| Pittsburgh Steelers at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: October 1, 1950 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: Griffith Stadium Attendance: 25008 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 80 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 2 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Hugh Taylor 70 pass from Harry Gilmer (Bill Dudley kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Joe Geri 40 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bobby Gage 5 run (Joe Geri kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Elbie Nickel 28 pass from Joe Geri (Joe Geri kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Fran Rogel 3 run (Joe Geri kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Safety, Harry Gilmer tackled in end zone by Ernie Stautner | 26 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 54 | LOE | Val Jansante |
| 65 | LOT | Lou Allen |
| 62 | LOG | Dick Tomlinson |
| 42 | C | Bill Walsh |
| 40 | ROG | George Hughes |
| 79 | ROT | Frank Wydo |
| 81 | ROE | Elbie Nickel |
| 33 | BB | Charley Seabright |
| 71 | TB | Bobby Gage |
| 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 | Tom McWilliams |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | LOE | Hugh Taylor |
| 47 | LOT | Laurie Niemi |
| 16 | LOG | John Steber |
| 53 | C | Al DeMao |
| 63 | ROG | Herb Siegert |
| 48 | ROT | Bob Hendren |
| 37 | ROE | Joe Tereshinski |
| 33 | QB | Sammy Baugh |
| 35 | LOH | Bill Dudley |
| 22/44 | ROH | Harry Dowda |
| 32 | FB | Pete Stout |
| Defense | ||
| 18 | LDE | Ed Berrang |
| 47 | LDT | Laurie Niemi |
| 57 | MG | Johnny Badaczewski |
| 76 | RDT | Paul Lipscomb |
| 82 | RDE | Roland Dale |
| 36 | LLB | Chuck Drazenovich |
| 34 | RLB | Ed Quirk |
| 27 | LDH | Joe Bartos |
| 23 | LS | Hall Haynes |
| 24 | RS | Howie Livingston |
| 22/44 | RDH | Harry Dowda |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Joe Geri | 11 | 31 | 2.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 11 | 1 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bobby Gage | 8 | 13 | 1.6 | 5t | 1 |
| Shorty McWilliams | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Pete Stout | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Rob Goode | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Dudley | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Hall Haynes | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Harry Dowda | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Frank Spaniel | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Joe Geri | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 85 | 10.6 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 88.0 | |
| Bobby Gage | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 0 | 36 | 5.1 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 59.2 | |
| Shorty McWilliams | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 77.1 | |
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Sammy Baugh | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 1 | 65 | 4.6 | 0 | 15 | 27.4 | ||
| Harry Gilmer | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 92 | 7.7 | 70t | 1 | 16 | 86.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Val Jansante | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Elbie Nickel | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 27 | 1 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Hugh Taylor | 4 | 102 | 25.5 | 70t | 1 |
| Bill Dudley | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Joe Tereshinski | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Rob Goode | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Pete Stout | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| George Nicksich | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 0 | ||||
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Hall Haynes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Joe Geri | 7 | 292 | 41.7 | 51 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Sammy Baugh | 2 | 105 | 52.5 | 58 | 0 |
| Hall Haynes | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Bobby Gage | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Howard Hartley | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Hall Haynes | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Bobby Gage | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
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