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1958 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 7-4-1, Finished 3rd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 261 points (21.8/g), 5th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 230 points (19.2/g), 4th.
 Differential of 31 points (2.6/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 6.9-5.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 6th.

Coached by Buddy Parker (7-4-1)

1958 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 L 0-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 20 23 10 217 100 117 4 18 322 234 88 3
2 Sun October 5 L 0-2 Cleveland Browns 12 45 12 269 169 100 9 20 411 219 192 5
3 Sun October 12 W 1-2 Philadelphia Eagles 24 3 19 286 72 214 2 16 207 148 59 7
4 Sun October 19 L 1-3 @ Cleveland Browns 10 27 14 259 172 87 4 19 409 145 264 3
5 Sun October 26 L 1-4 @ New York Giants 6 17 10 239 194 45 4 12 175 29 146 1
6 Sun November 2 W 2-4 Washington Redskins 24 16 20 398 252 146 2 15 296 216 80 4
7 Sun November 9 W 3-4 @ Philadelphia Eagles 31 24 15 386 290 96 2 23 322 197 125 2
8 Sun November 16 W 4-4 New York Giants 31 10 17 297 168 129 2 13 191 103 88 1
9 Sun November 23 W 5-4 @ Chicago Cardinals 27 20 18 458 374 84 2 18 315 242 73 3
10 Sun November 30 W 6-4 Chicago Bears 24 10 12 396 202 194 3 19 270 143 127 5
11 Sun December 7 T 6-4-1 @ Washington Redskins 14 14 20 385 287 98 5 19 188 -28 216 1
12 Sat December 13 W 7-4-1 Chicago Cardinals 38 21 35 683 472 211 3 17 277 244 33 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 261 4273 748 5.7 202 156 336 2752 16 21 7.8 107 394 1521 14 3.9 77 42 21 18
Team Defense 230 3383 768 4.4 337 173 334 1892 11 24 5.2 114 403 1491 14 3.7 209 42 18 14
Lg Rank Offense 5 3 8 7 1 7 6 1 6 8 6 9 7 9
Lg Rank Defense 4 3 7 7 2 2 3 4 7 5 7 3 2 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%
Bobby Layne* 32 QB 10 10 133 268 49.6 2339 13 4.9 10 3.7 78 8.7 7.5 17.6 233.9 80.4
Earl Morrall 24 2 2 16 46 34.8 275 1 2.2 7 15.2 66 6.0 -0.7 17.2 137.5 23.6
Tom Tracy* 24 RH 12 0 6 16 37.5 270 2 12.5 2 12.5 72 16.9 12.5 45.0 22.5 85.4
Len Dawson 23 4 0 1 6 16.7 11 0 0.0 2 33.3 11 1.8 -13.2 11.0 2.8 0.0
Team Total 25.6 12 156 336 46.4 2895 16 4.8 21 6.3 78 8.6 6.3 18.6 241.3 66.5
Opp Total 12 173 334 51.8 1892 11 3.3 24 7.2 5.7 2.8 10.9 157.7 49.9 31 244 5.2 1.9

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
Tom Tracy* 24 RH 12 0 169 714 5 64 4.2 59.5 14.1 32 535 16.7 4 56 2.7 44.6 1249 9 10
Tank Younger 30 FB 12 0 88 344 3 36 3.9 28.7 7.3 16 188 11.8 0 51 1.3 15.7 532 3 3
Dick Christy 23 RET 12 0 38 101 0 19 2.7 8.4 3.2 7 73 10.4 0 26 0.6 6.1 174 0 4
Leo Elter 29 7 0 37 104 2 18 2.8 14.9 5.3 6 68 11.3 0 22 0.9 9.7 172 2 2
Bobby Layne* 32 QB 10 10 37 153 3 21 4.1 15.3 3.7 153 3 5
Billy Reynolds 27 RET 12 0 10 29 1 11 2.9 2.4 0.8 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 30 1 2
Ray Mathews 29 LH 12 0 4 24 0 14 6.0 2.0 0.3 25 525 21.0 4 65 2.1 43.8 549 4 0
Larry Krutko 23 6 0 4 6 0 5 1.5 1.0 0.7 6 0 1
Earl Morrall 24 2 2 4 39 0 22 9.8 19.5 2.0 39 0 1
Len Dawson 23 4 0 2 -1 0 1 -0.5 -0.3 0.5 -1 0 0
Jimmy Orr 23 LE 12 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 0.7 0.1 33 910 27.6 7 78 2.8 75.8 918 7 1
Jack McClairen 27 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 29 491 16.9 1 35 2.4 40.9 491 1 1
Dick Lucas 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 47 11.8 0 17 1.0 11.8 47 0 0
Don Bishop 24 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 57 19.0 0 29 0.3 4.8 57 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 394 1521 14 64 3.9 126.8 32.8 156 2895 18.6 16 78 13.0 241.3 4416 30 32
Opp Total 12 403 1491 14 3.7 124.3 33.6 173 1892 10.9 11 14.4 157.7 3383 25 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
Billy Reynolds 27 RET 12 0 25 143 0 22 5.7 15 346 0 38 23.1 519
Dick Christy 23 RET 12 0 17 153 0 43 9.0 16 384 0 41 24.0 711
Frank Varrichione* 26 RT 12 0 3 38 0 16 12.7 38
Gary Glick 28 LS 12 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0
Dale Dodrill 32 LLB 12 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
Ted Karras 24 LT 12 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
Jack McClairen 27 RE 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 491
Team Total 25.6 12 45 301 0 43 6.7 36 774 0 41 21.5 5491
Opp Total 12 38 0 50 1115 2 22.3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Kicking Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Tom Miner 26 K 12 0 28 14 50.0% 31 31 100.0%
Jimmy Orr 23 LE 12 0 51 2023 62 0 39.7
Team Total 25.6 12 28 14 50.0% 31 31 100.0% 51 2023 62 0 39.7
Opp Total 12 20 12 60.0% 28 26 92.9% 62 2604 42.0

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
Dick Alban 29 RDH 12 0 5 25 0 16 0 1 17 0
Jack Butler*+ 31 RS 12 0 9 81 0 19
Dick Campbell 23 12 0 1 58 0 58 0 2 0 0
Dick Christy 23 RET 12 0 4 0 0 0
Dean Derby 23 LDH 12 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Dale Dodrill 32 LLB 12 0 1 13 0 13
Leo Elter 29 7 0 2 0 0 0
Gary Glick 28 LS 12 0 2 60 0 26 0 3 37 1
Ted Karras 24 LT 12 0 0 2 7 0
Billy Krisher 23 8 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Krupa 25 RDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Larry Krutko 23 6 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Layne* 32 QB 10 10 5 0 0 0
Joe Lewis 22 LDT 12 0 1 8 0 8 0 3 0 0
Richie McCabe 25 5 0 0 1 0 0
Jack McClairen 27 RE 12 0 1 3 13 0
Earl Morrall 24 2 2 1 0 0 0
John Nisby 22 RG 12 0 0 1 7 0
Jimmy Orr 23 LE 12 0 1 2 0 0
John Reger 27 RLB 12 0 1 3 0 3
Billy Reynolds 27 RET 12 0 2 2 0 0
Mike Sandusky 23 LG 12 0 0 2 0 0
Billy Ray Sr. Smith 23 12 0 1 0 0 0
Ernie Stautner*+ 33 RDE 12 0 0 1 0 0 1
George Tarasovic 28 LDE 12 0 0 1 0 0
Tom Tracy* 24 RH 12 0 10 1 0 0
Frank Varrichione* 26 RT 12 0 0 2 0 0
Tank Younger 30 FB 12 0 3 0 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 24 248 0 58 32 31 81 1 1
Opp Total 12 18 34 16

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Tom Miner 26 K 12 0 31 14 73
Tom Tracy* 24 RH 12 0 5 4 54
Jimmy Orr 23 LE 12 0 7 42
Ray Mathews 29 LH 12 0 4 24
Bobby Layne* 32 QB 10 10 3 18
Tank Younger 30 FB 12 0 3 18
Leo Elter 29 7 0 2 12
Gary Glick 28 LS 12 0 1 6
Jack McClairen 27 RE 12 0 1 6
Billy Reynolds 27 RET 12 0 1 6
Ernie Stautner*+ 33 RDE 12 0 1 2
Team Total 25.6 12 14 16 1 31 14 1 261
Opp Total 12 14 11 2 26 12 230