| Philadelphia Eagles at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics | 
| Date: November 4, 1951 Location: Pittsburgh, PA | 
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 19649 | 
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 27 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 18 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 0 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 34 | 
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | PIT | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Joe Geri 22 FG | 0 | 3 | 
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jerry Shipkey 20 interception return (Joe Geri kick) | 0 | 10 | 
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Bobby Walston 22 pass from Adrian Burk (Bobby Walston kick) | 7 | 10 | 
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Pete Pihos 12 pass from Adrian Burk (Bobby Walston kick) | 14 | 10 | 
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Joe Geri 40 FG | 14 | 13 | 
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Steve Van Buren 2 run (Bobby Walston kick failed) | 20 | 13 | 
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Gerry Cowhig 25 opponents fumble recovery (Bobby Walston kick) | 27 | 13 | 
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Dan Sandifer 30 pass from Adrian Burk (Bobby Walston kick) | 34 | 13 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Bobby Walston | 
| 79 | LOT | Vic Sears | 
| 70 | LOG | Al Wistert | 
| 52 | C | Vic Lindskog | 
| 74 | ROG | Walt Barnes | 
| 76 | ROT | Bucko Kilroy | 
| 35 | ROE | Pete Pihos | 
| 10 | QB | Adrian Burk | 
| 15 | LOH | Steve Van Buren | 
| 30 | ROH | Bosh Pritchard | 
| 43 | FB | Jim Parmer | 
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Bud Grant | 
| 75 | LDT | Walt Stickel | 
| 64 | MG | Mario Giannelli | 
| 78 | RDT | Mike Jarmoluk | 
| 88 | RDE | Jay MacDowell | 
| 60 | LLB | Chuck Bednarik | 
| 36 | RLB | Gerry Cowhig | 
| 33 | LDH | Russ Craft | 
| 40 | LS | Frank Reagan | 
| 49 | RS | Pat McHugh | 
| 45 | RDH | Joe Sutton | 
| 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 | 
| 30 | QB | Truett Smith | 
| 35 | LOH | Joe Geri | 
| 14 | ROH | Lynn Chandnois | 
| 22 | FB | Jerry Nuzum | 
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Hays | 
| 78 | LDT | Carl Samuelson | 
| 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 | S | Jim Finks | 
| 80 | RDH | Jack Butler | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Dan Sandifer | 10 | 40 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | 
| Steve Van Buren | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 10 | 1 | 
| Frank Ziegler | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 | 
| Jim Parmer | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 | 
| Clyde Scott | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | 
| Bosh Pritchard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Chuck Ortmann | 12 | 62 | 5.2 | 11 | 0 | 
| Lynn Chandnois | 13 | 19 | 1.5 | 12 | 0 | 
| Joe Geri | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 0 | 
| Jerry Nuzum | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | 
| Fran Rogel | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 | 
| Ray Mathews | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Adrian Burk | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 2 | 123 | 7.7 | 30t | 3 | 0 | 75.8 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Chuck Ortmann | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 0 | 30 | 2.7 | 21 | 0 | 32 | 39.6 | |
| Joe Geri | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 0 | 24 | 2.7 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 39.6 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 14 | 2.3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Ray Mathews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Pete Pihos | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 | 
| Jim Parmer | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 | 
| Dan Sandifer | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30t | 1 | 
| Bobby Walston | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22t | 1 | 
| Frank Ziegler | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 
| Hank Minarik | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 
| Val Jansante | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 
| Chuck Ortmann | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 
| Elbie Nickel | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| Fran Rogel | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Ebert Van Buren | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | 
| Russ Craft | 0 | 26 | 26L | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jerry Shipkey | 2 | 20 | 10.5 | 1 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Adrian Burk | 6 | 235 | 39.2 | 60 | 0 | 
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Chuck Ortmann | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 51 | 0 | 
| Joe Geri | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 44 | 0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Dan Sandifer | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Howard Hartley | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Dan Sandifer | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walston | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
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