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1966 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-8-1, 6th in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bill Austin (5-8-1)

Points For: 316 (22.6/g) 7th of 15

Points Against: 347 (24.8/g) 12th of 15

Expected W-L: 6.2-7.8

SRS: -4.52 (12th of 15), SOS: -2.30

Defensive Coordinator: LaVern Torgeson

Other Notable Asst.: Hugh Taylor (Receivers)

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	316	3446	842	4.1	39	17	207	188	401	2354	18	22	5.0	117	375	1092	13	2.9	65	75	768	25
Opp. Stats	347	4291	903	4.8	40	16	238	192	397	2505	27	24	5.8	105	468	1786	11	3.8	107	82	835	26
Lg Rank Offense	7	15			10	10	14		9	11	7	7	9		14	15	6	15
Lg Rank Defense	12	10			5	6	6		6	10	14	4	11		12	10	5	7

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 11		boxscore	T		0-0-1		New York Giants	34	34	25	404	266	138	3	8	279	247	32	5
2	Sun	September 18		boxscore	W		1-0-1		Detroit Lions	17	3	15	256	143	113	1	9	158	89	69	4
3	Sun	September 25		boxscore	L		1-1-1		Washington Redskins	27	33	15	278	206	72	6	17	320	228	92	2
4	Sun	October 2		boxscore	L		1-2-1	@	Washington Redskins	10	24	16	249	180	69	4	11	333	249	84
5	Sat	October 8		boxscore	L		1-3-1	@	Cleveland Browns	10	41	12	204	182	22	6	31	467	226	241	2
6	Sun	October 16		boxscore	L		1-4-1		Philadelphia Eagles	14	31	14	178	91	87	3	22	281	93	188	3
8	Sun	October 30		boxscore	L		1-5-1	@	Dallas Cowboys	21	52	6	119	112	7	4	24	425	233	192	3
9	Sun	November 6		boxscore	W		2-5-1		Cleveland Browns	16	6	12	267	132	135		19	307	176	131	6
10	Sun	November 13		boxscore	W		3-5-1		St. Louis Cardinals	30	9	6	150	102	48	3	14	251	195	56	4
11	Sun	November 20		boxscore	L		3-6-1		Dallas Cowboys	7	20	16	163	110	53	3	16	258	134	124	1
12	Sun	November 27		boxscore	L		3-7-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	3	6	8	78	46	32	2	15	228	29	199	1
13	Sun	December 4		boxscore	L		3-8-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	23	27	15	250	155	95	2	19	304	124	180	2
14	Sun	December 11		boxscore	W		4-8-1	@	New York Giants	47	28	20	392	297	95	1	15	310	191	119	2
15	Sun	December 18		boxscore	W		5-8-1	@	Atlanta Falcons	57	33	27	458	332	126	1	18	370	291	79	5

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	Ron Smith	24	QB	9	8	2-5-0	79	181	43.6	1249	8	4.4	12	6.6	84	6.9	4.80	15.8	138.8	54.3	42	326	18.83	4.14	2.43	0	1
2	Bill Nelsen	25	QB	5	5	3-1-1	63	112	56.3	1122	7	6.3	1	0.9	68	10.0	10.87	17.8	224.4	107.8	15	141	11.81	7.72	8.47	1	0
3	George Izo	29	QB	4	1	0-2-0	35	81	43.2	360	2	2.5	8	9.9	37	4.4	0.49	10.3	90.0	25.3	4	26	4.71	3.93	0.16	0	0
4	Dick Hoak	27	HB	13	10		4	6	66.7	87	1	16.7	0	0.0	42	14.5	17.83	21.8	6.7	149.3	1	7	14.29	11.43	14.29	0	0
5	Ron Meyer	22	QB	4	0		7	19	36.8	59	0	0.0	1	5.3	19	3.1	0.74	8.4	14.8	23.8	4	23	17.39	1.57	-0.39	0	0
6	Willie Asbury	23	FB	14	12		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
7	Amos Bullocks	27	HB	8	2		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	5-8-1	188	401	46.9	2354	18	4.5	22	5.5	84	7.2	5.60	15.3	168.1	63.1	66	523	14.13	5.04	3.69	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	Roy Jefferson	23	FL	14	14	2	36	0	24	18.0	2.6	0.1	32	772	24.1	4	84	2.3	55.1	34	23.8	808	4	3
2	Willie Asbury	23	FB	14	12	169	544	7	45	3.2	38.9	12.1	19	228	12.0	2	37	1.4	16.3	188	4.1	772	9	6
3	Gary Ballman	26	LE	13	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	41	663	16.2	5	79	3.2	51.0	41	16.2	663	5	2
4	John Hilton	24	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	46	603	13.1	4	32	3.3	43.1	46	13.1	603	4	1
5	Dick Hoak	27	HB	13	10	81	212	1	16	2.6	16.3	6.2	23	239	10.4	0	31	1.8	18.4	104	4.3	451	1	3
6	Cannonball Butler	23	RB	14	3	46	114	2	19	2.5	8.1	3.3	4	93	23.3	1	66	0.3	6.6	50	4.1	207	3	4
7	Amos Bullocks	27	HB	8	2	29	83	1	13	2.9	10.4	3.6	5	64	12.8	1	18	0.6	8.0	34	4.3	147	2	1
8	Bobby Smith	24	HB	8	1	24	93	0	21	3.9	11.6	3.0	3	26	8.7	0	21	0.4	3.3	27	4.4	119	0	2
9	J.R. Wilburn	23	SE	14	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	103	14.7	0	42	0.5	7.4	7	14.7	103	0	1
10	Jerry Simmons	24	FL	13	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	68	11.3	1	21	0.5	5.2	6	11.3	68	1	1
11	Tony Jeter	22	TE	9	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	18	9.0	0	11	0.2	2.0	2	9.0	18	0	0
12	Bill Nelsen	25	QB	5	5	6	18	0	9	3.0	3.6	1.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	3.0	18	0	1
13	Dick Leftridge	22	FB	4	0	8	17	2	5	2.1	4.3	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	2.1	17	2	1
14	Mike Lind	26	FB	6	0	3	4	0	3	1.3	0.7	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	1.3	4	0	0
15	Ron Meyer	22	QB	4	0	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.5	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	1
16	Ron Smith	24	QB	9	8	4	-9	0	2	-2.3	-1.0	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	-2.3	-9	0	2
17	George Izo	29	QB	4	1	2	-18	0	-4	-9.0	-4.5	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-9.0	-18	0	2
	Team Totals			14	14	375	1092	13	45	2.9	78.0	26.8	188	2877	15.3	18	84	13.4	205.5	563	7.0	3969	31	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	Larry Gagner	23	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
2	John Hilton	24	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Roy Jefferson	23	FL	14	14	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
4	Mike Magac	28	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Ray Mansfield	25	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	3	-20	0	0.0	0
6	Bill Saul	26	MLB	14	14	2	21	0	13	0	2	0	0	1.5	0
7	Gary Ballman	26	LE	13	13	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Charlie Bradshaw	30	RT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
9	Chuck Hinton	27	LDT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
10	Brady Keys	30	RCB	14	13	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
11	Andy Russell	25	RLB	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
12	Willie Asbury	23	FB	14	12	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Ben McGee	27	RDE	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0	6.5	0	PB
14	John Campbell	28	LLB	13	11	2	6	0	6	0	2	8	0	3.0	0
15	Lloyd Voss	24	LDE	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
16	Riley Gunnels	29	RDT	14	10	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	4.0	0
17	Dick Hoak	27	HB	13	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Clendon Thomas	31	SS	14	10	2	24	0	24	0	2	23	1	1.0	0
19	Paul Martha	24	FS	12	9	3	44	0	35	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Marv Woodson	25	LCB	14	9	4	91	1	56	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Ron Smith	24	QB	9	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Jim Bradshaw	27	FS	9	6	4	82	1	28	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	John Baker	31	DE	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0
24	Bill Nelsen	25	QB	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Ken Kortas	24	RDT	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.0	0
26	Roger Pillath	25	T	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Cannonball Butler	23	RB	14	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Amos Bullocks	27	HB	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Rod Breedlove	28	LB	11	1	2	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	1.5	0
30	Gene Breen	25	LB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
31	George Izo	29	QB	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
32	Bobby Smith	24	HB	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
33	J.R. Wilburn	23	SE	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
34	Tony Jeter	22	TE	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
35	Frank Lambert	23	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
36	Dick Leftridge	22	FB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
37	Ron Meyer	22	QB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
38	Jerry Simmons	24	FL	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
39	Ralph Wenzel	23	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	24	280	2	56	34	33	20	1	40.0	0

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