1953 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-6
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Bach (6-6)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1953 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 6-6
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Bach (6-6)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1953 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1953 season with a record of 6 wins and 6 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division.
Pittsburgh scored 211 points, while the defense surrendered 263. Fran Rogel carried the ball for a team-best 527 yards for the Steelers, and Lynn Chandnois also aided the ground game.
Jim Finks passed for 1,484 yards. Elbie Nickel paced pass catchers, grabbing 62 passes for 743 yards.
Jack Butler picked off 9 opponent throws.
Joe Bach coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Jim Finks | 292 | 131 | 44.9 | 1484 | 5.1 | 8 | 2.7 | 14 | 4.8 | 77 | 49.8 | Bill Mackrides | 94 | 48 | 51.1 | 453 | 4.8 | 1 | 1.1 | 5 | 5.3 | 36 | 46.1 | Ted Marchibroda | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 66 | 3.0 | 1 | 4.5 | 2 | 9.1 | 16 | 25.9 | Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 45.1 | Jim Brandt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Pat Brady | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Fran Rogel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Ray Mathews | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 416 | 189 | 45.4 | 2014 | 4.8 | 10 | 2.4 | 21 | 5.0 | 77 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Fran Rogel | 137 | 527 | 3.8 | 58 | 2 | Lynn Chandnois | 123 | 470 | 3.8 | 38 | 3 | Ray Mathews | 65 | 260 | 4.0 | 31 | 2 | Jim Brandt | 42 | 106 | 2.5 | 9 | 3 | Leo Elter | 26 | 81 | 3.1 | 10 | 0 | Tom Calvin | 13 | 65 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 | Bill Mackrides | 13 | 25 | 1.9 | 4 | 1 | Ted Marchibroda | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Jim Finks | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 |
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| Totals | 432 | 1549 | 3.6 | 58 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Elbie Nickel | 62 | 743 | 12.0 | 40 | 4 | Lynn Chandnois | 43 | 412 | 9.6 | 55 | 0 | Ray Mathews | 27 | 346 | 12.8 | 77 | 4 | Fran Rogel | 19 | 95 | 5.0 | 19 | 0 | Ed Barker | 17 | 172 | 10.1 | 22 | 1 | George Sulima | 10 | 131 | 13.1 | 17 | 0 | Tom Calvin | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 16 | 0 | Leo Elter | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 15 | 0 | Jack Butler | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 33 | 1 | Jim Brandt | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
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| Totals | 189 | 2014 | 10.7 | 77 | 10 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ray Mathews | 16 | 128 | 8.0 | 54 | 0 | Lynn Chandnois | 26 | 101 | 3.9 | 15 | 0 | Jim Brandt | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 18 | 0 | Jack Butler | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Art DeCarlo | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Totals | 50 | 269 | 5.4 | 54 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Lynn Chandnois | 21 | 610 | 29.0 | 93 | 1 | Ray Mathews | 10 | 261 | 26.1 | 44 | 0 | Jim Brandt | 6 | 135 | 22.5 | 44 | 0 | Lou Tepe | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 18 | 0 | Ted Marchibroda | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | Leo Elter | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | Bob Gaona | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | George Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 44 | 1101 | 25.0 | 93 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jack Butler | 9 | 147 | 16.3 | 28 | 1 | Art DeCarlo | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 27 | 0 | Dick Flanagan | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 | Claude Hipps | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Mathews | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | Dale Dodrill | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Marv Matuszak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 21 | 273 | 13.0 | 28 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Bill Mackrides | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Butler | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lynn Chandnois | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Mathews | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Dale Dodrill | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | John Schweder | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marv Matuszak | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darrell Hogan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Brandt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Finks | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nick Bolkovac | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | Art DeCarlo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Flanagan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Tarasovic | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Lou Tepe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fran Rogel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Elbie Nickel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Sulima | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 34 | 3 | 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 | Nick Bolkovac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 45 | Ray Mathews | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | Elbie Nickel | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Jim Brandt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Jack Butler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Fran Rogel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jim Finks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Dale Dodrill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ed Barker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bill Mackrides | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Lou Ferry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 211 |
