
1958 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
Team Record: 7-4-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Buddy Parker (7-4-1)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1958 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1958 season with a record of 7 wins and 4 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's East Division.
Pittsburgh scored 261 points, while the defensive squad allowed 230. Bobby Layne threw for 2,339 yards. Jimmy Orr paced pass catchers, grabbing 33 passes for 910 yards. Ray Mathews, Tom Tracy and Jack McClairen each provided receiving help, too.
Tom Tracy carried the ball for a team-best 714 yards for the Steelers.
The ball-hawking defense led the way with 42 turnovers. Jack Butler picked off 9 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Layne | 268 | 133 | 49.6 | 2339 | 8.7 | 13 | 4.9 | 10 | 3.7 | 78 | 80.4 |
Earl Morrall | 46 | 16 | 34.8 | 275 | 6.0 | 1 | 2.2 | 7 | 15.2 | 66 | 23.6 |
Tom Tracy | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 270 | 16.9 | 2 | 12.5 | 2 | 12.5 | 72 | 85.4 |
Len Dawson | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 11 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 11 | 0.0 |
Totals | 336 | 156 | 46.4 | 2895 | 8.6 | 16 | 4.8 | 21 | 6.2 | 78 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Tracy | 169 | 714 | 4.2 | 64 | 5 |
Tank Younger | 88 | 344 | 3.9 | 36 | 3 |
Bobby Layne | 37 | 153 | 4.1 | 21 | 3 |
Leo Elter | 37 | 104 | 2.8 | 18 | 2 |
Dick Christy | 38 | 101 | 2.7 | 19 | 0 |
Earl Morrall | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 22 | 0 |
Billy Reynolds | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 11 | 1 |
Ray Mathews | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
Jimmy Orr | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Larry Krutko | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
Len Dawson | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 394 | 1521 | 3.9 | 64 | 14 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jimmy Orr | 33 | 910 | 27.6 | 78 | 7 |
Tom Tracy | 32 | 535 | 16.7 | 56 | 4 |
Jack McClairen | 29 | 491 | 16.9 | 35 | 1 |
Ray Mathews | 25 | 525 | 21.0 | 65 | 4 |
Tank Younger | 16 | 188 | 11.8 | 51 | 0 |
Dick Christy | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 26 | 0 |
Leo Elter | 6 | 68 | 11.3 | 22 | 0 |
Dick Lucas | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 17 | 0 |
Don Bishop | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 29 | 0 |
Billy Reynolds | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 156 | 2895 | 18.6 | 78 | 16 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Christy | 17 | 153 | 9.0 | 43 | 0 |
Billy Reynolds | 25 | 143 | 5.7 | 22 | 0 |
Dale Dodrill | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Gary Glick | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 45 | 301 | 6.7 | 43 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Christy | 16 | 384 | 24.0 | 41 | 0 |
Billy Reynolds | 15 | 346 | 23.1 | 38 | 0 |
Frank Varrichione | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 16 | 0 |
Ted Karras | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Jack McClairen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 36 | 774 | 21.5 | 41 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Butler | 9 | 81 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
Dick Alban | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 |
Dean Derby | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Glick | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 26 | 0 |
Dick Campbell | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58 | 0 |
Dale Dodrill | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Joe Lewis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
John Reger | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 24 | 248 | 10.3 | 58 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Lewis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Glick | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 0 | |
Jack McClairen | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | |||
Billy Reynolds | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Frank Varrichione | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ted Karras | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dick Campbell | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Sandusky | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Orr | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dean Derby | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Alban | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
John Nisby | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Tracy | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Richie McCabe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Krupa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Tarasovic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ernie Stautner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Billy Krisher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Earl Morrall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bobby Layne | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Leo Elter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Tank Younger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dick Christy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Krutko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 32 | 31 | 81 | 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 |
Tom Miner | 14 | 31 | 0 | 73 | ||||||||||
Tom Tracy | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
Jimmy Orr | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
Ray Mathews | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Tank Younger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Bobby Layne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Leo Elter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Billy Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Jack McClairen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Gary Glick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Ernie Stautner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 261 |