1952 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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1952 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head Coach Joe Bach
Home Field Forbes Field
Results
Record 5-7
Place 4th American Conference
Playoff Finish none
Timeline
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1951 1953

The 1952 Pittsburgh Steelers finished to a semi-respectable 5-7 finish under head coach Joe Bach, who returned to the organization replacing John Michelosen.

The season was notable in that it was the last year the Steelers used the single-wing formation on offense, switching to the T formation the following year. The Steelers were the last NFL team to use the single-wing as their primary offensive formation.

Contents

[edit] Offseason

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Schedule

Week Date Opponent Time (ET) Result
1 Philadelphia Eagles L 31-25
2 Cleveland Browns L 21-20
3 @Philadelphia Eagles L 26-21
4 Washington Redskins L 28-24
5 @Chicago Cardinals W 34-28
6 @Washington Redskins W 24-23
7 Detroit Lions L 31-6
8 @Cleveland Browns L 29-28
9 Chicago Cardinals W 17-14
10 New York Giants W 63-7
11 @San Francisco 49ers W 24-7
12 @Los Angeles Rams L 28-14

[edit] Game Summaries

[edit] Week 1 (Sunday September 28, 1952): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 14 3 7 7 31
Steelers 0 12 0 13 25

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 22,501
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Philadelphia - Grant 84 pass from Burk (Walston kick)
  • Philadelphia - Ziegler 4 pass from Burk (Walston kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Finks 20 run (kick blocked)
  • Philadelphia - FG Walston 32
  • Pittsburgh - Modzelewski 1 run (kick blocked)
  • Philadelphia - Ziegler 3 run (Walston kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Finks 1 run (Kerkorian kick)
  • Philadelphia - Pihos 25 pass from Burk (Walston kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 27 pass from Finks (kick blocked)

[edit] Week 2 (Saturday October 4, 1952): Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Browns 7 0 14 0 21
Steelers 6 7 7 0 20

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 27,923
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 10 pass from Finks (kick failed)
  • Cleveland - Motley 68 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 30 pass from Finks (Kerkorian kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Finks 1 run (Kerkorian kick)
  • Cleveland - Jones 17 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
  • Cleveland - Howard 57 pass from Graham (Groza kick)

[edit] Week 3 (Sunday October 12, 1952): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 7 7 7 21
Eagles 3 10 0 13 26

at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 18,648
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

'Scoring drives:

  • Philadelphia - FG Walston 25
  • Philadelphia - FG Walston 20
  • Pittsburgh - Chandnois 93 kick return (Kerkorian kick)
  • Philadelphia - Brewer 1 run (Walston kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 25 pass from Finks (Kerkorian kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 54 pass from Finks (Kerkorian kick)
  • Philadelphia - Grant 17 pass from Enke (Walston kick)
  • Philadelphia - FG Walston 24
  • Philadelphia - FG Walston 19

[edit] Week 4 (Sunday October 19, 1952): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Redskins 14 0 7 7 28
Steelers 7 10 0 7 24

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 22,605
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Washington - Williams 62 punt return (LeBaron kick)
  • Washington - Heath 1 run (LeBaron kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 6 pass from Finks (Kerkorian kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Kerkorian 36
  • Pittsburgh - Hays 1 interception (Kerkorian kick)
  • Washington - Taylor 11 pass from Gilmer (LeBaron kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 36 pass from Finks (Kerkorian kick)
  • Washington - Taylor 43 pass from LeBaron (LeBaron kick)

[edit] Week 5 (Sunday October 26, 1952): Chicago Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 20 7 7 34
Cardinals 0 0 7 21 28

at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 20,395
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Chandnois 28 pass from Finks (Kerkorian kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 70 punt return (kick blocked)
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 5 pass from Finks (Kerkorian kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Sulima 13 pass from Finks (Kerkorian kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Matson 33 pass from Panciera (Geri kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Ferry 71 fumble run (Kerkorian kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Matson 41 pass from Panciera (Geri kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Matson 47 pass from Panciera (Geri kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Cross 4 run (Geri kick)

[edit] Week 6 (Sunday November 2, 1952): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 10 7 0 24
Redskins 7 0 0 16 23

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 25,866
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Dodrill 35 blocked field goal return (Kerkorian kick)
  • Washington - LeBaron 2 run (Rykovich kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Kerkorian 23
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 70 punt return (Kerkorian kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Rogel 1 run (Kerkorian kick)
  • Washington - Safety, Finks tackled in end zone by Hennessey
  • Washington - Taylor 40 pass from LeBaron (LeBaron kick)
  • Washington - Justice 13 pass from LeBaron (Buksar kick)

[edit] Week 7 (Sunday November 9, 1952): Detroit Lions

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 3 7 7 14 31
Steelers 0 0 6 0 6

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 26,170
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Detroit - FG Walker 16
  • Detroit - Girard 1 run (Walker kick)
  • Detroit - Box 46 pass from Layne (Walker kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Rogel 3 run (kick failed)
  • Detroit - Girard 31 run (Walker kick)
  • Detroit - Bailey 9 run (Layne kick)

[edit] Week 8 (Sunday November 16, 1952): Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 14 14 28
Browns 9 6 7 7 29

at Cleveland Municipal Staidum, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 34,973
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Cleveland - Lavelli 22 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
  • Cleveland - Safety, Finks tackled in end zone by Young
  • Cleveland - FG Groza 11
  • Cleveland - FG Groza 34
  • Cleveland - Lavelli 22 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 33 pass from Finks (Kerkorian kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Butler 7 pass from Finks (Kerkorian kick)
  • Cleveland - Graham 2 run (Groza kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 38 pass from Finks (Kerkorian kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 9 pass from Finks (Kerkorian kick)

[edit] Week 9 (Sunday November 23, 1952): Chicago Cardinals

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 18,330
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Pittsburgh - FG Kerkorian 23
  • PIttsburgh - Modzelewski 6 run (Kerkorian kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Paul 9 pass from Panciera (Geri kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Finks 1 run (Kerkorian kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Cross 38 pass from Panciera (Geri kick)

[edit] Week 10 (Sunday November 30, 1952): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 0 0 7 0 7
Steelers 14 14 7 28 63

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 15,140
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

[edit] Week 11 (Sunday December 7, 1952): San Francisco 49ers

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 3 14 0 24
49ers 7 0 0 0 7

at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 13,886
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

[edit] Week 12 (Sunday December 14, 1952): Los Angeles Rams

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

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 71,130
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

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