1954 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-7
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Walt Kiesling (5-7)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1954 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 5-7
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Walt Kiesling (5-7)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1954 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1954 season with a record of 5 wins and 7 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division.
The Steelers ran up 219 points, but the defense surrendered 263. Jim Finks passed for 2,003 yards. Ray Mathews grabbed 44 passes for 652 yards, while Elbie Nickel contributed to the receiving game, too.
Fran Rogel carried the ball for a team-best 415 yards for Pittsburgh.
The ball-hawking defense pounced on 50 turnovers. Paul Cameron picked off 7 opponent throws.
Walt Kiesling coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Finks | 306 | 164 | 53.6 | 2003 | 6.5 | 14 | 4.6 | 19 | 6.2 | 78 | 63.4 |
| Paul Held | 73 | 24 | 32.9 | 305 | 4.2 | 1 | 1.4 | 6 | 8.2 | 37 | 17.2 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 47.9 |
| Ray Mathews | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 386 | 189 | 49.0 | 2321 | 6.0 | 15 | 3.9 | 26 | 6.7 | 78 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Rogel | 111 | 415 | 3.7 | 16 | 1 |
| Ray Mathews | 80 | 242 | 3.0 | 24 | 2 |
| Johnny Lattner | 69 | 237 | 3.4 | 17 | 5 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 45 | 147 | 3.3 | 15 | 1 |
| Jim Brandt | 19 | 82 | 4.3 | 20 | 1 |
| Tom Calvin | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 13 | 54 | 4.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Burrell Shields | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 6 | 0 |
| Paul Held | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 368 | 1282 | 3.5 | 24 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Mathews | 44 | 652 | 14.8 | 78 | 6 |
| Elbie Nickel | 40 | 584 | 14.6 | 52 | 5 |
| George Sulima | 30 | 439 | 14.6 | 37 | 1 |
| Johnny Lattner | 25 | 305 | 12.2 | 43 | 2 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 22 | 176 | 8.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 18 | 51 | 2.8 | 16 | 1 |
| Leo Elter | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Burrell Shields | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Tom Calvin | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jack Butler | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Brandt | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack O'Brien | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dewey McConnell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 189 | 2296 | 12.1 | 78 | 15 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Held | 16 | 14 | 87.5 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 23 |
| Nick Bolkovac | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 12 |
| Ed Kissell | 9 | 8 | 88.9 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 14 |
| Totals | 28 | 25 | 89.3 | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | 49 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Lattner | 17 | 73 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Paul Cameron | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Burrell Shields | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 110 | 3.4 | 19 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Lattner | 16 | 413 | 25.8 | 50 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 13 | 256 | 19.7 | 34 | 0 |
| Burrell Shields | 9 | 183 | 20.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Calvin | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 45 | 987 | 21.9 | 50 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Cameron | 7 | 118 | 16.9 | 33 | 0 |
| Jack Butler | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 41 | 2 |
| Russ Craft | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 81 | 1 |
| Dewey McConnell | 3 | 117 | 39.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Lou Tepe | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Dale Dodrill | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Dick Flanagan | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Sheriff | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ed Kissell | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Burrell Shields | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ernie Stautner | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 569 | 19.0 | 81 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Stautner | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Cameron | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dewey Brundage | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Tepe | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Hughes | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Dodrill | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Finks | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Ferry | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dewey McConnell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill McPeak | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Jack Butler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Bill Walsh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Held | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Brandt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Flanagan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leo Elter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elbie Nickel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Burrell Shields | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fran Rogel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Mathews | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Calvin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Lattner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 28 | 31 | 86 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Ray Mathews | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
| Johnny Lattner | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
| Elbie Nickel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Paul Held | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 23 | |||||||||
| Ed Kissell | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||
| Nick Bolkovac | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Jack Butler | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Jim Brandt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| George Sulima | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Russ Craft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bill McPeak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 219 |
