1963 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-4-3
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Buddy Parker (7-4-3)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1963 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 7-4-3
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Buddy Parker (7-4-3)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1963 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1963 season with a record of 7 wins and 4 losses and 3 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division.
Pittsburgh scored 321 points, while the defensive squad yielded 295. John Johnson carried the ball for a team-best 773 yards for the Steelers, while Dick Hoak additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Ed Brown passed for 2,982 yards. Buddy Dial paced all receivers, grabbing 60 passes for 1,295 yards.
The opportunistic defense pounced on 44 turnovers. Clendon Thomas intercepted 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Brown | 362 | 168 | 46.4 | 2982 | 8.2 | 21 | 5.8 | 20 | 5.5 | 85 | 71.4 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 109.7 |
| Bill Nelsen | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 368 | 170 | 46.2 | 3028 | 8.2 | 21 | 5.7 | 20 | 5.4 | 85 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Johnson | 186 | 773 | 4.2 | 48 | 4 |
| Dick Hoak | 216 | 679 | 3.1 | 17 | 6 |
| Theron Sapp | 96 | 431 | 4.5 | 27 | 1 |
| Bob Ferguson | 43 | 171 | 4.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Gary Ballman | 8 | 59 | 7.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 15 | 20 | 1.3 | 7 | 2 |
| Tom Tracy | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 5 | 0 |
| Red Mack | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Bill Nelsen | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Totals | 578 | 2136 | 3.7 | 48 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Dial | 60 | 1295 | 21.6 | 83 | 9 |
| Gary Ballman | 26 | 492 | 18.9 | 67 | 5 |
| Red Mack | 25 | 618 | 24.7 | 85 | 3 |
| John Johnson | 21 | 145 | 6.9 | 26 | 1 |
| Preston Carpenter | 17 | 233 | 13.7 | 28 | 1 |
| Dick Hoak | 11 | 118 | 10.7 | 23 | 1 |
| Theron Sapp | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Bob Ferguson | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| John Burrell | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Roy Curry | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Tom Tracy | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Totals | 170 | 3028 | 17.8 | 85 | 21 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Michaels | 35 | 32 | 91.4 | 41 | 21 | 51.2 | 95 |
| Tom Tracy | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 37 | 34 | 91.9 | 41 | 21 | 51.2 | 97 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Keys | 13 | 198 | 15.2 | 82 | 0 |
| Dick Haley | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 281 | 9.1 | 82 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Ballman | 22 | 698 | 31.7 | 93 | 1 |
| Clendon Thomas | 12 | 286 | 23.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Brady Keys | 9 | 219 | 24.3 | 58 | 0 |
| Glenn Glass | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Roy Curry | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Lou Cordileone | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Theron Sapp | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 1312 | 26.8 | 93 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clendon Thomas | 8 | 122 | 15.2 | 32 | 0 |
| Dick Haley | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 37 | 1 |
| Myron Pottios | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Andy Russell | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Glenn Glass | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| John Reger | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Lou Michaels | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Bradshaw | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 330 | 13.2 | 38 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Baker | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Hoak | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brady Keys | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clendon Thomas | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Bradshaw | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Sandusky | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Johnson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ernie Stautner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Tarasovic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Krupa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Michaels | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Bradshaw | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Nelsen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Russell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Atkinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Mack | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Art Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Glass | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Brown | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Powers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Dial | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Theron Sapp | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Ballman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Haley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Lou Michaels | 0 | 21 | 32 | 0 | 95 | |||||||||
| Buddy Dial | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||||
| Dick Hoak | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Gary Ballman | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| John Johnson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Red Mack | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Ed Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Theron Sapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Roy Curry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Preston Carpenter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Dick Haley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bob Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tom Tracy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Bob Schmitz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 321 |
