| New York Giants at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1950 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 24699 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 66 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 18 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Safety, Howard Hartley tackled in end zone by Gene Roberts | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jerry Shipkey 1 run (Joe Geri kick) | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Safety, Bill Walsh snapped ball out of end zone | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Tom Landry 37 opponents fumble recovery (Ray Poole kick) | 11 | 7 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Al DeRogatis EZ opponents fumble recovery (Ray Poole kick) | 18 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Kelley Mote |
| 77 | LOT | Jim White |
| 74 | LOG | Don Ettinger |
| 53 | C | John Rapacz |
| 75 | ROG | Bill Austin |
| 70 | ROT | Johnny Sanchez |
| 82 | ROE | Ray Poole |
| 21 | BB | Joe Sulaitis |
| 16 | LOH | Jim Ostendarp |
| 30 | ROH | Joe Scott |
| 34 | FB | Bob Jackson |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Kelley Mote |
| 73 | LDT | Arnie Weinmeister |
| 60 | MG | Jon Baker |
| 78 | RDT | Al DeRogatis |
| 82 | RDE | Ray Poole |
| 61 | LLB | Charles Milner |
| 52 | RLB | John Cannady |
| 49 | LDH | Tom Landry |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 83 | RS | Otto Schnellbacher |
| 22 | RDH | Harmon Rowe |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 54 | LOE | Val Jansante |
| 65 | LOT | Lou Allen |
| 62 | LOG | Dick Tomlinson |
| 42 | C | Bill Walsh |
| 40 | ROG | George Hughes |
| 86 | ROT | Carl Samuelson |
| 81 | ROE | Elbie Nickel |
| 48 | BB | Joe Gasparella |
| 35 | TB | Joe Geri |
| 22 | WB | Jerry Nuzum |
| 49 | FB | Jerry Shipkey |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Charley Mehelich |
| 63 | LDT | Ernie Stautner |
| 88 | LDG | George Nicksich |
| 73 | RDG | Darrell Hogan |
| 75 | RDT | Jack Wiley |
| 84 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 49 | LLB | Jerry Shipkey |
| 57 | RLB | Frank Sinkovitz |
| 7 | LDH | Jim Finks |
| 11 | RDH | Howard Hartley |
| 44 | S | Shorty McWilliams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Eddie Price | 21 | 91 | 4.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Joe Scott | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Randy Clay | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Gene Roberts | 10 | 4 | 0.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Fran Rogel | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Joe Geri | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Shorty McWilliams | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby Gage | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 4 | -9 | -2.3 | 1t | 1 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 8 | -18 | -2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 13 | 3 | 23.1 | 1 | 30 | 2.3 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 7.5 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Joe Gasparella | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 39 | 5.6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 21.4 | |
| Jim Finks | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 30 | 6.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 20.8 | |
| Shorty McWilliams | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 74 | 24.7 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 70.1 | |
| Joe Geri | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 112.5 | |
| Bobby Gage | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 108.3 | |
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bill Swiacki | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Ellery Williams | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Elbie Nickel | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Charley Mehelich | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Howard Hartley | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Harmon Rowe | 1 | 32 | 6.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Howard Hartley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Landry | 5 | 191 | 38.2 | 50 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 5 | 157 | 31.4 | 46 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Joe Geri | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Shorty McWilliams | 3 | 135 | 45.0 | 67 | 0 |
| Bobby Gage | 1 | 74 | 74.0 | 74 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Bobby Gage | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Bobby Gage | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
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