| Washington Redskins at Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 2, 1954 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 22492 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 72 F Humidty: 87% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Elbie Nickel 25 pass from Paul Held (Paul Held kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Johnny Lattner 1 run (Paul Held kick blocked) | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Fran Rogel 1 run (Paul Held kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | George Sulima 5 pass from Jim Finks (Paul Held kick) | 0 | 27 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jim Brandt 9 run (Paul Held kick) | 0 | 34 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Al Dorow 1 run (Ralph Felton kick) | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Paul Held 15 FG | 7 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Johnny Carson |
| 73 | LOT | Ken Barfield |
| 60 | LOG | Marv Berschet |
| 50 | C | Harry Ulinski |
| 63 | ROG | Cas Witucki |
| 75 | ROT | Jim Ricca |
| 84 | ROE | Hugh Taylor |
| 18 | QB | Jack Scarbath |
| 22 | LOH | Charlie Justice |
| 41 | ROH | Billy Wells |
| 46 | FB | Dale Atkeson |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Joe Tereshinski |
| 70 | LDT | Dick Modzelewski |
| 68 | MG | Dave Sparks |
| 79 | RDT | Volney Peters |
| 88 | RDE | Chet Ostrowski |
| 36 | LLB | Chuck Drazenovich |
| 45 | RLB | Ralph Felton |
| 43 | LDH | Vic Janowicz |
| 12 | LS | Harry Gilmer |
| 20 | RS | George Rosso |
| 42 | RDH | Dick Alban |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | George Sulima |
| 72 | LOT | Bob Gaona |
| 66 | LOG | John Schweder |
| 56 | C | Bill Walsh |
| 62 | ROG | Pete Ladygo |
| 65 | ROT | George Hughes |
| 81 | ROE | Elbie Nickel |
| 7 | QB | Jim Finks |
| 25 | LOH | Ray Mathews |
| 41 | ROH | Johnny Lattner |
| 33 | FB | Fran Rogel |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Dewey Brundage |
| 77 | LDT | Tom Palmer |
| 60 | MG | Dale Dodrill |
| 70 | RDT | Ernie Stautner |
| 84 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 57 | LLB | Dick Flanagan |
| 61 | RLB | Lou Tepe |
| 24 | LDH | Russ Craft |
| 34 | LS | Paul Cameron |
| 26 | RS | Dewey McConnell |
| 80 | RDH | Jack Butler |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Rob Goode | 15 | 64 | 4.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Al Dorow | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 6 | 1 |
| Charlie Justice | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Wells | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Dale Atkeson | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jim Brandt | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 20 | 1 |
| Johnny Lattner | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Leo Elter | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 6 | 1 |
| Paul Held | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Al Dorow | 25 | 14 | 56.0 | 1 | 142 | 5.7 | 21 | 0 | 33 | 55.8 | |
| Jack Scarbath | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 36 | 9.0 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 41.7 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Jim Finks | 19 | 12 | 63.2 | 0 | 185 | 9.7 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 112.8 | |
| Paul Held | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 92 | 8.4 | 25t | 1 | 0 | 112.7 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Hugh Taylor | 8 | 111 | 13.9 | 27 | 0 |
| Ed Barker | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Johnny Carson | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Rob Goode | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Scudero | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| George Sulima | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 24 | 1 |
| Ray Mathews | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 44 | 0 |
| Elbie Nickel | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 25t | 1 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Johnny Lattner | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Brandt | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Russ Craft | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Lou Tepe | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dick Flanagan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Charlie Justice | 3 | 129 | 43.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Pat Brady | 3 | 112 | 37.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Dale Atkeson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Dale Atkeson | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Ralph Felton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Leo Elter | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
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