1957 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-6
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Buddy Parker (6-6)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1957 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 6-6
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Buddy Parker (6-6)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1957 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1957 season with a record of 6 wins and 6 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division.
The Steelers managed just 161 points, worst in the league, while the rigid defensive squad conceded 178. Earl Morrall tossed for 1,900 yards. Jack McClairen paced the receiving corps, grabbing 46 passes for 630 yards.
Billy Wells carried the ball for a team-best 532 yards for Pittsburgh.
Jack Butler picked off 10 opponent throws.
Buddy Parker coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Morrall | 289 | 139 | 48.1 | 1900 | 6.6 | 11 | 3.8 | 12 | 4.2 | 64 | 64.9 |
| Jack Kemp | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 88 | 4.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11.1 | 21 | 19.9 |
| Len Dawson | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 25 | 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 69.8 |
| Jug Girard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 312 | 149 | 47.8 | 2013 | 6.5 | 11 | 3.5 | 14 | 4.5 | 64 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Wells | 154 | 532 | 3.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 68 | 232 | 3.4 | 23 | 1 |
| Dick Young | 56 | 153 | 2.7 | 14 | 2 |
| Earl Morrall | 41 | 81 | 2.0 | 35 | 2 |
| Bill Bowman | 28 | 76 | 2.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Dean Derby | 18 | 49 | 2.7 | 7 | 1 |
| Len Dawson | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Sid Watson | 12 | 21 | 1.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Hughes | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Jug Girard | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 390 | 1174 | 3.0 | 51 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack McClairen | 46 | 630 | 13.7 | 48 | 2 |
| Jug Girard | 21 | 419 | 20.0 | 46 | 4 |
| Fran Rogel | 20 | 128 | 6.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 15 | 369 | 24.6 | 64 | 4 |
| Billy Wells | 14 | 89 | 6.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Bowman | 11 | 107 | 9.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Elbie Nickel | 10 | 115 | 11.5 | 31 | 1 |
| Dean Derby | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Dick Young | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Sid Watson | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Perry Richards | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 149 | 2013 | 13.5 | 64 | 11 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Glick | 12 | 10 | 83.3 | 18 | 5 | 27.8 | 25 |
| Dean Derby | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 9 |
| Jug Girard | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 5 |
| Len Dawson | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 20 | 15 | 75.0 | 26 | 8 | 30.8 | 39 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Wells | 21 | 143 | 6.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Fred Bruney | 17 | 86 | 5.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Dean Derby | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Butler | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dick Hughes | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gary Glick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aubrey Rozzell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 51 | 276 | 5.4 | 30 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Wells | 11 | 306 | 27.8 | 96 | 1 |
| Dean Derby | 6 | 137 | 22.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Fred Bruney | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 31 | 0 |
| Dick Alban | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 581 | 23.2 | 96 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Butler | 10 | 85 | 8.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Dale Dodrill | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 44 | 0 |
| George Tarasovic | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Gary Glick | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Alban | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Aubrey Rozzell | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Fred Bruney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 195 | 10.3 | 44 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Wells | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Earl Morrall | 12 | 6 | -2 | 0 | |||
| Gary Glick | 0 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 0 | ||
| John Reger | 0 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Beatty | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill McPeak | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Fred Bruney | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Priatko | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Sandusky | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herman Lee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gunderman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Hughes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Butler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie McClung | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Dodrill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Alban | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Krupa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Stautner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perry Richards | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Bowman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Kemp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sid Watson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jug Girard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Len Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Mathews | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dean Derby | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 39 | 44 | 49 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Jug Girard | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||
| Gary Glick | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||
| Ray Mathews | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Dean Derby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Earl Morrall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Jack McClairen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Dick Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Billy Wells | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Bob O'Neil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Elbie Nickel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Reger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bill McPeak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 161 |
