1963 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)

4th place Eastern Conference 7-4-3 .636

Jack Butler	Assistant Coach
Mike Nixon	Assistant Coach
Buster Ramsey	Defense
Ernie Stautner	Defensive Line
Ken Stilley	Assistant Coach
LaVern Torgeson	Assistant Coach
Willie Walls	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/10/1963	N	Green Bay Packers	7-27	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	26000
Fri	8/16/1963	N	Philadelphia Eagles	24-13	W	Bethlehem, PA	Liberty High School Stadium	14000
Sat	8/24/1963	N	Baltimore Colts	14-17	L	Atlanta, GA	Ponce de Leon Stadium	18000
Sat	8/30/1963	A	Detroit Lions	22-7	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	23781
Sun	9/8/1963	N	Cleveland Browns	16-7	W	Canton, OH	Fawcett Stadium	18462
Sun	9/15/1963	A	Philadelphia Eagles	21-21	T	Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Field	58205
Sun	9/22/1963	H	New York Giants	31-0	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	46068
Sun	9/29/1963	H	St. Louis Cardinals	23-10	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	28225
Sat	10/5/1963	A	Cleveland Browns	23-35	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	84684
Sun	10/13/1963	A	St. Louis Cardinals	23-24	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	23715
Sun	10/20/1963	H	Washington Redskins	38-27	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	41987
Sun	10/27/1963	H	Dallas Cowboys	27-21	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	19047
Sun	11/3/1963	A	Green Bay Packers	14-33	L	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	46293
Sun	11/10/1963	H	Cleveland Browns	9-7	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	54497
Sun	11/17/1963	A	Washington Redskins	34-28	W	Washington, DC	D.C. Stadium	49219
Sun	11/24/1963	H	Chicago Bears	17-17	T	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	36465
Sun	12/1/1963	H	Philadelphia Eagles	20-20	T	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	15721
Sun	12/8/1963	A	Dallas Cowboys	24-19	W	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	24136
Sun	12/15/1963	A	New York Giants	17-33	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	63240

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
63	Art Anderson	ROT-LOT	6-3	244	27	Idaho	13	0
73	Frank Atkinson	RDT-RDE	6-3	245	22	Menlo JC; Stanford	14	0
78	John Baker	RDE-LDE	6-6	279	28	North Carolina Central	14	14
85	Gary Ballman	SE	6-0	203	23	Michigan State	14	4
71	Charlie Bradshaw	ROT-P	6-6	255	27	Baylor	14	14
24	Jim Bradshaw	RS	6-1	199	24	Tennessee-Chattanooga	14	1
15	Ed Brown	QB-P	6-2	209	35	Hartnell JC; San Francisco	14	14
86	Johnny Burrell	SE	6-3	191	23	Rice	14	5
40	Preston Carpenter	TE	6-2	197	29	Arkansas	14	14
74	Lou Cordileone	RDT	6-0	247	26	Clemson	14	14
25	Roy Curry	FL	6-1	195	24	Jackson State	6	0
44	Willie Daniel	RCB	5-11	187	26	Mississippi State	13	5
84	Buddy Dial	FL	6-1	194	26	Rice	14	14
46	Bob Ferguson	FB	5-11	220	24	Ohio State	5	2
43	Glenn Glass	LCB	6-0	197	23	Tennessee	14	14
27	Dick Haley	LS	5-10	193	26	Pittsburgh	14	14
42	Dick Hoak	HB	5-11	191	24	Penn State	12	12
77	Dan James	LOT	6-4	262	26	Ohio State	14	14
35	John Henry Johnson	FB	6-2	210	34	St. Mary's (California); Arizona State	12	11
26	Brady Keys	RCB	6-0	189	26	East Los Angeles JC; Colorado State	11	9
75	Joe Krupa	LDT	6-2	232	30	Purdue	14	14
72	Ray Lemek	ROG	6-0	238	29	Notre Dame	14	14
23	Red Mack	SE-FL	5-10	185	26	Notre Dame	14	5
79	Lou Michaels	LDE-K	6-2	243	28	Kentucky	14	12
14	Bill Nelsen	QB	6-0	195	22	El Cerritos JC; Southern California	2	0
12	Terry Nofsinger	QB	6-4	209	25	Utah	2	0
51	Buzz Nutter	C	6-4	230	32	Virginia Tech	14	14
66	Myron Pottios	MLB	6-2	236	24	Notre Dame	14	14
88	John Powers	TE	6-2	211	23	Notre Dame	14	0
50	John Reger	RLB	6-0	225	32	Pittsburgh	9	3
56	Bob Rowley	LB	6-2	225	22	Virginia	3	0
36	Andy Russell	RLB-LLB	6-3	221	22	Missouri	14	11
62	Mike Sandusky	LOG	6-0	231	28	Maryland	13	13
33	Theron Sapp	FB-HB	6-1	203	28	Georgia	10	1
67	Bob Schmitz	MLB	6-1	235	25	Wisconsin; Montana State	11	6
70	Ernie Stautner	RDE-LDE-LDT	6-1	230	38	Boston College	14	3
68	Ron Stehouwer	LOG-ROT	6-2	232	26	Colorado State	14	1
82	George Tarasovic	LLB	6-4	245	33	Boston College; Northeast Louisana JC; Louisiana State	8	8
28	Clendon Thomas	RS	6-2	196	28	Oklahoma	13	13
30	Tom Tracy	HB	5-9	205	29	Tennessee	6	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
8	108	Frank Atkinson	T	Stanford
9	123	Gene Carrington	T	Boston College
10	136	Bill Nelsen	B	Southern California
11	151	Hewritt Dixon	B	Florida A&M
12	164	Roy Curry	B	Jackson State
13	179	Harold Gray	LB	Los Angeles State
14	192	Bob Dickerson	E	Bethune-Cookman
15	207	Matt Szykowny	B	Iowa
16	220	Andy Russell	B	Missouri
17	235	Tim Stein	C	Miami (Ohio)
18	248	Jim Bradshaw	B	Tennessee-Chattanooga
19	263	Roger Berg	T	St. Thomas (Minnesota)
20	276	Jim Traficant	B	Pittsburgh

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	30	113	46	132
Opponents Totals	69	76	79	71

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		272	122	129	21	/ %	/ %	51	495
Opponents Totals		244	90	132	22	/ %	/ %	78	780

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Lou Michaels	0	32	35	91.4	21	41	51.2	0	95
Buddy Dial	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Dick Hoak	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Gary Ballman	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
John Henry Johnson	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Red Mack	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Ed Brown	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Preston Carpenter	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Roy Curry	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Ferguson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dick Haley	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Theron Sapp	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Schmitz	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Tom Tracy	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		0	2
Team Totals	37	34	37	91.9	21	41	51.2	1	321
Opponents Totals	36	34	36	94.4	15	22	68.2	0	295

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Lou Michaels	21	41	51.2	9/	6/	1/	4/	1/
Team Totals	21	41	51.2	9/	6/	1/	4/	1/
Opponents Totals	15	22	68.2	3/	3/	3/	5/	1/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Henry Johnson	186	773	4.2	48	4
Dick Hoak	216	679	3.1	17	6
Theron Sapp	96	431	4.5	27	1
Bob Ferguson	43	171	4.0	19	1
Gary Ballman	8	59	7.4	18	0
Ed Brown	15	20	1.3	7	2
Tom Tracy	10	11	1.1	5	0
Red Mack	2	1	0.5	1	0
Preston Carpenter	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Bill Nelsen	1	-6	-6.0	-6	0
Team Totals	578	2136	3.7	48	14
Opponents Totals	419	1728	4.1		14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Ed Brown	362	168	46.4	174	2982	8.2	17.8	85t	21	5.8	20	5.5	29	240	2742	71.4
Terry Nofsinger	3	2	66.7	1	46	15.3	23.0	27	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	46	109.7
Tom Tracy	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Bill Nelsen	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	1	11	-11	39.6
Team Totals	368	170	46.2	178	3028	8.2	17.8	85t	21	5.7	20	5.4	30	251	2777	71.2
Opponents Totals	384	191	49.7	168	3400	8.9	17.8		21	5.5	25	6.5	34	299	3101	71.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Buddy Dial	60	1295	21.6	83t	9
Gary Ballman	26	492	18.9	67t	5
Red Mack	25	618	24.7	85t	3
John Henry Johnson	21	145	6.9	26	1
Preston Carpenter	17	233	13.7	28t	1
Dick Hoak	11	118	10.7	23	1
Theron Sapp	3	41	13.7	22	0
Bob Ferguson	3	7	2.3	9	0
Johnny Burrell	2	27	13.5	14	0
Roy Curry	1	31	31.0	31t	1
Tom Tracy	1	21	21.0	21	0
Team Totals	170	3028	17.8	85t	21
Opponents Totals	191	3400	17.8		21

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Clendon Thomas	8	122	15.3	32	0
Glenn Glass	1	29	29.0	29	0
Dick Haley	6	65	10.8	37	1
John Reger	1	16	16.0	16	0
Myron Pottios	4	78	19.5	38	0
Jim Bradshaw	1	0	0.0	0	0
Lou Michaels	1	0	0.0	0	0
Andy Russell	3	20	6.7	10	0
Team Totals	25	330	13.2	38	1
Opponents Totals	20	316	15.8		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Ed Brown	57	2256	39.6	57	0
Jim Bradshaw	2	70	35.0	38	0
Team Totals	59	2326	39.4	57	0	287
Opponents Totals	66	2934	44.5			281

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Brady Keys	13	9	198	15.2	82
Dick Haley	12	3	59	4.9	12
Clendon Thomas	6	5	24	4.0	16
Preston Carpenter	0	1	0
Team Totals	31	18	281	9.1	82
Opponents Totals	29		287	9.9

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gary Ballman	22	698	31.7	93	1
Clendon Thomas	12	286	23.8	41	0
Brady Keys	9	219	24.3	58	0
Glenn Glass	2	46	23.0	29	0
Theron Sapp	2	18	9.0	11	0
Roy Curry	1	27	27.0	27	0
Lou Cordileone	1	18	18.0	18	0
Team Totals	49	1312	26.8	93	1
Opponents Totals	53	1133	21.4		0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Art Anderson	0	0	0	1	1	0
Frank Atkinson	0	0	1	0	1	0
John Baker	0	0	0	4	4	0
Gary Ballman	2		0	0	0	0
Charlie Bradshaw	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jim Bradshaw	0	0	0	2	2	0
Ed Brown	5		1	0	1	0
Buddy Dial	2		1	0	1	5
Glenn Glass	0	0	0	1	1	0
Dick Haley	1		0	0	0	0
Dick Hoak	4		3	0	3	0
John Henry Johnson	5		2	0	2	0
Brady Keys	1		0	2	2	0
Joe Krupa	0	0	0	1	1	0
Red Mack	0	0	0	1	1	0
Lou Michaels	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bill Nelsen	1		1	0	1	0
John Powers	0	0	0	1	1	0
Andy Russell	1		0	1	1	2
Mike Sandusky	0	0	2	0	2	0
Theron Sapp	3		0	0	0	0
Ernie Stautner	0	0	0	1	1	0
George Tarasovic	0	0	0	1	1	0
Clendon Thomas	0	0	0	2	2	0
Team Totals	25	13	12	19	31	7
Opponents Totals	31	19	12	13	25