1964 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-9
Finishing 6th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Buddy Parker (5-9)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1964 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 5-9
Finishing 6th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Buddy Parker (5-9)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1964 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1964 season with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses, finishing sixth in the NFL's East Division.
The Steelers scored 253 points, but the defense yielded 315. John Johnson carried the ball for a team-best 1,048 yards for Pittsburgh.
Ed Brown tossed for 1,990 yards. Gary Ballman paced all receivers, grabbing 47 passes for 935 yards.
Willie Daniel, Dick Haley and Brady Keys each picked off 2 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 | 272 | 121 | 44.5 | 1990 | 7.3 | 12 | 4.4 | 19 | 7.0 | 54 | 55.2 |
| Bill Nelsen | 42 | 16 | 38.1 | 276 | 6.6 | 2 | 4.8 | 3 | 7.1 | 44 | 47.3 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 22 | 61.5 |
| Tommy Wade | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 42.4 |
| Dick Hoak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Gary Ballman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 323 | 141 | 43.7 | 2308 | 7.1 | 14 | 4.3 | 24 | 7.4 | 54 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Johnson | 235 | 1048 | 4.5 | 45 | 7 |
| Clarence Peaks | 118 | 503 | 4.3 | 70 | 2 |
| Dick Hoak | 84 | 258 | 3.1 | 17 | 2 |
| Ed Brown | 26 | 110 | 4.2 | 22 | 2 |
| Phil King | 26 | 71 | 2.7 | 12 | 1 |
| Gary Ballman | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Nelsen | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Theron Sapp | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Paul Martha | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| John Powers | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ed Holler | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 516 | 2102 | 4.1 | 70 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Ballman | 47 | 935 | 19.9 | 47 | 7 |
| Clendon Thomas | 17 | 334 | 19.6 | 49 | 1 |
| John Johnson | 17 | 69 | 4.1 | 21 | 1 |
| Dick Hoak | 12 | 137 | 11.4 | 22 | 3 |
| Clarence Peaks | 12 | 113 | 9.4 | 41 | 0 |
| Jim Kelly | 10 | 186 | 18.6 | 27 | 1 |
| John Powers | 8 | 193 | 24.1 | 42 | 0 |
| Paul Martha | 6 | 145 | 24.2 | 54 | 0 |
| John Burrell | 6 | 113 | 18.8 | 43 | 0 |
| Phil King | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Theron Sapp | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Chuck Logan | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 141 | 2308 | 16.4 | 54 | 14 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Keys | 14 | 172 | 12.3 | 90 | 0 |
| Paul Martha | 13 | 64 | 4.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Bradshaw | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Marv Woodson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 238 | 7.9 | 90 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Ballman | 14 | 386 | 27.6 | 80 | 0 |
| Clarence Peaks | 12 | 326 | 27.2 | 49 | 0 |
| Marv Woodson | 5 | 178 | 35.6 | 63 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 7 | 171 | 24.4 | 37 | 0 |
| Brady Keys | 7 | 168 | 24.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Theron Sapp | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Phil King | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Paul Martha | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Ray Lemek | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Kelly | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| John Burrell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 56 | 1356 | 24.2 | 80 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Keys | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Dick Haley | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Willie Daniel | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Bradshaw | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Bill Saul | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Chuck Hinton | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 1 |
| Myron Pottios | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ed Holler | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Clendon Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 12 | 96 | 8.0 | 39 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Harrison | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Bradshaw | 0 | 1 | 3 | 80 | 2 | 0 | |
| Buzz Nutter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Martha | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Lemek | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Sandusky | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Baker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Johnson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brady Keys | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Soleau | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clarence Peaks | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Bradshaw | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Haley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Burrell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Ballman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Hinton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan LaRose | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Myron Pottios | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Max Messner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Holler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Theron Sapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Brown | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Hoak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 28 | 25 | 80 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Mike Clark | 13 | 28 | 0 | 67 | ||||||||||
| John Johnson | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Gary Ballman | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Dick Hoak | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Phil King | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Clarence Peaks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Jim Bradshaw | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Ed Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Clendon Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Chuck Hinton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jim Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 253 |
