodrill 26 MG 12 0 1 6
Lou Ferry 25 LDT 12 0 1 6
Darrell Hogan 26 12 0 1 6
George Sulima 24 LE 9 0 1 6
Team Total 25.4 12 12 21 3 2 1 1 2 36 4 300
Opp Total 12 8 24 1 2 35 8 2 273