1951 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
Team Record: 4-7-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's American Division
Coach: John Michelosen (4-7-1)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1951 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1951 season with a record of 4 wins and 7 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's American Division.
The Steelers managed just 183 points, worst in the league, and the defense yielded 235. Fran Rogel carried the ball for a team-best 385 yards for Pittsburgh, while Lynn Chandnois and Chuck Ortmann also contributed to the rushing attack.
Chuck Ortmann tossed for 671 yards, and Joe Geri took a significant amount of snaps as well. Henry Minarik paced all receivers, grabbing 35 passes for 459 yards, while Lynn Chandnois and Elbie Nickel contributed to the receiving game, too.
Howard Hartley intercepted 10 opponent throws.
John Michelosen coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Ortmann | 139 | 56 | 40.3 | 671 | 4.8 | 3 | 2.2 | 13 | 9.4 | 37 | 24.0 |
| Joe Geri | 90 | 29 | 32.2 | 506 | 5.6 | 2 | 2.2 | 7 | 7.8 | 77 | 27.4 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 43 | 16 | 37.2 | 256 | 6.0 | 2 | 4.7 | 4 | 9.3 | 49 | 34.6 |
| Ray Mathews | 31 | 15 | 48.4 | 208 | 6.7 | 2 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 91.9 |
| Jim Finks | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 201 | 8.4 | 1 | 4.2 | 1 | 4.2 | 40 | 82.1 |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Joe Gasparella | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 330 | 130 | 39.4 | 1842 | 5.6 | 10 | 3.0 | 26 | 7.9 | 77 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Rogel | 109 | 385 | 3.5 | 51 | 3 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 108 | 332 | 3.1 | 34 | 2 |
| Chuck Ortmann | 59 | 327 | 5.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Joe Geri | 90 | 252 | 2.8 | 17 | 3 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 27 | 56 | 2.1 | 9 | 1 |
| Ray Mathews | 21 | 37 | 1.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Joe Hollingsworth | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Truett Smith | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 425 | 1428 | 3.4 | 51 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Minarik | 35 | 459 | 13.1 | 37 | 1 |
| Elbie Nickel | 28 | 447 | 16.0 | 77 | 3 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 28 | 440 | 15.7 | 55 | 4 |
| Val Jansante | 15 | 194 | 12.9 | 46 | 1 |
| Fran Rogel | 10 | 59 | 5.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Truett Smith | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Chuck Ortmann | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Joe Geri | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 49 | 1 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Tom Jelley | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 130 | 1842 | 14.2 | 77 | 10 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Mathews | 15 | 231 | 15.4 | 68 | 1 |
| Howard Hartley | 18 | 156 | 8.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 12 | 55 | 4.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jack Butler | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 47 | 464 | 9.9 | 68 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Chandnois | 12 | 390 | 32.5 | 55 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 13 | 327 | 25.2 | 40 | 0 |
| Joe Geri | 2 | 108 | 54.0 | 86 | 0 |
| Howard Hartley | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill McPeak | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Frank Wydo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 858 | 25.2 | 86 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Hartley | 10 | 69 | 6.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 6 | 113 | 18.8 | 58 | 1 |
| Jack Butler | 5 | 142 | 28.4 | 52 | 1 |
| Jim Finks | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 25 | 1 |
| Frank Sinkovitz | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Chuck Ortmann | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 62 | 0 |
| John Schweder | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Darrell Hogan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 461 | 15.4 | 62 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Geri | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||
| George Hays | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Sinkovitz | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Hughes | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Hollingsworth | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Hartley | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Shipkey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Mathews | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fran Rogel | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lou Allen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Samuelson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Jelley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Stautner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Dodrill | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charley Mehelich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Schweder | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Finks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Wydo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Nuzum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Ortmann | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 31 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Joe Geri | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 67 | |||||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| Elbie Nickel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Fran Rogel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Jerry Nuzum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Val Jansante | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Henry Minarik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jack Butler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jim Finks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Jerry Shipkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ray Mathews | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Charley Mehelich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 183 |
