| Chicago Cardinals at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 10, 1950 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 18301 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 33 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIC | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Bob Shaw 7 pass from Jim Hardy (Pat Harder kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Fran Rogel 40 run (Joe Geri kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Joe Geri 33 pass from Joe Gasparella (Joe Geri kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jerry Nuzum 14 lateral from Elbie Nickel 64 pass from Joe Geri (Joe Geri kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bobby Gage 48 pass from Joe Gasparella (Joe Geri kick) | 7 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | LOE | Fran Polsfoot |
| 72 | LOT | Bill Fischer |
| 18 | LOG | George Petrovich |
| 57 | C | Bill Blackburn |
| 20 | ROG | Buster Ramsey |
| 82 | ROT | John Goldsberry |
| 60 | ROE | Bob Shaw |
| 21 | QB | Jim Hardy |
| 62 | LOH | Charley Trippi |
| 7 | ROH | Elmer Angsman |
| 34 | FB | Pat Harder |
| Defense | ||
| 42 | LDE | Bob Dove |
| 72 | LDT | Bill Fischer |
| 68 | LDG | Plato Andros |
| 75 | RDG | Ray Apolskis |
| 70 | RDT | Knox Ramsey |
| 66 | RDE | Jerry Hennessy |
| 57 | LLB | Bill Blackburn |
| 32 | RLB | Vince Banonis |
| 31 | LDH | Jerry Davis |
| 67 | S | Bill Svoboda |
| 80 | RDH | Mal Kutner |
| 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 |
| 48 | BB | Joe Gasparella |
| 71 | TB | Bobby Gage |
| 14 | WB | Lynn Chandnois |
| 49 | FB | Jerry Shipkey |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Charley Mehelich |
| 63 | LDT | Ernie Stautner |
| 88 | LDG | George Nicksich |
| 73 | RDG | Darrell Hogan |
| 86 | RDT | Carl Samuelson |
| 84 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 49 | LLB | Jerry Shipkey |
| 57 | RLB | Frank Sinkovitz |
| 71 | LDH | Bobby Gage |
| 44 | S | Shorty McWilliams |
| 11 | RDH | Howard Hartley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Pat Harder | 8 | 57 | 7.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Vinnie Yablonski | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Elmer Angsman | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Hardy | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Joe Geri | 16 | 78 | 4.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 40t | 1 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hardy | 44 | 21 | 47.7 | 5 | 274 | 6.2 | 37 | 1 | 68 | 35.8 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Joe Geri | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 100 | 8.3 | 78t | 1 | 0 | 54.9 | |
| Joe Gasparella | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 1 | 111 | 11.1 | 48t | 2 | 0 | 98.3 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Bob Shaw | 7 | 128 | 18.3 | 37 | 1 |
| Fran Polsfoot | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Vinnie Yablonski | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Elbie Nickel | 2 | 82 | 41.0 | 64 | 0 |
| Val Jansante | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bobby Gage | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48t | 1 |
| Joe Geri | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 14Lt | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Mal Kutner | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jerry Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Gage | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Jerry Shipkey | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Howard Hartley | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Shorty McWilliams | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Jim Hardy | 5 | 157 | 31.4 | 52 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Joe Geri | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Bobby Gage | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Don Paul | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Mike Swistowicz | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Howard Hartley | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Bobby Gage | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Don Paul | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| Jerry Hennessy | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
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