| Washington Redskins at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 19, 1952 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 22605 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 55 F Humidty: 40% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington Redskins | Johnny Williams 62 punt return (Eddie LeBaron kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington Redskins | Leon Heath 1 run (Eddie LeBaron kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Elbie Nickel 6 pass from Jim Finks (Gary Kerkorian kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gary Kerkorian 36 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | George Hays 1 interception return (Gary Kerkorian kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Washington Redskins | Hugh Taylor 11 pass from Harry Gilmer (Eddie LeBaron kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Elbie Nickel 36 pass from Jim Finks (Gary Kerkorian kick) | 21 | 24 |
| 4 | Washington Redskins | Hugh Taylor 43 pass from Eddie LeBaron (Eddie LeBaron kick) | 28 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Leon Heath | 16 | 83 | 5.2 | 17 | 1 |
| Jerry Hennessy | 16 | 83 | 5.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Harry Gilmer | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Johnny Papit | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| George Buksar | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Justice | 2 | -18 | -9.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ray Mathews | 16 | 76 | 4.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Jack Spinks | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 28 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 10 | 44 | 4.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Sammy Baugh | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 15 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 56.2 | |
| Eddie LeBaron | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 52 | 10.4 | 43t | 1 | 3 | 78.8 | |
| Harry Gilmer | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 80 | 20.0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 156.2 | |
| Charlie Justice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Jim Finks | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 1 | 137 | 5.7 | 36t | 2 | 5 | 71.0 | |
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Gary Kerkorian | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 9 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Hugh Taylor | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 51 | 2 |
| Gene Brito | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| George Buksar | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Elbie Nickel | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 36t | 2 |
| Ed Modzelewski | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Ed Berrang | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ed Kissell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Hays | 1 | ||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 5 | 196 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Pat Brady | 4 | 165 | 41.3 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Johnny Williams | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 62 | 1 | |
| Harry Gilmer | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ray Mathews | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Harry Gilmer | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Neil Ferris | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| George Buksar | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Paul Lipscomb | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
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