| Washington Redskins at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 29, 1953 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 17026 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 32 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Safety, Leon Heath tackled in end zone by Lou Ferry | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Hugh Taylor 5 pass from Eddie LeBaron (Bill Dudley kick) | 7 | 2 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Lynn Chandnois 5 run (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Bill Dudley 41 FG | 10 | 9 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Julie Rykovich 5 pass from Eddie LeBaron (Bill Dudley kick) | 17 | 9 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Hugh Taylor |
| 62 | LOT | Don Boll |
| 61 | LOG | Gene Pepper |
| 50 | C | Harry Ulinski |
| 63 | ROG | Cas Witucki |
| 65 | ROT | Jim Clark |
| 82 | ROE | Fran Polsfoot |
| 14 | QB | Eddie LeBaron |
| 22 | LOH | Charlie Justice |
| 20 | ROH | Julie Rykovich |
| 32 | FB | Leon Heath |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gene Brito |
| 74 | LDT | Laurie Niemi |
| 55 | MG | Jim Ricca |
| 76 | RDT | Paul Lipscomb |
| 89 | RDE | Joe Tereshinski |
| 36 | LLB | Chuck Drazenovich |
| 34 | RLB | Jack Cloud |
| 44 | LDH | Harry Dowda |
| 46 | LS | Don Doll |
| 43 | RS | Johnny Williams |
| 42 | RDH | Dick Alban |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Jack Butler |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Gaona |
| 66 | LOG | John Schweder |
| 56 | C | Bill Walsh |
| 64 | ROG | Marv McFadden |
| 65 | ROT | George Hughes |
| 81 | ROE | Elbie Nickel |
| 13 | QB | Bill Mackrides |
| 25 | LOH | Ray Mathews |
| 49 | ROH | Lynn Chandnois |
| 33 | FB | Fran Rogel |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | George Tarasovic |
| 78 | LDT | Lou Ferry |
| 60 | MG | Dale Dodrill |
| 70 | RDT | Ernie Stautner |
| 84 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 57 | LLB | Dick Flanagan |
| 63 | MLB | Darrell Hogan |
| 61 | RLB | Marv Matuszak |
| 26 | LDH | Art DeCarlo |
| 80 | RDH | Jack Butler |
| 25 | S | Ray Mathews |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Leon Heath | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 11 | 30 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Charlie Justice | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Johnny Papit | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Sam Baker | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Paul Barry | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Scarbath | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Leo Elter | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 5t | 1 |
| Jim Brandt | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Mackrides | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 78 | 4.9 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 103.6 | |
| Jack Scarbath | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 22 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 19.4 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bill Mackrides | 43 | 23 | 53.5 | 3 | 238 | 5.5 | 36 | 0 | 7 | 40.6 | |
| Jim Finks | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 112.5 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Charlie Justice | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Hugh Taylor | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Paul Dekker | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Johnny Papit | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Elbie Nickel | 8 | 92 | 11.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 19 | 0 |
| George Sulima | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Brandt | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tom Calvin | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Harry Dowda | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Don Doll | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jack Butler | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 7 | 267 | 38.1 | 43 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Pat Brady | 6 | 293 | 48.8 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ray Mathews | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Lou Tepe | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
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