1953 Pittsburgh Steelers 7-4-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1953 Pittsburgh 65 51 156 65 0 238 Opponent 37 68 17 41 0 163 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 238 163 1-0 14 @Detroit 10 First Downs 196 196 2-0 9 New York 3 Rush 57 42 3-0 24 Chicago C 0 Pass 123 140 3-1 14 Philadelphia 28 Pen 16 14 4-1 31 Green Bay 7 Penalties 67 66 4-2 14 Philadelphia 21 Yards 599 562 4-3 23 @Cleveland 24 4-3 1 10 @New York 10 Rushing Att 382 365 4-4 1 14 Cleveland 26 Yards 1548 1104 5-4 1 30 Washington 14 Ave 4.1 3.0 6-4 1 17 @Chicago C 10 TD 12 6 7-4 1 38 @Washington 10 Passing Att 313 325 Comp 171 175 % 54.6 53.8 Int 11 22 % 3.5 6.8 TD 13 10 % 4.2 3.1 Yards 1851 2504 Sacked 31 32 Punt Return 47 34 Yards 203 208 Ave 4.3 6.1 Kick Return 39 50 Yards 1081 936 Ave 27.7 18.7 Punts 62 57 Yards 2912 2418 Ave 47.0 42.4 FG Att 25 20 Made 12 10 % 48.0 50.0 Third Downs 164 161 Made 68 61 % 41.5 37.9 Fourth Downs 7 13 Made 2 7 % 28.6 53.8 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 21 38 Lost 13 24 Turnovers 24 46 Net Offense 3198 3404 Per Play 4.4 4.7 1953 Pittsburgh Steelers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Rogel 128 613 4.8 13 23 57 7 Nickel 59 8 737 12.5 4 41 57 3 Chandnois 113 458 4.1 12 13 40 3 Chandnois 41 3 405 9.9 1 31 26 5 Mathews 65 276 4.2 8 10 20 0 Mathews 27 4 308 11.4 2 19 28 1 Brandt 33 94 2.8 1 8 14 3 Rogel 16 0 145 9.1 0 11 22 2 Elter 18 44 2.4 0 2 7 1 Barker 13 3 112 8.6 0 9 17 1 Calvin 6 36 6.0 0 1 7 0 Sulima 11 4 110 10.0 0 7 14 1 Mackrides 12 17 1.4 0 0 5 0 Calvin 1 0 7 7.0 0 0 7 0 Finks 7 10 1.4 0 0 5 0 Elter 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 382 1548 4.1 34 57 57 14 Brandt 1 0 15 15.0 0 1 15 0 Butler 1 0 11 11.0 0 1 11 0 171 22 1851 10.8 7 122 57 13 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Finks 268 145 54.1 1631 11.2 57 18 6 9 3.4 25 12 4.5 73.5 Mackrides 45 26 57.8 220 8.5 26 5 1 2 4.4 6 1 2.2 59.5 313 171 54.6 1851 10.8 57 23 7 11 3.5 31 13 4.2 71.5 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Bolkovac 29 28 96.6 25 12 48.0 0.0 0.0 34 64 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Brady 62 2912 61 16 1 18 34 208 38.5 47.0 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Chandnois 26 804 30.9 100 1 Mathews 7 0 68 9.7 16 0 Brandt 5 121 24.2 30 0 Chandnois 40 0 135 3.4 18 0 Mathews 6 117 19.5 35 0 47 0 203 4.3 18 0 Tepe 2 39 19.5 21 0 Nickel 1 0 0.0 0 0 39 1081 27.7 100 1 Fumbles Chandnoi 8 Finks 3 Mackride 1 Brandt 1 Mathews 4 Mathews 4 Nickel 3 Rogel 1 Sulima 1 2 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec McPeak 14 Tarasovi 3 Flanagan 11 Butler 12 McPeak 8 Matuszak 6 Stautner 9 Stautner 3 McPeak 9 Matuszak 8 Stautner 7 McPeak 5 Dodrill 8 Dodrill 3 Dodrill 7 DeCarlo 6 Mathews 5 Flanagan 3 Tarasovi 1 McPeak 2 Hogan 7 Mathews 5 Dodrill 5 Mathews 3 Ferry 1 Matuszak 6 Flanagan 4 Matuszak 5 Walsh 2 Tarasovi 5 Stautner 3 Tarasovi 3 Nickel 2 Stautner 5 Hipps 3 Hogan 2 DeCarlo 2 Ferry 4 Dodrill 3 Brandt 2 Butler 2 Brandt 2 DeCarlo 2 Tarasovi 1 McPeak 1 Butler 2 Palmer 1 Schweder 1 Ferry 1 Dodrill 1 Flanagan 1 Gaona 1 Schweder 1 Finks 1 Fullerto 1 Hughes 1 Tackles McPeak 77 Dodrill 48 Brandt 24 Gaona 7 Alderton 4 Palmer 2 Hogan 73 Flanagan 46 Ferry 21 Elter 5 Hughes 4 Barker 2 Matuszak 73 Tarasovi 42 Hipps 8 Calvin 5 Nickel 4 Butler 61 Stautner 41 Fullerto 7 Tepe 4 McFadden 2 DeCarlo 60 Mathews 32 Walsh 7 Sulima 4 Schweder 2 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Butler 7 180 25.7 37 0 DeCarlo 5 63 12.6 38 0 Flanagan 5 73 14.6 31 0 Matuszak 2 0 0.0 0 0 Mathews 1 30 30.0 30 0 Hipps 1 0 0.0 0 0 Dodrill 1 23 23.0 23 0 22 369 16.8 38 0 1953 Pittsburgh Steelers Coach: Joe Bach Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Brady,Pat 5 B 1 3 P QB Finks,Jim 5 B 1 3 QB Mackrides,Bill 4 B 1 3 QB Marchibroda,Ted 2 B 1 3 KR QB Chandnois,Lynn 5 B 2 5 RET Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Rogel,Fran 2 1 5 137 527 58 3.8 3 19 95 19 5.0 RB Mathews,Ray 2 1 5 65 260 31 4.0 4 27 346 77 12.8 RET RB Brandt,Jim 2 1 5 42 106 9 2.5 1 2 15 11 7.5 RET RB Elter,Leo 2 1 5 26 81 10 3.1 1 3 29 15 9.7 RB Calvin,Tom 2 1 4 13 65 15 5.0 1 4 28 16 7.0 WR Nickel,Elbie 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 9 62 743 40 12.0 WR Butler,Jack 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 2 43 33 21.5 PR TE Barker,Ed 2 2 3 0 0 0 0.0 5 17 172 22 10.1 TE Sulima,George 3 2 4 0 0 0 0.0 2 10 131 17 13.1 RB-WR Chandnois,Lynn 0 0 5 123 470 38 3.8 6 43 412 55 9.6 RET Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Walsh,Bill 7 7 5 C Tepe,Lou 4 4 4 KR G McFadden,Marv 6 6 5 G Schweder,John 6 6 5 G Matuszak,Marv 4 4 5 T Hughes,George 6 7 5 KR T Gaona,Bob 5 7 4 KR T Bolkovac,Nick 4 4 5 K Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Dodrill,Dale 8 8 0 3 5 8 1 DT Stautner,Ernie 8 8 0 3 3 8 0 DT Ferry,Lou 4 4 0 1 5 0 0 DT Bolkovac,Nick 3 3 0 1 5 0 0 K DT Palmer,Tom 3 3 0 1 4 0 0 DE McPeak,Bill 9 6 0 8 5 12 0 DE Tarasovic,George 6 6 0 2 5 0 0 DE Alderton,John 3 2 0 2 4 0 0 LB Matuszak,Marv 6 5 2 0 5 0 1 LB Flanagan,Dick 5 4 2 0 5 0 2 LB Hogan,Darrell 5 4 2 1 5 0 0 LB Schweder,John 4 4 1 0 5 0 0 DB Butler,Jack 8 2 6 0 5 0 9 PR DB DeCarlo,Art 7 2 5 0 5 0 5 DB Hipps,Claude 5 1 4 0 2 0 2 DB Mathews,Ray 5 1 4 0 5 0 1 RET DB Fullerton,Ed 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 DB Brandt,Jim 3 1 2 0 5 0 0 RET Special Teams