1960 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-6-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Buddy Parker (5-6-1)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1960 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 5-6-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Buddy Parker (5-6-1)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1960 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1960 season with a record of 5 wins and 6 losses and 1 ties, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.
Pittsburgh scored 240 points, while the defense yielded 275. Bobby Layne passed for 1,814 yards. Buddy Dial paced all receivers, grabbing 40 passes for 972 yards.
Tom Tracy carried the ball for a team-best 680 yards for the Steelers, while John Johnson also buoyed the ground attack.
Dicky Moegle picked off 6 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 | 209 | 103 | 49.3 | 1814 | 8.7 | 13 | 6.2 | 17 | 8.1 | 70 | 66.2 |
| Rudy Bukich | 51 | 25 | 49.0 | 358 | 7.0 | 2 | 3.9 | 3 | 5.9 | 51 | 60.7 |
| Tom Tracy | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 322 | 14.6 | 4 | 18.2 | 1 | 4.5 | 70 | 108.9 |
| John Johnson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 158.3 |
| Preston Carpenter | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 56.3 |
| Totals | 285 | 139 | 48.8 | 2511 | 8.8 | 20 | 7.0 | 21 | 7.4 | 70 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Tracy | 192 | 680 | 3.5 | 28 | 5 |
| John Johnson | 118 | 621 | 5.3 | 87 | 2 |
| Larry Krutko | 17 | 99 | 5.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Charlie Scales | 26 | 81 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Jimmy Orr | 8 | 57 | 7.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 17 | 36 | 2.1 | 20 | 0 |
| Tom Barnett | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Rex Johnston | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 19 | 12 | 0.6 | 13 | 2 |
| Buddy Dial | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 411 | 1623 | 3.9 | 87 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Dial | 40 | 972 | 24.3 | 70 | 9 |
| Jimmy Orr | 29 | 541 | 18.7 | 51 | 4 |
| Preston Carpenter | 29 | 495 | 17.1 | 70 | 2 |
| Tom Tracy | 24 | 349 | 14.5 | 65 | 4 |
| John Johnson | 12 | 112 | 9.3 | 26 | 1 |
| Pete Brewster | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jack McClairen | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Larry Krutko | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Charlie Scales | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 139 | 2518 | 18.1 | 70 | 20 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Layne | 22 | 21 | 95.5 | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 36 |
| Bert Rechichar | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 15 |
| Tom Tracy | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 9 | |||
| Totals | 28 | 27 | 96.4 | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 60 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Green | 64 | 2829 | 44.2 | 74 |
| Totals | 64 | 2829 | 44.2 | 74 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Carpenter | 13 | 120 | 9.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Rex Johnston | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Dicky Moegle | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Scudero | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 183 | 6.1 | 20 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Johnston | 18 | 393 | 21.8 | 38 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 10 | 255 | 25.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Dicky Moegle | 7 | 174 | 24.9 | 36 | 0 |
| Charlie Scales | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Rudy Hayes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jack McClairen | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Varrichione | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 44 | 964 | 21.9 | 47 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dicky Moegle | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 31 | 0 |
| Dean Derby | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Junior Wren | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Reger | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| George Tarasovic | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dick Campbell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Don Sutherin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 | 130 | 8.1 | 31 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Smith | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Scudero | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Varrichione | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Preston Carpenter | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Layne | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Scales | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Reger | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dean Derby | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buddy Dial | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Tracy | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Lewis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Bukich | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Hayes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Orr | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Williamson | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Stautner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Brewster | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Krupa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rex Johnston | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 26 | 36 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Tom Tracy | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 63 | |||||||
| Buddy Dial | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 2 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Orr | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| John Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Bert Rechichar | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| Preston Carpenter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Joe Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 240 |
