| Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Bulldogs |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 11, 1949 Location: New York, NY Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 4028 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 43 F Humidty: 96% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| New York BulldogsNYB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NYB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jerry Shipkey 1 run (Joe Geri kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Val Jansante 44 pass from Joe Geri (Joe Geri kick) | 13 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Joe Geri 1 run (Joe Geri kick) | 20 | 0 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jim Finks 17 pass from Charley Seabright (Joe Geri kick) | 27 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 35 | TB | Joe Geri |
| 22 | HB | Jerry Nuzum |
| 27 | FB | George Papach |
| Defense | ||
| 28 | LDE | Bob Davis |
| 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 |
| 77 | RDH | Bobby Gage |
| New York Bulldogs | ||
| 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 |
| 20 | LDT | Frank Gaul |
| 84 | MG | Stan Batinski |
| 64 | RDT | Tom Blake |
| 27 | RDE | Nick Scollard |
| 26 | LB | Larry Olsonoski |
| 61 | LB | Merv Pregulman |
| 34 | MLB | Joe Domnanovich |
| 4 | LDH | Jim Canady |
| 18 | S | John Rauch |
| 11 | RDH | Ed Smith |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 17 | 13 | 4 | / | / | 3 | 25 | 4 | 4 | ||
| NYB | 9 | 1 | 8 | / | / | 4 | 34 | 3 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Joe Geri | 22 | 78 | 3.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 13 | 33 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 |
| George Papach | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Hollingsworth | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Frank Minini | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Hanlon | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bobby Gage | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Jerry Shipkey | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 53 | 154 | 2.9 | 12 | 2 |
| New York Bulldogs | |||||
| Paul Shoults | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Osmanski | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 16 | 1.2 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Joe Geri | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 0 | 108 | 8.3 | 44t | 1 | 0 | 100.8 | |
| Jim Finks | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 10 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 | 158.3 | ||
| Team Totals | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 1 | 135 | 6.8 | 44t | 2 | 5 | 76.0 | |
| New York Bulldogs | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 34 | 16 | 47.1 | 3 | 140 | 4.1 | 18 | 0 | 29 | 52.4 | |
| John Rauch | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 42.4 | |
| Mike Boyda | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 38 | 17 | 44.7 | 3 | 146 | 3.8 | 18 | 0 | 22.5 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Elbie Nickel | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | |
| Val Jansante | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 44t | 1 |
| Jim Finks | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Frank Wydo | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| George Papach | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 135 | 16.9 | 44t | 2 |
| New York Bulldogs | |||||
| Bill Chipley | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Paul Shoults | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Osmanski | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 146 | 8.6 | 18 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Gage | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | |||
| New York Bulldogs | |||||
| Nick Scollard | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Team Totals | 8 | 333 | 41.6 | ||
| New York Bulldogs | |||||
| Team Totals | 7 | 354 | 50.6 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Howard Hartley | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Gage | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 66 | 0 | ||||
| New York Bulldogs | ||||||
| Jim Wade | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 0 | ||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Val Jansante | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| New York Bulldogs | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||