1947 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Jock Sutherland (8-4)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1947 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 8-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Jock Sutherland (8-4)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1947 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1947 season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Steelers scored 240 points, but the defense gave up 259. Johnny Clement carried the ball for a team-best 670 yards for Pittsburgh.
Johnny Clement passed for 1,004 yards. Val Jansante paced the receiving corps, grabbing 35 passes for 599 yards.
Tony Compagno and Walt Slater each seized 4 opponent throws.
Jock Sutherland coached the team. The 1947 Pittsburgh Steelers lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Clement | 123 | 52 | 42.3 | 1004 | 8.2 | 7 | 5.7 | 9 | 7.3 | 68 | 59.8 |
| Walt Slater | 39 | 18 | 46.2 | 215 | 5.5 | 1 | 2.6 | 5 | 12.8 | 37 | 32.5 |
| Gonzalo Morales | 27 | 8 | 29.6 | 78 | 2.9 | 1 | 3.7 | 4 | 14.8 | 23 | 12.3 |
| Bob Sullivan | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 52 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 24 | 14.4 |
| Bob Cifers | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 96.5 |
| Paul White | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 59.0 |
| Steve Lach | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 12 | 2.4 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 87.5 |
| Totals | 209 | 86 | 41.1 | 1410 | 6.7 | 10 | 4.8 | 19 | 9.1 | 68 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Clement | 129 | 670 | 5.2 | 43 | 4 |
| Steve Lach | 120 | 372 | 3.1 | 19 | 8 |
| Bob Cifers | 87 | 356 | 4.1 | 41 | 0 |
| Walt Slater | 46 | 167 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Tony Compagno | 34 | 126 | 3.7 | 13 | 2 |
| Gonzalo Morales | 29 | 96 | 3.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Paul White | 22 | 85 | 3.9 | 52 | 1 |
| Bob Sullivan | 21 | 61 | 2.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Davis | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Charlie Seabright | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gene Hubka | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Glamp | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 496 | 1948 | 3.9 | 52 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val Jansante | 35 | 599 | 17.1 | 46 | 5 |
| Steve Lach | 11 | 77 | 7.0 | 24 | 1 |
| Tony Compagno | 9 | 190 | 21.1 | 39 | 1 |
| Charlie Seabright | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 5 | 145 | 29.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Bill Garnaas | 5 | 144 | 28.8 | 68 | 2 |
| Bob Sullivan | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 50 | 1 |
| Bob Cifers | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 37 | 0 |
| Charley Mehelich | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Paul White | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 55 | 0 |
| Elbie Nickel | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Johnny Clement | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 86 | 1410 | 16.4 | 68 | 10 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Cifers | 68 | 2796 | 41.1 | 74 |
| Totals | 68 | 2796 | 41.1 | 74 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Slater | 28 | 435 | 15.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Gonzalo Morales | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Paul White | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Sullivan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 40 | 583 | 14.6 | 33 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Slater | 22 | 480 | 21.8 | 39 | 0 |
| Gonzalo Morales | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Sullivan | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Steve Lach | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Paul White | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Val Jansante | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Tony Compagno | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Cifers | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Johnny Clement | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Charlie Seabright | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Garnaas | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Bova | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 50 | 975 | 19.5 | 39 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Compagno | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 64 | 2 |
| Walt Slater | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Charlie Seabright | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 39 | 1 |
| Frank Sinkovitz | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 47 | 1 |
| Paul White | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Cifers | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Gonzalo Morales | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 18 | 397 | 22.1 | 64 | 4 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul White | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Slater | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Val Jansante | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Jack Wiley | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Moore | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Skorich | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Mastrangelo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charley Mehelich | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Garnaas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Clement | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ralph Calcagni | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Al Drulis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Repko | 0 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Sullivan | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Paul Stenn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Seabright | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gonzalo Morales | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Compagno | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Cifers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Lach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 28 | 26 | 87 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Steve Lach | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
| Joe Glamp | 0 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| Val Jansante | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | |||||||
| Tony Compagno | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Johnny Clement | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Bill Garnaas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Bob Sullivan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Paul White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Joe Repko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Frank Sinkovitz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Mastrangelo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Charlie Seabright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Tony Bova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Ralph Calcagni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 240 |
