1946 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-5-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Jock Sutherland (5-5-1)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1946 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 5-5-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Jock Sutherland (5-5-1)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1946 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1946 season with a record of 5 wins and 5 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's East Division.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Steelers conceded 117 points, the lowest total in the circuit. Pittsburgh scored only 136 points, worst in the league. Bill Dudley carried the ball for a team-best 604 yards.
Bill Dudley passed for 452 yards, and Johnny Clement spent time under center also. Val Jansante grabbed 10 passes, while Tony Bova accumulated 171 receiving yards.
Bill Dudley picked off 10 opponent throws.
Jock Sutherland coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 90 | 32 | 35.6 | 452 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.2 | 9 | 10.0 | 37 | 20.5 |
| Johnny Clement | 47 | 16 | 34.0 | 345 | 7.3 | 1 | 2.1 | 3 | 6.4 | 52 | 41.5 |
| Merl Condit | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 89 | 22.2 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 80 | 135.4 |
| Andy Tomasic | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 53 | 4.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 20 | 13.5 |
| Bill Dutton | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 79.2 |
| Cullen Rogers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Steve Lach | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 161 | 58 | 36.0 | 970 | 6.0 | 4 | 2.5 | 13 | 8.1 | 80 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 146 | 604 | 4.1 | 41 | 2 |
| Tony Compagno | 67 | 217 | 3.2 | 23 | 1 |
| Bill Dutton | 53 | 169 | 3.2 | 38 | 2 |
| Merl Condit | 46 | 141 | 3.1 | 23 | 1 |
| Steve Lach | 42 | 111 | 2.6 | 14 | 5 |
| Johnny Clement | 43 | 60 | 1.4 | 13 | 1 |
| Ernie Bonelli | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Val Jansante | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Walt Gorinski | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Max Kielbasa | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cullen Rogers | 6 | -8 | -1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 414 | 1307 | 3.2 | 41 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val Jansante | 10 | 136 | 13.6 | 34 | 1 |
| Charley Mehelich | 10 | 116 | 11.6 | 35 | 0 |
| Tony Compagno | 8 | 101 | 12.6 | 36 | 0 |
| Tony Bova | 6 | 171 | 28.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 4 | 109 | 27.2 | 80 | 1 |
| Charlie Seabright | 4 | 77 | 19.2 | 33 | 1 |
| Merl Condit | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill Garnaas | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 30 | 1 |
| Steve Lach | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Dutton | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Ernie Bonelli | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Johnny Clement | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Sam Gray | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 58 | 970 | 16.7 | 80 | 4 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 14 | 12 | 85.7 | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 18 |
| Merl Condit | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 18 | 16 | 88.9 | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 22 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 60 | 2409 | 40.2 | 69 |
| Johnny Clement | 9 | 314 | 34.9 | 52 |
| Andy Tomasic | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 |
| Totals | 70 | 2779 | 39.7 | 69 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 27 | 385 | 14.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Bill Dutton | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Merl Condit | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Johnny Clement | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Andy Tomasic | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 498 | 13.5 | 52 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 14 | 280 | 20.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Johnny Clement | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Ralph Fife | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Bill Garnaas | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Compagno | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bill Dutton | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Merl Condit | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 474 | 18.2 | 34 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 10 | 242 | 24.2 | 80 | 1 |
| Tony Compagno | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Steve Lach | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Charlie Seabright | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chuck Cherundolo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 14 | 295 | 21.1 | 80 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dudley | 0 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Merl Condit | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Tony Compagno | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Val Jansante | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Jack Wiley | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Titus | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Clement | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Davis | 1 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Art McCaffray | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cullen Rogers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Bonelli | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Max Kielbasa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Gorinski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charley Mehelich | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elmer Merkovsky | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Mattioli | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Bucek | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Coomer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Seabright | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Bova | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Lach | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 38 | 40 | 124 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bill Dudley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 48 | ||||
| Steve Lach | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Bill Dutton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Merl Condit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Johnny Clement | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Val Jansante | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bob Davis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bill Garnaas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tony Compagno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Charlie Seabright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136 |
