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1962 Pittsburgh Steelers
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Record: 9-5-0, Finished 2nd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 312 points (22.3/g), 6th of 14 in the NFL.
Allowed 363 points (25.9/g), 11th.
Differential of -51 points (-3.6/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 5.8-8.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 7th.
Coached by Buddy Parker (9-5-0)
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1962 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Bobby Layne | 36 | 14 | 11 | 116 for 233, 1,686 yards, 9 td, 17 int, & 15 rushes for 25 yards and 1 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 3rd pick / 1948 |
| HB | Joe Womack | 26 | Rook | 0 | 128 rushes for 468 yards, 5 td, & 6 catches for 57 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 13th / 150th pick / 1960 |
| FB | John Henry Johnson* | 33 | 8 | 0 | 251 rushes for 1,141 yards, 7 td, & 32 catches for 226 yards and 2 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 18th pick / 1953 |
| FL | Dick Hoak | 23 | 1 | 0 | 9 catches for 133 yards, 0 td, & 117 rushes for 442 yards and 4 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 90th pick / 1961 |
| SE | Buddy Dial | 25 | 3 | 0 | 50 catches for 981 yards, 6 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1959 |
| TE | Preston Carpenter* | 28 | 6 | 0 | 36 catches for 492 yards, 4 td, & 1 rush for -3 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1956 |
| LT | Charlie Bradshaw | 26 | 4 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 94th pick / 1957 |
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| LG | Mike Sandusky | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 46th pick / 1957 |
| C | Buzz Nutter* | 31 | 8 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 136th pick / 1953 |
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| RG | Ray Lemek | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 19th / 227th pick / 1956 |
| RT | Dan James | 25 | 2 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 8th pick / 1959 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Lou Michaels* | 27 | 4 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 4th pick / 1958 |
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| LDT | Gene Lipscomb* | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDT | Joe Krupa | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 17th pick / 1956 |
| RDE | Ernie Stautner | 37 | 12 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1950 |
| LLB | George Tarasovic | 32 | 10 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 18th pick / 1952 |
| MLB | Bob Schmitz | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 14th / 187th pick / 1961 |
| RLB | John Reger | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| LCB | Dick Haley | 25 | 3 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 9th / 100th pick / 1959 |
| RCB | Brady Keys | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 14th / 162nd pick / 1960 |
| LS | Clendon Thomas | 27 | 4 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 19th pick / 1958 |
| RS | Willie Daniel | 25 | 1 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Lou Michaels* | 27 | 4 | 0 | 26 of 42 field goals & 32 of 33 extra points | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 4th pick / 1958 |
| P | Ed Brown | 34 | 8 | 3 | 60 punts for a 40.0 average, 0 blocked | Chicago Bears / 6th / 68th pick / 1952 |
| PR | Preston Carpenter* | 28 | 6 | 0 | 7 punt returns for a 15.6 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1956 |
| KR | Brady Keys | 26 | 1 | 0 | 28 kick returns for a 23.8 average and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 14th / 162nd pick / 1960 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Gary Ballman | 22 | FL-TE-SE-WR | 3 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 7/6/1940 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 104th pick / 1962 |
| Tom Bettis | 29 | LB | 11 | 0 | 228 | 6-2 | Purdue | 3/17/1933 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 5th pick / 1955 |
| Charlie Bradshaw | 26 | T | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-6 | Baylor | 3/13/1936 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 94th pick / 1957 |
| Ed Brown | 34 | QB | 14 | 3 | 200 | 6-2 | San Francisco | 10/26/1928 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 68th pick / 1952 |
| John Burrell | 22 | WR | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-3 | Rice | 11/22/1940 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 92nd pick / 1962 |
| Preston Carpenter* | 28 | E-HB | 13 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Arkansas | 1/24/1934 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1956 |
| Lou Cordileone | 25 | DT-DE-G | 12 | 0 | 250 | 6-1 | Clemson | 8/4/1937 | 2 | New York Giants / 1st / 12th pick / 1960 |
| Willie Daniel | 25 | DB | 13 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Mississippi State | 11/10/1937 | 1 | |
| Buddy Dial | 25 | SE-FL | 14 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Rice | 1/17/1937 | 3 | New York Giants / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1959 |
| Bob Ferguson | 23 | FB | 13 | 0 | 220 | 5-11 | Ohio State | 8/29/1939 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1962 |
| Glenn Glass | 22 | DB-WR | 7 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 2/16/1940 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 12th pick / 1962 |
| Dick Haley | 25 | DB-HB-E | 14 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Pittsburgh | 10/2/1937 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 9th / 100th pick / 1959 |
| Rudy Hayes | 27 | LB | 4 | 0 | 217 | 6-0 | Clemson | 1/12/1935 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 20th / 235th pick / 1959 |
| Harlon Hill | 30 | E-DB | 7 | 0 | 199 | 6-3 | North Alabama | 5/4/1932 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 15th / 174th pick / 1954 |
| Dick Hoak | 23 | RB-FL | 14 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Penn State | 12/8/1939 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 90th pick / 1961 |
| Dan James | 25 | T | 14 | 0 | 262 | 6-4 | Ohio State | 8/10/1937 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 8th pick / 1959 |
| John Henry Johnson* | 33 | FB-HB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Arizona State,St. Mary's (CA) | 11/24/1929 | 8 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 18th pick / 1953 |
| John Kapele | 25 | DE-DT-T | 6 | 0 | 240 | 6-0 | BYU,Utah | 10/19/1937 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 114th pick / 1960 |
| John Kenerson | 24 | DE-DT | 1 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Kentucky State | 3/18/1938 | 2 | |
| Brady Keys | 26 | DB-HB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Colorado State | 5/19/1936 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 14th / 162nd pick / 1960 |
| Ken Kirk | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 2/26/1938 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 104th pick / 1960 |
| Joe Krupa | 29 | DT | 14 | 0 | 232 | 6-2 | Purdue | 7/6/1933 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 17th pick / 1956 |
| Bobby Layne | 36 | QB | 13 | 11 | 201 | 6-1 | Texas | 12/19/1926 | 14 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 3rd pick / 1948 |
| Ray Lemek | 28 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 238 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 6/28/1934 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 227th pick / 1956 |
| Gene Lipscomb* | 31 | DT | 14 | 0 | 284 | 6-6 | none | 8/9/1931 | 9 | |
| Red Mack | 25 | TE-WR-HB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Notre Dame | 6/19/1937 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 131st pick / 1961 |
| Lou Michaels* | 27 | DE-K | 14 | 0 | 243 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 9/28/1935 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 4th pick / 1958 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 24 | QB | 1 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | Utah | 7/13/1938 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 17th / 230th pick / 1961 |
| Buzz Nutter* | 31 | C-LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 2/16/1931 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 136th pick / 1953 |
| John Powers | 22 | TE | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 6/15/1940 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 117th pick / 1962 |
| John Reger | 31 | LB-G | 9 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 9/11/1931 | 7 | |
| Johnny Sample | 25 | DB | 6 | 0 | 203 | 6-1 | Md-Eastern Shore | 6/15/1937 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 79th pick / 1958 |
| Mike Sandusky | 27 | G | 14 | 0 | 231 | 6-0 | Maryland | 3/14/1935 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 46th pick / 1957 |
| Bob Schmitz | 24 | LB | 9 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Montana State,Wisconsin | 9/10/1938 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 14th / 187th pick / 1961 |
| Bob Simms | 24 | LB-E | 3 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Rutgers | 9/3/1938 | 2 | New York Giants / 10th / 120th pick / 1960 |
| Jackie M. Simpson | 28 | DB | 13 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Florida | 4/2/1934 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 44th pick / 1957 |
| Ernie Stautner | 37 | DT-DE-G | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Boston College | 4/20/1925 | 12 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1950 |
| Ron Stehouwer | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Colorado State | 2/4/1937 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 12th / 136th pick / 1959 |
| George Strugar | 28 | DT | 1 | 0 | 239 | 6-5 | Washington | 4/2/1934 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 27th pick / 1957 |
| George Tarasovic | 32 | DE-LB-C | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Boston College,LSU | 5/6/1930 | 10 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 18th pick / 1952 |
| Clendon Thomas | 27 | DB-E-FL-HB | 14 | 0 | 196 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 12/28/1935 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 19th pick / 1958 |
| Tom Tracy | 28 | HB-FB | 4 | 0 | 205 | 5-9 | Tennessee | 9/7/1934 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 50th pick / 1956 |
| Joe Womack | 26 | HB | 11 | 0 | 210 | 5-9 | Los Angeles State | 12/10/1936 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 13th / 150th pick / 1960 |
| Team Total | 26.9 | 14 | 218.8 | 6-1.3 | 4.0 |