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1963 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-4-3, 4th in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Buddy Parker (7-4-3)

Points For: 321 (22.9/g) 6th of 14

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

Expected W-L: 7.7-6.3

SRS: 2.94 (7th of 14), SOS: 1.08

Defensive Coordinator: Buster Ramsey

Other Notable Asst.: Mike Nixon (Backfield Coach), Ernie Stautner (Defensive Line) and LaVern Torgeson (Defensive Assistant)

Stadium: Forbes Field

Founder/Principal Owner/President: Art Rooney

General Manager: Francis Fogarty

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: West Liberty University (West Liberty, West Virginia)

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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	321	4913	976	5.0	33	13	272	170	368	2777	21	20	7.0	129	578	2136	14	3.7	122	51	495	21
Opp. Stats	295	4829	837	5.8	44	19	244	191	384	3101	21	25	7.4	132	419	1728	14	4.1	90	78	780	22
Lg Rank Offense	6	3			3	3	2		10	5	7	4	2		1	3	7	11
Lg Rank Defense	8	11			3	3	8		9	11	7	4	13		5	6	8	8

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 15		boxscore	T		0-0-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	21	21	21	315	206	109	2	14	353	295	58	4
2	Sun	September 22		boxscore	W		1-0-1		New York Giants	31	0	18	286	63	223	1	7	175	116	59	5
3	Sun	September 29		boxscore	W		2-0-1		St. Louis Cardinals	23	10	14	217	38	179	1	13	303	166	137	5
4	Sat	October 5		boxscore	L		2-1-1	@	Cleveland Browns	23	35	23	400	303	97	2	19	357	138	219	1
5	Sun	October 13		boxscore	L		2-2-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	23	24	14	321	215	106	1	23	525	408	117	3
6	Sun	October 20		boxscore	W		3-2-1		Washington Redskins	38	27	24	349	219	130	1	23	397	300	97	5
7	Sun	October 27		boxscore	W		4-2-1		Dallas Cowboys	27	21	19	484	370	114	3	22	416	290	126	3
8	Sun	November 3		boxscore	L		4-3-1	@	Green Bay Packers	14	33	17	278	155	123	5	24	399	151	248	2
9	Sun	November 10		boxscore	W		5-3-1		Cleveland Browns	9	7	23	382	195	187	1	14	227	93	134	1
10	Sun	November 17		boxscore	W		6-3-1	@	Washington Redskins	34	28	22	390	246	144	3	22	442	404	38	4
11	Sun	November 24		boxscore	T		6-3-2		Chicago Bears	17	17	19	291	125	166	1	19	328	241	87	3
12	Sun	December 1		boxscore	T		6-3-3		Philadelphia Eagles	20	20	22	374	215	159	5	8	221	107	114	3
13	Sun	December 8		boxscore	W		7-3-3	@	Dallas Cowboys	24	19	19	426	215	211	2	15	263	112	151	1
14	Sun	December 15		boxscore	L		7-4-3	@	New York Giants	17	33	17	400	212	188	5	21	423	280	143	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	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Ed Brown	35	QB	14	14	7-4-3	168	362	46.4	2982	21	5.8	20	5.5	85	8.2	6.91	17.8	213.0	71.4	29	240	7.42	7.01	5.79	6	4
2	Terry Nofsinger	25	QB	2	0		2	3	66.7	46	0	0.0	0	0.0	27	15.3	15.33	23.0	23.0	109.7	0	0	0.00	15.33	15.33	0	0
3	Bill Nelsen	22	QB	2	0		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	1	11	33.33	-3.67	-3.67	0	0
4	Tom Tracy	29	HB	6	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	7-4-3	170	368	46.2	2777	21	5.7	20	5.4	85	8.2	6.92	17.8	198.4	71.2	30	251	7.54	6.98	5.77	6	4

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	26	FL	14	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	60	1295	21.6	9	83	4.3	92.5	60	21.6	1295	9	2	PB
2	John Henry Johnson	34	FB	12	9	186	773	4	48	4.2	64.4	15.5	21	145	6.9	1	26	1.8	12.1	207	4.4	918	5	5	PB
3	Dick Hoak	24	HB	12	12	216	679	6	17	3.1	56.6	18.0	11	118	10.7	1	23	0.9	9.8	227	3.5	797	7	4
4	Red Mack	26	LE	14	7	2	1	0	1	0.5	0.1	0.1	25	618	24.7	3	85	1.8	44.1	27	22.9	619	3	0
5	Gary Ballman	23	WR	14	4	8	59	0	18	7.4	4.2	0.6	26	492	18.9	5	67	1.9	35.1	34	16.2	551	5	2
6	Theron Sapp	28	HB	10	4	96	431	1	27	4.5	43.1	9.6	3	41	13.7	0	22	0.3	4.1	99	4.8	472	1	3
7	Preston Carpenter	29	TE	14	14	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.2	0.1	17	233	13.7	1	28	1.2	16.6	18	12.8	230	1	0
8	Bob Ferguson	24	FB	5	3	43	171	1	19	4.0	34.2	8.6	3	7	2.3	0	9	0.6	1.4	46	3.9	178	1	0
9	Tom Tracy	29	HB	6	0	10	11	0	5	1.1	1.8	1.7	1	21	21.0	0	21	0.2	3.5	11	2.9	32	0	0
10	Roy Curry	24	WR	6	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	31	31.0	1	31	0.2	5.2	1	31.0	31	1	0
11	John Burrell	23	LE	14	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	27	13.5	0	14	0.1	1.9	2	13.5	27	0	0
12	Ed Brown	35	QB	14	14	15	20	2	7	1.3	1.4	1.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	15	1.3	20	2	5
13	Bill Nelsen	22	QB	2	0	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-3.0	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-6.0	-6	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	578	2136	14	48	3.7	152.6	41.3	170	3028	17.8	21	85	12.1	216.3	748	6.9	5164	35	22

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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	Charlie Bradshaw	27	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
2	Ed Brown	35	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Lou Cordileone	26	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
4	Glenn Glass	23	LCB/FS	14	14	1	29	0	29	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Joe Krupa	30	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.0	0	PB
6	Buzz Nutter	32	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
7	Myron Pottios	24	MLB	14	14	4	78	0	38	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	PB,AP-2
8	John Baker	28	RDE	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	5.0	0
9	Buddy Dial	26	FL	14	13	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	0.0	0	PB
10	Dick Haley	26	SS/RCB	14	13	6	65	1	37	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Lou Michaels	28	LDE	14	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.5	0	PB
12	Andy Russell	22	RLB	14	13	3	20	0	10	1	1	2	0	2.0	0
13	Mike Sandusky	28	LG	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
14	Dick Hoak	24	HB	12	12	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.0	0
15	Brady Keys	27	RCB	11	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	Clendon Thomas	28	FS	13	10	8	122	0	32	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
17	John Henry Johnson	34	FB	12	9	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
18	Red Mack	26	LE	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	George Tarasovic	33	LLB	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Gary Ballman	23	WR	14	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Theron Sapp	28	HB	10	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Bob Schmitz	25	LLB	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1
23	John Reger	32	LB	9	3	1	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Jim Bradshaw	24	DB	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
25	Ernie Stautner	38	DE	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
26	Art Anderson	27	T	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Frank Atkinson	22	DT	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Bill Nelsen	22	QB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	John Powers	23	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	25	330	1	38	25	31	7	0	33.5	1

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