
1948 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
Team Record: 4-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: John Michelosen (4-8)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1948 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1948 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division.
The Steelers scored 200 points, and the defensive squad surrendered 243. Bob Cifers carried the ball for a team-best 361 yards for Pittsburgh, while Ray Evans and George Papach additionally buoyed the ground attack.
Ray Evans passed for 924 yards. Val Jansante paced pass catchers, grabbing 39 passes for 623 yards.
Tony Compagno intercepted 7 opponent throws.
John Michelosen coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Evans | 137 | 64 | 46.7 | 924 | 6.7 | 5 | 3.6 | 17 | 12.4 | 66 | 41.7 |
Joe Gasparella | 57 | 23 | 40.4 | 294 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 7.0 | 43 | 28.0 |
Johnny Clement | 58 | 18 | 31.0 | 281 | 4.8 | 3 | 5.2 | 7 | 12.1 | 39 | 25.8 |
Gonzalo Morales | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 95.8 |
Joe Glamp | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Charlie Seabright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Charley Mehelich | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Norm Mosley | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Bob Cifers | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 266 | 108 | 40.6 | 1529 | 5.7 | 8 | 3.0 | 29 | 10.9 | 66 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Cifers | 112 | 361 | 3.2 | 21 | 1 |
Ray Evans | 99 | 343 | 3.5 | 24 | 2 |
George Papach | 60 | 324 | 5.4 | 42 | 2 |
Johnny Clement | 67 | 261 | 3.9 | 28 | 2 |
Jerry Shipkey | 64 | 199 | 3.1 | 16 | 8 |
Joe Glamp | 28 | 167 | 6.0 | 55 | 1 |
Jerry Nuzum | 26 | 109 | 4.2 | 20 | 0 |
Tony Compagno | 24 | 101 | 4.2 | 20 | 0 |
Norm Mosley | 13 | 39 | 3.0 | 8 | 1 |
Gonzalo Morales | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 8 | 0 |
Joe Gasparella | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Paul Davis | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
Val Jansante | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
Totals | 510 | 1934 | 3.8 | 55 | 17 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Val Jansante | 39 | 623 | 16.0 | 66 | 3 |
Elbie Nickel | 22 | 324 | 14.7 | 35 | 1 |
Jerry Shipkey | 10 | 106 | 10.6 | 43 | 0 |
Joe Glamp | 9 | 138 | 15.3 | 39 | 2 |
Charlie Seabright | 8 | 63 | 7.9 | 16 | 1 |
Ray Evans | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 36 | 0 |
George Papach | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 31 | 1 |
Bob Cifers | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 29 | 0 |
Jerry Nuzum | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 32 | 0 |
Bob Davis | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
Tony Compagno | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 108 | 1529 | 14.2 | 66 | 8 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Evans | 10 | 133 | 13.3 | 22 | 0 |
Gonzalo Morales | 8 | 83 | 10.4 | 20 | 0 |
Norm Mosley | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 13 | 0 |
Paul Davis | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
Tony Compagno | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 9 | 0 |
Joe Glamp | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Bob Cifers | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Jerry Nuzum | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Totals | 36 | 353 | 9.8 | 22 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Cifers | 9 | 245 | 27.2 | 55 | 0 |
Joe Glamp | 7 | 158 | 22.6 | 30 | 0 |
Jerry Nuzum | 6 | 122 | 20.3 | 32 | 0 |
Ray Evans | 7 | 122 | 17.4 | 27 | 0 |
Gonzalo Morales | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 24 | 0 |
Jerry Shipkey | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 20 | 0 |
Norm Mosley | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
Bill Garnaas | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
George Papach | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Paul Davis | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Steve Suhey | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Bob Davis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Charlie Seabright | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Charley Mehelich | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 42 | 846 | 20.1 | 55 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Compagno | 7 | 179 | 25.6 | 82 | 1 |
Frank Sinkovitz | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65 | 0 |
Carl Samuelson | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
Gonzalo Morales | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 11 | 0 |
Charlie Seabright | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Paul Davis | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Jerry Nuzum | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 13 | 320 | 24.6 | 82 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerry Nuzum | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ray Evans | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |||
Tony Compagno | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Shipkey | 4 | 3 | -2 | 0 | |||
Joe Gasparella | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Elbie Nickel | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||
Paul Davis | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Cifers | 4 | 3 | -2 | 0 | |||
Bill Cregar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Suhey | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Wydo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Clement | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bryant Meeks | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Carl Samuelson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hubert Shurtz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gonzalo Morales | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | |
George Papach | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Val Jansante | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
Joe Glamp | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jack Wiley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charlie Seabright | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Norm Mosley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 43 | 44 | 54 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Joe Glamp | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 56 | ||||||
Jerry Shipkey | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
Val Jansante | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
George Papach | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Ray Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Johnny Clement | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Gonzalo Morales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
Norm Mosley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Tony Compagno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Elbie Nickel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Bob Cifers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Charlie Seabright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Totals | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 |