| New York Bulldogs at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 23, 1949 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 22042 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 66 F Humidty: 39% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York BulldogsNYB | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYB | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jerry Nuzum 35 run (Joe Glamp kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York BulldogsNYB | Bobby Layne 1 run (Nick Scollard kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Joe Glamp 17 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Joe Geri 3 run (Joe Glamp kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | New York BulldogsNYB | Nick Scollard 27 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | New York BulldogsNYB | Nick Scollard 25 FG | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jerry Nuzum 6 run (Joe Glamp kick) | 13 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | ||
| 18 | S | John Rauch |
| Offense | ||
| 38 | LOE | Bill Chipley |
| 44 | LOT | John Nolan |
| 36 | LOG | Fritz Barzilauskas |
| 34 | C | Joe Domnanovich |
| 70 | ROG | John Weaver |
| 51 | ROT | Carroll Vogelaar |
| 83 | ROE | Ralph Heywood |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 15 | LOH | Paul Shoults |
| 10 | ROH | Joe Golding |
| 80 | FB | Joe Osmanski |
| Defense | ||
| 8 | LDE | Sam Tamburo |
| 44 | LDT | John Nolan |
| 84 | MG | Stan Batinski |
| 20 | RDT | Frank Gaul |
| 39 | RDE | Joe Abbey |
| 26 | LB | Larry Olsonoski |
| 61 | LB | Merv Pregulman |
| 34 | MLB | Joe Domnanovich |
| 12 | LDH | Jim Wade |
| 18 | S | John Rauch |
| 4 | RDH | Joe Watt |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 54 | LOE | Val Jansante |
| 75 | LOT | Jack Wiley |
| 72 | LOG | Bill Moore |
| 46 | C | Bill Walsh |
| 62 | ROG | Steve Suhey |
| 79 | ROT | Frank Wydo |
| 81 | ROE | Elbie Nickel |
| 33 | BB | Charley Seabright |
| 77 | TB | Bobby Gage |
| 66 | HB | Don Samuel |
| 27 | FB | George Papach |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Charley Mehelich |
| 65 | LDT | Walt Szot |
| 72 | MG | Bill Moore |
| 86 | RDT | Carl Samuelson |
| 37 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 49 | LLB | Jerry Shipkey |
| 73 | MLB | Darrell Hogan |
| 57 | RLB | Frank Sinkovitz |
| 45 | LDH | Bob Hanlon |
| 11 | S | Howard Hartley |
| 22 | RDH | Jerry Nuzum |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | |||||
| Bobby Layne | 12 | 48 | 4.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Paul Shoults | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Osmanski | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Wade | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jerry Nuzum | 16 | 117 | 7.3 | 35t | 1 |
| George Papach | 15 | 113 | 7.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Joe Geri | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 10 | 1 |
| Don Samuel | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Hanlon | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Gage | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 37 | 17 | 45.9 | 2 | 226 | 6.1 | 0 | 15 | 43.3 | ||
| John Rauch | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 22.9 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Jim Finks | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 0 | 34 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 49.6 | ||
| Joe Geri | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Bobby Gage | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 116.7 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | |||||
| Bill Chipley | 9 | 116 | 12.9 | 0 | |
| Paul Shoults | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Joe Osmanski | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Jim Wade | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Val Jansante | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 |
| George Papach | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | |||||
| Joe Watt | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Gage | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Hanlon | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Bobby Gage | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Joe Geri | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Bulldogs | ||||||
| Joe Golding | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Frank Minini | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
| Bob Hanlon | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Elbie Nickel | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
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