1959 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-5-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Buddy Parker (6-5-1)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1959 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 6-5-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Buddy Parker (6-5-1)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1959 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1959 season with a record of 6 wins and 5 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division.
The Steelers racked up 257 points, and the defensive squad yielded 216. Tom Tracy carried the ball for a team-best 794 yards for Pittsburgh.
Bobby Layne threw for 1,986 yards. Jimmy Orr grabbed 35 passes for 604 yards.
Dean Derby picked off 7 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 | 297 | 142 | 47.8 | 1986 | 6.7 | 20 | 6.7 | 21 | 7.1 | 48 | 62.8 | Tom Tracy | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 159 | 13.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 16.7 | 68 | 39.6 | Len Dawson | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 60 | 8.6 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 113.1 | Bobby Luna | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 55 | 55.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 118.8 | Ray Mathews | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 118.8 | Jimmy Orr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 319 | 150 | 47.0 | 2298 | 7.2 | 21 | 6.6 | 23 | 7.2 | 68 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tom Tracy | 199 | 794 | 4.0 | 51 | 3 | Tom Barnett | 75 | 238 | 3.2 | 19 | 1 | Larry Krutko | 75 | 226 | 3.0 | 12 | 4 | Bobby Layne | 33 | 181 | 5.5 | 21 | 2 | Jimmy Orr | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 29 | 0 | Leo Elter | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 | Len Dawson | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | Jack Call | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | Ray Mathews | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Bobby Luna | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 |
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| Totals | 406 | 1543 | 3.8 | 51 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jimmy Orr | 35 | 604 | 17.3 | 43 | 5 | Tom Tracy | 23 | 273 | 11.9 | 45 | 5 | Pete Brewster | 22 | 360 | 16.4 | 42 | 2 | Buddy Dial | 16 | 428 | 26.8 | 68 | 6 | Gern Nagler | 14 | 222 | 15.9 | 35 | 2 | Ray Mathews | 13 | 182 | 14.0 | 56 | 0 | Larry Krutko | 13 | 100 | 7.7 | 27 | 0 | Tom Barnett | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 14 | 1 | Jack McClairen | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 20 | 0 | Leo Elter | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 28 | 0 | Jack Call | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 150 | 2298 | 15.3 | 68 | 21 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Bobby Layne | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 65 | Don Sutherin | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 65 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Don Sutherin | 12 | 68 | 5.7 | 28 | 0 | Ron Hall | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 7 | 0 | Ray Mathews | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 | Dean Derby | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 10 | 0 | Bobby Luna | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 | Don Bishop | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 | Tom Tracy | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 38 | 152 | 4.0 | 28 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Don Sutherin | 11 | 225 | 20.5 | 34 | 0 | Jack Call | 6 | 146 | 24.3 | 33 | 0 | Tom Tracy | 7 | 145 | 20.7 | 27 | 0 | Dean Derby | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 22 | 0 | Tom Barnett | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 | Ron Hall | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Rudy Hayes | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 30 | 613 | 20.4 | 34 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dean Derby | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 24 | 0 | Dick Alban | 6 | 119 | 19.8 | 46 | 0 | Bobby Luna | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 32 | 0 | Mike Henry | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 33 | 0 | Jack Butler | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 | Dick Campbell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Ron Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 22 | 363 | 16.5 | 46 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | George Tarasovic | 1 | 5 | 57 | 1 | 0 | Bobby Luna | 0 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | Ed Beatty | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ernie Stautner | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Layne | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Hall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rudy Hayes | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | Frank Varrichione | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Nisby | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Butler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Ted Karras | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Sandusky | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Henry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leo Elter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Mathews | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dale Dodrill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Tracy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmy Orr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Barnett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Krutko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Len Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Sutherin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 126 | 1 | 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 | Bobby Layne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 77 | Tom Tracy | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Buddy Dial | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Jimmy Orr | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Larry Krutko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Gern Nagler | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Tom Barnett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Pete Brewster | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | George Tarasovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 257 |
