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1954 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-7-0, 4th in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Walt Kiesling (5-7-0)

Points For: 219 (18.3/g) 9th of 12

Points Against: 263 (21.9/g) 7th of 12

Expected W-L: 4.7-7.3

SRS: -6.01 (9th of 12), SOS: -2.34

Other Notable Asst.: Gene Ronzani (Backfield Coach) and Nick Skorich (Line Coach)

Stadium: Forbes Field

Founder/Principal Owner/President: Art Rooney

General Manager: Francis Fogarty

Training Camp: St. Bonaventure University (Allegany, New York)

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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	219	3455	754	4.6	43	17	205	189	386	2173	15	26	5.6	115	368	1282	10	3.5	71	54	471	19
Opp. Stats	263	4370	761	5.7	50	20	221	167	295	2177	18	30	7.4	93	466	2193	14	4.7	120	97	823	8
Lg Rank Offense	9	9			8	7	8		5	8	5	8	8		9	9	6	10
Lg Rank Defense	7	11			2	3	6		1	4	9	2	10		12	12	8	11

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 26		boxscore	W		1-0	@	Green Bay Packers	21	20	23	444	316	128	2	9	252	91	161	4
2	Sat	October 2		boxscore	W		2-0		Washington Redskins	37	7	26	429	277	152	1	18	253	132	121	4
3	Sat	October 9		boxscore	L		2-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	22	24	18	231	132	99	2	17	288	178	110	6
4	Sun	October 17		boxscore	W		3-1		Cleveland Browns	55	27	22	441	257	184	1	23	436	269	167	8
5	Sat	October 23		boxscore	W		4-1		Philadelphia Eagles	17	7	11	213	149	64	3	15	278	157	121	5
6	Sun	October 31		boxscore	L		4-2	@	Chicago Cardinals	14	17	15	251	206	45	4	18	311	140	171	2
7	Sun	November 7		boxscore	L		4-3		New York Giants	6	30	20	311	229	82	8	20	382	137	245	3
8	Sun	November 14		boxscore	L		4-4	@	Washington Redskins	14	17	15	246	180	66	3	24	414	156	258	1
9	Sat	November 20		boxscore	L		4-5		San Francisco 49ers	3	31	13	202	84	118	3	25	472	210	262	1
10	Sun	November 28		boxscore	W		5-5		Chicago Cardinals	20	17	22	339	174	165	2	13	437	218	219	7
11	Sun	December 5		boxscore	L		5-6	@	New York Giants	3	24	10	177	94	83	8	14	383	303	80	6
12	Sun	December 12		boxscore	L		5-7	@	Cleveland Browns	7	42	10	171	75	96	6	25	464	186	278	3

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Jim Finks	27	QB	12	12	5-7-0	164	306	53.6	2003	14	4.6	19	6.2	78	6.5	4.7	12.2	166.9	63.4	49	2	2
2	Paul Held	26	QB	8	0		24	73	32.9	305	1	1.4	6	8.2	37	4.2	0.8	12.7	38.1	17.2	81	0	0
3	Lynn Chandnois	29	HB	11	2		1	3	33.3	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	4.3	4.3	13.0	1.2	47.9		0	0
4	Ray Mathews	25	LH	12	12		0	4	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	25.0		0.0	-11.3		0.0	0.0	18	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	5-7-0	189	386	49.0	2173	15	3.9	26	6.7	78	6.0	3.8	12.3	181.1	52.8	148	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	Ray Mathews	25	LH	12	12	80	242	2	24	3.0	20.2	6.7	44	652	14.8	6	78	3.7	54.3	124	7.2	894	8	5
2	Elbie Nickel	32	RE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	40	584	14.6	5	52	3.3	48.7	40	14.6	584	5	1
3	Johnny Lattner	22	RH	12	10	69	237	5	17	3.4	19.8	5.8	25	305	12.2	2	43	2.1	25.4	94	5.8	542	7	4	PB
4	Fran Rogel	27	FB	12	12	111	415	1	16	3.7	34.6	9.3	18	51	2.8	1	16	1.5	4.3	129	3.6	466	2	4
5	George Sulima	26	LE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	30	439	14.6	1	37	2.5	36.6	30	14.6	439	1	0
6	Lynn Chandnois	29	HB	11	2	45	147	1	15	3.3	13.4	4.1	22	176	8.0	0	23	2.0	16.0	67	4.8	323	1	4
7	Jim Brandt	25	HB	12	0	19	82	1	20	4.3	6.8	1.6	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.1	0.8	20	4.6	91	1	0
8	Tom Calvin	28	HB	6	0	12	57	0	8	4.8	9.5	2.0	1	19	19.0	0	19	0.2	3.2	13	5.8	76	0	1
9	Leo Elter	25	FB	11	0	13	54	0	12	4.2	4.9	1.2	4	16	4.0	0	26	0.4	1.5	17	4.1	70	0	1
10	Burrell Shields	25	FS	6	6	7	28	0	13	4.0	4.7	1.2	1	22	22.0	0	22	0.2	3.7	8	6.3	50	0	1
11	Bob Gaona	23	LT	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	0	25		0	25	0.0	2.1	0		25	0	0
12	Jim Finks	27	QB	12	12	9	17	0	6	1.9	1.4	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	1.9	17	0	4
13	Jack Butler	27	RDH	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	12	12.0	0	12	0.1	1.0	1	12.0	12	0	0
14	Jack O'Brien	22	E	7	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.1	1.3	1	9.0	9	0	0
15	Paul Held	26	QB	8	0	3	3	0	3	1.0	0.4	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	1.0	3	0	1
16	Dewey McConnell	24	DB	9	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	2	2.0	0	2	0.1	0.2	1	2.0	2	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	368	1282	10	24	3.5	106.8	30.7	189	2321	12.3	15	78	15.8	193.4	557	6.5	3603	25	26

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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	Dewey Brundage	23	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
2	Jack Butler	27	RDH	12	12	4	75	2	41	0	1	10	0	0.0	0
3	Paul Cameron	22	SS	12	12	7	118	0	33	1	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB
4	Dale Dodrill	28	MG	12	12	3	28	0	16	0	2	66	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
5	Jim Finks	27	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
6	George Hughes	29	RT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
7	Ray Mathews	25	LH	12	12	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Elbie Nickel	32	RE	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Fran Rogel	27	FB	12	12	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Lou Tepe	24	RLB	12	12	3	67	0	29	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
11	Bill Walsh	27	C	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	AP-1
12	Russ Craft	35	LDH	11	11	3	120	1	81	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Bill McPeak	28	RDE	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0.0	1
14	Ernie Stautner	29	RDT	12	11	1	3	0	3	0	3	5	0	0.0	0	AP-2
15	Johnny Lattner	22	RH	12	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
16	Lou Ferry	27	LDT	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
17	Stan Sheriff	22	LLB	12	7	1	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Burrell Shields	25	FS	6	6	1	8	0	8	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Dick Flanagan	28	LLB	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Dewey McConnell	24	DB	9	4	3	117	0	30	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Ed Kissell	25	DB	7	3	1	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Lynn Chandnois	29	HB	11	2	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.0	0
23	Jim Brandt	25	HB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Tom Calvin	28	HB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Leo Elter	25	FB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Paul Held	26	QB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	30	569	3	81	28	31	86	0	0.0	1

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