1950 Pittsburgh Steelers season

1950 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head Coach	John Michelosen
Home Field	Forbes Field
Results
Record	6–6
Place	4th NFL Eastern
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1949	1951

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Time (ET)	Result
1	September 17, 1950	New York Giants		L 18–7
2	September 24, 1950	at Detroit Lions		L 10–7
3	October 1, 1950	at Washington Redskins		W 26–7
4	October 7, 1950	Cleveland Browns		L 30–17
5	October 15, 1950	at New York Giants		W 17–6
6	October 22, 1950	Philadelphia Eagles		L 17–10
7	October 29, 1950	at Cleveland Browns		L 45–7
8	November 5, 1950	at Philadelphia Eagles		W 9–7
9	November 12, 1950	Baltimore Colts		W 17–7
10	Bye
11	November 23, 1950	at Chicago Cardinals		W 28–17
12	December 3, 1950	Washington Redskins		L 24–7
13	December 10, 1950	Chicago Cardinals		W 28–7

Standings

NFL American
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	10	2	0	.833	310	144	W-6
New York Giants	10	2	0	.833	268	150	W-6
Pittsburgh Steelers	6	6	0	.500	180	195	W-1
Philadelphia Eagles	6	6	0	.500	254	141	L-4
Chicago Cardinals	5	7	0	.417	233	287	L-1
Washington Redskins	3	9	0	.250	232	326	L-1

Game summaries

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

	1	2	3	4	OT
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)

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

	1	2	3	4	OT
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

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

	1	2	3	4	OT
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)

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

	1	2	3	4	OT
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)

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

	1	2	3	4	OT
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)

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

	1	2	3	4	OT
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)

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

	1	2	3	4	OT
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)

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

	1	2	3	4	OT
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

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

	1	2	3	4	OT
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)

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

	1	2	3	4	OT
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)

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

	1	2	3	4	OT
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)

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

	1	2	3	4	OT
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)