| Pittsburgh Steelers at Boston Yanks |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 12, 1947 Location: Boston, MA Venue: Fenway Park Attendance: 18894 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 65 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| Boston YanksBOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | BOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Steve Lach 1 run (Joe Glamp kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Paul White 51 run (Joe Glamp kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Steve Lach 1 run (Joe Glamp kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Safety, Boley Dancewicz tackled in end zone by Tony Bova | 23 | 0 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Johnny Clement 1 run (Joe Glamp kick) | 30 | 0 |
| 4 | Boston YanksBOS | Don Currivan 33 pass from Boley Dancewicz (Nick Scollard kick) | 30 | 7 |
| 4 | Boston YanksBOS | Don Currivan 20 pass from Boley Dancewicz (Frank Maznicki kick) | 30 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| 31 | S | Walt Slater |
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Charley Mehelich |
| 75 | LOT | Jack Wiley |
| 72 | LOG | Bill Moore |
| 21 | C | Chuck Cherundolo |
| 12 | ROG | Nick Skorich |
| 79 | ROT | Frank Wydo |
| 81 | ROE | Elbie Nickel |
| 33 | BB | Charley Seabright |
| 31 | TB | Walt Slater |
| 42 | WB | Paul White |
| 44 | FB | Tony Compagno |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Charley Mehelich |
| 75 | LDT | Jack Wiley |
| 72 | MG | Bill Moore |
| 79 | RDT | Frank Wydo |
| 85 | RDE | Tony Bova |
| 25 | LLB | Al Drulis |
| 33 | MLB | Charley Seabright |
| 57 | RLB | Frank Sinkovitz |
| 42 | LDH | Paul White |
| 44 | RDH | Tony Compagno |
| 31 | S | Walt Slater |
| Boston Yanks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 24 | LOE | Hal Crisler |
| 44 | LOT | Tom Dean |
| 35 | LOG | Johnny Badaczewski |
| 40 | C | Bill Godwin |
| 31 | ROG | Bill Kennedy |
| 51 | ROT | Carroll Vogelaar |
| 29 | ROE | Don Currivan |
| 4 | QB | Paul Governali |
| 19 | LOH | Rudy Romboli |
| 10 | ROH | Joe Golding |
| 15 | FB | Johnny Grigas |
| Defense | ||
| 23 | LDE | Sam Goldman |
| 45 | LDT | Rocco Canale |
| 55 | MG | Jim Wright |
| 51 | RDT | Carroll Vogelaar |
| 27 | RDE | Nick Scollard |
| 14 | LLB | Mike Micka |
| 31 | MLB | Bill Kennedy |
| 40 | RLB | Bill Godwin |
| 17 | LDH | Frank Maznicki |
| 19 | RDH | Rudy Romboli |
| 20 | S | Frank Seno |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | / | / | 5 | 74 | 2 | ||
| BOS | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | / | / | 4 | 26 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bob Cifers | 11 | 97 | 8.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Johnny Clement | 15 | 68 | 4.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Paul White | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 51t | 1 |
| Steve Lach | 12 | 20 | 1.7 | 4 | 2 |
| Walt Slater | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tony Compagno | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Gonzalo Morales | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 50 | 276 | 5.5 | 4 | |
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Frank Seno | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Frank Maznicki | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Boley Dancewicz | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Golding | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 |
| Rudy Romboli | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Micka | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Johnny Grigas | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Jim Mello | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 26 | 1.1 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Johnny Clement | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | 1 | 122 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 | 60.4 | ||
| Walt Slater | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 87.5 | |
| Team Totals | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 1 | 128 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | ||
| Boston Yanks | |||||||||||
| Paul Governali | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 | 9 | 47.0 | ||
| Boley Dancewicz | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 49 | 9.8 | 2 | 14 | 76.2 | ||
| Howie Maley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 0 | 96 | 6.4 | 2 | 96.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Val Jansante | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 46 | 0 |
| Steve Lach | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Charley Mehelich | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Cifers | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tony Compagno | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 128 | 14.2 | 0 | |
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Don Currivan | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 29 | 2 |
| Hal Crisler | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Rudy Romboli | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 2 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Rudy Romboli | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bob Cifers | 4 | 185 | 46.3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 46.0 | |||
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Howie Maley | 7 | 334 | 47.7 | 66 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 245 | 49.0 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Team Totals | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
| Boston Yanks | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Team Totals | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 0 | ||
| Boston Yanks | ||||||
| Team Totals | 5 | 121 | 24.2 | 0 | ||