1950 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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1950 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head Coach John Michelosen
Home Field Forbes Field
Results
Record 6-6
Place 4th NFL American Conference
Playoff Finish none
Timeline
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1949 1951

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Game Summaries

[edit] Week 1 (Sunday September 17, 1950): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 0 2 0 16 18
Steelers 0 0 7 0 7

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 24,699
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • New York Giants - Safety, Hartley tackled in end zone by Roberts
  • Pittsburgh - Shipkey 1 run (Geri kick)
  • New York Giants - Safety, punt snapped out of end zone
  • New York Giants - Landry 37 fumble run (Poole kick)
  • New York Giants - DeRogatis fumble recovery in end zone (Poole kick)

[edit] Week 2 (Sunday September 24, 1950): Detroit Lions

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

at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 19,600
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 43 pass from Gage (Geri kick)
  • Detroit - Walker 11 pass from Layne (Walker kick)
  • Detroit - FG Walker 20

[edit] Week 3 (Sunday October 1, 1950): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 3 7 7 9 26
Redskins 7 0 0 0 7

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 25,008
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Washington - Taylor 70 pass from Gilmer (Dudley kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Geri 40
  • Pittsburgh - Gage 5 run (Geri kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 28 pass from Geri (Geri kick)

[edit] Week 4 (Saturday October 7, 1950): Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Browns 7 14 2 7 30
Steelers 3 0 7 7 17

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 35,590
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - FG Geri
  • Cleveland - Graham 1 run (Groza kick)
  • Cleveland - Graham 1 run (Groza kick)
  • Cleveland - Jones 7 run (Groza kick)
  • Cleveland - Safety, Chandnois tackled in end zone by Kissell
  • Pittsburgh - Seabright 13 pass from Geri (Geri kick)
  • Cleveland - Jones 48 run (Groza kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Shipkey 1 run (Geri kick)

[edit] Week 5 (Sunday October 15, 1950): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 3 0 7 17
Giants 0 0 6 0 6

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 21,725
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 58 pass from Geri (Geri kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Geri 21
  • New York Giants - Scott 33 pass from Conerly (kick failed)
  • Pittsburgh - Shipkey 1 run (Geri kick)

[edit] Week 6 (Sunday October 22, 1950): Philadelphia Eagles

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 35,662
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:"

  • Philadelphia - Willey 41 interception (Patton kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Rogel 64 pass from Geri (Geri kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Geri 24
  • Philadelphia - FG Patton 23
  • Philadelphia - Van Buren 5 run (Patton kick)

[edit] Week 7 (Sunday October 29, 1950): Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 0 7 7
Browns 7 10 14 14 45

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 40,714
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Cleveland - Graham 1 run (Groza kick)
  • Cleveland - FG Groza 13
  • Cleveland - Motley 33 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
  • Cleveland - Motley 69 run (Groza kick)
  • Cleveland - Phelps 14 run (Groza kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Gage 29 pass from Gasparella (Geri kick)
  • Cleveland - Jones 80 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
  • Cleveland - Gillom 38 pass from Lewis (Groza kick)

[edit] Week 8 (Sunday November 5, 1950): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 3 3 3 0 9
Eagles 0 7 0 0 7

at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 24,629
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - FG Geri 11
  • Philadelphia - Van Buren 1 run (Patton kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Geri 36
  • Pittsburgh - FG Geri 13

[edit] Week 9 (Sunday November 12, 1950): Baltimore Colts

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 24,141
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - FG Geri 37
  • PIttsburgh - Rogel 15 run (Geri kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Gage 1 run (Geri kick)
  • Baltimore - Spaniel 15 run (Grossman kick)

[edit] Week 11 (Thursday November 23, 1950): Chicago Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 7 7 7 28
Cardinals 3 0 0 14 17

at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 11,622
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Geri 5 run (Geri kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - FG Harder 18
  • Pittsburgh - Geri 4 run (Geri kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Nuzum 1 run (Geri kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Gage 13 run (Geri kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Shaw 45 pass from Hardy (Harder kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Polsfoot 22 pass from Hardy (Harder kick)

[edit] Week 12 (Sunday December 3, 1950): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Redskins 7 10 0 7 24
Steelers 0 0 0 7 7

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 19,741
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Washington - Dudley 96 punt return (Dudley kick)
  • Washington - Saenz 34 pass from Baugh (Dudley kick)
  • Washington - FG Dudley 15
  • Washington - Goode 5 run (Dudley kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 65 pass from Geri (Geri kick)

[edit] Week 13 (Sunday December 10, 1950): Chicago Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 7 0 0 0 7
Steelers 0 14 7 7 28

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 18,301
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Chicago Cardinals - Shaw 7 pass from Hardy (Harder kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Rogel 40 run (Geri kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Geri 33 pass from Gasparella (Geri kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Nuzum 10 lateral from Nickel after 68 pass from Geri (Geri kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Gage 48 pass from Gasparella (Geri kick)

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