| Washington Redskins at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 3, 1949 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 30000 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 63 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 6 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | LLB | Pete Stout | ||
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Hugh Taylor 24 pass from Sammy Baugh (Dick Poillon kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jerry Shipkey 2 run (Joe Glamp kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jerry Nuzum 27 run (Joe Glamp kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Dan Sandifer 35 pass from Sammy Baugh (Dick Poillon kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Hugh Taylor 58 pass from Sammy Baugh (Dick Poillon kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Rob Goode 1 run (Dick Poillon kick) | 27 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | LOE | Hugh Taylor |
| 49 | LOT | Johnny Sanchez |
| 16 | LOG | John Steber |
| 31 | C | Clyde Ehrhardt |
| 58 | ROG | Bill Katrishen |
| 42 | ROT | John Adams |
| 37 | ROE | Joe Tereshinski |
| 33 | QB | Sammy Baugh |
| 21 | LOH | Rob Goode |
| 22 | ROH | Harry Dowda |
| 25 | FB | Dick Poillon |
| Defense | ||
| 19 | LDE | Jim Peebles |
| 47 | LDT | Laurie Niemi |
| 63 | LDG | Herb Siegert |
| 57 | RDG | Johnny Badaczewski |
| 48 | RDT | Bob Hendren |
| 18 | RDE | Ed Berrang |
| 32 | LLB | Pete Stout |
| 53 | RLB | Al DeMao |
| 54 | LDH | Frank Seno |
| 20 | S | Dan Sandifer |
| 24 | RDH | Howie Livingston |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 54 | LOE | Val Jansante |
| 75 | LOT | Jack Wiley |
| 72 | LOG | Bill Moore |
| 46 | C | Bill Walsh |
| 62 | ROG | Steve Suhey |
| 79 | ROT | Frank Wydo |
| 81 | ROE | Elbie Nickel |
| 33 | BB | Charley Seabright |
| 77 | TB | Bobby Gage |
| 22 | HB | Jerry Nuzum |
| 27 | FB | George Papach |
| Defense | ||
| 28 | LDE | Bob Davis |
| 65 | LDT | Walt Szot |
| 72 | MG | Bill Moore |
| 86 | RDT | Carl Samuelson |
| 37 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 49 | LLB | Jerry Shipkey |
| 73 | MLB | Darrell Hogan |
| 57 | RLB | Frank Sinkovitz |
| 45 | LDH | Bob Hanlon |
| 11 | S | Howard Hartley |
| 22 | RDH | Jerry Nuzum |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Rob Goode | 9 | 85 | 9.4 | 47 | 1 |
| Harry Dowda | 13 | 63 | 4.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Eddie Saenz | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Pete Stout | 11 | 27 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Leon Cochran | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Harry Gilmer | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jerry Nuzum | 10 | 65 | 6.5 | 27y | 1 |
| Bobby Gage | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Joe Geri | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Don Samuel | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| George Papach | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Long | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Sammy Baugh | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 0 | 182 | 13.0 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 141.4 | |
| Harry Gilmer | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Don Samuel | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 42 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 74.7 | ||
| Joe Geri | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 0 | 35 | 5.0 | 0 | 4 | 58.6 | ||
| Jim Finks | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20 | 4.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | |
| Bobby Gage | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 70.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Hugh Taylor | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 2 | |
| Dan Sandifer | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Howie Livingston | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Harry Dowda | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Val Jansante | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Elbie Nickel | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | |
| Joe Glamp | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Dan Sandifer | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Dick Poillon | 5 | 207 | 41.4 | 51 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Gage | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Eddie Saenz | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Don Samuel | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Gage | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Eddie Saenz | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Frank Seno | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Frank Minini | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | ||
| Bob Hanlon | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 35 | 0 | |
| Bobby Gage | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
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