| Philadelphia Eagles at Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 22, 1950 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 35662 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 74 F Humidty: 43% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Norm Willey 41 interception return (Cliff Patton kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Fran Rogel 64 pass from Joe Geri (Joe Geri kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Joe Geri 24 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Cliff Patton 23 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Steve Van Buren 5 run (Cliff Patton kick) | 17 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Jack Ferrante |
| 79 | LOT | Vic Sears |
| 61 | LOG | Duke Maronic |
| 60 | C | Chuck Bednarik |
| 76 | ROG | Bucko Kilroy |
| 70 | ROT | Al Wistert |
| 35 | ROE | Pete Pihos |
| 11 | QB | Tommy Thompson |
| 15 | LOH | Steve Van Buren |
| 41 | ROH | Frank Ziegler |
| 32 | FB | Jack Myers |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Johnny Green |
| 79 | LDT | Vic Sears |
| 74 | MG | Walt Barnes |
| 78 | RDT | Mike Jarmoluk |
| 88 | RDE | Jay MacDowell |
| 36 | LLB | Joe Muha |
| 60 | RLB | Chuck Bednarik |
| 33 | LDH | Russ Craft |
| 80 | LS | Neill Armstrong |
| 49 | RS | Pat McHugh |
| 45 | RDH | Joe Sutton |
| 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 |
| 35 | TB | Joe Geri |
| 14 | WB | Lynn Chandnois |
| 27 | FB | Fran Rogel |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Charley Mehelich |
| 63 | LDT | Ernie Stautner |
| 88 | LDG | George Nicksich |
| 73 | RDG | Darrell Hogan |
| 79 | RDT | Frank Wydo |
| 84 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 49 | LLB | Jerry Shipkey |
| 57 | RLB | Frank Sinkovitz |
| 7 | LDH | Jim Finks |
| 44 | S | Shorty McWilliams |
| 11 | RDH | Howard Hartley |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHI | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | / | / | 6 | 64 | 3 | ||
| PIT | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | / | / | 7 | 72 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Steve Van Buren | 23 | 92 | 4.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Frank Ziegler | 16 | 44 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Myers | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Toy Ledbetter | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Tommy Thompson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Reagan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 48 | 187 | 3.9 | 22 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Joe Geri | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Bobby Gage | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 101 | 3.5 | 17 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Tommy Thompson | 19 | 12 | 63.2 | 1 | 175 | 9.2 | 75 | 0 | 22 | 71.2 | |
| Team Totals | 19 | 12 | 63.2 | 1 | 175 | 9.2 | 75 | 0 | 22 | 71.2 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Joe Geri | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 4 | 144 | 9.6 | 64t | 1 | 1 | 49.7 | |
| Bobby Gage | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 61 | 8.7 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 34.5 | |
| Joe Gasparella | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 26 | 7 | 26.9 | 5 | 205 | 7.9 | 64t | 1 | 1 | 33.2 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Jack Ferrante | 5 | 118 | 23.6 | 75 | 0 |
| Pete Pihos | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Ziegler | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Russ Craft | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Myers | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 175 | 14.6 | 75 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Fran Rogel | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 64t | 1 |
| Elbie Nickel | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 57 | 0 |
| Charley Seabright | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Val Jansante | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 205 | 29.3 | 64t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Frank Reagan | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Norm Willey | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41t | 1 |
| Joe Muha | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 1 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| George Nicksich | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Frank Reagan | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Joe Muha | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 142 | 47.3 | 48 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Joe Geri | 5 | 182 | 36.4 | 55 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 182 | 36.4 | 55 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Bobby Gage | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Russ Craft | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 27 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||