1950 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 3rd place American Conference 6-6-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Johnny Michelosen |
| Chuck Cherundolo | Assistant Coach |
| Walt Kiesling | Assistant Coach |
| Mike Nixon | Backfield |
| Ken Ormiston | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/13/1950 | A | Baltimore Colts | 30-27 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 15000 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1950 | H | Detroit Lions | 17-14 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 26338 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1950 | N | Chicago Bears | 14-30 | L | Lexington, KY | McLean Stadium | 16000 | |
| Fri | 9/1/1950 | A | Erie Vets | 44-0 | W | Erie, PA | Erie Stadium | 7878 | |
| Mon | 9/4/1950 | N | Cleveland Browns | 31-41 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 15259 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1950 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 13-10 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 19733 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1950 | H | New York Giants | 7-18 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 24699 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1950 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-10 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 18707 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1950 | A | Washington Redskins | 26-7 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 25008 | |
| Sat | 10/7/1950 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-30 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 35399 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1950 | A | New York Giants | 17-6 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 21725 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1950 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-17 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 35662 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1950 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-45 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 40714 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1950 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 9-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 24629 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1950 | H | Baltimore Colts | 17-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 24141 | |
| Thu | 11/23/1950 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 28-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 11622 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1950 | H | Washington Redskins | 7-24 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 19741 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1950 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 28-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 18301 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 65 | Lou Allen | LOT | 6-3 | 220 | 26 | Duke | 12 | 12 |
| 56 | Bob Balog | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 26 | Georgia; Denver | 9 | 0 |
| 14 | Lynn Chandnois | WB-DB | 6-2 | 198 | 27 | Michigan State | 12 | 7 |
| 28 | Bob Davis | RDE | 5-11 | 192 | 29 | Penn State | 10 | 1 |
| 7 | Jim Finks | LDH-TB | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | Tulsa | 9 | 9 |
| 71 | Bobby Gage | TB-LDH-S-P | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | Clemson | 10 | 7 |
| 48 | Joe Gasparella | BB | 6-4 | 222 | 23 | Notre Dame | 11 | 5 |
| 35 | Joe Geri | TB-P-K | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | Georgia | 12 | 8 |
| 11 | Howard Hartley | RDH-WB | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Duke | 12 | 12 |
| 80 | George Hays | LDE | 6-2 | 211 | 26 | St. Bonaventure | 12 | 0 |
| 73 | Darrell Hogan | RDG | 5-10 | 210 | 24 | Baylor; Trinity (Texas) | 12 | 12 |
| 42 | Joe Hollingsworth | RLB-FB | 6-0 | 198 | 25 | Georgia; Eastern Kentucky | 10 | 1 |
| 40 | George Hughes | ROG | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | William & Mary | 12 | 12 |
| 54 | Val Jansante | LOE | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | Duquesne; Villanova | 12 | 12 |
| 84 | Bill McPeak | RDE | 6-1 | 208 | 24 | Notre Dame; Pittsburgh | 11 | 11 |
| 44 | Shorty McWilliams | S-TB-P | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Mississippi State; Army; Mississippi State | 10 | 10 |
| 55 | Charley Mehelich | LDE-LOE | 6-1 | 199 | 28 | Duquesne | 12 | 12 |
| 81 | Elbie Nickel | ROE | 6-1 | 196 | 28 | Cincinnati | 12 | 12 |
| 88 | George Nicksich | LDG | 6-0 | 225 | 22 | St. Bonaventure | 12 | 12 |
| 22 | Jerry Nuzum | WB | 6-1 | 199 | 27 | Compton JC; New Mexico State | 12 | 5 |
| 27 | Fran Rogel | FB | 5-11 | 203 | 23 | California (Pennsylvania); Penn State | 12 | 5 |
| 66 | Don Samuel | RH | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Oregon State | 1 | 0 |
| 86 | Carl Samuelson | RDT-ROT | 6-4 | 250 | 27 | Nebraska | 8 | 5 |
| 33 | Charley Seabright | BB | 6-2 | 204 | 32 | West Virginia | 10 | 7 |
| 49 | Jerry Shipkey | LLB-FB | 6-1 | 213 | 25 | Southern California; UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| 57 | Frank Sinkovitz | RLB | 6-1 | 218 | 27 | Duke | 11 | 11 |
| 30 | Truett Smith | DB | 6-2 | 208 | 26 | Mississippi State; Wyoming | 9 | 0 |
| 63 | Ernie Stautner | LDT | 6-1 | 230 | 25 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| 89 | Walt Szot | RDT-LDT | 6-1 | 222 | 30 | Bucknell | 11 | 0 |
| 62 | Dick Tomlinson | LOG | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | Kansas | 11 | 1 |
| 42 | Bill Walsh | C | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Notre Dame | 12 | 11 |
| 75 | Jack Wiley | RDT-LDT | 5-11 | 208 | 30 | Waynesburg | 11 | 5 |
| 79 | Frank Wydo | ROT-RDT-LDT | 6-4 | 225 | 26 | Duquesne; Cornell | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Buddy Tinsley | T | Baylor |
| 1 | 8 | Lynn Chandnois | B | Michigan State |
| 2 | 20 | Ray Richeson | G | Alabama |
| 2 | 22 | Ernie Stautner | T | Boston College |
| 3 | 33 | Tom McWilliams | B | Mississippi State |
| 3 | 34 | George Hughes | G | William & Mary |
| 4 | 50 | Dan Dworsky | C | Michigan |
| 5 | 56 | Tom Rowe | E | Dartmouth |
| 5 | 60 | Lou Allen | T | Duke |
| 5 | 63 | Herb St. John | G | Georgia |
| 6 | 74 | Ed Mattson | B | Trinity (Texas) |
| 6 | 79 | George Grimes | B | Virginia |
| 7 | 86 | Truett Smith | B | Wyoming |
| 7 | 91 | Ben Bendrick | B | Wisconsin |
| 8 | 100 | Fran Rogel | B | Penn State |
| 8 | 106 | Jim Pearcy | G | Marshall |
| 9 | 112 | Max Druen | T | Tulane |
| 9 | 119 | Bobby Forbes | B | Florida |
| 10 | 134 | Bob Meinert | B | Oklahoma State |
| 11 | 138 | Charley Williams | E | Sam Houston State |
| 13 | 164 | Neg Norton | T | Penn State |
| 14 | 178 | Jimmy Kynes | C | Florida |
| 15 | 190 | Harry Russell | B | San Jose State |
| 16 | 204 | Bernie Barkouskie | G | Pittsburgh |
| 17 | 216 | Al Bodine | B | Georgia |
| 18 | 230 | Kenny Powell | E | North Carolina |
| 19 | 242 | Frank Gaul | T | Notre Dame |
| 20 | 256 | Mike DeNoia | B | Scranton |
| 21 | 268 | Dick Tomlinson | G | Kansas |
| 22 | 282 | Stan Burak | B | George Washington |
| 23 | 294 | Walt Kersulis | E | Illinois |
| 24 | 308 | John Weaver | G | Miami (Ohio) |
| 25 | 320 | Bob Numbers | C | Lehigh |
| 26 | 334 | Vic Vaccaro | B | Florida |
| 27 | 346 | Elmer Kreiser | E | Bloomsburg |
| 28 | 360 | Jerry Diehl | B | Idaho |
| 29 | 372 | Carl DePasqua | B | Pittsburgh |
| 30 | 386 | Ed Hudak | T | Notre Dame |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 33 | 41 | 55 | 51 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 43 | 46 | 68 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 177 | 97 | 68 | 12 | / % | / % | 57 | 477 | |
| Opponents Totals | 198 | 111 | 77 | 10 | / % | / % | 77 | 733 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Geri | 3 | 22 | 22 | 100.0 | 8 | 14 | 57.1 | 0 | 64 |
| Bobby Gage | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Elbie Nickel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Fran Rogel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jerry Shipkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jerry Nuzum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ernie Stautner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 22 | 22 | 22 | 100.0 | 8 | 14 | 57.1 | 1 | 180 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 24 | 25 | 96.0 | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 3 | 195 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Geri | 8 | 14 | 57.1 | 3/ | 2/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| Team Totals | 8 | 14 | 57.1 | 3/ | 2/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Geri | 188 | 705 | 3.8 | 47 | 2 |
| Fran Rogel | 92 | 418 | 4.5 | 40t | 3 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 71 | 216 | 3.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 57 | 154 | 2.7 | 32 | 1 |
| Bobby Gage | 39 | 106 | 2.7 | 18 | 3 |
| Tom McWilliams | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 18 | 17 | 0.9 | 11 | 3 |
| Jim Finks | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Hollingsworth | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 477 | 1659 | 3.5 | 47 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 460 | 1889 | 4.1 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Geri | 113 | 41 | 36.3 | 57 | 866 | 7.7 | 21.1 | 78t | 6 | 5.3 | 15 | 13.3 | 37 | 829 | 42.4 | |
| Joe Gasparella | 54 | 23 | 42.6 | 26 | 383 | 7.1 | 16.7 | 51 | 3 | 5.6 | 5 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 383 | 47.1 |
| Bobby Gage | 58 | 21 | 36.2 | 32 | 294 | 5.1 | 14.0 | 42t | 1 | 1.7 | 5 | 8.6 | 46 | 248 | 23.2 | |
| Tom McWilliams | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 2 | 113 | 14.1 | 22.6 | 63 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 66.7 |
| Jim Finks | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 3 | 35 | 3.9 | 7.0 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 25.0 |
| Fran Rogel | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 30 | 7.5 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 95.8 |
| Charley Seabright | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 3 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42.4 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 3 | 5 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Team Totals | 255 | 100 | 39.2 | 126 | 1729 | 6.8 | 17.3 | 78t | 10 | 3.9 | 29 | 11.4 | 83 | 1646 | 36.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 300 | 146 | 48.7 | 132 | 1801 | 6.0 | 12.3 | 10 | 3.3 | 22 | 7.3 | 369 | 1432 | 48.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val Jansante | 26 | 353 | 13.6 | 40 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 24 | 304 | 12.7 | 64t | 1 |
| Elbie Nickel | 22 | 527 | 24.0 | 65t | 4 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 7 | 158 | 22.6 | 51 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 6 | 142 | 23.7 | 68 | 1 |
| Bobby Gage | 6 | 127 | 21.2 | 48t | 2 |
| Charley Seabright | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 13t | 1 |
| Howard Hartley | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Charley Mehelich | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Geri | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Joe Gasparella | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 100 | 1729 | 17.3 | 78t* | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 146 | 1801 | 12.3 | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Hartley | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 38 | 0 |
| Bobby Gage | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 23 | 0 |
| George Nicksich | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Tom McWilliams | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Frank Sinkovitz | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Darrell Hogan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 295 | 13.4 | 38 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 244 | 8.4 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Geri | 55 | 2237 | 40.7 | 60 | 0 | |||||
| Bobby Gage | 3 | 146 | 48.7 | 74 | 0 | |||||
| Tom McWilliams | 3 | 135 | 45.0 | 67 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 61 | 2518 | 41.3 | 74 | 0 | 504 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 2856 | 40.8 | 387 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Gage | 14 | 192 | 13.7 | 33 | 0 | |
| Tom McWilliams | 11 | 139 | 12.6 | 32 | 0 | |
| Howard Hartley | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 387 | 11.7 | 33 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 504 | 14.4 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Chandnois | 12 | 351 | 29.3 | 60 | 0 | |
| Bobby Gage | 9 | 196 | 21.8 | 61 | 0 | |
| Jerry Nuzum | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Tom McWilliams | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Charley Mehelich | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Howard Hartley | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 39 | 0 | |
| Joe Hollingsworth | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Frank Wydo | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 748 | 23.4 | 61 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 710 | 19.2 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Gage | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Geri | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Howard Hartley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darrell Hogan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Hughes | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Val Jansante | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill McPeak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| Tom McWilliams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Nicksich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fran Rogel | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Samuelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Sinkovitz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Stautner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Szot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Walsh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Wydo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 29 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 26 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 2 |
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