1956 Pittsburgh Steelers 3-4-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1956 Pittsburgh 34 33 24 29 0 120 Opponent 20 27 6 29 0 82 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 120 82 1-0 21 Washington 3 65ø 5-15 Rain First Downs 106 120 1-1 3 Cleveland 9 64ø 0-10 Rush 56 67 2-1 31 Philadelphia 10 68ø 5-15 Rain Pass 45 40 2-2 7 @New York (N) 10 78ø 5-15 Rain Pen 5 13 2-2 1 10 @Cleveland 10 54ø 5-15 Penalties 34 42 2-3 1 10 New York (N) 13 60ø Yards 291 379 3-3 1 19 @Philadelphia 7 60ø 0-10 3-4 1 19 Chicago(C) 20 57ø 10-20 Rushing Att 243 301 Yards 982 1292 Ave 4.0 4.3 TD 11 3 Passing Att 187 149 Comp 79 72 % 42.2 48.3 Int 9 11 % 4.8 7.4 TD 5 3 % 2.7 2.0 Yards 993 916 Sacked 13 18 Punt Return 25 33 Yards 267 280 Ave 10.7 8.5 Kick Return 24 28 Yards 591 644 Ave 24.6 23.0 Punts 46 38 Yards 1824 1568 Ave 39.7 41.3 FG Att 13 17 Made 4 9 % 30.8 52.9 Third Downs 105 113 Made 29 47 % 27.6 41.6 Fourth Downs 10 5 Made 7 1 % 70.0 20.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 5 22 Lost 2 13 Turnovers 11 24 Net Offense 1902 2088 Per Play 4.3 4.5 1956 Pittsburgh Steelers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Rogel 93 410 4.4 13 23 40 3 Mathews 17 5 245 14.4 2 11 59 2 Watson 65 167 2.6 3 12 11 5 Nickel 15 3 197 13.1 0 10 22 1 Marchibrod 26 152 5.8 3 10 12 2 Rogel 15 3 95 6.3 0 4 11 0 Baldacci 22 118 5.4 4 6 27 0 Perry 12 1 202 16.8 2 8 48 1 Chandnois 18 76 4.2 2 3 28 1 Watson 8 0 88 11.0 0 4 23 0 Sheperd 15 41 2.7 1 1 12 0 Baldacci 4 0 68 17.0 0 4 19 0 Perry 1 11 11.0 1 1 11 0 Chandnois 3 0 27 9.0 0 0 12 0 Ford 3 7 2.3 0 0 4 0 O'Brien 2 0 26 13.0 0 1 19 1 243 982 4.0 27 56 40 11 McClairen 2 0 28 14.0 0 1 15 0 Gaona 1 0 17 17.0 0 1 17 0 79 12 993 12.6 4 44 59 5 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Marchibrod 177 76 42.9 944 12.4 59 22 4 9 5.1 13 5 2.8 48.3 Scarbath 10 3 30.0 49 16.3 19 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 47.5 187 79 42.2 993 12.6 59 25 4 9 4.8 13 5 2.7 48.3 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Michalik 6 2 33.3 3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2 Glick 10 10 100.0 10 4 40.0 0.0 0.0 32 22 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Baldacci 37 1399 51 3 1 10 28 216 30.4 37.8 Glatz 5 244 78 1 0 1 3 34 38.0 48.8 Sheperd 4 181 54 2 0 0 2 30 27.8 45.3 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Chandnois 1 43 43.0 43 0 Ford 25 0 267 10.7 26 0 Bruney 12 323 26.9 36 0 25 0 267 10.7 26 0 Perry 7 165 23.6 33 0 Ford 3 58 19.3 27 0 Sheperd 1 2 2.0 2 0 24 591 24.6 43 0 Fumbles Rogel 2 Marchibr 2 Watson 1 Marchibr 2 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec McPeak 5 Stautner 6 Matuszak 6 Dodrill 4 McPeak 5 McPeak 4 Stautner 3 Krupa 3 Stautner 4 Butler 3 Matuszak 2 Stautner 2 Krupa 3 Dodrill 2 Krupa 4 Davis,A. 3 Alban 2 Ford 1 Tarasovi 3 Reger 1 Dodrill 2 Matuszak 3 Reger 2 Gaona 1 Dodrill 2 Matuszak 1 Michalik 1 Reger 2 Krupa 2 Marchibr 1 Matuszak 2 McPeak 1 Reger 1 Alban 2 McFadden 1 Matuszak 1 Tarasovi 1 Krupa 2 O'Neil 1 O'Neil 1 Stautner 1 Dodrill 1 Alban 1 Tarasovi 1 O'Malley 1 Cenci 1 Glick 1 Ford 1 Dodrill 1 Cenci 1 McClaire 1 Stautner 1 Glick 1 Butler 1 Murley 1 Tackles Dodrill 54 Alban 35 Ford 19 Taylor,J 5 Nickel 4 O'Malley 2 McPeak 39 Butler 32 Davis,A. 18 O'Brien 5 McClaire 3 O'Neil 2 Matuszak 36 Krupa 31 Cenci 8 Murley 5 Perry 3 Gaona 2 Stautner 36 Tarasovi 28 McFadden 7 McClung 4 Stock 3 Jecha 2 Reger 35 Glick 27 Michalik 6 Varrichi 4 Mathews 2 Bruney 2 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Matuszak 4 105 26.3 39 0 Butler 3 17 5.7 17 0 Alban 2 21 10.5 21 0 Reger 2 31 15.5 31 0 11 174 15.8 39 0 1956 Pittsburgh Steelers Coach: Walt Kiesling Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Scarbath,Jack 5 O 1 1 QB Marchibroda,Ted 5 B 2 2 QB Mathews,Ray 5 O 2 2 KR Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Rogel,Fran 2 1 5 131 476 40 3.6 4 23 88 13 3.8 RB Watson,Sid 1 1 5 112 298 18 2.7 2 12 138 37 11.5 ALL RB Chandnois,Lynn 1 1 2 44 118 28 2.7 3 7 71 17 10.1 KR RB Baldacci,Lou 1 1 5 31 140 29 4.5 1 5 62 22 12.4 P RB Shepard,Charlie 1 1 5 30 91 14 3.0 1 1 31 31 31.0 P RB Ford,Henry 1 1 5 12 26 16 2.2 1 3 7 8 2.3 RET RB Davis,Art 1 1 3 5 6 9 1.2 1 1 9 9 9.0 PR WR Perry,Lowell 0 0 2 2 37 23 18.5 5 14 334 75 23.9 RET WR McClairen,Jack 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 1 5 56 18 11.2 WR Butler,Jack 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 10 10 10.0 WR Glatz,Fred 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 P TE O'Brien,Jack 2 1 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 6 71 25 11.8 TE Stock,John 4 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 RB-WR Mathews,Ray 5 5 5 3 -11 2 -3.7 5 31 540 64 17.4 KR TE-WR Nickel,Elbie 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 5 27 376 47 13.9 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Cenci,Bob 6 6 3 C Taylor,Jim 4 6 5 C Tarasovic,George 4 5 5 G O'Neil,Bob 5 6 5 G McFadden,Marv 5 6 5 T Varrichione,Frank 6 8 5 KR T Gaona,Bob 5 6 5 KR T McClung,Bill 4 5 5 T Murley,Dick 4 4 1 G-T Jecha,Ralph 5 5 3 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Stautner,Ernie 9 8 0 4 5 8 0 DT Krupa,Joe 6 5 0 3 5 8 0 DT McClung,Bill 4 4 0 1 5 1 0 DE McPeak,Bill 6 6 0 2 5 8 0 DE O'Malley,Joe 5 5 0 1 5 2 0 DE O'Neil,Bob 4 4 0 2 5 0 0 ILB Dodrill,Dale 9 7 3 2 5 8 1 OLB Matuszak,Marv 6 5 2 1 3 1 2 KR OLB Reger,John 6 5 2 1 5 1 2 KR DE-LB Tarasovic,George 5 4 2 2 5 8 3 LB Michalik,Art 4 4 1 0 5 1 0 K CB Alban,Dick 7 0 7 0 5 0 2 PR CB Glick,Gary 5 0 5 0 3 0 0 K S Butler,Jack 8 2 6 0 5 0 6 S Davis,Art 5 1 4 0 3 0 0 PR DB Ford,Henry 4 1 3 0 5 0 1 RET DB Bruney,Fred 4 1 3 0 2 0 1 RET Marchibroda,Ted 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 Special Teams