1947 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
Team Record: 8-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Jock Sutherland (8-4)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1947 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1947 season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
Pittsburgh scored 240 points, while the defense gave up 259. Johnny Clement carried the ball for a team-best 670 yards for the Steelers.
Johnny Clement passed for 1,004 yards. Val Jansante paced the receiving corps, grabbing 35 passes for 599 yards.
Tony Compagno and Walt Slater each seized 4 opponent throws.
Jock Sutherland coached the team. The 1947 Pittsburgh Steelers lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnny Clement | 123 | 52 | 42.3 | 1004 | 8.2 | 7 | 5.7 | 9 | 7.3 | 68 | 59.8 |
Walt Slater | 39 | 18 | 46.2 | 215 | 5.5 | 1 | 2.6 | 5 | 12.8 | 37 | 32.5 |
Gonzalo Morales | 27 | 8 | 29.6 | 78 | 2.9 | 1 | 3.7 | 4 | 14.8 | 23 | 12.3 |
Bob Sullivan | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 52 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 24 | 14.4 |
Bob Cifers | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 96.5 |
Paul White | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 59.0 |
Steve Lach | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 12 | 2.4 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 87.5 |
Totals | 209 | 86 | 41.1 | 1410 | 6.7 | 10 | 4.8 | 19 | 9.1 | 68 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnny Clement | 129 | 670 | 5.2 | 43 | 4 |
Steve Lach | 120 | 372 | 3.1 | 19 | 8 |
Bob Cifers | 87 | 356 | 4.1 | 41 | 0 |
Walt Slater | 46 | 167 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 |
Tony Compagno | 34 | 126 | 3.7 | 13 | 2 |
Gonzalo Morales | 29 | 96 | 3.3 | 18 | 0 |
Paul White | 22 | 85 | 3.9 | 52 | 1 |
Bob Sullivan | 21 | 61 | 2.9 | 14 | 0 |
Paul Davis | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 6 | 0 |
Charlie Seabright | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Gene Hubka | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
Joe Glamp | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 496 | 1948 | 3.9 | 52 | 15 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Val Jansante | 35 | 599 | 17.1 | 46 | 5 |
Steve Lach | 11 | 77 | 7.0 | 24 | 1 |
Tony Compagno | 9 | 190 | 21.1 | 39 | 1 |
Charlie Seabright | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 |
Bob Davis | 5 | 145 | 29.0 | 44 | 0 |
Bill Garnaas | 5 | 144 | 28.8 | 68 | 2 |
Bob Sullivan | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 50 | 1 |
Bob Cifers | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 37 | 0 |
Charley Mehelich | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 13 | 0 |
Paul White | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 55 | 0 |
Elbie Nickel | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Johnny Clement | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 86 | 1410 | 16.4 | 68 | 10 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Cifers | 68 | 2796 | 41.1 | 74 |
Totals | 68 | 2796 | 41.1 | 74 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Walt Slater | 28 | 435 | 15.5 | 33 | 0 |
Gonzalo Morales | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 20 | 0 |
Paul White | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
Bob Sullivan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Totals | 40 | 583 | 14.6 | 33 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Walt Slater | 22 | 480 | 21.8 | 39 | 0 |
Gonzalo Morales | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 27 | 0 |
Bob Sullivan | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 26 | 0 |
Steve Lach | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 26 | 0 |
Paul White | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 26 | 0 |
Val Jansante | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Tony Compagno | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 |
Bob Cifers | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 16 | 0 |
Johnny Clement | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
Charlie Seabright | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 11 | 0 |
Bill Garnaas | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Tony Bova | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Bob Davis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 50 | 975 | 19.5 | 39 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Compagno | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 64 | 2 |
Walt Slater | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 38 | 0 |
Charlie Seabright | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 39 | 1 |
Frank Sinkovitz | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 47 | 1 |
Paul White | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
Bob Cifers | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
Gonzalo Morales | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 18 | 397 | 22.1 | 64 | 4 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul White | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Walt Slater | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Val Jansante | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||
Jack Wiley | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Red Moore | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Nick Skorich | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Mastrangelo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Charley Mehelich | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Garnaas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Johnny Clement | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ralph Calcagni | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Al Drulis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Repko | 0 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bob Sullivan | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||
Paul Stenn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charlie Seabright | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gonzalo Morales | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Compagno | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Cifers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Lach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 28 | 26 | 87 | 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 |
Steve Lach | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
Joe Glamp | 0 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
Val Jansante | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | |||||||
Tony Compagno | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
Johnny Clement | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Bill Garnaas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Bob Sullivan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Paul White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
Joe Repko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Frank Sinkovitz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
John Mastrangelo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Charlie Seabright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Tony Bova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Ralph Calcagni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 240 |