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1959 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 6-5-1, Finished 4th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 257 points (21.4/g), 5th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 216 points (18.0/g), 4th.
 Differential of 41 points (3.4/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 7.2-4.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 7th.

Coached by Buddy Parker (6-5-1)

1959 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 Sat September 26 W 1-0 Cleveland Browns 17 7 18 323 202 121 2 20 274 135 139 1
2 Sun October 4 L 1-1 Washington Redskins 17 23 23 381 268 113 3 14 322 238 84 1
3 Sun October 11 L 1-2 @ Philadelphia Eagles 24 28 15 269 203 66 2 18 281 172 109 2
4 Sun October 18 W 2-2 @ Washington Redskins 27 6 13 187 53 134 3 12 182 -13 195 6
5 Sun October 25 L 2-3 New York Giants 16 21 9 243 210 33 6 10 279 199 80 4
6 Sun November 1 L 2-4 @ Chicago Cardinals 24 45 20 329 154 175 6 20 336 70 266 3
7 Sun November 8 T 2-4-1 Detroit Lions 10 10 14 189 123 66 4 16 314 131 183 3
8 Sun November 15 W 3-4-1 @ New York Giants 14 9 20 322 167 155 3 9 187 109 78 3
9 Sun November 22 W 4-4-1 @ Cleveland Browns 21 20 21 338 156 182 16 387 261 126
10 Sun November 29 W 5-4-1 Philadelphia Eagles 31 0 24 393 165 228 2 9 225 196 29 4
11 Sun December 6 L 5-5-1 @ Chicago Bears 21 27 18 314 166 148 1 24 391 230 161 3
12 Sun December 13 W 6-5-1 Chicago Cardinals 35 20 12 307 185 122 1 11 164 114 50 4

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 257 3595 756 4.8 207 150 319 2052 21 23 5.9 103 406 1543 10 3.8 82 33 10 22
Team Defense 216 3342 712 4.7 273 128 285 1842 12 22 6.0 80 405 1500 10 3.7 179 34 12 14
Lg Rank Offense 5 7 6 5 6 2 10 8 7 10 10 10 6 4
Lg Rank Defense 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 6 6 3 3 2 6 10

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* 33 QB 12 12 142 297 47.8 1986 20 6.7 21 7.1 48 6.7 4.2 14.0 165.5 62.8
Tom Tracy 25 RH 12 0 3 12 25.0 159 0 0.0 2 16.7 68 13.3 5.8 53.0 13.3 39.6
Len Dawson 24 12 0 3 7 42.9 60 1 14.3 0 0.0 32 8.6 10.0 20.0 5.0 113.1
Bobby Luna 26 P 12 0 1 1 100.0 55 0 0.0 0 0.0 55 55.0 55.0 55.0 4.6 118.7
Ray Mathews 30 LH 12 0 1 1 100.0 38 0 0.0 0 0.0 38 38.0 38.0 38.0 3.2 118.7
Jimmy Orr* 24 RE 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 26.3 12 150 319 47.0 2298 21 6.6 23 7.2 68 7.2 4.6 15.3 191.5 63.2
Opp Total 12 128 285 44.9 1842 12 4.2 22 7.7 6.5 3.4 14.4 153.5 48.3 22 172 6.0 2.6

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 25 RH 12 0 199 794 3 51 4.0 66.2 16.6 23 273 11.9 5 45 1.9 22.8 1067 8 7
Larry Krutko 24 FB 12 0 75 226 4 12 3.0 18.8 6.3 13 100 7.7 0 27 1.1 8.3 326 4 4
Tom Barnett 22 12 0 75 238 1 19 3.2 19.8 6.3 7 52 7.4 1 14 0.6 4.3 290 2 3
Bobby Layne* 33 QB 12 12 33 181 2 21 5.5 15.1 2.8 181 2 2
Leo Elter 30 8 0 8 25 0 9 3.1 3.1 1.0 3 31 10.3 0 28 0.4 3.9 56 0 1
Jimmy Orr* 24 RE 12 0 5 43 0 29 8.6 3.6 0.4 35 604 17.3 5 43 2.9 50.3 647 5 1
Len Dawson 24 12 0 4 20 0 10 5.0 1.7 0.3 20 0 1
Jack Call 24 4 0 3 9 0 4 3.0 2.3 0.8 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.3 0.0 9 0 0
Bobby Luna 26 P 12 0 3 3 0 10 1.0 0.3 0.3 3 0 1
Ray Mathews 30 LH 12 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 13 182 14.0 0 56 1.1 15.2 186 0 0
Pete Brewster 29 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 360 16.4 2 42 2.4 40.0 360 2 0
Buddy Dial 22 fl 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 428 26.8 6 68 1.3 35.7 428 6 0
Gern Nagler 27 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 222 15.9 2 35 1.2 18.5 222 2 0
Jack McClairen 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 46 15.3 0 20 3.0 46.0 46 0 0
Team Total 26.3 12 406 1543 10 51 3.8 128.6 33.8 150 2298 15.3 21 68 12.5 191.5 3841 31 22
Opp Total 12 405 1500 10 3.7 125.0 33.8 128 1842 14.4 12 10.7 153.5 3342 22 22

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
Don Sutherin 23 RET 6 0 12 68 0 28 5.7 11 225 0 34 20.5 293
Dean Derby*+ 24 LDH 12 0 9 16 0 10 1.8 2 32 0 22 16.0 48
Tom Tracy 25 RH 12 0 4 5 0 5 1.3 7 145 0 27 20.7 1217
Jack Call 24 4 0 6 146 0 33 24.3 155
Ron Hall 22 LS 2 0 5 23 0 7 4.6 1 22 0 22 22.0 45
Don Bishop 25 2 0 4 10 0 9 2.5 10
Tom Barnett 22 12 0 2 24 0 14 12.0 314
Bobby Luna 26 P 12 0 2 13 0 8 6.5 16
Ray Mathews 30 LH 12 0 2 17 0 15 8.5 203
Rudy Hayes 24 12 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 19
Team Total 26.3 12 38 152 0 28 4.0 30 613 0 34 20.4 4606
Opp Total 12 49 3 43 753 0 17.5

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
Bobby Luna 26 P 12 0 63 2563 61 0 40.7
Bobby Layne* 33 QB 12 12 17 11 64.7% 32 32 100.0%
Jimmy Orr* 24 RE 12 0 8 302 46 0 37.8
Don Sutherin 23 RET 6 0 1 0.0%
Team Total 26.3 12 18 11 61.1% 32 32 100.0% 71 2865 61 0 40.4
Opp Total 12 32 12 37.5% 26 24 92.3% 59 2744 46.5

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
Dick Alban 30 RS 12 0 6 119 0 46
Tom Barnett 22 12 0 3 0 0 0
Ed Beatty 27 C 12 0 0 2 0 0
Jack Butler+ 32 RDH 7 0 2 16 0 16 0 1 8 0
Dick Campbell 24 LLB 12 0 1 6 0 6
Len Dawson 24 12 0 1 0 0 0
Dean Derby*+ 24 LDH 12 0 7 127 0 24
Dale Dodrill 33 mlb 12 0 0 1 0 0
Leo Elter 30 8 0 1 1 0 0
Ron Hall 22 LS 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Rudy Hayes 24 12 0 0 1 19 0
Mike Henry 23 MLB 12 0 2 42 0 33 0 1 0 0
Ted Karras 25 LT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Larry Krutko 24 FB 12 0 4 0 0 0
Bobby Layne* 33 QB 12 12 2 2 0 0
Bobby Luna 26 P 12 0 3 53 0 32 1 2 42 0
Ray Mathews 30 LH 12 0 0 1 0 0
John Nisby* 23 RG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Orr* 24 RE 12 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Sandusky 24 LG 11 0 0 1 0 0
Ernie Stautner* 34 RDE 12 0 0 2 0 0
Don Sutherin 23 RET 6 0 1 0 0 0
George Tarasovic 29 LDE 12 0 1 5 57 1
Tom Tracy 25 RH 12 0 7 0 0 0
Frank Varrichione 27 RT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.3 12 22 363 0 46 22 24 126 1
Opp Total 12 31 22 10

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
Bobby Layne* 33 QB 12 12 2 32 11 77
Tom Tracy 25 RH 12 0 3 5 48
Buddy Dial 22 fl 12 0 6 36
Jimmy Orr* 24 RE 12 0 5 30
Larry Krutko 24 FB 12 0 4 24
Tom Barnett 22 12 0 1 1 12
Pete Brewster 29 9 0 2 12
Gern Nagler 27 LE 12 0 2 12
George Tarasovic 29 LDE 12 0 1 6
Team Total 26.3 12 10 21 1 32 11 257
Opp Total 12 10 12 3 24 12 216