1953 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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1953 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head Coach Joe Bach
Home Field Forbes Field
Results
Record 6-6
Place 4th NFL Eastern Conference
Playoff Finish none
Timeline
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1952 1954

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Game Summaries

[edit] Week 1 (Sunday September 27, 1953): Detroit Lions

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 7 0 7 21
Lions 7 17 7 7 38

at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 20,675
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Detroit - Carpenter 73 interception (Walker kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 14 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
  • Detroit - Gedman 1 run (Walker kick)
  • Detroit - FG Walker 40
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 1 fumble run (Bolkovac kick)
  • Detroit - Hart 49 pass from Layne (Walker kick)
  • Detroit - Walker 8 pass from Hoernschmeyer (Walker kick)
  • Detroit - Hoernschemeyer 29 pass from Layne (Walker kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 15 pass from Marchibroda (Bolkovac kick)

[edit] Week 2 (Saturday October 3, 1953): New York Giants

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 31,500
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • New York Giants - Clay 2 pass from Conerly (Clay kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Chandnois 93 kick return (Bolkovac kick)
  • New York Giants - Long 55 pass from Conerly (Clay kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Bolkovac 35
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 4 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Bolkovac 14 fumble run (Bolkovac kick)

[edit] Week 3 (Sunday October 11, 1953): Chicago Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 7 14 7 0 28
Steelers 0 7 7 17 31

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 25,953
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Chicago Cardinals - Olszewski 1 run (Summerall kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Rogel 1 run (Bolkovac kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Nagler 34 pass from Root (Summerall kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Nagler 6 pass from Root (Summerall kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Stonesifer 3 pass from Trippi (Summerall kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 19 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Rogel 4 run (Bolkovac kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Barker 4 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Bolkovac 28

[edit] Week 4 (Saturday October 17, 1953): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 7 0 7
Eagles 0 0 6 17 23

at Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 18,681
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Philadelphia - Pihos 28 pass from Burk (kick blocked)
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 23 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
  • Philadelphia - FG Walston 11
  • Philadelphia - Giancanelli 16 pass from Thomason (Walston kick)
  • Philadelphia - Ziegler 1 run (Walston kick)

[edit] Week 5 (Saturday October 24, 1953): Green Bay Packers

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 22,918
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Finks 4 run (Bolkovac kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Bolkovac 40
  • Pittsburgh - Chandnois 6 run (Bolkovac kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Brandt 2 run (Bolkovac kick)
  • PIttsburgh - Brandt 1 run (Bolkovac kick)
  • Green Bay - Parilli 1 run (Cone kick)
  • Green Bay - Cone 5 pass from Rote (Cone kick)

[edit] Week 6 (Sunday November 1 ,1953): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 14 7 0 14 35
Steelers 0 7 0 0 7

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 27,547
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Philadelphia - Gianganelli 7 run (Walston kick)
  • Philadelphia - Williams 48 run (Walston kick)
  • Philadelphia - Walston 21 pass from Thomason (Walston kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 11 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
  • Philadelphia - Pihos 26 pass from Thomason (Walston kick)
  • Philadelphia - Giancanelli 8 pass from Thomason (Walston kick)

[edit] Week 7 (Sunday November 8, 1953): Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 9 7 0 0 16
Browns 0 24 0 10 34

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 35,592
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - FG Bolkovac 27
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 2 run (kick failed)
  • Cleveland - Carpenter 7 run (Groza kick)
  • Cleveland - FG Groza 20
  • Cleveland - Renfro 44 run (Groza kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 77 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
  • Cleveland - Renfro 79 blocked field goal return (Groza kick)
  • Cleveland - Lavelli 17 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
  • Cleveland - FG Groza 14

[edit] Week 8 (Sunday November 15, 1953): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 0 0 7 14
Giants 0 0 7 3 10

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 20,411
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Dodrill 16 fumble run (Bolkovac kick)
  • New York Giants - Gifford 6 pass from Conerly (Gifford kick)
  • New York Giants - FG Clay 20
  • Pittsburgh - Butler 33 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)

[edit] Week 9 (Sunday November 22, 1953): Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Browns 7 10 3 0 20
Steelers 9 0 0 7 16

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 32,904
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Cleveland - Renfro 54 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Finks 1 run (Bolkovac kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Safety, Lahr tackled in end zone by Mathews
  • Cleveland - FG Groza 50
  • Cleveland - Brewster 31 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
  • Cleveland - FG Groza 41
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 1 run (Bolkovac kick)

[edit] Week 10 (Sunday November 29, 1953): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Redskins 0 7 0 10 17
Steelers 2 0 0 7 9

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 17,206
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Safety, Heath tackled by Ferry in end zone
  • Washington - Taylor 5 pass from LeBaron (Dudley kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Chandnois 5 run (Bolkovac kick)
  • Washington - FG Dudley 41
  • Washington - Rykovich 5 pass from LeBaron (Dudley kick)

[edit] Week 11 (Sunday December 6, 1953): Chicago Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 7 14 21
Cardinals 7 0 3 7 17

at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 14,138
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Chicago Cardinals - Olszewski 1 run (Summerall kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - FG Summerall 12
  • Pittsburgh - Brandt 1 run (Bolkovac kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 6 pass from Mackrides (Bolkovac kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Mackrides 2 run (Bolkovac kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Paul 5 pass from Romanik (Summerall kick)

[edit] Week 12 (Sunday December 13, 1953): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 0 14 14
Redskins 7 3 3 0 13

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 22,057
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Washington - Dekker 34 pass from LeBaron
  • Washington - FG Dudley 39
  • Washington - FG Dudley 20
  • Pittsburgh - Chandnois 23 lateral from Mathews (Bolkovac kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Butler 5 interception (Bolkovac kick)

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