1957 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)

3rd place Eastern Conference 6-6-0 .500

Chuck Cherundolo	Assistant Coach
Harry Gilmer	Quarterbacks/Defensive Secondary
Walt Kiesling	Advisory Coach
Bill McPeak	Defensive Line
Lowell Perry	Assistant Coach
Nick Skorich	Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/17/1957	N	Chicago Bears	7-24	L	Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	18000
Sat	8/24/1957	A	Cleveland Browns	13-28	L	Akron, OH	Rubber Bowl	26669
Mon	9/2/1957	A	Philadelphia Eagles	17-12	W	Philadelphia, PA	Connie Mack Stadium	14251
Sun	9/8/1957	N	Detroit Lions	20-14	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	20630
Sat	9/14/1957	H	Chicago Bears	10-37	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	24689
Sat	9/21/1957	N	Green Bay Packers	10-10	T	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	17226
Sun	9/29/1957	H	Washington Redskins	28-7	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	27452
Sat	10/5/1957	H	Cleveland Browns	12-23	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	35750
Sun	10/13/1957	H	Chicago Cardinals	29-20	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	29446
Sun	10/20/1957	A	New York Giants	0-35	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	52589
Sun	10/27/1957	H	Philadelphia Eagles	6-0	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	27016
Sun	11/3/1957	A	Baltimore Colts	19-13	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	42575
Sun	11/10/1957	A	Cleveland Browns	0-24	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	53709
Sun	11/24/1957	H	Green Bay Packers	10-27	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	29701
Sun	12/1/1957	A	Philadelphia Eagles	6-7	L	Philadelphia, PA	Connie Mack Stadium	16364
Sat	12/7/1957	H	New York Giants	21-10	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	19772
Sun	12/15/1957	A	Washington Redskins	3-10	L	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	22577
Sun	12/22/1957	A	Chicago Cardinals	27-2	W	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	10084

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
42	Dick Alban	RDH	6-0	193	28	Northwestern	12	12
57	Ed Beatty	C	6-3	229	25	Mississippi	12	12
43	Bill Bowman	FB	6-2	215	26	William & Mary	5	1
22	Fred Bruney	LS	5-10	184	26	Ohio State	12	11
80	Jack Butler	RS	6-0	195	30	St. Bonaventure	12	12
20	Gene Cichowski	LS	6-0	195	23	Indiana	12	1
16	Len Dawson	QB-K	6-0	190	22	Purdue	3	1
27	Dean Derby	LDH-LOH-K	6-0	187	22	Washington	8	2
60	Dale Dodrill	MLB	6-1	211	31	Colorado State	12	12
72	Sid Fournet	ROG	6-0	235	25	Louisiana State	2	2
41	Jug Girard	LOE-P	5-11	176	30	Wisconsin	12	8
26	Gary Glick	LDH-K	6-2	195	27	Colorado State	12	10
82	Bob Gunderman	DB	6-2	195	23	Virginia	1	0
24	Dick Hughes	LOH	5-11	175	25	Tulsa	1	0
18	Jack Kemp	QB-P	6-1	201	22	Occidental	4	0
75	Joe Krupa	LDT	6-2	232	24	Purdue	12	9
66	Gerry Leahy	RLB	6-2	220	23	Colorado	1	0
72	Herm Lee	LOT	6-3	244	26	Florida A&M	8	8
79	Dave Liddick	LDT-RDT	6-2	240	22	George Washington	4	4
25	Ray Mathews	ROE-LOE	6-0	185	28	Clemson	11	9
24	Richie McCabe	LCB	6-1	185	24	Pittsburgh	2	1
87	Jack McClairen	ROH-ROE	6-4	213	26	Bethune-Cookman	12	12
76	Willie McClung	RDT-LOT-LDT	6-2	250	27	Florida A&M	12	10
84	Bill McPeak	RDE	6-1	208	31	Notre Dame; Pittsburgh	12	10
64	Bill Michael	ROG	6-2	215	22	Ohio State	3	3
10	Earl Morrall	QB	6-2	205	23	Michigan State	12	11
81	Elbie Nickel	ROH-LOE	6-1	196	35	Cincinnati	12	4
65/83	John Nisby	ROG-RDE	6-1	235	21	Stockton JC; Pacific	11	9
86	Bob O'Neil	LDE	6-1	229	26	Duquesne; Notre Dame	12	11
64	Bill Priatko	LB	6-2	220	26	Pittsburgh	2	0
50	John Reger	RLB	6-0	225	26	Pittsburgh	12	12
89	Perry Richards	ROE-ROH	6-2	205	23	Detroit Mercy	7	3
33	Fran Rogel	FB	5-11	203	30	California (Pennsylvania); Penn State	12	10
66	Aubrey Rozzell	LLB	6-2	215	25	Delta State	9	8
62	Mike Sandusky	LOG	6-0	231	22	Maryland	12	12
70	Ernie Stautner	RDT-LDE	6-1	230	32	Boston College	12	5
52	George Tarasovic	LLB-LDE	6-4	245	27	Boston College; Northeast Louisana JC; Louisiana State	12	5
74	Frank Varrichione	ROT	6-1	234	25	Notre Dame	12	12
39	Sid Watson	LOH	5-11	187	25	Northeastern	6	0
27/24	Billy Wells	LOH	5-9	176	26	Michigan State	10	9
35	Dick Young	LOH-FB	5-11	210	27	Tennessee-Chattanooga	11	3

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	5	Len Dawson	QB	Purdue
2	16	Bill Michael	T	Ohio State
3	30	Don Owens	T	Southern Mississippi
5	55	Perry Richards	E	Detroit Mercy
6	66	George Volkert	B	Georgia Tech
7	77	Curley Johnson	B	Houston
9	102	Charley Hutchings	T	Miami (Florida)
10	113	Ralph Jelic	B	Pittsburgh
11	127	Dick Hughes	B	Tulsa
12	138	Vern Ellison	G	Oregon State
13	149	Dwaine Underwood	T	Oklahoma State
14	163	Jim Crawford	B	Wyoming
15	174	Herman Canil	T	Pittsburgh
17	199	Corny Salvaterra	QB	Pittsburgh
18	210	Len Bigbee	E	Texas A&M-Commerce
19	221	Phil Bennett	E	Miami (Florida)
20	235	John Szuchan	T	North Carolina State
21	246	Gene Cichowski	QB	Indiana
22	257	Aurealius Thomas	G	Ohio State
23	271	Bob Pollock	T	Pittsburgh
24	282	Gary Francis	E	Illinois
25	293	Jim Hinesly	E	Michigan State
26	307	Bob Swann	T	Vanderbilt
27	318	Bob Konkoly	B	Xavier (Ohio)
28	329	Frank Kolinsky	T	Tennessee
29	343	Tom Ramage	G	Utah State
30	353	Don Sevier	E	Arkansas State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	39	50	33	39
Opponents Totals	19	65	36	58

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		159	59	92	8	/ %	/ %	48	405
Opponents Totals		156	69	77	10	/ %	/ %	43	370

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Jug Girard	4	2	3	66.7	1	3	33.3	0	29
Gary Glick	0	10	12	83.3	5	18	27.8	0	25
Ray Mathews	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Dean Derby	1	3	3	100.0	2	4	50.0	0	15
Jack McClairen	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Earl Morrall	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Dick Young	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Elbie Nickel	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Reger	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Fran Rogel	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob O'Neil	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Billy Wells	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bill McPeak	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Len Dawson	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	20	15	20	75.0	8	26	30.8	1	161
Opponents Totals	21	20	21	95.2	10	19	52.6	1	178

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Len Dawson	0	1	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Dean Derby	2	4	50.0	0/	1/	1/	0/	0/
Jug Girard	1	3	33.3	1/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Gary Glick	5	18	27.8	3/	1/	1/	0/	0/
Team Totals	8	26	30.8	4/	2/	2/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	10	19	52.6	3/	3/	2/	2/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Wells	154	532	3.5	51	0
Fran Rogel	68	232	3.4	23	1
Dick Young	56	153	2.7	14	2
Earl Morrall	41	81	2.0	35	2
Bill Bowman	28	76	2.7	13	0
Dean Derby	18	49	2.7	7	1
Len Dawson	3	31	10.3	27	0
Sid Watson	12	21	1.8	12	0
Dick Hughes	2	6	3.0	4	0
Jack Kemp	3	-1	-0.3	2	0
Ray Mathews	3	-1	-0.3	6	0
Jug Girard	2	-5	-2.5	0	0
Team Totals	390	1174	3.0	51	6
Opponents Totals	412	1425	3.5		7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Earl Morrall	289	139	48.1	138	1900	6.6	13.7	64	11	3.8	12	4.2		274	1626	64.9
Jack Kemp	18	8	44.4	8	88	4.9	11.0	21	0	0.0	2	11.1		22	66	19.9
Len Dawson	4	2	50.0	2	25	6.3	12.5	15	0	0.0	0	0.0		1	24	69.8
Jug Girard	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	312	149	47.8	149	2013	6.5	13.5	64	11	3.5	14	4.5		297	1716	61.8
Opponents Totals	234	112	47.9	103	1523	6.5	13.6		12	5.1	19	8.1		157	1366	52.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jack McClairen	46	630	13.7	48t	2
Jug Girard	21	419	20.0	46	4
Fran Rogel	20	128	6.4	18	0
Ray Mathews	15	369	24.6	64	4
Billy Wells	14	89	6.4	17	0
Bill Bowman	11	107	9.7	21	0
Elbie Nickel	10	115	11.5	31	1
Dean Derby	4	79	19.8	36	0
Dick Young	4	38	9.5	12	0
Sid Watson	3	24	8.0	11	0
Perry Richards	1	15	15.0	15	0
Team Totals	149	2013	13.5	64	11
Opponents Totals	112	1523	13.6		12

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jack Butler	10	85	8.5	20	0
Dale Dodrill	2	50	25.0	44	0
George Tarasovic	2	21	10.5	11	0
Gary Glick	2	0	0.0	0	0
Dick Alban	1	35	35.0	35	0
Aubrey Rozzell	1	4	4.0	4	0
Fred Bruney	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	19	195	10.3	44	0
Opponents Totals	14	230	16.4		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Jug Girard	68	2754	40.5	56	0
Jack Kemp	2	55	27.5	33	0
Team Totals	70	2809	40.1	56	0	324	35.5
Opponents Totals	62	2649	42.7			276

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Billy Wells	21	143	6.8	30
Fred Bruney	17	86	5.1	15
Dean Derby	9	32	3.6	14
Jack Butler	1	10	10.0	10
Dick Hughes	1	5	5.0	5
Gary Glick	1	0	0.0	0
Aubrey Rozzell	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	51	276	5.4	30
Opponents Totals	45	324	7.2

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Wells	11	306	27.8	96t	1
Dean Derby	6	137	22.8	30	0
Fred Bruney	5	101	20.2	31	0
Dick Alban	2	33	16.5	22	0
Fran Rogel	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	25	581	23.2	96t	1
Opponents Totals	35	704	20.1		0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Dick Alban	2		1	0	1	0	0
Ed Beatty	0	0	3	1	4	0	0
Bill Bowman	2		0	0	0	0	0
Fred Bruney	1		1	1	2	0	0
Jack Butler	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Len Dawson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dean Derby	3		0	0	0	0	0
Dale Dodrill	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jug Girard	1		0	0	0	0	0
Gary Glick	0	0	0	5	5	36	0
Bob Gunderman	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dick Hughes	1		1	0	1	0	0
Jack Kemp	1		0	0	0	0	0
Joe Krupa	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Herm Lee	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ray Mathews	3		0	0	0	0	0
Willie McClung	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bill McPeak	0	0	0	2	2	1	0
Earl Morrall	12		6	0	6	-2	0
Bill Priatko	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
John Reger	0	0	0	5	5	14	1
Perry Richards	1		1	0	1	0	0
Fran Rogel	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Sandusky	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ernie Stautner	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Sid Watson	2		0	0	0	0	0
Billy Wells	7		6	0	6	0	0
Dick Young	1		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	39	18	21	23	44	49	1
Opponents Totals	39	23	16	18	34		1