1950 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	8/13/1950	A	Baltimore Colts	30-27	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	15000
Sat	8/19/1950	H	Detroit Lions	17-14	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	26338
Sat	8/26/1950	N	Chicago Bears	14-30	L	Lexington, KY	McLean Stadium	16000
Fri	9/1/1950	A	Erie Vets	44-0	W	Erie, PA	Erie Stadium	7878
Mon	9/4/1950	N	Cleveland Browns	31-41	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	15259
Sun	9/10/1950	H	San Francisco 49ers	13-10	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	19733
Sun	9/17/1950	H	New York Giants	7-18	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	24699
Sun	9/24/1950	A	Detroit Lions	7-10	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	18707
Sun	10/1/1950	A	Washington Redskins	26-7	W	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	25008
Sat	10/7/1950	H	Cleveland Browns	17-30	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	35399
Sun	10/15/1950	A	New York Giants	17-6	W	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	21725
Sun	10/22/1950	H	Philadelphia Eagles	10-17	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	35662
Sun	10/29/1950	A	Cleveland Browns	7-45	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	40714
Sun	11/5/1950	A	Philadelphia Eagles	9-7	W	Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	24629
Sun	11/12/1950	H	Baltimore Colts	17-7	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	24141
Thu	11/23/1950	A	Chicago Cardinals	28-17	W	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	11622
Sun	12/3/1950	H	Washington Redskins	7-24	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	19741
Sun	12/10/1950	H	Chicago Cardinals	28-7	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	18301

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Lou Allen	65	LOT	6-3	220	26	Duke	12	12
Bob Balog	56	LB	6-2	225	26	Georgia; Denver	9	0
Lynn Chandnois	14	WB-DB	6-2	198	27	Michigan State	12	7
Bob Davis	28	RDE	5-11	192	29	Penn State	10	1
Jim Finks	7	LDH-TB	5-11	175	23	Tulsa	9	9
Bobby Gage	71	TB-LDH-S-P	5-11	175	23	Clemson	10	7
Joe Gasparella	48	BB	6-4	222	23	Notre Dame	11	5
Joe Geri	35	TB-P-K	5-10	185	27	Georgia	12	8
Howard Hartley	11	RDH-WB	5-11	185	26	Duke	12	12
George Hays	80	LDE	6-2	211	26	St. Bonaventure	11	0
Darrell Hogan	73	RDG	5-10	210	24	Baylor; Trinity (Texas)	12	12
Joe Hollingsworth	42	RLB-FB	6-0	198	25	Georgia; Eastern Kentucky	11	1
George Hughes	40	ROG	6-1	225	25	William & Mary	12	12
Val Jansante	54	LOE	6-1	190	30	Duquesne; Villanova	12	12
Bill McPeak	84	RDE	6-1	208	24	Notre Dame; Pittsburgh	11	11
Tom McWilliams	44	S-TB-P	5-11	185	24	Mississippi State; Army; Mississippi State	10	10
Charley Mehelich	55	LDE-LOE	6-1	199	28	Duquesne	12	12
Elbie Nickel	81	ROE	6-1	196	28	Cincinnati	12	12
George Nicksich	88	LDG	6-0	225	22	St. Bonaventure	12	12
Jerry Nuzum	22	WB	6-1	199	27	Cameron JC; New Mexico State	12	5
Fran Rogel	27	FB	5-11	203	23	California (Pennsylvania); Penn State	12	5
Don Samuel	66	RH	5-11	190	26	Oregon State	2	0
Carl Samuelson	86	RDT-ROT	6-4	250	27	Nebraska	8	5
Charley Seabright	33	BB	6-2	204	32	West Virginia	10	7
Jerry Shipkey	49	LLB-FB	6-1	213	25	Southern California; UCLA	12	12
Frank Sinkovitz	57	RLB	6-1	218	27	Duke	11	11
Truett Smith	30	DB	6-2	208	26	Mississippi State; Wyoming	10	0
Ernie Stautner	63	LDT	6-1	230	25	Boston College	12	12
Walt Szot	89	RDT-LDT	6-1	222	30	Bucknell	11	0
Dick Tomlinson	62	LOG	6-1	205	22	Kansas	12	1
Bill Walsh	42	C	6-2	230	23	Notre Dame	12	11
Jack Wiley	75	RDT-LDT	5-11	208	30	Waynesburg	11	5
Frank Wydo	79	ROT-RDT-LDT	6-4	225	26	Duquesne; Cornell	12	12

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	7	Buddy Tinsley	T	Baylor
1	8	Lynn Chandnois	B	Michigan State
2	20	Ray Richeson	G	Alabama
2	22	Ernie Stautner	T	Boston College
3	33	Tom McWilliams	B	Mississippi State
3	34	George Hughes	G	William & Mary
4	50	Dan Dworsky	C	Michigan
5	56	Tom Rowe	E	Dartmouth
5	60	Lou Allen	T	Duke
5	63	Herb St. John	G	Georgia
6	74	Ed Mattson	B	Trinity (Texas)
6	79	George Grimes	B	Virginia
7	86	Truett Smith	B	Wyoming
7	91	Ben Bendrick	B	Wisconsin
8	100	Fran Rogel	B	Penn State
8	106	Jim Pearcy	G	Marshall
9	112	Max Druen	T	Tulane
9	119	Bobby Forbes	B	Florida
10	134	Bob Meinert	B	Oklahoma State
11	138	Charley Williams	E	Sam Houston State
13	164	Neg Norton	T	Penn State
14	178	Jimmy Kynes	C	Florida
15	190	Harry Russell	B	San Jose State
16	204	Bernie Barkouskie	G	Pittsburgh
17	216	Al Bodine	B	Georgia
18	230	Kenny Powell	E	North Carolina
19	242	Frank Gaul	T	Notre Dame
20	256	Mike DeNoia	B	Scranton
21	268	Dick Tomlinson	G	Kansas
22	282	Stan Burak	B	George Washington
23	294	Walt Kersulis	E	Illinois
24	308	John Weaver	G	Miami (Ohio)
25	320	Bob Numbers	C	Lehigh
26	334	Vic Vaccaro	B	Florida
27	346	Elmer Kreiser	E	Bloomsburg
28	360	Jerry Diehl	B	Idaho
29	372	Carl DePasqua	B	Pittsburgh
30	386	Ed Hudak	T	Notre Dame

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	33	41	55	51	180
Opponents Totals	38	43	46	68	195

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		177	97	68	12	/ %	/ %	57	477
Opponents Totals		198	111	77	10	/ %	/ %	77	733

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Joe Geri	3	22	22	100.0	8	14	57.1	0	64
Bobby Gage	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Elbie Nickel	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Fran Rogel	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Jerry Shipkey	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jerry Nuzum	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Charley Seabright	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ernie Stautner	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	22	22	22	100.0	8	14	57.1	1	180
Opponents Totals	25	24	25	96.0	5	12	41.7	3	195

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Joe Geri	8	14	57.1	1	40	3/5	2/4	2/4	1/1	0/0
Team Totals	8	14	57.1	1	40	3/5	2/4	2/4	1/1	0/0
Opponents Totals	5	12	41.7			3/	2/	0/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Geri	188	705	3.8	47	2
Fran Rogel	92	418	4.5	40t	3
Lynn Chandnois	71	216	3.0	17	0
Jerry Nuzum	57	154	2.7	32	1
Bobby Gage	39	106	2.7	18	3
Tom McWilliams	10	39	3.9	12	0
Jerry Shipkey	18	17	0.9	11	3
Jim Finks	1	2	2.0	2	0
Joe Hollingsworth	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	477	1659	3.5	47	12
Opponents Totals	460	1889	4.1		12

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Joe Geri	113	41	36.3	57	866	7.7	21.1	78t	6	5.3	15	13.3		37	829	42.4
Joe Gasparella	54	23	42.6	26	383	7.1	16.7	51	3	5.6	5	9.3	0	0	383	47.1
Bobby Gage	58	21	36.2	32	294	5.1	14.0	42t	1	1.7	5	8.6		46	248	23.2
Tom McWilliams	8	5	62.5	2	113	14.1	22.6	63	0	0.0	1	12.5	0	0	113	66.7
Jim Finks	9	5	55.6	3	35	3.9	7.0	19	0	0.0	1	11.1	0	0	35	25.0
Fran Rogel	4	3	75.0	1	30	7.5	10.0	11	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	30	95.8
Charley Seabright	3	1	33.3	2	3	1.0	3.0	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	3	42.4
Lynn Chandnois	6	1	16.7	3	5	0.8	5.0	5	0	0.0	2	33.3	0	0	5	0.0
Team Totals	255	100	39.2	126	1729	6.8	17.3	78t	10	3.9	29	11.4		83	1646	36.5
Opponents Totals	300	146	48.7	132	1801	6.0	12.3	80t	10	3.3	22	7.3		369	1432	48.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Val Jansante	26	353	13.6	40	0			1	0
Fran Rogel	24	304	12.7	64t	1			2
Elbie Nickel	22	527	24.0	65t	4				0
Lynn Chandnois	7	158	22.6	51	0
Jerry Nuzum	6	142	23.7	68	1		2	2
Bobby Gage	6	127	21.2	48t	2		2	1
Charley Seabright	3	37	12.3	13t	1		0	0	0
Howard Hartley	2	27	13.5	24	0		1	0
Charley Mehelich	2	18	9.0	10	0		0	0	0
Joe Geri	1	33	33.0	33t	1	1	1	0	0
Joe Gasparella	1	3	3.0	3	0		0	0	0
Team Totals	100	1729	17.3	78t	10
Opponents Totals	146	1801	12.3	80t	10

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Howard Hartley	5	84	16.8	38	0
Bobby Gage	4	64	16.0	23	0
George Nicksich	3	31	10.3	18	0
Jim Finks	3	24	8.0	24	0
Jerry Shipkey	2	34	17.0	30	0
Tom McWilliams	2	31	15.5	27	0
Frank Sinkovitz	2	24	12.0	17	0
Darrell Hogan	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	22	295	13.4	38	0
Opponents Totals	29	244	8.4		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Joe Geri	55	2237	40.7	60	0
Bobby Gage	3	146	48.7	74	0
Tom McWilliams	3	135	45.0	67	0
Team Totals	61	2518	41.3	74	0	504
Opponents Totals	70	2856	40.8			387

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Gage	14	192	13.7	33	0
Tom McWilliams	11	139	12.6	32	0
Howard Hartley	5	23	4.6	14	0
Lynn Chandnois	3	33	11.0	15	0
Team Totals	33	387	11.7	33	0
Opponents Totals	35	504	14.4		1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Lynn Chandnois	12	351	29.3	60
Bobby Gage	9	196	21.8	61
Jerry Nuzum	3	45	15.0	27
Tom McWilliams	2	47	23.5	33
Charley Mehelich	2	16	8.0	16
Howard Hartley	1	44	44.0	39
Joe Hollingsworth	1	22	22.0	22
Fran Rogel	1	20	20.0	20
Frank Wydo	1	7	7.0	7
Team Totals	32	748	23.4	61
Opponents Totals	37	710	19.2

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Lynn Chandnois	3		1	0	1	0	0
Bob Davis	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Bobby Gage	5		0	0	0	0	0
Joe Geri	12		3	0	3	0	0
Howard Hartley	3		0	1	1	0	0
Darrell Hogan	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
George Hughes	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Val Jansante	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Bill McPeak	0	0	0	1	1	19	0
Tom McWilliams	1		0	0	0	0	0
George Nicksich	0	0	0	3	3	5	0
Jerry Nuzum	7		0	0	0	0	0
Fran Rogel	7		3	0	3	0	0
Carl Samuelson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jerry Shipkey	2		1	0	1	0	0
Frank Sinkovitz	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ernie Stautner	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Walt Szot	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Walsh	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Frank Wydo	1		0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	41	29	12	16	28	26	0
Opponents Totals	30	16	14	19	33		2

Chuck Cherundolo	Assistant Coach
Walt Kiesling	Assistant Coach
Mike Nixon	Backfield
Ken Ormiston	Line