| New York Giants at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 1, 1951 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 27984 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 67 F Humidty: 76% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Joe Geri 31 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Ray Poole 11 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Scott 56 pass from Travis Tidwell (Ray Poole kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Joe Geri 1 run (Joe Geri kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Joe Geri 26 FG | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Ray Poole 21 FG | 13 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Bob McChesney |
| 79 | LOT | Tex Coulter |
| 21 | LOG | Joe Sulaitis |
| 53 | C | John Rapacz |
| 62 | ROG | Earl Murray |
| 77 | ROT | Herb Hannah |
| 87 | ROE | Bob Wilkinson |
| 42 | QB | Charley Conerly |
| 44 | LOH | Kyle Rote |
| 30 | ROH | Joe Scott |
| 31 | FB | Eddie Price |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Jim Duncan |
| 73 | LDT | Arnie Weinmeister |
| 60 | LDG | Jon Baker |
| 70 | RDG | Ray Krouse |
| 78 | RDT | Al DeRogatis |
| 82 | RDE | Ray Poole |
| 52 | LB | John Cannady |
| 49 | LDH | Tom Landry |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 83 | RS | Otto Schnellbacher |
| 22 | RDH | Harmon Rowe |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 54 | LOE | Val Jansante |
| 73 | LOT | Lou Allen |
| 62 | LOG | Dick Tomlinson |
| 56 | C | Bill Walsh |
| 65 | ROG | George Hughes |
| 79 | ROT | Frank Wydo |
| 81 | ROE | Elbie Nickel |
| 23 | QB | Joe Gasparella |
| 35 | LOH | Joe Geri |
| 44 | ROH | Ray Mathews |
| 22 | FB | Jerry Nuzum |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Charley Mehelich |
| 75 | LDT | George Hays |
| 60 | MG | Dale Dodrill |
| 70 | RDT | Ernie Stautner |
| 84 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 33 | LLB | Jerry Shipkey |
| 63 | MLB | Darrell Hogan |
| 57 | RLB | Frank Sinkovitz |
| 11 | LDH | Howard Hartley |
| 7 | RDH | Jim Finks |
| 49 | S | Chuck Ortmann |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Eddie Price | 14 | 73 | 5.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Joe Scott | 8 | 43 | 5.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 31 | 0 |
| Forrest Griffith | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Travis Tidwell | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Fran Rogel | 18 | 50 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Geri | 11 | 19 | 1.7 | 8 | 1 |
| Chuck Ortmann | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Travis Tidwell | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 1 | 130 | 10.0 | 56t | 1 | 27 | 82.2 | |
| Charley Conerly | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 20 | 4.0 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 52.1 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Joe Geri | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 1 | 102 | 10.2 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 30.0 | |
| Chuck Ortmann | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 1 | 33 | 4.7 | 0 | 11 | 41.7 | ||
| Ray Mathews | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 20 | 6.7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 85.4 | |
| Joe Gasparella | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Joe Scott | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 56t | 1 |
| Bob McChesney | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Hudson | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Bill Stribling | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Wilkinson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 55 | 0 |
| Elbie Nickel | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Val Jansante | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Chuck Ortmann | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Hank Minarik | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Otto Schnellbacher | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Tom Landry | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jim Finks | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Landry | 9 | 377 | 41.9 | 59 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Joe Geri | 8 | 357 | 44.6 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Otto Schnellbacher | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ray Mathews | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 57 | 0 | |
| Howard Hartley | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Jim Finks | 0 | 7 | 7L | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
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