1949 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)

2nd place Eastern Division 6-5-1 .545

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
56	Bob Balog	RLB-C	6-2	225	25	Georgia; Denver	9	0
89	Pete Barbolak	LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT	6-3	235	23	Purdue	9	0
28	Bob Davis	LDE-RDE	5-11	192	28	Penn State	11	0
44	Jim Finks	TB-LDH	5-11	175	22	Tulsa	10	0
77	Bobby Gage	TB-RDH	5-11	175	22	Clemson	12	4
35	Joe Geri	TB-LDH-K	5-10	185	26	Georgia	12	1
17	Joe Glamp	WB-RDH-K	5-11	185	28	Louisiana State	8	0
45	Bob Hanlon	LDH-WB	6-0	195	25	Notre Dame; Loras	11	7
11	Howard Hartley	S-BB-TB	5-11	185	25	Duke	12	0
73	Darrell Hogan	MLB	5-10	210	23	Baylor; Trinity (Texas)	12	2
42	Joe Hollingsworth	LB-FB	6-0	198	24	Georgia; Eastern Kentucky	10	2
54	Val Jansante	LOE	6-1	190	29	Duquesne; Villanova	12	10
80	Bill Long	P-LOE-LOH	6-1	200	23	Oklahoma State	10	0
37	Bill McPeak	RDE	6-1	208	23	Notre Dame; Pittsburgh	12	2
55	Charley Mehelich	LDE	6-1	199	27	Duquesne	10	2
25	Frank Minini	TB-RDH-BB-S	6-1	209	28	San Jose State	12	7
72	Bill Moore	LOG-MG	5-11	218	27	Penn State	12	12
81	Elbie Nickel	ROE-RDE	6-1	196	27	Cincinnati	12	10
50	Leo Nobile	LB	5-10	215	27	Penn State	12	0
22	Jerry Nuzum	WB-RDH	6-1	199	26	Compton JC; New Mexico State	12	3
27	George Papach	FB-LB	6-2	205	24	Purdue	12	9
48	Vince Ragunas	BB	5-11	200	25	Virginia Military Institute	4	0
66	Don Samuel	WB-RDH	5-11	190	25	Oregon State	5	1
86	Carl Samuelson	RDT	6-4	250	26	Nebraska	12	0
33	Charley Seabright	BB	6-2	204	31	West Virginia	12	11
49	Jerry Shipkey	LLB-FB	6-1	213	24	Southern California; UCLA	12	4
57	Frank Sinkovitz	RLB	6-1	218	26	Duke	11	3
62	Steve Suhey	ROG	5-11	215	27	Penn State	12	10
65	Walt Szot	LDT	6-1	222	29	Bucknell	12	2
46	Bill Walsh	C-LB	6-2	230	22	Notre Dame	12	9
75	Jack Wiley	LOT	5-11	208	29	Waynesburg	12	10
79	Frank Wydo	ROT	6-4	225	25	Duquesne; Cornell	12	11

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	24	79	63	58
Opponents Totals	33	61	41	79

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		189	126	50	13	/ %	/ %	52	460
Opponents Totals		210	100	98	12	/ %	/ %	97	862

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Joe Geri	5	12	13	92.3	1	1	100.0	0	45
Jerry Nuzum	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Jerry Shipkey	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Val Jansante	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Joe Glamp	0	18	18	100.0	1	6	16.7	0	21
Bobby Gage	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Elbie Nickel	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jim Finks	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Carl Samuelson	1	0	0		0	0		1	8
Don Samuel	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	31	30	31	96.8	2	7	28.6	1	224
Opponents Totals	28	25	28	89.3	7	14	50.0	0	214

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Joe Geri	1	1	100.0	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0
Joe Glamp	1	6	16.7	1/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	2	7	28.6	1/	0/	1/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	7	14	50.0	2/	2/	2/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jerry Nuzum	139	611	4.4	64t	5
Joe Geri	133	543	4.1	25	5
George Papach	99	407	4.1	25	0
Bobby Gage	46	228	5.0	97t	3
Don Samuel	39	163	4.2	31t	1
Jim Finks	35	135	3.9	38	1
Jerry Shipkey	26	93	3.6	14	5
Bob Hanlon	6	13	2.2	7	0
Joe Hollingsworth	6	13	2.2	7	0
Bill Long	2	6	3.0	10	0
Frank Minini	1	5	5.0	5	0
Joe Glamp	3	-8	-2.7	2	0
Team Totals	535	2209	4.1	97t	20
Opponents Totals	463	1862	4.0		17

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Joe Geri	77	31	40.3	41	554	7.2	17.9	63t	5	6.5	5	6.5		7	547	60.2
Bobby Gage	36	17	47.2	15	329	9.1	19.4	52t	2	5.6	4	11.1		81	248	58.4
Jim Finks	71	24	33.8	39	322	4.5	13.4	35t	2	2.8	8	11.3		19	303	19.0
Don Samuel	21	7	33.3	13	67	3.2	9.6	13	0	0.0	1	4.8	0	0	67	23.3
Jerry Nuzum	1	1	100.0	0	21	21.0	21.0	21	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	21	118.8
Charley Seabright	1	1	100.0	0	17	17.0	17.0	17t	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	17	158.3
Joe Hollingsworth	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
George Papach	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	209	81	38.8	110	1310	6.3	16.2	63t	10	4.8	18	8.6		107	1203	40.6
Opponents Totals	337	161	47.8	154	2043	6.1	12.7		9	2.7	22	6.5		152	1891	48.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Val Jansante	29	445	15.3	47t	4
Elbie Nickel	26	633	24.3	52t	3
George Papach	6	18	3.0	11	0
Jerry Nuzum	4	81	20.3	63t	2
Charley Seabright	4	4	1.0	5	0
Bill Long	2	21	10.5	13	0
Jerry Shipkey	2	32	16.0	21	0
Frank Wydo	2	21	10.5	12	0
Jim Finks	1	17	17.0	17t	1
Bobby Gage	1	8	8.0	8	0
Joe Glamp	1	14	14.0	14	0
Bob Hanlon	1	4	4.0	4	0
Don Samuel	1	2	2.0	2	0
Jack Wiley	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team Totals	81	1310	16.2	63t	10
Opponents Totals	161	2043	12.7		9

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Howard Hartley	6	63	10.5	41	0
Bobby Gage	5	58	11.6	16	0
Jerry Shipkey	3	76	25.3	50	0
Bob Hanlon	3	29	9.7	19	0
Frank Sinkovitz	1	54	54.0	54	0
Jim Finks	1	14	14.0	14	0
Leo Nobile	1	7	7.0	7	0
Darrell Hogan	1	5	5.0	5	0
Don Samuel	1	4	4.0	5	0
Team Totals	22	310	14.1	54	0
Opponents Totals	18	334	18.6		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Joe Geri	43	1856	43.2	82	0
Bill Long	30	1127	37.6	52	0
Bobby Gage	4	163	40.8	63	1
Team Totals	77	3146	40.9	82	1	373
Opponents Totals	66	2685	40.7			449	31.1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Gage	16	254	15.9	50	0
Howard Hartley	9	87	9.7	21	0
Don Samuel	7	80	11.4	22	0
Joe Geri	2	28	14.0	17	0
Team Totals	34	449	13.2	50	0
Opponents Totals	27	373	13.8		1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Frank Minini	16	390	24.4	44
Bob Hanlon	11	213	19.4	29
George Papach	3	57	19.0	22
Val Jansante	3	46	15.3	22
Bobby Gage	1	25	25.0	25
Charley Seabright	1	24	24.0	24
Elbie Nickel	1	20	20.0	20
Jerry Nuzum	1	17	17.0	17
Team Totals	37	792	21.4	44
Opponents Totals	35	687	19.6

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Jim Finks	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bobby Gage	7		6	1	7	20	0
Joe Geri	4		3	0	3	0	0
Joe Glamp	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Hanlon	1		1	0	1	0	0
Darrell Hogan	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Joe Hollingsworth	1		1	0	1	-2	0
Bill Long	1		1	0	1	0	0
Bill McPeak	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Frank Minini	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Nuzum	5		3	0	3	0	0
George Papach	3		2	1	3	0	0
Don Samuel	6		2	0	2	0	0
Carl Samuelson	0	0	0	2	2	26	1
Charley Seabright	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jerry Shipkey	2		0	1	1	0	0
Jack Wiley	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	31	9	22	9	31	44	1
Opponents Totals	26	9	17	9	26		0

Last Updated: January 30, 2023