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1959 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-5-1, 4th in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Buddy Parker (6-5-1)

Points For: 257 (21.4/g) 5th of 12

Points Against: 216 (18.0/g) 4th of 12

Expected W-L: 7.2-4.8

SRS: 1.12 (7th of 12), SOS: -2.30

Other Notable Asst.: Harry Gilmer (Backfield Coach) and Walt Kiesling (Assistant Coach)

Stadium: Forbes Field

Founder/Principal Owner/President: Art Rooney

General Manager: Francis Fogarty

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: California University of Pennsylvania (California, 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	257	3595	725	5.0	33	10	207	150	319	2052	21	23	6.4	103	406	1543	10	3.8	82	60	532	22
Opp. Stats	216	3342	690	4.8	34	12	179	128	285	1842	12	22	6.5	80	405	1500	10	3.7	85	55	483	14
Lg Rank Offense	5	7			6	4	6		5	6	2	10	8		7	10	10	10
Lg Rank Defense	4	2			6	10	2		2	3	2	2	6		6	3	3	2

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	Sat	September 26		boxscore	W		1-0		Cleveland Browns	17	7	18	323	202	121	2	20	274	135	139	1
2	Sun	October 4		boxscore	L		1-1		Washington Redskins	17	23	23	381	268	113	3	14	322	238	84	1
3	Sun	October 11		boxscore	L		1-2	@	Philadelphia Eagles	24	28	15	269	203	66	2	18	281	172	109	2
4	Sun	October 18		boxscore	W		2-2	@	Washington Redskins	27	6	13	187	53	134	3	12	182	-13	195	6
5	Sun	October 25		boxscore	L		2-3		New York Giants	16	21	9	243	210	33	6	10	279	199	80	4
6	Sun	November 1		boxscore	L		2-4	@	Chicago Cardinals	24	45	20	329	154	175	6	20	336	70	266	3
7	Sun	November 8		boxscore	T		2-4-1		Detroit Lions	10	10	14	189	123	66	4	16	314	131	183	3
8	Sun	November 15		boxscore	W		3-4-1	@	New York Giants	14	9	20	322	167	155	3	9	187	109	78	3
9	Sun	November 22		boxscore	W		4-4-1	@	Cleveland Browns	21	20	21	338	156	182		16	387	261	126
10	Sun	November 29		boxscore	W		5-4-1		Philadelphia Eagles	31	0	24	393	165	228	2	9	225	196	29	4
11	Sun	December 6		boxscore	L		5-5-1	@	Chicago Bears	21	27	18	314	166	148	1	24	391	230	161	3
12	Sun	December 13		boxscore	W		6-5-1		Chicago Cardinals	35	20	12	307	185	122	1	11	164	114	50	4

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	Bobby Layne	33	QB	12	12	6-5-1	142	297	47.8	1986	20	6.7	21	7.1	48	6.7	4.9	14.0	165.5	62.8	219	3	2	PB,AP-2
2	Tom Tracy	25	LH/FB	12	12		3	12	25.0	159	0	0.0	2	16.7	68	13.3	5.8	53.0	13.3	39.6	7	0	0
3	Len Dawson	24	QB	12	0		3	7	42.9	60	1	14.3	0	0.0	32	8.6	11.4	20.0	5.0	113.1	20	0	0
4	Bobby Luna	26	SS	12	11		1	1	100.0	55	0	0.0	0	0.0	55	55.0	55.0	55.0	4.6	118.7		0	0
5	Ray Mathews	30	FL	12	7		1	1	100.0	38	0	0.0	0	0.0	38	38.0	38.0	38.0	3.2	118.7		0	0
6	Jimmy Orr	24	LE	12	11		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0	PB,AP-2
	Team Totals			12	12	6-5-1	150	319	47.0	2052	21	6.6	23	7.2	68	7.2	5.3	15.3	171.0	63.2	246	3	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	Tom Tracy	25	LH/FB	12	12	199	794	3	51	4.0	66.2	16.6	23	273	11.9	5	45	1.9	22.8	222	4.8	1067	8	7
2	Jimmy Orr	24	LE	12	11	5	43	0	29	8.6	3.6	0.4	35	604	17.3	5	43	2.9	50.3	40	16.2	647	5	1	PB,AP-2
3	Buddy Dial	22	SE	12	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	16	428	26.8	6	68	1.3	35.7	16	26.8	428	6	0
4	Pete Brewster	29	RE	9	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	22	360	16.4	2	42	2.4	40.0	22	16.4	360	2	0
5	Larry Krutko	24	FB	12	7	75	226	4	12	3.0	18.8	6.3	13	100	7.7	0	27	1.1	8.3	88	3.7	326	4	4
6	Tom Barnett	22	RH	12	6	75	238	1	19	3.2	19.8	6.3	7	52	7.4	1	14	0.6	4.3	82	3.5	290	2	3
7	Gern Nagler	27	E	12	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	222	15.9	2	35	1.2	18.5	14	15.9	222	2	0
8	Ray Mathews	30	FL	12	7	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	0.1	13	182	14.0	0	56	1.1	15.2	14	13.3	186	0	0
9	Bobby Layne	33	QB	12	12	33	181	2	21	5.5	15.1	2.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	33	5.5	181	2	2	PB,AP-2
10	Leo Elter	30	FB	8	1	8	25	0	9	3.1	3.1	1.0	3	31	10.3	0	28	0.4	3.9	11	5.1	56	0	1
11	Jack McClairen	28	E	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	46	15.3	0	20	3.0	46.0	3	15.3	46	0	0
12	Len Dawson	24	QB	12	0	4	20	0	10	5.0	1.7	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	5.0	20	0	1
13	Jack Call	24	HB	4	0	3	9	0	4	3.0	2.3	0.8	1	0	0.0	0		0.3	0.0	4	2.3	9	0	0
14	Bobby Luna	26	SS	12	11	3	3	0	10	1.0	0.3	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	1.0	3	0	1
	Team Totals			12	12	406	1543	10	51	3.8	128.6	33.8	150	2298	15.3	21	68	12.5	191.5	556	6.9	3841	31	20

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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	Dick Alban	30	RDH	12	12	6	119	0	46	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Ed Beatty	27	C	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
3	Dick Campbell	24	LLB	12	12	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Dean Derby	24	LDH	12	12	7	127	0	24	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
5	Ted Karras	25	LT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Bobby Layne	33	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
7	John Nisby	23	RG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
8	George Tarasovic	29	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	5	57	1	0.0	0
9	Tom Tracy	25	LH/FB	12	12	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Frank Varrichione	27	RT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Bobby Luna	26	SS	12	11	3	53	0	32	1	2	42	0	0.0	0
12	Jimmy Orr	24	LE	12	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
13	Mike Sandusky	24	LG	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Dale Dodrill	33	MLB	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Jack Butler	32	FS	8	7	2	16	0	16	0	1	8	0	0.0	0	AP-1
16	Larry Krutko	24	FB	12	7	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Ray Mathews	30	FL	12	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Ernie Stautner	34	RDE	12	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
19	Tom Barnett	22	RH	12	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Mike Henry	23	LB	12	3	2	42	0	33	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Don Sutherin	23	DB	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Leo Elter	30	FB	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Ron Hall	22	DB	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Rudy Hayes	24	LB	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	0	0.0	0
25	Len Dawson	24	QB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	22	363	0	46	22	24	126	1	0.0	0

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