
1967 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
Team Record: 4-9-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Century Division
Coach: Bill Austin (4-9-1)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1967 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1967 season with a record of 4 wins and 9 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's Century Division.
Pittsburgh scored 281 points, while the defensive squad allowed 320. Kent Nix threw for 1,587 yards, and Bill Nelsen played quarterback, too. J.R. Wilburn paced pass catchers, grabbing 51 passes for 767 yards. Dick Compton was targeted regularly also.
Don Shy carried the ball for a team-best 341 yards for the Steelers, while Cannonball Butler and Willie Asbury additionally buoyed the ground attack.
Marv Woodson picked off 7 opponent throws.
Bill Austin coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kent Nix | 268 | 136 | 50.7 | 1587 | 5.9 | 8 | 3.0 | 19 | 7.1 | 66 | 49.5 |
Bill Nelsen | 165 | 74 | 44.8 | 1125 | 6.8 | 10 | 6.1 | 9 | 5.5 | 58 | 65.3 |
Dick Hoak | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 69 | 8.6 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 21 | 79.7 |
Mike Clark | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 442 | 214 | 48.4 | 2781 | 6.3 | 19 | 4.3 | 29 | 6.6 | 66 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Shy | 99 | 341 | 3.4 | 33 | 4 |
Willie Asbury | 80 | 315 | 3.9 | 73 | 4 |
Cannonball Butler | 90 | 293 | 3.3 | 24 | 0 |
Earl Gros | 72 | 252 | 3.5 | 23 | 1 |
Dick Hoak | 52 | 142 | 2.7 | 11 | 1 |
Kent Nix | 15 | 45 | 3.0 | 15 | 2 |
Charlie Bivins | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 9 | 1 |
John Hilton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Dick Compton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Roy Jefferson | 5 | -11 | -2.2 | 20 | 0 |
Bill Nelsen | 9 | -19 | -2.1 | 11 | 0 |
Totals | 431 | 1397 | 3.2 | 73 | 13 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J.R. Wilburn | 51 | 767 | 15.0 | 66 | 5 |
Dick Compton | 42 | 507 | 12.1 | 40 | 1 |
Roy Jefferson | 29 | 459 | 15.8 | 58 | 4 |
John Hilton | 26 | 343 | 13.2 | 43 | 5 |
Earl Gros | 19 | 175 | 9.2 | 22 | 0 |
Dick Hoak | 17 | 111 | 6.5 | 20 | 1 |
Don Shy | 12 | 152 | 12.7 | 55 | 1 |
Chet Anderson | 8 | 141 | 17.6 | 48 | 2 |
Cannonball Butler | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 13 | 0 |
Willie Asbury | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 21 | 0 |
Charlie Bivins | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
Jerry Marion | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Marshall Cropper | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Totals | 214 | 2781 | 13.0 | 66 | 19 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Elliott | 72 | 2744 | 38.1 | 55 |
Totals | 72 | 2744 | 38.1 | 55 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Bradshaw | 16 | 97 | 6.1 | 26 | 0 |
Clendon Thomas | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 17 | 0 |
Roy Jefferson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Brady Keys | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
Jerry Marion | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Don Shy | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
Totals | 30 | 143 | 4.8 | 26 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Shy | 21 | 473 | 22.5 | 45 | 0 |
Paul Martha | 18 | 403 | 22.4 | 32 | 0 |
Cannonball Butler | 10 | 223 | 22.3 | 32 | 0 |
Andy Russell | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 26 | 0 |
John Campbell | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
John Hilton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ray May | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 58 | 1221 | 21.1 | 45 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marv Woodson | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 24 | 0 |
Paul Martha | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 23 | 0 |
Andy Russell | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 42 | 0 |
John Campbell | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 30 | 0 |
Clendon Thomas | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 33 | 0 |
Brady Keys | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
Bob Hohn | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ben McGee | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 1 |
Lloyd Voss | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
John Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Saul | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 26 | 264 | 10.2 | 42 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Nelsen | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Baker | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Shy | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bruce Van Dyke | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marv Woodson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Hohn | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kent Nix | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | |||
Paul Martha | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Bradshaw | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Kortas | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
Chuck Hinton | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | ||
Clendon Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brady Keys | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Compton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mike Haggerty | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dick Hoak | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Foruria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Clark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ray Mansfield | 2 | 1 | -21 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roy Jefferson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Willie Asbury | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim Elliott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Earl Gros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Cannonball Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
J.R. Wilburn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bill Saul | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 33 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 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 |
Mike Clark | 12 | 35 | 0 | 71 | ||||||||||
J.R. Wilburn | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
Don Shy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
John Hilton | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
Roy Jefferson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Willie Asbury | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Kent Nix | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Chet Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Dick Hoak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Chuck Hinton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Earl Gros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Dick Compton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Charlie Bivins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Ben McGee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Ken Kortas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 281 |