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1960 Pittsburgh Steelers

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

Scored 240 points (20.0/g), 8th of 13 in the NFL.
 Allowed 275 points (22.9/g), 9th.
 Differential of -35 points (-2.9/g), 10th.
 Expected W-L: 5.0-7.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.5/g), 10th.

Coached by Buddy Parker (5-6-1)

1960 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 24 box W 1-0 @ Dallas Cowboys 35 28 20 475 353 122 1 17 395 323 72 4
2 Sun October 2 box L 1-1 @ Cleveland Browns 20 28 18 406 296 110 2 17 428 296 132
3 Sun October 9 box L 1-2 New York Giants 17 19 16 312 143 169 4 18 323 246 77 5
4 Sun October 16 box W 2-2 St. Louis Cardinals 27 14 12 237 146 91 20 295 154 141 6
5 Sun October 23 box T 2-2-1 @ Washington Redskins 27 27 21 384 265 119 2 18 367 250 117 2
6 Sun October 30 box L 2-3-1 Green Bay Packers 13 19 16 308 189 119 5 20 343 180 163 2
7 Sun November 6 box L 2-4-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 7 34 11 212 108 104 3 24 487 320 167
8 Sun November 13 box L 2-5-1 @ New York Giants 24 27 16 330 203 127 3 20 365 233 132 3
9 Sun November 20 box W 3-5-1 Cleveland Browns 14 10 18 323 174 149 2 24 413 292 121
10 Sun November 27 box W 4-5-1 Washington Redskins 22 10 20 394 186 208 3 9 181 115 66 3
11 Sun December 11 box W 5-5-1 Philadelphia Eagles 27 21 21 484 209 275 6 16 308 274 34 3
12 Sun December 18 box L 5-6-1 @ St. Louis Cardinals 7 38 9 180 150 30 4 21 379 108 271 1

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 240 4045 707 5.7 198 139 285 2422 20 21 8.2 104 411 1623 9 3.9 81 35 14 13
Team Defense 275 4284 811 5.3 358 184 361 2791 20 16 7.0 120 414 1493 13 3.6 224 29 13 14
Lg Rank Offense 8 3 7 9 3 4 5 1 5 7 8 8 7 9
Lg Rank Defense 9 12 12 12 13 10 10 12 10 5 7 3 10 6

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 34 QB 12 11 103 209 49.3 1814 13 6.2 17 8.1 70 8.7 5.6 17.6 151.2 66.2
Rudy Bukich 28 12 1 25 51 49.0 358 2 3.9 3 5.9 51 7.0 4.8 14.3 29.8 60.7
Tom Tracy* 26 HB 12 0 9 22 40.9 322 4 18.2 1 4.5 70 14.6 14.4 35.8 26.8 108.9
Preston Carpenter 26 TE 12 0 1 2 50.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 1.0 1.0 2.0 0.2 56.2
John Henry Johnson 31 FB 12 0 1 1 100.0 15 1 100.0 0 0.0 15 15.0 25.0 15.0 1.3 158.3
Team Total 26.5 12 139 285 48.8 2511 20 7.0 21 7.4 70 8.8 6.2 18.1 209.3 72.1
Opp Total 12 184 361 51.0 2791 20 5.5 16 4.4 7.7 6.3 15.2 232.6 76.8 36 284 7.0 5.0

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* 26 HB 12 0 192 680 5 28 3.5 56.7 16.0 24 349 14.5 4 65 2.0 29.1 1029 9 6
John Henry Johnson 31 FB 12 0 118 621 2 87 5.3 51.8 9.8 12 112 9.3 1 26 1.0 9.3 733 3 5
Charlie Scales 22 12 0 26 81 0 9 3.1 6.8 2.2 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2 0.1 -0.2 79 0 2
Bobby Layne 34 QB 12 11 19 12 2 13 0.6 1.0 1.6 12 2 1
Preston Carpenter 26 TE 12 0 17 36 0 20 2.1 3.0 1.4 29 495 17.1 2 70 2.4 41.3 531 2 2
Larry Krutko 25 7 0 17 99 0 18 5.8 14.1 2.4 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 1.1 107 0 0
Jimmy Orr 25 FL 12 0 8 57 0 19 7.1 4.8 0.7 29 541 18.7 4 51 2.4 45.1 598 4 2
Tom Barnett 23 12 0 6 25 0 16 4.2 2.1 0.5 25 0 0
Rex Johnston 23 RET 12 0 4 12 0 17 3.0 1.0 0.3 12 0 5
Rudy Bukich 28 12 1 3 -8 0 0 -2.7 -0.7 0.3 -8 0 3
Buddy Dial 23 SE 12 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 0.7 0.1 40 972 24.3 9 70 3.3 81.0 980 9 0
Pete Brewster 30 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 26 13.0 0 18 0.2 2.2 26 0 0
Jack McClairen 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 17 17.0 0 17 1.0 17.0 17 0 0
Team Total 26.5 12 411 1623 9 87 3.9 135.3 34.3 139 2511 18.1 20 70 11.6 209.3 4134 29 27
Opp Total 12 414 1493 13 3.6 124.4 34.5 184 2791 15.2 20 15.3 232.6 4284 33 25

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
Rex Johnston 23 RET 12 0 12 45 0 14 3.8 18 393 0 38 21.8 450
Preston Carpenter 26 TE 12 0 13 120 0 20 9.2 10 255 0 36 25.5 906
Dicky Moegle 26 RS 12 0 3 15 0 6 5.0 7 174 0 36 24.9 189
Charlie Scales 22 12 0 5 100 0 47 20.0 179
Joe Scudero 30 LCB 4 0 2 3 0 3 1.5 3
Rudy Hayes 25 LLB 12 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
Jack McClairen 29 1 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 18
Tom Tracy* 26 HB 12 0 1 30 0 30 30.0 1059
Frank Varrichione* 28 RT 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 -7
Team Total 26.5 12 30 183 0 20 6.1 44 964 0 47 21.9 5281
Opp Total 12 21 0 48 1078 0 22.5

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
Bobby Joe Green 24 P 12 0 64 2829 74 1 44.2
Bobby Layne 34 QB 12 11 6 5 83.3% 22 21 95.5%
Bert Rechichar 30 6 0 7 3 42.9% 6 6 100.0%
Tom Tracy* 26 HB 12 0 6 3 50.0%
Team Total 26.5 12 19 11 57.9% 28 27 96.4% 64 2829 74 1 44.2
Opp Total 12 21 14 66.7% 33 33 100.0% 54 2344 43.4

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
Pete Brewster 30 12 0 0 1 0 0
Rudy Bukich 28 12 1 3 1 0 0
Dick Campbell 25 MLB 12 0 1 5 0 5
Preston Carpenter 26 TE 12 0 2 2 0 0
Dean Derby 25 LS 12 0 3 40 0 25 0 1 0 0
Buddy Dial 23 SE 12 0 0 1 0 0
Rudy Hayes 25 LLB 12 0 0 1 0 0
John Henry Johnson 31 FB 12 0 5 0 0 0
Rex Johnston 23 RET 12 0 5 0 0 0
Joe Krupa 27 RDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Bobby Layne 34 QB 12 11 1 2 0 0
Joe Lewis 24 12 0 0 1 0 1
Dicky Moegle 26 RS 12 0 6 49 0 31
Jimmy Orr 25 FL 12 0 2 1 0 0
Bert Rechichar 30 6 0 1 10 0 10
John Reger* 29 RLB 12 0 1 18 0 18 0 2 5 0
Charlie Scales 22 12 0 2 2 0 0
Joe Scudero 30 LCB 4 0 1 2 13 0
Billy Ray Sr. Smith 25 RDE 12 0 0 3 13 0
Ernie Stautner* 35 LDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Don Sutherin 24 4 0 1 0 0 0
George Tarasovic 30 LDE 12 0 1 8 0 8
Tom Tracy* 26 HB 12 0 6 1 0 0
Frank Varrichione* 28 RT 12 0 0 2 0 0
Fred Williamson 23 11 0 0 1 5 0
Junior Wren 31 RCB 12 0 2 0 0 0
Team Total 26.5 12 16 130 0 31 27 26 36 1
Opp Total 12 11 25 12 1

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
Tom Tracy* 26 HB 12 0 5 4 3 63
Buddy Dial 23 SE 12 0 9 54
Bobby Layne 34 QB 12 11 2 21 5 48
Jimmy Orr 25 FL 12 0 4 24
John Henry Johnson 31 FB 12 0 2 1 18
Bert Rechichar 30 6 0 6 3 15
Preston Carpenter 26 TE 12 0 2 12
Joe Lewis 24 12 0 1 6
Team Total 26.5 12 9 20 1 27 11 240
Opp Total 12 13 20 33 14 1 275