1962 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Buddy Parker (9-5)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1962 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 9-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Buddy Parker (9-5)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1962 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1962 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.
The Steelers scored 312 points, but the defensive unit surrendered 363. John Johnson carried the ball for a team-best 1,141 yards for Pittsburgh.
Bobby Layne threw for 1,686 yards. Buddy Dial paced pass catchers, grabbing 50 passes for 981 yards.
Clendon Thomas intercepted 7 opponent throws.
Buddy Parker coached the team.
Click on column headings to sort.
Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Bobby Layne | 233 | 116 | 49.8 | 1686 | 7.2 | 9 | 3.9 | 17 | 7.3 | 62 | 56.2 | Ed Brown | 84 | 43 | 51.2 | 726 | 8.6 | 5 | 6.0 | 6 | 7.1 | 50 | 70.8 | Tom Tracy | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 95.8 | Dick Hoak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 319 | 160 | 50.2 | 2419 | 7.6 | 14 | 4.4 | 23 | 7.2 | 62 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | John Johnson | 251 | 1141 | 4.5 | 40 | 7 | Joe Womack | 128 | 468 | 3.7 | 28 | 5 | Dick Hoak | 117 | 442 | 3.8 | 39 | 4 | Tom Tracy | 20 | 116 | 5.8 | 35 | 0 | Harlon Hill | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 24 | 0 | John Burrell | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 18 | 0 | Bob Ferguson | 20 | 37 | 1.8 | 13 | 0 | Bobby Layne | 15 | 25 | 1.7 | 17 | 1 | Gary Ballman | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 | Red Mack | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 7 | 0 | Preston Carpenter | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | Ed Brown | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | -2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 572 | 2333 | 4.1 | 40 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Buddy Dial | 50 | 981 | 19.6 | 62 | 6 | Preston Carpenter | 36 | 492 | 13.7 | 43 | 4 | John Johnson | 32 | 226 | 7.1 | 18 | 2 | Dick Hoak | 9 | 133 | 14.8 | 23 | 0 | Red Mack | 8 | 203 | 25.4 | 40 | 2 | John Burrell | 8 | 193 | 24.1 | 42 | 0 | Harlon Hill | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 25 | 0 | Joe Womack | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 33 | 0 | Tom Tracy | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 | John Powers | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Bob Ferguson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 160 | 2419 | 15.1 | 62 | 14 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Preston Carpenter | 7 | 109 | 15.6 | 60 | 0 | Brady Keys | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 25 | 0 | Dick Haley | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Johnny Sample | 4 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 169 | 8.9 | 60 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Brady Keys | 28 | 667 | 23.8 | 57 | 0 | Glenn Glass | 16 | 396 | 24.8 | 55 | 0 | Dick Haley | 7 | 105 | 15.0 | 23 | 0 | Johnny Sample | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 30 | 0 | Dick Hoak | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 | Bob Ferguson | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 | Preston Carpenter | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | Joe Womack | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Lou Michaels | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 | Mike Sandusky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 62 | 1350 | 21.8 | 57 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Clendon Thomas | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 15 | 0 | Willie Daniel | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 49 | 1 | George Tarasovic | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 37 | 0 | Dick Haley | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 18 | 0 | Bob Schmitz | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 24 | 1 | Brady Keys | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 13 | 0 | Ernie Stautner | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | John Reger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 28 | 297 | 10.6 | 49 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | John Reger | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Sandusky | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Hoak | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Ernie Stautner | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Layne | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Krupa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Simms | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gene Lipscomb | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Tom Bettis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Kirk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Lemek | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Ferguson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lou Michaels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Womack | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Mack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 20 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 32 | 0 | 110 | John Johnson | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Buddy Dial | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Joe Womack | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Dick Hoak | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Preston Carpenter | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Red Mack | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Willie Daniel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bobby Layne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bob Schmitz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ernie Stautner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 310 |
