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1954 Pittsburgh Steelers

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

Scored 219 points (18.2/g), 9th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 263 points (21.9/g), 7th.
 Differential of -44 points (-3.7/g), 9th.
 Expected W-L: 4.7-7.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.6/g), 4th.

Coached by Walt Kiesling (5-7-0)

1954 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 26 box W 1-0 @ Green Bay Packers 21 20 23 444 316 128 2 9 252 91 161 4
2 Sat October 2 box W 2-0 Washington Redskins 37 7 26 429 277 152 1 18 253 132 121 4
3 Sat October 9 box L 2-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 22 24 18 231 132 99 2 17 288 178 110 6
4 Sun October 17 box W 3-1 Cleveland Browns 55 27 22 441 257 184 1 23 436 269 167 8
5 Sat October 23 box W 4-1 Philadelphia Eagles 17 7 11 213 149 64 3 15 278 157 121 5
6 Sun October 31 box L 4-2 @ Chicago Cardinals 14 17 15 251 206 45 4 18 311 140 171 2
7 Sun November 7 box L 4-3 New York Giants 6 30 20 311 229 82 8 20 382 137 245 3
8 Sun November 14 box L 4-4 @ Washington Redskins 14 17 15 246 180 66 3 24 414 156 258 1
9 Sat November 20 box L 4-5 San Francisco 49ers 3 31 13 202 84 118 3 25 472 210 262 1
10 Sun November 28 box W 5-5 Chicago Cardinals 20 17 22 339 174 165 2 13 437 218 219 7
11 Sun December 5 box L 5-6 @ New York Giants 3 24 10 177 94 83 8 14 383 303 80 6
12 Sun December 12 box L 5-7 @ Cleveland Browns 7 42 10 171 75 96 6 25 464 186 278 3

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 219 3455 773 4.5 205 189 386 2173 15 26 5.4 115 368 1282 10 3.5 71 43 17 19
Team Defense 263 4370 796 5.5 322 167 295 2177 18 30 6.6 93 466 2193 14 4.7 221 50 20 8
Lg Rank Offense 9 9 8 5 8 5 8 7 9 9 6 10 8 7
Lg Rank Defense 7 11 5 1 4 9 2 8 12 12 8 11 2 3

Passing

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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 27 QB 12 12 164 306 53.6 2003 14 4.6 19 6.2 78 6.5 4.2 12.2 166.9 63.4
Paul Held 26 K 8 0 24 73 32.9 305 1 1.4 6 8.2 37 4.2 0.6 12.7 38.1 17.2
Ray Mathews 25 LH 12 0 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 25.0 0 0.0 -11.3 0.0 0.0
Lynn Chandnois 29 11 0 1 3 33.3 13 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 4.3 4.3 13.0 1.2 47.9
Team Total 26.2 12 189 386 49.0 2321 15 3.9 26 6.7 78 6.0 3.4 12.3 193.4 52.8
Opp Total 12 167 295 56.6 2177 18 6.1 30 10.2 7.4 3.4 13.0 181.4 60.8 35 281 6.6 2.2

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 27 FB 12 0 111 415 1 16 3.7 34.6 9.3 18 51 2.8 1 16 1.5 4.3 466 2 4
Ray Mathews 25 LH 12 0 80 242 2 24 3.0 20.2 6.7 44 652 14.8 6 78 3.7 54.3 894 8 5
Johnny Lattner* 22 RH 12 0 69 237 5 17 3.4 19.8 5.8 25 305 12.2 2 43 2.1 25.4 542 7 4
Lynn Chandnois 29 11 0 45 147 1 15 3.3 13.4 4.1 22 176 8.0 0 23 2.0 16.0 323 1 4
Jim Brandt 25 12 0 19 82 1 20 4.3 6.8 1.6 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.8 91 1 0
Leo Elter 25 11 0 13 54 0 12 4.2 4.9 1.2 4 16 4.0 0 26 0.4 1.5 70 0 1
Tom Calvin 28 6 0 12 57 0 8 4.8 9.5 2.0 1 19 19.0 0 19 0.2 3.2 76 0 1
Jim Finks 27 QB 12 12 9 17 0 6 1.9 1.4 0.8 17 0 4
Burrell Shields 25 6 0 7 28 0 13 4.0 4.7 1.2 1 22 22.0 0 22 0.2 3.7 50 0 1
Paul Held 26 K 8 0 3 3 0 3 1.0 0.4 0.4 3 0 1
Elbie Nickel 32 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 40 584 14.6 5 52 3.3 48.7 584 5 1
George Sulima 26 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 30 439 14.6 1 37 2.5 36.6 439 1 0
Jack Butler 27 RDH 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 1.0 12 0 0
Dewey McConnell 24 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.1 0.2 2 0 0
Jack O'Brien 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 1.3 9 0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 368 1282 10 24 3.5 106.8 30.7 189 2321 12.3 15 78 15.8 193.4 3603 25 28
Opp Total 12 466 2193 14 4.7 182.8 38.8 167 2177 13.0 18 13.9 181.4 4370 32 31

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Johnny Lattner* 22 RH 12 0 17 73 0 15 4.3 16 413 0 50 25.8 1028
Lynn Chandnois 29 11 0 8 12 0 6 1.5 13 256 0 34 19.7 591
Burrell Shields 25 6 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 9 183 0 34 20.3 233
Ray Mathews 25 LH 12 0 2 6 0 6 3.0 4 88 0 31 22.0 988
Paul Cameron 22 LS 12 0 2 19 0 19 9.5 19
Leo Elter 25 11 0 2 32 0 16 16.0 102
Tom Calvin 28 6 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 91
Team Total 26.2 12 32 110 0 19 3.4 45 987 0 50 21.9 4700
Opp Total 12 44 0 42 1003 1 23.9

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 28 P 12 0 66 2852 72 0 43.2
Paul Held 26 K 8 0 5 3 60.0% 16 14 87.5%
Ed Kissell 25 RS 7 0 4 2 50.0% 9 8 88.9%
Nick Bolkovac 26 5 0 4 3 75.0% 3 3 100.0%
Team Total 26.2 12 13 8 61.5% 28 25 89.3% 66 2852 72 0 43.2
Opp Total 12 17 8 47.1% 34 33 97.1% 54 2155 39.9

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Jim Brandt 25 12 0 0 1 0 0
Dewey Brundage 23 LDE 11 0 0 3 0 0
Jack Butler 27 RDH 12 0 4 75 2 41 0 1 10 0
Tom Calvin 28 6 0 1 0 0 0
Paul Cameron 22 LS 12 0 7 118 0 33 1 3 0 0
Lynn Chandnois 29 11 0 4 3 0 0
Russ Craft 35 LDH 11 0 3 120 1 81
Dale Dodrill*+ 28 MG 12 0 3 28 0 16 0 2 66 0
Leo Elter 25 11 0 1 1 0 0
Lou Ferry 27 LDT 11 0 0 2 0 0
Jim Finks 27 QB 12 12 4 2 0 0
Dick Flanagan 28 LLB 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Paul Held 26 K 8 0 1 1 0 0
George Hughes 29 RT 12 0 0 2 0 0
Ed Kissell 25 RS 7 0 1 15 0 15
Johnny Lattner* 22 RH 12 0 4 0 0 0
Ray Mathews 25 LH 12 0 5 0 0 0
Dewey McConnell 24 9 0 3 117 0 30 0 1 0 0
Bill McPeak 28 RDE 12 0 0 1 5 0 1
Elbie Nickel 32 RE 12 0 1 1 0 0
Fran Rogel 27 FB 12 0 4 0 0 0
Stan Sheriff 22 RLB 12 0 1 18 0 18
Burrell Shields 25 6 0 1 8 0 8 1 0 0 0
Ernie Stautner 29 RDT 12 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 5 0
Lou Tepe 24 12 0 3 67 0 29 1 2 0 0
Bill Walsh+ 27 C 12 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.2 12 30 569 3 81 28 31 86 0 1
Opp Total 12 19 31 11 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Ray Mathews 25 LH 12 0 2 6 48
Johnny Lattner* 22 RH 12 0 5 2 42
Elbie Nickel 32 RE 12 0 5 30
Paul Held 26 K 8 0 14 3 23
Ed Kissell 25 RS 7 0 8 2 14
Nick Bolkovac 26 5 0 3 3 12
Jack Butler 27 RDH 12 0 2 12
Fran Rogel 27 FB 12 0 1 1 12
Jim Brandt 25 12 0 1 6
Lynn Chandnois 29 11 0 1 6
Russ Craft 35 LDH 11 0 1 6
George Sulima 26 LE 12 0 1 6
Bill McPeak 28 RDE 12 0 1 2
Team Total 26.2 12 10 15 3 25 8 1 219
Opp Total 12 14 18 1 33 8 1 263