1948 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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1948 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head Coach John Michelosen
Home Field Forbes Field
Results
Record 4-8
Place 4th NFL Eastern Division
Playoff Finish none
Timeline
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1947 1949

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Game Summaries

[edit] Week 2 (Sunday September 26, 1948): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 7 0 0 14
Redskins 7 0 0 10 17

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 32,084
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Washington - Castiglia 22 pass from Baugh (Poillon kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Clement 28 run (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Glamp 38 pass from Clement (Glamp kick)
  • Washington - Turley 33 fumble run (Poillon kick)
  • Washington - FG Poillon 28

[edit] Week 3 (Monday October 3, 1948): Boston Yanks

1 2 3 4 Total
Yanks 7 7 0 0 14
Steelers 0 7 3 14 24

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 26,216
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Boston - Paschal 15 pass from Youel (Zimmerman kick)
  • Boston - Pritko 33 fumble run (Zimmerman kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 24 pass from Clement (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Glamp 35
  • Pittsburgh - Seabright 7 pass from Clement (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Mosley 3 run (Glamp kick)

[edit] Week 4 (Sunday October 10, 1948): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Redskins 0 0 0 7 7
Steelers 0 0 7 3 10

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 28,969
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Clement 3 run (Glamp kick)
  • Washington - Crisler 19 pass from Baugh (Poillon kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Glamp 13

[edit] Week 5 (Sunday October 17, 1948): Boston Yanks

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 0 7 7
Yanks 6 0 0 7 13

at Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 7,208
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Boston - Heywood 14 fubmle run (kick failed)
  • Boston - Seno 22 pass from Zimmerman (Zimmerman kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Shipkey 1 run (Glamp kick)

[edit] Week 6 (Sunday October 24, 1948): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 6 7 14 0 27
Giants 13 7 7 7 34

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 13,443
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • New York - Sultatis 2 run (Williams kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Shipkey 1 run (kick failed)
  • New York - White 54 lateral from Cheverko after 35 kick return (kick failed)
  • New York - Roberts 49 pass from Conerly (Williams kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Jansante 12 pass from Evans (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Jansante 66 pass from Evans (Glamp kick)
  • New York - Sulaitis 34 pass from Conerly (Williams kick)
  • New York - Conerly 1 run (Williams kick)

[edit] Week 7 (Sunday October 31, 1948): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 14 0 17 34
Steelers 0 7 0 0 7

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 32,474
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Philadelphia - FG Patton 42
  • Pittsburgh - Shipkey 1 run (Glamp kick)
  • Philadelphia - Van Buren 20 run (Patton kick)
  • Philadelphia - Ferrante 7 pass from Thompson (Patton kick)
  • Philadelphia - Pritchard 55 punt return (Patton kick)
  • Philadelphia - FG Patton 23
  • Philadelphia - Pritchard 18 fumble run (Patton kick)

[edit] Week 8 (Sunday November 7, 1948): Green Bay Packers

1 2 3 4 Total
Packers 0 0 0 7 7
Steelers 7 17 7 7 38

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 26,058
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Jansante 7 pass from Evans (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Glamp 33
  • Pittsburgh - Shipkey 1 run (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Evans 14 run (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Glamp 55 run (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Compagno 82 interception (Glamp kick)
  • Green Bay - Goodnight 19 pass from Girard (Fritsch kick)

[edit] Week 9 (Sunday November 14, 1948): Chicago Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 14 7 0 3 24
Steelers 7 0 0 0 7

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 33,364
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Chicago Cardinals - Kutner 42 pass from Mallouf (Harder kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Trippi 67 punt return (Harder kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Shipkey 67 punt return (Glamp kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Harder 8 run (Harder kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - FG Yablonski 41

[edit] Week 10 (Sunday November 21, 1948): Detroit Lions

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 0 0 7 14
Lions 0 10 0 7 17

at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 16,189
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Shipkey 1 run (Glamp kick)
  • Detroit - Dudley 19 pass from Enke (Pregulman kick)
  • Detroit - FG Pregulman 33
  • Detroit - Dudley 28 fumble run (Pregulman kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Papach 2 run (Glamp kick)

[edit] Week 11 (Sunday November 28, 1948): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 0 0 0
Eagles 7 10 0 0 17

at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 22,001
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Philadelphia - Pritchard 5 run (Patton kick)
  • Philadelphia - Pihos 13 pass from Thompson (Patton kick)
  • Philadelphia - FG Patton 31

[edit] Week 12 (Sunday December 5, 1948): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 7 0 7 14 28
Steelers 7 10 0 21 38

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 27,645
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Evans 9 run (Glamp kick)
  • New York - Minisi 6 run (Younce kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Glamp 40
  • Pittsburgh - Glamp 3 pass from Evans (Glamp kick)
  • New York - Roberts 18 pass from Conerly (Younce kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Shipkey 2 run (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Cifers 2 run (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Morales 36 fumble run (Glamp kick)
  • New York - Johnson 11 pass from Conerly (Younce kick)
  • New York - Swiacki 11 pass from Conerly (Younce kick)

[edit] Week 13 (Sunday December 12, 1948): Los Angeles Rams

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 7 7 14
Rams 0 14 7 10 31

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 27,967
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Los Angeles - Hickey 21 pass from Hardy (Waterfield kick)
  • Los Angeles - Hubbell 8 pass from Hardy (Waterfield kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Papach 1 run (Glamp kick)
  • Los Angeles - Fears 29 pass from Waterfield (Waterfield kick)
  • Los Angeles - FG Waterfield 47
  • Los Angeles - Magnani 16 pass from Hardy (Gehrke kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Papach 28 pass from Evans (Glamp kick)

[edit] References

1948 NFL Season
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1948 NFL DraftNFL Championship
Related: 1948 AAFC Season