| Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: October 16, 1949 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 29911 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 64 F Humidty: 34% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| New York Giants | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Joe Geri 3 run (Joe Glamp kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Ben Agajanian 38 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Joe Scott 4 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Joe Scott 2 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Carl Samuelson 26 opponents fumble recovery (Joe Glamp kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Val Jansante 28 pass from Jim Finks (Joe Glamp kick) | 21 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Don Samuel | 18 | 62 | 3.4 | 18 | 0 |
| PIT | Joe Geri | 17 | 55 | 3.2 | 16 | 1 |
| PIT | George Papach | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Bobby Gage | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| NYG | Joe Scott | 16 | 52 | 3.3 | 9 | 2 |
| NYG | Bob Greenhalgh | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 |
| NYG | Gene Roberts | 12 | 33 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| NYG | Charley Conerly | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| NYG | Jack Salscheider | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| NYG | Bus Mertes | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PIT | Don Samuel | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 43.8 | ||
| PIT | Jim Finks | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 41 | 10.3 | 1 | 0 | 126.0 | ||
| PIT | Joe Geri | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 16 | 5.3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | |
| PIT | Bobby Gage | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 13 | 39.6 | ||
| NYG | Charley Conerly | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 1 | 106 | 5.6 | 0 | 17 | 38.5 | ||
| NYG | Ray Mallouf | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 8 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Val Jansante | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 28t | 1 |
| PIT | Elbie Nickel | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PIT | Bobby Gage | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| NYG | Bill Swiacki | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 0 | |
| NYG | Jack Salscheider | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| NYG | Joe Scott | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| NYG | Ray Poole | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Howard Hartley | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| NYG | Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Bobby Gage | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| PIT | Don Samuel | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | ||
| NYG | Emlen Tunnell | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Bob Hanlon | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| NYG | Joe Scott | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | |
| NYG | Jack Salscheider | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
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