1954 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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1954 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head Coach Walt Kiesling
Home Field Forbes Field
Results
Record 5-7
Place 4th NFL Eastern Conference
Playoff Finish none
Timeline
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1953 1955

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Game Summaries

[edit] Week 1 (Sunday September 26, 1954): Green Bay Packers

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 7 0 7 21
Packers 7 10 3 0 20

at City Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin

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

Scoring Drives:

  • Green Bay - Reid 69 run (Cone kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Lattner 14 pass from Finks (Kissell kick)
  • Green Bay - Howton 44 pass from Rote (Cone kick)
  • Green Bay - FG Cone 45
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 2 pass from Finks (Kissell kick)
  • Green Bay - FG Cone 32
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 37 pass from Finks (Held kick)

[edit] Week 2 (Saturday October 2, 1954): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Redskins 0 0 0 7 7
Steelers 13 14 7 3 37

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 22,492
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 25 pass from Held (Held kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Lattner 1 run (kick blocked)
  • Pittsburgh - Rogel 1 run (Held kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Sulima 5 pass from Finks (Held kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Brandt 9 run (Held kick)
  • Washington - Dorow 1 run (Felton kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Held 15

[edit] Week 3 (Saturday October 9, 1954): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 3 9 7 3 22
Eagles 14 3 0 7 24

at Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 37,322
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - FG Held 31
  • Philadelphia - Walston 24 pass from Thomason (Walston kick)
  • Philadelphia - Williams 11 run (Walston kick)
  • Philadelphia - FG Walston 14
  • Pittsburgh - Butler 23 interception (Held kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Safety, Thomason tackled in end zone by McPeak
  • Pittsburgh - Lattner 7 run (Held kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Held 17
  • Philadelphia - Pihos 13 pass from Burk (Walston kick)

[edit] Week 4 (Sunday October 17, 1954): Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Browns 14 6 0 7 27
Steelers 7 27 14 7 55

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 31,256
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Cleveland - Reynolds 5 run (Groza kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 7 pass from Finks (Held kick)
  • Cleveland - Jones 37 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Rogel 14 pass from Finks (kick failed)
  • Pittsburgh - Butler 41 interception (Held kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Lattner 12 run (Held kick)
  • Cleveland - Lavelli 29 pass from Graham (kick blocked)
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 78 pass from Finks (Held kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 8 pass from Finks (Held kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 3 run (Held kick)
  • Cleveland - Lavelli 24 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Craft 81 interception (Held kick)

[edit] Week 5 (Saturday October 23, 1954): Philadelphia Eagles

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 39,075
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - FG Kissell 24
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 52 pass from Burk (Walston kick)
  • Philadelphia - Pihos 24 pass from Burk (Walston kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Chandnois 5 run (Kissell kick)

[edit] Week 6 (Sunday October 31, 1954): Chicago Cardinals

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

at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 18,765
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 15 pass from Finks (Kissell kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Matson 91 kick return (Summerall kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - FG Summerall 24
  • Chicago Cardinals - Matson 18 pass from McHan (Summerall kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Lattner 1 run (Kissell kick)

[edit] Week 7 (Sunday November 7, 1954): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 9 14 7 0 30
Steelers 0 6 0 0 6

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 25,158
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • New York Giants - Safety, Chandnois recovered blocked punt in own end zone, tackled by Nolan
  • New York Giants - MacAfee 21 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Lattner 5 run (kick blocked)
  • New York Giants - Rote 23 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)
  • New York Giants - Price 2 run (Agajanian kick)
  • New York Giants - Topp 14 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)

[edit] Week 8 (Sunday November 14, 1954): Washington Redskins

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

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 19,388
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Washington - Wells 9 run (Janowicz kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Lattner 24 pass from Finks (Kissell kick)
  • Washington - FG Janowicz 32
  • Washington - Taylor 42 pass from Scarbath (Janowicz kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 4 pass from Finks (Kissell kick)

[edit] Week 9 (Saturday November 20, 1954): San Francisco 49ers

1 2 3 4 Total
49ers 3 21 0 7 31
Steelers 0 3 0 0 3

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 37,001
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • San Francisco - FG Soltau 24
  • San Francisco - Jessup 44 pass from Tittle (Soltau kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Kissell 31
  • San Francisco - Perry 2 run (Soltau kick)
  • San Francisco - Johnson 24 run (Soltau kick)
  • San Francisco - Jessup 24 pass from Tittle (Soltau kick)

[edit] Week 10 (Sunday November 28, 1954): Chicago Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 0 14 3 0 17
Steelers 0 10 0 10 20

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 17,460
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - FG Bolkovac 21
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 29 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Stonesifer 39 pass from McHan (Summerall kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Matson 60 pass from McHan (Summerall kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - FG Summerall 34
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 3 run (Bolkovac kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Bolkovac 26

[edit] Week 11 (Sunday November 5, 1954): New York Giants

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

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 16,856
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • New York Giants - Price 7 run (Agajanian kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Bolkovac 15
  • New York Giants - MacAfee 42 pass from Clatterbuck (Agajanian kick)
  • New York Giants - Rote 42 pass from Clatterbuck (Agajanian kick)
  • New York Giants - FG Agajanian 20

[edit] Week 12 (Sunday December 12, 1954): Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 7 0 7
Browns 7 21 0 14 42

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 28,064
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Cleveland - Hanulak 13 run (Groza kick)
  • Cleveland - Konz 54 interception (Groza kick)
  • Cleveland - Hanulak 3 run (Groza kick)
  • Cleveland - Hanulak 8 run (Groza kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 47 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
  • Cleveland - Morrison 2 run (Groza kick)
  • Cleveland - Reynolds 3 run (Groza kick)

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