| Pittsburgh Steelers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1950 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 18707 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 45 F Humidty: 53% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Elbie Nickel 42 pass from Bobby Gage (Joe Geri kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 11 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 20 FG | 7 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 54 | LOE | Val Jansante |
| 65 | LOT | Lou Allen |
| 62 | LOG | Dick Tomlinson |
| 42 | C | Bill Walsh |
| 40 | ROG | George Hughes |
| 79 | ROT | Frank Wydo |
| 81 | ROE | Elbie Nickel |
| 33 | BB | Charley Seabright |
| 71 | TB | Bobby Gage |
| 22 | WB | Jerry Nuzum |
| 27 | FB | Fran Rogel |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Charley Mehelich |
| 63 | LDT | Ernie Stautner |
| 88 | LDG | George Nicksich |
| 73 | RDG | Darrell Hogan |
| 75 | RDT | Jack Wiley |
| 84 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 49 | LLB | Jerry Shipkey |
| 57 | RLB | Frank Sinkovitz |
| 7 | LDH | Jim Finks |
| 44 | S | Tom McWilliams |
| 11 | RDH | Howard Hartley |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Cloyce Box |
| 71 | LOT | Chet Bulger |
| 64 | LOG | Howie Brown |
| 53 | C | Jack Simmons |
| 74 | ROG | Lloyd McDermott |
| 70 | ROT | Gus Cifelli |
| 81 | ROE | John Greene |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 37 | LOH | Doak Walker |
| 14 | ROH | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 30 | FB | Ollie Cline |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Barney Hafen |
| 73 | LDT | Thurman McGraw |
| 65 | MG | Les Bingaman |
| 75 | RDT | John Prchlik |
| 88 | RDE | Jim Cain |
| 33 | LLB | John Panelli |
| 57 | MLB | Jack Lininger |
| 51 | RLB | Joe Watson |
| 44 | LDH | Don Doll |
| 11 | S | Clarence Self |
| 12 | RDH | Dan Sandifer |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Gage | 11 | 45 | 4.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bobby Layne | 15 | 118 | 7.9 | 30 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 16 | 87 | 5.4 | 28 | 0 |
| Wally Triplett | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 12 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 8 | -10 | -1.3 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bobby Gage | 22 | 8 | 36.4 | 0 | 110 | 5.0 | 42t | 1 | 26 | 68.4 | |
| Jim Finks | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 5 | 1.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 77.1 | |
| Joe Gasparella | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 2 | 78 | 3.3 | 15 | 1 | 73 | 29.5 | |
| Fred Enke | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 29 | 9.7 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 30.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Fran Rogel | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Elbie Nickel | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 42t | 1 |
| Val Jansante | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Doak Walker | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Cloyce Box | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Wally Triplett | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| John Greene | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ollie Cline | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Howard Hartley | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Don Doll | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Joe Geri | 6 | 217 | 36.2 | 45 | 0 |
| Bobby Gage | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Doak Walker | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 38 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Bobby Gage | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 23 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Clarence Self | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 29 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Bobby Gage | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ollie Cline | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
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