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1961 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-8-0, 5th in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Buddy Parker (6-8-0)

Points For: 295 (21.1/g) 8th of 14

Points Against: 287 (20.5/g) 7th of 14

Expected W-L: 7.2-6.8

SRS: -1.75 (11th of 14), SOS: -2.32

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

Stadium: Forbes Field

Founder/Principal Owner/President: Art Rooney

General Manager: Francis Fogarty

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Slippery Rock University (Slippery Rock, 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	295	4093	877	4.7	56	22	239	176	334	2332	23	34	7.0	123	543	1761	10	3.2	102	52	486	14
Opp. Stats	287	3909	816	4.8	45	20	218	201	420	2446	22	25	5.8	132	396	1463	11	3.7	71	57	533	15
Lg Rank Offense	8	11			14	13	7		12	11	4	14	6		1	11	10	13
Lg Rank Defense	7	2			3	3	3		14	8	11	5	4		1	1	5	3

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 17		boxscore	L		0-1	@	Dallas Cowboys	24	27	15	342	237	105	4	20	403	307	96	2
2	Sun	September 24		boxscore	L		0-2		New York Giants	14	17	19	252	128	124	4	18	278	136	142	1
3	Sun	October 1		boxscore	L		0-3	@	Los Angeles Rams	14	24	14	218	124	94	8	17	258	216	42	3
4	Sun	October 8		boxscore	L		0-4	@	Philadelphia Eagles	16	21	19	281	140	141	1	14	227	103	124	5
5	Sun	October 15		boxscore	W		1-4		Washington Redskins	20	0	12	185	90	95	5	13	191	126	65	7
6	Sun	October 22		boxscore	L		1-5		Cleveland Browns	28	30	17	309	222	87	3	21	378	149	229	4
7	Sun	October 29		boxscore	W		2-5		San Francisco 49ers	20	10	8	204	48	156	1	12	216	164	52	3
8	Sun	November 5		boxscore	W		3-5	@	Cleveland Browns	17	13	18	356	196	160	2	14	252	104	148	2
9	Sun	November 12		boxscore	W		4-5		Dallas Cowboys	37	7	22	371	204	167	1	8	185	122	63	2
10	Sun	November 19		boxscore	L		4-6	@	New York Giants	21	42	20	305	187	118	4	21	425	304	121	2
11	Sun	November 26		boxscore	W		5-6		St. Louis Cardinals	30	27	19	347	187	160	7	12	224	165	59	7
12	Sun	December 3		boxscore	L		5-7		Philadelphia Eagles	24	35	20	361	200	161	7	12	284	192	92	3
13	Sun	December 10		boxscore	W		6-7	@	Washington Redskins	30	14	20	324	214	110	3	21	343	247	96	3
14	Sun	December 17		boxscore	L		6-8	@	St. Louis Cardinals	0	20	16	238	155	83	6	15	245	111	134	1

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	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Rudy Bukich	31	QB	11	9	4-4-0	89	156	57.1	1253	11	7.1	16	10.3	88	8.0	4.8	14.1	113.9	67.0	20	193	11.36	6.02	3.2	1	1
2	Bobby Layne	35	QB	8	5	2-4-0	75	149	50.3	1205	11	7.4	16	10.7	53	8.1	4.7	16.1	150.6	62.8	12	89	7.45	6.93	3.8	0	0
3	Terry Nofsinger	23	QB	5	0		7	11	63.6	78	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	7.1	7.1	11.1	15.6	84.7	1	8	8.33	5.83	5.8	0	0
4	Tom Tracy	27	HB	14	11		4	12	33.3	73	0	0.0	0	0.0	38	6.1	6.1	18.3	5.2	55.2						0	0
5	Dick Hoak	22	FL	14	3		1	3	33.3	13	1	33.3	1	33.3	13	4.3	-4.0	13.0	0.9	47.9						0	0
6	Bobby Joe Green	25	P	14	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0
7	John Henry Johnson	32	FB	14	12		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0		0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0						0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	6-8-0	176	334	52.7	2332	23	6.9	34	10.2	88	7.9	4.6	14.9	166.6	62.1	33	290	9.46	6.98	3.78	1	1

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	Buddy Dial	24	LE	14	13	3	6	0	15	2.0	0.4	0.2	53	1047	19.8	12	88	3.8	74.8	56	18.8	1053	12	3	PB
2	John Henry Johnson	32	FB	14	12	213	787	6	44	3.7	56.2	15.2	24	262	10.9	1	51	1.7	18.7	237	4.4	1049	7	7
3	Tom Tracy	27	HB	14	11	147	402	2	26	2.7	28.7	10.5	14	133	9.5	1	38	1.0	9.5	161	3.3	535	3	1
4	Preston Carpenter	27	RE	13	12	7	9	0	13	1.3	0.7	0.5	33	460	13.9	4	40	2.5	35.4	40	11.7	469	4	1
5	Bob Schnelker	33	LE	8	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	18	331	18.4	3	59	2.3	41.4	18	18.4	331	3	0
6	Dick Hoak	22	FL	14	3	85	302	0	22	3.6	21.6	6.1	3	18	6.0	0	7	0.2	1.3	88	3.6	320	0	1
7	Charlie Scales	23	FB	14	2	50	184	0	27	3.7	13.1	3.6	7	43	6.1	0	16	0.5	3.1	57	4.0	227	0	4
8	Red Mack	24	FL	11	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	128	16.0	2	39	0.7	11.6	8	16.0	128	2	1
9	Steve Meilinger	31	E	4	2	1	6	0	6	6.0	1.5	0.3	8	103	12.9	0	17	2.0	25.8	9	12.1	109	0	0
10	Henry Clement	22	TE	14	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	65	13.0	0	19	0.4	4.6	5	13.0	65	0	0
11	Bobby Joe Green	25	P	14	0	2	37	0	33	18.5	2.6	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	18.5	37	0	0
12	Bob Coronado	25	WR	5	2	1	-7	0	-7	-7.0	-1.4	0.2	3	32	10.7	0	14	0.6	6.4	4	6.3	25	0	0
13	Brady Keys	25	SS/RCB	12	8	6	14	0	11	2.3	1.2	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	2.3	14	0	2
14	Bobby Layne	35	QB	8	5	8	11	0	9	1.4	1.4	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	1.4	11	0	4
15	Terry Nofsinger	23	QB	5	0	6	6	0	3	1.0	1.2	1.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	1.0	6	0	0
16	Rudy Bukich	31	QB	11	9	14	4	2	12	0.3	0.4	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	14	0.3	4	2	7
	Team Totals			14	14	543	1761	10	44	3.2	125.8	38.8	176	2622	14.9	23	88	12.6	187.3	719	6.1	4383	33	31

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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	Willie Daniel	24	FS/SS	14	14	3	76	0	41	0	1	3	0	0.0	0
2	Joe Krupa	28	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6.0	0
3	Gene Lipscomb	30	RDT/LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.5	0
4	Lou Michaels	26	LDE	14	14	1	30	0	30	0	0	0	0	12.0	0
5	Myron Pottios	22	MLB	14	14	2	40	0	22	0	1	0	0	4.0	0	PB
6	John Reger	30	RLB	14	14	1	17	0	17	1	1	0	0	0.5	0	PB
7	Johnny Sample	25	RCB/LCB	14	14	8	141	1	42	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
8	Ernie Stautner	36	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.5	0	PB
9	Buddy Dial	24	LE	14	13	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
10	John Nisby	25	RG	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
11	Charlie Bradshaw	25	RT	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Preston Carpenter	27	RE	13	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	John Henry Johnson	32	FB	14	12	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0.0	0
14	Tom Tracy	27	HB	14	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Bill Butler	24	LCB	10	10	3	103	1	71	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Rudy Bukich	31	QB	11	9	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0.0	0
17	Brady Keys	25	SS/RCB	12	8	2	21	0	12	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Mike Henry	25	LLB	10	7	1	8	0	8	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
19	Bob Schnelker	33	LE	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Ron Stehouwer	24	G	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
21	George Tarasovic	31	LLB	12	6	1	16	0	16	0	1	0	0	6.0	0
22	Bobby Layne	35	QB	8	5	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Dick Haley	24	HB	8	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Red Mack	24	FL	11	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Dick Hoak	22	FL	14	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Charlie Scales	23	FB	14	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Jackie Simpson	27	DB	8	2	2	46	0	27	0	1	11	0	0.0	0
28	John Kapele	24	DE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
	Team Totals			14	14	25	498	2	71	34	32	14	0	51.0	0

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