1949 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Division • 6-5-1 .545 |
| Head Coach: Johnny Michelosen |
| Chuck Cherundolo | Assistant Coach |
| Walt Kiesling | Assistant Coach |
| Mike Nixon | Backfield |
| Ken Ormiston | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/20/1949 | N | Chicago Bears | 0-34 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 25000 | |
| Sun | 8/28/1949 | H | Green Bay Packers | 9-3 | W | PIttsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 13587 | |
| Fri | 9/2/1949 | A | Erie Vets | 10-7 | W | Erie, PA | Erie Stadium | 10849 | |
| Wed | 9/7/1949 | A | Richmond Rebels | 28-16 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 9000 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1949 | N | Detroit Lions | 21-41 | L | Roanoke, VA | Victory Stadium | 13000 | |
| Wed | 9/14/1949 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 7-30 | L | PIttsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 17983 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1949 | H | New York Giants | 28-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 20957 | |
| Mon | 10/3/1949 | H | Washington Redskins | 14-27 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 30000 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1949 | H | Detroit Lions | 14-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 21355 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1949 | A | New York Giants | 21-17 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 29911 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1949 | H | New York Bulldogs | 24-13 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 22042 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1949 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-38 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 37803 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1949 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-27 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 26038 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1949 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 7-7 | T | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 20510 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1949 | A | Green Bay Packers | 30-7 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 5483 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1949 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-34 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 22191 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1949 | A | Chicago Bears | 21-30 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 36071 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1949 | A | New York Bulldogs | 27-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 4028 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bob Balog | 56 | RLB-C | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Georgia; Denver | 10 | 1 |
| Pete Barbolak | 89 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Purdue | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 28 | LDE-RDE | 5-11 | 192 | 28 | Penn State | 11 | 5 |
| Jim Finks | 44 | TB-LDH | 5-11 | 175 | 22 | Tulsa | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Gage | 77 | TB-RDH | 5-11 | 175 | 22 | Clemson | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Geri | 35 | TB-LDH-K | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Georgia | 12 | 6 |
| Joe Glamp | 17 | WB-RDH-K | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | Louisiana State | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Hanlon | 45 | LDH-WB | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Notre Dame; Loras | 12 | 12 |
| Howard Hartley | 11 | S-BB-TB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Duke | 12 | 12 |
| Darrell Hogan | 73 | MLB | 5-10 | 210 | 23 | Baylor; Trinity (Texas) | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Hollingsworth | 42 | LB-FB | 6-0 | 198 | 24 | Georgia; Eastern Kentucky | 10 | 0 |
| Val Jansante | 54 | LOE | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Duquesne; Villanova | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Long | 80 | P-LOE-LOH | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 0 |
| Bill McPeak | 37 | RDE | 6-1 | 208 | 23 | Notre Dame; Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| Charley Mehelich | 55 | LDE | 6-1 | 199 | 27 | Duquesne | 9 | 7 |
| Frank Minini | 25 | TB-RDH-BB-S | 6-1 | 209 | 28 | San Jose State | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Moore | 72 | LOG-MG | 5-11 | 218 | 27 | Penn State | 12 | 12 |
| Elbie Nickel | 81 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 196 | 27 | Cincinnati | 12 | 12 |
| Leo Nobile | 50 | LB | 5-10 | 215 | 27 | Penn State | 12 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 22 | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 199 | 26 | Cameron JC; New Mexico State | 12 | 12 |
| George Papach | 27 | FB-LB | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Purdue | 12 | 10 |
| Vince Ragunas | 48 | BB | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | Virginia Military Institute | 4 | 0 |
| Don Samuel | 66 | WB-RDH | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Oregon State | 5 | 3 |
| Carl Samuelson | 86 | RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 26 | Nebraska | 12 | 12 |
| Charley Seabright | 33 | BB | 6-2 | 204 | 31 | West Virginia | 12 | 12 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 49 | LLB-FB | 6-1 | 213 | 24 | Southern California; UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| Frank Sinkovitz | 57 | RLB | 6-1 | 218 | 26 | Duke | 12 | 11 |
| Steve Suhey | 62 | ROG | 5-11 | 215 | 27 | Penn State | 12 | 12 |
| Walt Szot | 65 | LDT | 6-1 | 222 | 29 | Bucknell | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Walsh | 46 | C-LB | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Jack Wiley | 75 | LOT | 5-11 | 208 | 29 | Waynesburg | 12 | 12 |
| Frank Wydo | 79 | ROT | 6-4 | 225 | 25 | Duquesne; Cornell | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Bobby Gage | B | Clemson |
| 2 | 16 | Harper Davis | B | Mississippi State |
| 3 | 26 | Bill Walsh | C | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 36 | Joe Geri | B | Georgia |
| 5 | 45 | Bill Long | E | Oklahoma State |
| 6 | 56 | Doug Brightwell | C | Texas Christian |
| 7 | 65 | Bill Talarico | B | Pennsylvania |
| 8 | 76 | George Brown | G | Texas Christian |
| 9 | 85 | Tom Brennan | T | Boston College |
| 10 | 96 | Bob Hood | E | Alabama |
| 11 | 105 | Al Sanders | T | Southern Mississippi |
| 12 | 116 | Jim Finks | B | Tulsa |
| 13 | 125 | R.R. Walston | G | North Texas |
| 14 | 136 | Dave Moon | B | Southern Methodist |
| 15 | 145 | Ed Sobczak | E | Michigan State |
| 16 | 156 | Denvard Snell | T | Auburn |
| 17 | 165 | Veto Kissell | B | Holy Cross |
| 18 | 176 | Clint Shipman | T | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 19 | 185 | Jack McBride | E | Rice |
| 20 | 196 | Ben Mann | G | Mississippi |
| 21 | 205 | Joe Jackura | C | Georgia |
| 22 | 216 | Lloyd Johnson | B | West Texas A&M |
| 23 | 225 | Jim Owens | E | Oklahoma |
| 24 | 236 | Ivan Snowden | T | Texas A&M-Kingsville |
| 25 | 245 | Bobby Goff | B | Texas A&M |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 24 | 79 | 63 | 58 | 224 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 61 | 41 | 79 | 214 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 189 | 126 | 50 | 13 | / % | / % | 52 | 460 | |
| Opponents Totals | 210 | 100 | 98 | 12 | / % | / % | 97 | 862 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Geri | 5 | 12 | 13 | 92.3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 45 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Jerry Shipkey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Val Jansante | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Joe Glamp | 0 | 18 | 18 | 100.0 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 0 | 21 |
| Bobby Gage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Elbie Nickel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Finks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Carl Samuelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Don Samuel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 30 | 31 | 96.8 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 1 | 224 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 25 | 28 | 89.3 | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 0 | 214 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Glamp | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 0 | 17 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Joe Geri | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 34 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 34 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 2/ | 2/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Nuzum | 139 | 611 | 4.4 | 64t | 5 |
| Joe Geri | 133 | 543 | 4.1 | 25 | 5 |
| George Papach | 99 | 407 | 4.1 | 25 | 0 |
| Bobby Gage | 46 | 228 | 5.0 | 97t | 3 |
| Don Samuel | 39 | 163 | 4.2 | 31t | 1 |
| Jim Finks | 35 | 135 | 3.9 | 38 | 1 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 26 | 93 | 3.6 | 14 | 5 |
| Bob Hanlon | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Hollingsworth | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Long | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Frank Minini | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Glamp | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 535 | 2209 | 4.1 | 97t | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 463 | 1862 | 4.0 | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Geri | 77 | 31 | 40.3 | 41 | 554 | 7.2 | 17.9 | 63t | 5 | 6.5 | 5 | 6.5 | 7 | 547 | 60.2 | |
| Bobby Gage | 36 | 17 | 47.2 | 15 | 329 | 9.1 | 19.4 | 52t | 2 | 5.6 | 4 | 11.1 | 81 | 248 | 58.4 | |
| Jim Finks | 71 | 24 | 33.8 | 39 | 322 | 4.5 | 13.4 | 35t | 2 | 2.8 | 8 | 11.3 | 19 | 303 | 19.0 | |
| Don Samuel | 21 | 7 | 33.3 | 13 | 67 | 3.2 | 9.6 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 23.3 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 118.8 |
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 158.3 |
| Joe Hollingsworth | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| George Papach | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 209 | 81 | 38.8 | 110 | 1310 | 6.3 | 16.2 | 63t | 10 | 4.8 | 18 | 8.6 | 107 | 1203 | 40.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 337 | 161 | 47.8 | 154 | 2043 | 6.1 | 12.7 | 58 | 9 | 2.7 | 22 | 6.5 | 152 | 1891 | 48.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val Jansante | 29 | 445 | 15.3 | 47t | 4 |
| Elbie Nickel | 26 | 633 | 24.3 | 52t | 3 |
| George Papach | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 63t | 2 |
| Charley Seabright | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Long | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Frank Wydo | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Bobby Gage | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Glamp | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Hanlon | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Samuel | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Wiley | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 81 | 1310 | 16.2 | 63t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 161 | 2043 | 12.7 | 58 | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Hartley | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Bobby Gage | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 50 | 0 |
| Bob Hanlon | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Frank Sinkovitz | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Leo Nobile | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Darrell Hogan | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Don Samuel | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 310 | 14.1 | 54 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 334 | 18.6 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Geri | 43 | 1856 | 43.2 | 82 | 0 | |||||
| Bill Long | 30 | 1127 | 37.6 | 52 | 0 | |||||
| Bobby Gage | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 63 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 77 | 3146 | 40.9 | 82 | 1 | 373 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 2685 | 40.7 | 449 | 31.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Gage | 16 | 254 | 15.9 | 50 | 0 | |
| Howard Hartley | 9 | 87 | 9.7 | 21 | 0 | |
| Don Samuel | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 22 | 0 | |
| Joe Geri | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 449 | 13.2 | 50 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 373 | 13.8 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Minini | 16 | 390 | 24.4 | 44 | 0 | |
| Bob Hanlon | 11 | 213 | 19.4 | 29 | 0 | |
| George Papach | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Val Jansante | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bobby Gage | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Elbie Nickel | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jerry Nuzum | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 792 | 21.4 | 44 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 687 | 19.6 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Finks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Gage | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 0 | |
| Joe Geri | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Glamp | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Hanlon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darrell Hogan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Hollingsworth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |
| Bill Long | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill McPeak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Minini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Nuzum | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Papach | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Samuel | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Samuelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 1 |
| Charley Seabright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Wiley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 31 | 44 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 0 |
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