| Pittsburgh Steelers at Chicago Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: November 23, 1950 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Comiskey Park Attendance: 11622 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 18 F Humidty: 77% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CHIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Joe Geri 5 run (Joe Geri kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Pat Harder 18 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Joe Geri 4 run (Joe Geri kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jerry Nuzum 1 run (Joe Geri kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bobby Gage 13 run (Joe Geri kick) | 28 | 3 |
| 4 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Bob Shaw 45 pass from Jim Hardy (Pat Harder kick) | 28 | 10 |
| 4 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Fran Polsfoot 22 pass from Jim Hardy (Pat Harder kick) | 28 | 17 |
| 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 |
| 48 | BB | Joe Gasparella |
| 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 |
| 86 | RDT | Carl Samuelson |
| 84 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 49 | LLB | Jerry Shipkey |
| 57 | RLB | Frank Sinkovitz |
| 71 | LDH | Bobby Gage |
| 44 | S | Tom McWilliams |
| 11 | RDH | Howard Hartley |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | LOE | Fran Polsfoot |
| 72 | LOT | Bill Fischer |
| 18 | LOG | George Petrovich |
| 57 | C | Bill Blackburn |
| 20 | ROG | Buster Ramsey |
| 68 | ROT | Plato Andros |
| 60 | ROE | Bob Shaw |
| 21 | QB | Jim Hardy |
| 62 | LOH | Charley Trippi |
| 7 | ROH | Elmer Angsman |
| 34 | FB | Pat Harder |
| Defense | ||
| 42 | LDE | Bob Dove |
| 72 | LDT | Bill Fischer |
| 68 | LDG | Plato Andros |
| 55 | RDG | Eddie Bagdon |
| 70 | RDT | Knox Ramsey |
| 51 | RDE | Tom Wham |
| 57 | LLB | Bill Blackburn |
| 32 | RLB | Vince Banonis |
| 31 | LDH | Jerry Davis |
| 67 | S | Bill Svoboda |
| 80 | RDH | Mal Kutner |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Joe Geri | 24 | 105 | 4.4 | 19 | 2 |
| Fran Rogel | 18 | 64 | 3.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 12 | 25 | 2.1 | 7 | 1 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Gage | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Pat Harder | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Elmer Angsman | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Hardy | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Joe Gasparella | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 52 | 13.0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 116.7 | |
| Joe Geri | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 68 | 22.7 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 81.9 | |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 112.5 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hardy | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 1 | 100 | 6.3 | 45t | 2 | 14 | 78.1 | |
| Frank Tripucka | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 1 | 69 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 37.9 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Val Jansante | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 1 | 68 | 68.0 | 68 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Fran Polsfoot | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 22t | 1 |
| Don Paul | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Shaw | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 45t | 1 |
| Charley Trippi | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Pat Harder | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Elmer Angsman | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Gage | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Frank Sinkovitz | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Joe Geri | 2 | 82 | 41.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Frank Tripucka | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Jim Hardy | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Bobby Gage | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Jerry Davis | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Bobby Gage | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 61 | 0 | |
| Frank Wydo | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Don Paul | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 | ||
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