1947 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-4-0, 1st in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jock Sutherland (8-4-0)

Points For: 240 (20.0/g) 7th of 10

Points Against: 259 (21.6/g) 7th of 10

Expected W-L: 5.5-6.5

SRS: -4.05 (7th of 10), SOS: -2.47

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 0-21 vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Other Notable Asst.: John Michelosen (Backfield Coach) and Mike Nixon (Assistant Coach)

Stadium: Forbes Field

Founder/Principal Owner/President: Art Rooney

General Manager: John Holahan

Training Camp: Alliance College (Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	240	3358	705	4.8	35	16	176	85	209	1410	10	19	6.7	57	496	1948	15	3.9	108	60	527	11
Opp. Stats	259	3469	647	5.4	32	14	170	98	244	1847	20	18	7.6	68	403	1622	11	4.0	88	78	622	14
Lg Rank Offense	7	8			3	4	8		10	10	10	2	9		2	5	4	5
Lg Rank Defense	7	2			9	7	1		1	2	7	10	8		4	6	3	7

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
									Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 21	boxscore	W		1-0		Detroit Lions	17	10	14	264	175	89	6	14	268	155	113	5
2	Mon	September 29	boxscore	L		1-1		Los Angeles Rams	7	48	10	99	24	75	6	20	441	244	197	1
3	Sun	October 5	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Washington Redskins	26	27	16	373	167	206	1	15	384	275	109	3
4	Sun	October 12	boxscore	W		2-2	@	Boston Yanks	30	14	19	395	119	276	3	8	112	86	26	1
5	Sun	October 19	boxscore	W		3-2		Philadelphia Eagles	35	24	25	397	168	229	1	16	337	162	175	3
6	Sun	October 26	boxscore	W		4-2	@	New York Giants	38	21	14	293	135	158	4	14	228	108	120	5
7	Sun	November 2	boxscore	W		5-2	@	Green Bay Packers	18	17	14	238	105	133		12	256	131	125	1
8	Sun	November 9	boxscore	W		6-2		Washington Redskins	21	14	15	246	75	171	2	16	291	158	133	2
9	Sun	November 16	boxscore	W		7-2		New York Giants	24	7	13	217	72	145	2	6	61	14	47	3
10	Sun	November 23	boxscore	L		7-3	@	Chicago Bears	7	49	17	316	92	224	5	26	522	242	280	2
11	Sun	November 30	boxscore	L		7-4	@	Philadelphia Eagles	0	21	6	120	45	75	3	15	243	24	219	2
12	Sun	December 7	boxscore	W		8-4		Boston Yanks	17	7	13	235	68	167	2	8	186	108	78	4
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 21	boxscore	L		8-5		Philadelphia Eagles	0	21	7	154	52	102	2	17	255	131	124	2

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Johnny Clement	28	TB	10	4	52	123	42.3	1004	7	5.7	9	7.3	68	8.2	6.0	19.3	100.4	59.8	124	2	2	AP-2
2	Walt Slater	27	TB	11	8	18	39	46.2	215	1	2.6	5	12.8	37	5.5	0.3	11.9	19.5	32.5	33	0	0
3	Gonzalo Morales	25		8	1	8	27	29.6	78	1	3.7	4	14.8	23	2.9	-3.0	9.8	9.8	12.3		0	0
4	Bob Sullivan	23		3	1	3	9	33.3	52	0	0.0	1	11.1	24	5.8	0.8	17.3	17.3	14.4		0	0
5	Bob Cifers	27		10	4	2	3	66.7	28	0	0.0	0	0.0	22	9.3	9.3	14.0	2.8	96.5		0	0
6	Paul White	26		11	1	1	3	33.3	21	0	0.0	0	0.0	21	7.0	7.0	21.0	1.9	59.0		0	0
7	Steve Lach	27	FB	12	8	2	5	40.0	12	1	20.0	0	0.0	6	2.4	6.4	6.0	1.0	87.5	10	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	86	209	41.1	1410	10	4.8	19	9.1	68	7.6	3.6	16.4	117.5	45.6	167	2	2

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	NY/A	ANY/A
1	Johnny Clement	28	TB	1	0	4	16	25.0	52	18	3.3	3.3	13.0	52.0	40.6	3.25	3.3
2	Bob Cifers	27		1	1	0	2	0.0	0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.00	0.0
	Team Totals			1	1	4	18	22.2	52	18	2.9	2.9	13.0	52.0	39.6	2.89	2.9

Rushing & Receiving

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						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Johnny Clement	28	TB	10	4	129	670	4	43	5.2	67.0	12.9	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.1	0.6	130	5.2	676	4	7	AP-2
2	Val Jansante	27	LE	12	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	35	599	17.1	5	46	2.9	49.9	35	17.1	599	5	1
3	Steve Lach	27	FB	12	8	120	372	8	19	3.1	31.0	10.0	11	77	7.0	1	24	0.9	6.4	131	3.4	449	9	1
4	Bob Cifers	27		10	4	87	356	0	41	4.1	35.6	8.7	3	58	19.3	0	37	0.3	5.8	90	4.6	414	0	3
5	Tony Compagno	26		12	4	34	126	2	13	3.7	10.5	2.8	9	190	21.1	1	39	0.8	15.8	43	7.3	316	3	6
6	Walt Slater	27	TB	11	8	46	167	0	19	3.6	15.2	4.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	46	3.6	167	0	2
7	Bob Davis	26	RE	11	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	145	29.0	0	44	0.5	13.2	5	29.0	145	0	0
8	Bill Garnaas	26		10	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	144	28.8	2	68	0.5	14.4	5	28.8	144	2	0
9	Paul White	26		11	1	22	85	1	52	3.9	7.7	2.0	2	55	27.5	0	55	0.2	5.0	24	5.8	140	1	2
10	Bob Sullivan	23		3	1	21	61	0	14	2.9	20.3	7.0	4	72	18.0	1	50	1.3	24.0	25	5.3	133	1	2
11	Gonzalo Morales	25		8	1	29	96	0	18	3.3	12.0	3.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	29	3.3	96	0	1
12	Charley Mehelich	25		11	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	38	12.7	0	13	0.3	3.5	3	12.7	38	0	0
13	Charlie Seabright	29	BB	12	12	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	0.1	7	16	2.3	0	10	0.6	1.3	8	2.5	20	0	2
14	Elbie Nickel	25		11	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	10	10.0	0	10	0.1	0.9	1	10.0	10	0	0
15	Paul Davis	22		5	0	4	5	0	6	1.3	1.0	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	1.3	5	0	1
16	Gene Hubka	23		1	0	2	4	0	3	2.0	4.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	2.0	4	0	0
17	Joe Glamp	26	HB	12	5	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	2.0	2	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	496	1948	15	52	3.9	162.3	41.3	86	1410	16.4	10	68	7.1	117.5	582	5.8	3358	25	28

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Johnny Clement	28	TB	1	0	14	59	0	27	4.2	59.0	14.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	14	4.2	59	0	0
2	Bob Cifers	27		1	1	10	29	0	9	2.9	29.0	10.0	1	18	18.0	0	18	1.0	18.0	11	4.3	47	0	0
3	Elbie Nickel	25		1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	32	16.0	0	18	2.0	32.0	2	16.0	32	0	0
4	Tony Compagno	26		1	1	4	9	0	7	2.3	9.0	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	2.3	9	0	0
5	Paul White	26		1	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	5.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	5.0	5	0	0
6	Steve Lach	27	FB	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	2	2.0	0	2	1.0	2.0	1	2.0	2	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	29	102	0	27	3.5	102.0	29.0	4	52	13.0	0	18	4.0	52.0	33	4.7	154	0	0

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Defense & Fumbles

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Red Moore	25	LG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0.0	0
2	Charlie Seabright	29	BB	12	12	3	80	1	39	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Jack Wiley	27	LT	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
4	Val Jansante	27	LE	12	8	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	0	0.0	1
5	Steve Lach	27	FB	12	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Walt Slater	27	TB	11	8	4	38	0	38	2	3	7	0	0.0	0
7	Nick Skorich	26	RG	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
8	John Mastrangelo	21	RG	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	Paul Stenn	29	RT	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Bob Cifers	27		10	4	1	32	0	32	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Johnny Clement	28	TB	10	4	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
12	Tony Compagno	26		12	4	4	163	2	64	6	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Charley Mehelich	25		11	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	0	0.0	0
14	Al Drulis	26		10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Gonzalo Morales	25		8	1	1	5	0	5	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Bob Sullivan	23		3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	0	0.0	0
17	Paul White	26		11	1	2	22	0	15	2	3	0	0	0.0	0
18	Tony Bova	30		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
19	Ralph Calcagni	25		9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1
20	Paul Davis	22		5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Bill Garnaas	26		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Joe Repko	27		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	48	1	0.0	0
23	Frank Sinkovitz	24		9	0	3	57	1	47	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	18	397	4	64	28	26	87	1	0.0	3

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