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1965 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 2-12-0, 7th in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Mike Nixon (2-12-0)

Points For: 202 (14.4/g) 14th of 14

Points Against: 397 (28.4/g) 12th of 14

Expected W-L: 2.3-11.7

SRS: -18.29 (14th of 14), SOS: -4.37

Other Notable Asst.: Ernie Hefferle (Offensive Line) and LaVern Torgeson (Defensive Assistant)

Stadium: Pitt Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner/President: Art Rooney

General Manager: Francis Fogarty

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: University of Rhode Island (Kingston, Rhode Island)

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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	202	3354	823	4.1	57	22	194	161	354	1976	10	35	4.8	104	407	1378	10	3.4	71	40	326	19
Opp. Stats	397	4530	869	5.2	27	15	243	173	353	2450	25	12	6.3	109	483	2080	19	4.3	122	58	615	12
Lg Rank Offense	14	13			14	12	14		11	13	14	14	13		11	13	10	12
Lg Rank Defense	12	11			13	7	9		4	4	11	13	9		13	14	12	12

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 19		boxscore	L		0-1		Green Bay Packers	9	41	15	193	101	92	4	21	354	220	134
2	Sun	September 26		boxscore	L		0-2	@	San Francisco 49ers	17	27	16	250	173	77	2	26	401	210	191	3
3	Sun	October 3		boxscore	L		0-3		New York Giants	13	23	18	323	250	73	3	17	344	232	112
4	Sat	October 9		boxscore	L		0-4	@	Cleveland Browns	19	24	16	252	77	175	3	21	375	143	232
5	Sun	October 17		boxscore	L		0-5		St. Louis Cardinals	7	20	9	142	-16	158	4	12	344	275	69	3
6	Sun	October 24		boxscore	W		1-5	@	Philadelphia Eagles	20	14	8	132	72	60	2	20	388	189	199	5
7	Sun	October 31		boxscore	W		2-5		Dallas Cowboys	22	13	16	314	245	69	2	14	255	165	90	3
8	Sun	November 7		boxscore	L		2-6	@	St. Louis Cardinals	17	21	18	339	201	138	1	16	276	171	105
9	Sun	November 14		boxscore	L		2-7	@	Dallas Cowboys	17	24	12	197	147	50	6	15	341	218	123	5
10	Sun	November 21		boxscore	L		2-8		Washington Redskins	3	31	7	115	54	61	7	12	199	81	118	2
11	Sun	November 28		boxscore	L		2-9		Cleveland Browns	21	42	13	358	221	137		20	360	119	241
12	Sun	December 5		boxscore	L		2-10	@	New York Giants	10	35	13	184	99	85	6	21	414	171	243	2
13	Sun	December 12		boxscore	L		2-11		Philadelphia Eagles	13	47	19	324	266	58	12	17	302	111	191	2
14	Sun	December 19		boxscore	L		2-12	@	Washington Redskins	14	35	14	231	86	145	5	11	177	145	32	2

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	Bill Nelsen	24	QB	12	12	2-10-0	121	270	44.8	1917	8	3.0	17	6.3	87	7.1	4.9	15.8	159.8	52.7	42	333	13.46	5.08	3.1	0	0
2	Tommy Wade	23	QB	4	2	0-2-0	33	66	50.0	463	2	3.0	13	19.7	49	7.0	-1.2	14.0	115.8	43.5	17	168	20.48	3.55	-3.0	0	0
3	Ed Brown	37	QB	13	0		7	18	38.9	123	0	0.0	5	27.8	39	6.8	-5.7	17.6	9.5	23.4	3	26	14.29	4.62	-6.1	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	2-12-0	161	354	45.5	1976	10	2.8	35	9.9	87	7.1	3.2	15.5	141.1	39.3	62	527	14.90	4.75	1.44	0	0

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	Gary Ballman	25	FL	14	13	17	46	3	11	2.7	3.3	1.2	40	859	21.5	5	87	2.9	61.4	57	15.9	905	8	2	PB
2	Dick Hoak	26	HB	14	11	131	426	5	42	3.3	30.4	9.4	19	228	12.0	1	48	1.4	16.3	150	4.4	654	6	6
3	Mike Lind	25	FB	14	12	111	375	1	20	3.4	26.8	7.9	25	236	9.4	1	39	1.8	16.9	136	4.5	611	2	3
4	Clendon Thomas	30	TE/LE/SS	14	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	25	431	17.2	1	80	1.8	30.8	25	17.2	431	1	2
5	Roy Jefferson	22	LE	10	7	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	13	287	22.1	1	50	1.3	28.7	14	20.4	286	1	3
6	Clarence Peaks	30	FB	10	1	47	230	0	36	4.9	23.0	4.7	3	22	7.3	0	21	0.3	2.2	50	5.0	252	0	3
7	Cannonball Butler	22	RB	14	3	46	108	0	12	2.3	7.7	3.3	9	117	13.0	1	43	0.6	8.4	55	4.1	225	1	7
8	Paul Martha	23	LE	12	5	2	3	0	6	1.5	0.3	0.2	11	171	15.5	0	39	0.9	14.3	13	13.4	174	0	0
9	Bill Nelsen	24	QB	12	12	26	84	1	21	3.2	7.0	2.2	1	-5	-5.0	0	-5	0.1	-0.4	27	2.9	79	1	6
10	Theron Sapp	30	HB	14	1	14	54	0	24	3.9	3.9	1.0	1	10	10.0	0	10	0.1	0.7	15	4.3	64	0	0
11	Lee Folkins	26	TE	8	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	58	11.6	0	16	0.6	7.3	5	11.6	58	0	0
12	Tommy Wade	23	QB	4	2	8	43	0	41	5.4	10.8	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	5.4	43	0	6
13	Red Mack	28	SE	2	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	41	13.7	0	17	1.5	20.5	3	13.7	41	0	0
14	John Hilton	23	TE	14	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	32	8.0	0	12	0.3	2.3	4	8.0	32	0	0
15	Jerry Simmons	23	FL	4	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	16	8.0	0	9	0.5	4.0	2	8.0	16	0	0
16	John Henry Johnson	36	FB	1	1	3	11	0	7	3.7	11.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	3.7	11	0	0
17	Ed Brown	37	QB	13	0	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-1.0	-1	0	2
	Team Totals			14	14	407	1378	10	42	3.4	98.4	29.1	161	2503	15.5	10	87	11.5	178.8	568	6.8	3881	20	40

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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	John Baker	30	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	0	10.0	0
2	John Campbell	27	LLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	1	2.5	0
3	Brady Keys	29	RCB/LCB	14	14	1	20	0	20	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Gary Ballman	25	FL	14	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
5	Riley Gunnels	28	LDT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.5	0
6	Ben McGee	26	RDE	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.5	0
7	Clendon Thomas	30	TE/LE/SS	14	13	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Marv Woodson	24	SS	13	13	3	87	1	61	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Jim Bradshaw	26	FS	12	12	5	117	1	82	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
10	Rod Breedlove	27	MLB/RLB	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	0	3.0	0
11	Mike Lind	25	FB	14	12	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
12	Bill Nelsen	24	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Mike Sandusky	30	LG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Dick Hoak	26	HB	14	11	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Willie Daniel	28	LCB	9	9	1	9	0	9	0	1	17	1	0.0	0
16	Chuck Hinton	26	RDT	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
17	Max Messner	27	RLB	14	9	1	14	0	14	0	1	18	0	1.5	0
18	Roy Jefferson	22	LE	10	7	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Ken Kortas	23	RDT/LDT	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	0
20	Myron Pottios	26	MLB	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
21	Lee Folkins	26	TE	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	1	0.0	0
22	Cannonball Butler	22	RB	14	3	0	0	0	0	7	6	0	0	0.0	0
23	Bob Sherman	23	DB	11	3	1	35	0	35	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Ken Henson	22	C	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Ray Mansfield	24	DT	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Tommy Wade	23	QB	4	2	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	John Hilton	23	TE	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Mike Magac	27	G	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Clarence Peaks	30	FB	10	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	7	0	0.0	0
30	Ed Brown	37	QB	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	Frank Lambert	22	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
32	Ed Pine	25	LB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	12	282	2	82	42	35	106	3	30.0	0

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