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1963 Pittsburgh Steelers
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Record: 7-4-3, Finished 4th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 321 points (22.9/g), 6th of 14 in the NFL.
Allowed 295 points (21.1/g), 8th.
Differential of 26 points (1.9/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 7.7-6.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +11 (0.8/g), 3rd.
Coached by Buddy Parker (7-4-3)
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1963 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 | Ed Brown | 35 | 9 | 14 | 168 for 362, 2,982 yards, 21 td, 20 int, & 15 rushes for 20 yards and 2 td | Chicago Bears / 6th / 68th pick / 1952 |
| HB | Dick Hoak | 24 | 2 | 0 | 216 rushes for 679 yards, 6 td, & 11 catches for 118 yards and 1 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 90th pick / 1961 |
| FB | John Henry Johnson* | 34 | 9 | 0 | 186 rushes for 773 yards, 4 td, & 21 catches for 145 yards and 1 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 18th pick / 1953 |
| FB | Theron Sapp | 28 | 4 | 0 | 96 rushes for 431 yards, 1 td, & 3 catches for 41 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 10th / 112th pick / 1958 |
| FL | Gary Ballman | 23 | 1 | 0 | 26 catches for 492 yards, 5 td, & 8 rushes for 59 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 104th pick / 1962 |
| SE | Buddy Dial* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 60 catches for 1,295 yards, 9 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1959 |
| TE | Red Mack | 26 | 2 | 0 | 25 catches for 618 yards, 3 td, & 2 rushes for 1 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 131st pick / 1961 |
| LT | Charlie Bradshaw* | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 94th pick / 1957 |
| LG | Mike Sandusky | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 46th pick / 1957 |
| C | Buzz Nutter | 32 | 9 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 136th pick / 1953 |
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| RG | Ray Lemek | 29 | 6 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 227th pick / 1956 |
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| RT | Dan James | 26 | 3 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 8th pick / 1959 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Lou Michaels* | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 4th pick / 1958 |
| LDT | Frank Atkinson | 22 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 108th pick / 1963 |
| RDT | Joe Krupa* | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 17th pick / 1956 |
| RDE | John Baker | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 56th pick / 1958 |
| LLB | Bob Schmitz | 25 | 2 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 14th / 187th pick / 1961 |
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| MLB | Myron Pottios* | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 19th pick / 1961 |
| RLB | Andy Russell | 22 | Rook | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 16th / 220th pick / 1963 |
| LCB | Dick Haley | 26 | 4 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 9th / 100th pick / 1959 |
| RCB | Brady Keys | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 14th / 162nd pick / 1960 |
| LS | Clendon Thomas* | 28 | 5 | 0 | 8 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 19th pick / 1958 |
| RS | Glenn Glass | 23 | 1 | 14 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 12th pick / 1962 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Lou Michaels* | 28 | 5 | 0 | 21 of 41 field goals & 32 of 35 extra points | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 4th pick / 1958 |
| P | Ed Brown | 35 | 9 | 14 | 57 punts for a 39.6 average, 0 blocked | Chicago Bears / 6th / 68th pick / 1952 |
| PR | Brady Keys | 27 | 2 | 0 | 13 punt returns for a 15.2 average and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 14th / 162nd pick / 1960 |
| KR | Gary Ballman | 23 | 1 | 0 | 22 kick returns for a 31.7 average and 1 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 104th pick / 1962 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Art Anderson | 27 | T | 13 | 0 | 244 | 6-3 | Idaho | 10/9/1936 | 2 | |
| Frank Atkinson | 22 | DT | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Stanford | 12/13/1941 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 108th pick / 1963 |
| John Baker | 28 | DE-DT-T | 14 | 0 | 279 | 6-6 | North Carolina Central | 6/10/1935 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 56th pick / 1958 |
| Gary Ballman | 23 | FL-TE-SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 7/6/1940 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 104th pick / 1962 |
| Charlie Bradshaw* | 27 | T | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-6 | Baylor | 3/13/1936 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 94th pick / 1957 |
| Jim Bradshaw | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 1/13/1939 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 20th / 158th pick / 1963 |
| Ed Brown | 35 | QB | 14 | 14 | 200 | 6-2 | San Francisco | 10/26/1928 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 68th pick / 1952 |
| John Burrell | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-3 | Rice | 11/22/1940 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 92nd pick / 1962 |
| Preston Carpenter | 29 | E-HB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Arkansas | 1/24/1934 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1956 |
| Lou Cordileone | 26 | DT-DE-G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-1 | Clemson | 8/4/1937 | 3 | New York Giants / 1st / 12th pick / 1960 |
| Roy Curry | 24 | WR | 6 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Jackson State | 11/9/1939 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 12th / 164th pick / 1963 |
| Willie Daniel | 26 | DB | 13 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Mississippi State | 11/10/1937 | 2 | |
| Buddy Dial* | 26 | SE-FL | 14 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Rice | 1/17/1937 | 4 | New York Giants / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1959 |
| Bob Ferguson | 24 | FB | 5 | 0 | 220 | 5-11 | Ohio State | 8/29/1939 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1962 |
| Glenn Glass | 23 | DB-WR | 14 | 14 | 205 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 2/16/1940 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 12th pick / 1962 |
| Dick Haley | 26 | DB-HB-E | 14 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Pittsburgh | 10/2/1937 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 9th / 100th pick / 1959 |
| Dick Hoak | 24 | RB-FL | 12 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Penn State | 12/8/1939 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 90th pick / 1961 |
| Dan James | 26 | T | 14 | 0 | 262 | 6-4 | Ohio State | 8/10/1937 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 8th pick / 1959 |
| John Henry Johnson* | 34 | FB-HB | 12 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Arizona State,St. Mary's (CA) | 11/24/1929 | 9 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 18th pick / 1953 |
| Brady Keys | 27 | DB-HB | 11 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Colorado State | 5/19/1936 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 14th / 162nd pick / 1960 |
| Joe Krupa* | 30 | DT | 14 | 0 | 232 | 6-2 | Purdue | 7/6/1933 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 17th pick / 1956 |
| Ray Lemek | 29 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 238 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 6/28/1934 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 227th pick / 1956 |
| Red Mack | 26 | TE-WR-HB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Notre Dame | 6/19/1937 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 131st pick / 1961 |
| Lou Michaels* | 28 | DE-K | 14 | 0 | 243 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 9/28/1935 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 4th pick / 1958 |
| Bill Nelsen | 22 | QB | 2 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | USC | 1/29/1941 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 136th pick / 1963 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 25 | QB | 2 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | Utah | 7/13/1938 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 17th / 230th pick / 1961 |
| Buzz Nutter | 32 | C-LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 2/16/1931 | 9 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 136th pick / 1953 |
| Myron Pottios* | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 232 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 1/18/1939 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 19th pick / 1961 |
| John Powers | 23 | TE | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 6/15/1940 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 117th pick / 1962 |
| John Reger | 32 | LB-G | 9 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 9/11/1931 | 8 | |
| Bob Rowley | 22 | LB | 3 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Virginia | 9/16/1941 | Rook | |
| Andy Russell | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Missouri | 10/29/1941 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 16th / 220th pick / 1963 |
| Mike Sandusky | 28 | G | 13 | 0 | 231 | 6-0 | Maryland | 3/14/1935 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 46th pick / 1957 |
| Theron Sapp | 28 | FB-HB | 10 | 0 | 203 | 6-1 | Georgia | 6/15/1935 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 10th / 112th pick / 1958 |
| Bob Schmitz | 25 | LB | 11 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Montana State,Wisconsin | 9/10/1938 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 14th / 187th pick / 1961 |
| Ernie Stautner | 38 | DT-DE-G | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Boston College | 4/20/1925 | 13 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1950 |
| Ron Stehouwer | 26 | G | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Colorado State | 2/4/1937 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 12th / 136th pick / 1959 |
| George Tarasovic | 33 | DE-LB-C | 8 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Boston College,LSU | 5/6/1930 | 11 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 18th pick / 1952 |
| Clendon Thomas* | 28 | DB-E-FL-HB | 13 | 0 | 196 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 12/28/1935 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 19th pick / 1958 |
| Tom Tracy | 29 | HB-FB | 6 | 0 | 205 | 5-9 | Tennessee | 9/7/1934 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 50th pick / 1956 |
| Team Total | 26.9 | 14 | 218.3 | 6-1.5 | 3.9 |