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1956 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: 217 (18.1/g) 9th of 12

Points Against: 250 (20.8/g) 8th of 12

Expected W-L: 5.0-7.0

SRS: -2.93 (8th of 12), SOS: -0.18

Other Notable Asst.: Bill McPeak (Defensive Line), Nick Skorich (Line Coach) and Bob Snyder (Assistant 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	217	3016	731	4.1	34	10	184	136	318	1666	14	24	5.2	83	413	1350	14	3.3	83	74	614	18
Opp. Stats	250	3186	702	4.5	40	22	167	128	234	1443	14	18	6.2	66	468	1743	14	3.7	93	69	606	8
Lg Rank Offense	9	10			7	1	9		3	7	5	10	11		10	12	7	12
Lg Rank Defense	8	3			2	1	1		2	3	7	5	5		7	5	5	4

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 30		boxscore	W		1-0		Washington Redskins	30	13	17	225	83	142	1	10	192	117	75	4
2	Sat	October 6		boxscore	L		1-1		Cleveland Browns	10	14	14	245	153	92		17	336	122	214
3	Sun	October 14		boxscore	L		1-2		Philadelphia Eagles	21	35	17	324	247	77	3	12	265	168	97	2
4	Sun	October 21		boxscore	L		1-3	@	New York Giants	10	38	10	182	91	91	1	25	460	213	247
5	Sun	October 28		boxscore	W		2-3	@	Cleveland Browns	24	16	18	358	219	139	3	11	284	108	176	4
6	Sun	November 4		boxscore	L		2-4		New York Giants	14	17	18	255	118	137	3	18	229	110	119	2
7	Sun	November 11		boxscore	L		2-5	@	Philadelphia Eagles	7	14	14	149	95	54	3	13	252	130	122	4
8	Sun	November 18		boxscore	W		3-5		Chicago Cardinals	14	7	15	280	39	241	4	15	254	103	151	6
9	Sun	November 25		boxscore	L		3-6	@	Chicago Cardinals	27	38	25	352	206	146	6	19	370	128	242	4
10	Sun	December 2		boxscore	W		4-6		Los Angeles Rams	30	13	16	264	134	130	3	7	163	63	100	2
11	Sun	December 9		boxscore	L		4-7	@	Detroit Lions	7	45	9	129	104	25	6	15	296	166	130	6
12	Sun	December 16		boxscore	W		5-7	@	Washington Redskins	23	0	11	253	177	76	1	5	85	15	70	6

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	Ted Marchibroda	25	QB	12	11	4-7-0	124	275	45.1	1585	12	4.4	19	6.9	75	5.8	3.53	12.8	132.1	49.4	91	0	0
2	Jack Scarbath	26	QB	7	1	1-0-0	12	41	29.3	208	2	4.9	5	12.2	47	5.1	0.56	17.3	29.7	24.9	51	0	0
3	Lou Baldacci	22	HB	10	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6		0	0
4	Lynn Chandnois	31	HB	5	3		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	5-7-0	136	318	42.8	1666	14	4.4	24	7.5	75	5.6	3.12	13.2	138.8	44.4	142	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	Fran Rogel	29	FB	12	12	131	476	2	40	3.6	39.7	10.9	23	88	3.8	0	13	1.9	7.3	154	3.7	564	2	4	PB
2	Ray Mathews	27	RE	12	12	3	-11	0	2	-3.7	-0.9	0.3	31	540	17.4	5	64	2.6	45.0	34	15.6	529	5	0
3	Sid Watson	24	RH	12	7	112	298	4	18	2.7	24.8	9.3	12	138	11.5	0	37	1.0	11.5	124	3.5	436	4	4
4	Elbie Nickel	34	FL	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	27	376	13.9	5	47	2.3	31.3	27	13.9	376	5	0	PB
5	Lowell Perry	25	LE	6	5	2	37	0	23	18.5	6.2	0.3	14	334	23.9	2	75	2.3	55.7	16	23.2	371	2	0
6	Lou Baldacci	22	HB	10	1	31	140	0	29	4.5	14.0	3.1	5	62	12.4	0	22	0.5	6.2	36	5.6	202	0	1
7	Lynn Chandnois	31	HB	5	3	44	118	4	28	2.7	23.6	8.8	7	71	10.1	1	17	1.4	14.2	51	3.7	189	5	0
8	Ted Marchibroda	25	QB	12	11	39	152	2	26	3.9	12.7	3.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	39	3.9	152	2	3
9	Charlie Shepard	23	FB	12	0	30	91	0	14	3.0	7.6	2.5	1	31	31.0	0	16	0.1	2.6	31	3.9	122	0	1
10	Jack O'Brien	24	E	12	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	71	11.8	0	25	0.5	5.9	6	11.8	71	0	0
11	Jack McClairen	25	E	7	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	56	11.2	0	18	0.7	8.0	5	11.2	56	0	0
12	Henry Ford	25	SS/LDH	12	12	12	26	2	16	2.2	2.2	1.0	3	7	2.3	0	8	0.3	0.6	15	2.2	33	2	1
13	Jack Scarbath	26	QB	7	1	4	19	0	21	4.8	2.7	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	4.8	19	0	1
14	Art Davis	22	DB	9	2	5	6	0	9	1.2	0.7	0.6	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.1	1.0	6	2.5	15	0	0
15	Jack Butler	29	RDH	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	10	10.0	1	10	0.1	0.8	1	10.0	10	1	0	PB,AP-2
16	Frank Varrichione	24	RT	12	12	0	-2	0	-2		-0.2	0.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	0		-2	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	413	1350	14	40	3.3	112.5	34.4	136	1793	13.2	14	75	11.3	149.4	549	5.7	3143	28	15

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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	Jack Butler	29	RDH	12	12	6	113	0	34	0	2	6	1	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
2	Dale Dodrill	30	MG	12	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Henry Ford	25	SS/LDH	12	12	1	17	0	17	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Willie McClung	26	LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Bill McPeak	30	RDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	PB
6	Bob O'Neil	25	LG/LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Fran Rogel	29	FB	12	12	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
8	Ernie Stautner	31	RDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
9	Frank Varrichione	24	RT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Ted Marchibroda	25	QB	12	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Marv McFadden	26	RG	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	George Tarasovic	26	RLB	12	11	3	60	0	31	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Dick Alban	27	FS	12	10	2	21	0	21	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
14	Jim Taylor	22	C	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	0
15	Gary Glick	26	LDH	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	John Reger	25	LLB	12	8	2	33	0	33	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Sid Watson	24	RH	12	7	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Joe O'Malley	23	LDE	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0.0	0
19	Fred Bruney	25	SS	5	5	1	39	0	39	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Marv Matuszak	25	RLB	9	5	2	28	0	26	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Lynn Chandnois	31	HB	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Lou Baldacci	22	HB	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Joe Krupa	23	DT	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
24	Jack McClairen	25	E	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0.0	0
25	Jack Scarbath	26	QB	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Charlie Shepard	23	FB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	18	312	0	39	16	28	18	1	0.0	1

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