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1951 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-7-1, 4th in NFL American Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: John Michelosen (4-7-1)

Points For: 183 (15.3/g) 11th of 12

Points Against: 235 (19.6/g) 4th of 12

Expected W-L: 4.3-7.7

SRS: -4.14 (9th of 12), SOS: .19

Other Notable Asst.: Walt Kiesling (Line Coach) and Mike Nixon (Backfield Coach)

Stadium: Forbes Field

Founder/Principal Owner/President: Art Rooney

General Manager: Francis Fogarty

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	183	2952	755	3.9	43	17	172	130	330	1524	10	26	4.6	79	425	1428	9	3.4	76	50	430	17
Opp. Stats	235	3345	765	4.4	46	16	188	136	266	1486	12	30	5.6	74	499	1859	13	3.7	97	84	725	17
Lg Rank Offense	11	11			8	7	11		6	9	11	8	12		8	10	11	11
Lg Rank Defense	4	4			3	4	3		2	2	3	3	5		12	6	5	5

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	Mon	October 1		boxscore	T		0-0-1		New York Giants	13	13	12	238	142	96	3	11	285	115	170	2
2	Sun	October 7		boxscore	L		0-1-1	@	Green Bay Packers	33	35	16	252	101	151	2	17	393	252	141	3
3	Sun	October 14		boxscore	L		0-2-1		San Francisco 49ers	24	28	20	326	192	134	5	18	374	216	158	4
4	Sun	October 21		boxscore	L		0-3-1	@	Cleveland Browns	0	17	12	201	96	105	4	17	243	46	197	4
5	Sun	October 28		boxscore	W		1-3-1	@	Chicago Cardinals	28	14	11	276	148	128	1	23	392	227	165	6
6	Sun	November 4		boxscore	L		1-4-1		Philadelphia Eagles	13	34	14	122	3	119	3	15	242	123	119	3
7	Sun	November 11		boxscore	W		2-4-1		Green Bay Packers	28	7	21	315	139	176	5	16	159	100	59	5
8	Sun	November 18		boxscore	L		2-5-1		Washington Redskins	7	22	5	104	34	70	1	19	321	50	271	2
9	Sun	November 25		boxscore	W		3-5-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	17	13	17	323	167	156	3	18	300	136	164	5
10	Sun	December 2		boxscore	L		3-6-1	@	New York Giants	0	14	14	199	120	79	4	10	171	34	137	3
11	Sun	December 9		boxscore	L		3-7-1		Cleveland Browns	0	28	13	209	118	91	5	15	251	91	160	2
12	Sun	December 16		boxscore	W		4-7-1	@	Washington Redskins	20	10	17	387	264	123	7	9	214	96	118	7

Passing

Passing Table
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	Chuck Ortmann	22	B	12	2	56	139	40.3	671	3	2.2	13	9.4	37	4.8	1.1	12.0	55.9	24.0	199	1	1
2	Joe Geri	27	TB	12	12	29	90	32.2	506	2	2.2	7	7.8	77	5.6	2.6	17.4	42.2	27.4	24	0	0	PB
3	Lynn Chandnois	26	WB	12	9	16	43	37.2	256	2	4.7	4	9.3	49	6.0	2.7	16.0	21.3	34.6	47	0	0
4	Ray Mathews	22	WB	12	3	15	31	48.4	208	2	6.5	0	0.0	39	6.7	8.0	13.9	17.3	91.9	30	0	0
5	Jim Finks	24	SS	12	12	14	24	58.3	201	1	4.2	1	4.2	40	8.4	7.3	14.4	16.8	82.1	9	1	1
6	Joe Gasparella	24	QB	4	4	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0		0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0		0	0
7	Fran Rogel	24	FB	12	2	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	130	330	39.4	1524	10	3.0	26	7.9	77	5.6	2.6	14.2	127.0	35.4	309	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

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	Lynn Chandnois	26	WB	12	9	108	332	2	34	3.1	27.7	9.0	28	440	15.7	4	55	2.3	36.7	136	5.7	772	6	7
2	Henry Minarik	24	LE	11	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	35	459	13.1	1	37	3.2	41.7	35	13.1	459	1	0
3	Elbie Nickel	29	RE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	28	447	16.0	3	77	2.3	37.3	28	16.0	447	3	0
4	Fran Rogel	24	FB	12	2	109	385	3	51	3.5	32.1	9.1	10	59	5.9	0	24	0.8	4.9	119	3.7	444	3	4
5	Chuck Ortmann	22	B	12	2	59	327	0	32	5.5	27.3	4.9	4	62	15.5	0	22	0.3	5.2	63	6.2	389	0	5
6	Joe Geri	27	TB	12	12	90	252	3	17	2.8	21.0	7.5	3	59	19.7	1	49	0.3	4.9	93	3.3	311	4	5	PB
7	Val Jansante	31	LE	6	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	15	194	12.9	1	46	2.5	32.3	15	12.9	194	1	0
8	Jerry Nuzum	28	FB	11	9	27	56	1	9	2.1	5.1	2.5	2	43	21.5	0	39	0.2	3.9	29	3.4	99	1	2
9	Truett Smith	27	BB	11	8	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	4	71	17.8	0	24	0.4	6.5	5	14.4	72	0	0
10	Ray Mathews	22	WB	12	3	21	37	0	15	1.8	3.1	1.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	21	1.8	37	0	3
11	Jim Finks	24	SS	12	12	3	27	0	22	9.0	2.3	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	9.0	27	0	1
12	Joe Hollingsworth	26	FB	10	2	7	11	0	6	1.6	1.1	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	1.6	11	0	1
13	Tom Jelley	25	DE	5	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.2	1.6	1	8.0	8	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	425	1428	9	51	3.4	119.0	35.4	130	1842	14.2	10	77	10.8	153.5	555	5.9	3270	19	28

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Lou Allen	27	LT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Jim Finks	24	SS	12	12	3	46	1	25	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Joe Geri	27	TB	12	12	0	0	0	0	5	4	2	0	0.0	0	PB
4	Howard Hartley	27	RDH	12	12	10	69	0	23	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
5	George Hays	27	LDE/LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	15	0	0.0	0
6	Darrell Hogan	25	RLB	12	12	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	George Hughes	26	RG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
8	Frank Sinkovitz	28	LDH	12	12	2	6	0	6	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	Ernie Stautner	26	RDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Frank Wydo	27	RT	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Jerry Shipkey	26	LLB	11	11	6	113	1	58	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
12	Jack Butler	24	FS	12	10	5	142	1	52	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Lynn Chandnois	26	WB	12	9	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0
14	Jerry Nuzum	28	FB	11	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Carl Samuelson	28	LDT	12	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Dale Dodrill	25	MG	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	0
17	John Schweder	24	MG	12	6	1	20	0	20	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Charley Mehelich	29	LDE	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1
19	Ray Mathews	22	WB	12	3	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
20	Joe Hollingsworth	26	FB	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
21	Chuck Ortmann	22	B	12	2	1	62	0	62	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Fran Rogel	24	FB	12	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
23	Tom Jelley	25	DE	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	30	461	3	62	31	30	20	0	0.0	1

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