| Pittsburgh Steelers at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1951 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: Griffith Stadium Attendance: 18096 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 18 F Humidty: 43% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Bill Dudley 15 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Joe Tereshinski 17 pass from Sammy Baugh (Bill Dudley kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Lynn Chandnois 40 pass from Jim Finks (Joe Geri kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Fran Rogel 3 run (Joe Geri kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Joe Geri 4 run (Joe Geri kick failed) | 20 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Hank Minarik |
| 73 | LOT | Lou Allen |
| 62 | LOG | Dick Tomlinson |
| 56 | C | Bill Walsh |
| 65 | ROG | George Hughes |
| 79 | ROT | Frank Wydo |
| 81 | ROE | Elbie Nickel |
| 30 | QB | Truett Smith |
| 35 | LOH | Joe Geri |
| 14 | ROH | Lynn Chandnois |
| 22 | FB | Jerry Nuzum |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Hays |
| 78 | LDT | Carl Samuelson |
| 68 | MG | John Schweder |
| 70 | RDT | Ernie Stautner |
| 84 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 33 | LLB | Jerry Shipkey |
| 63 | MLB | Darrell Hogan |
| 57 | RLB | Frank Sinkovitz |
| 11 | LDH | Howard Hartley |
| 80 | RDH | Jack Butler |
| 7 | S | Jim Finks |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | LOE | Hugh Taylor |
| 47 | LOT | Laurie Niemi |
| 63 | LOG | Herb Siegert |
| 56 | C | Harry Ulinski |
| 62 | ROG | Cas Witucki |
| 84 | ROT | Jim Peebles |
| 80 | ROE | Gene Brito |
| 33 | QB | Sammy Baugh |
| 35 | LOH | Bill Dudley |
| 20 | ROH | George Thomas |
| 21 | FB | Rob Goode |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Walt Yowarsky |
| 70 | LDT | Lou Karras |
| 57 | MG | Johnny Badaczewski |
| 76 | RDT | Paul Lipscomb |
| 37 | RDE | Joe Tereshinski |
| 53 | LLB | Al DeMao |
| 36 | RLB | Chuck Drazenovich |
| 29 | LDH | Jack Dwyer |
| 14 | LS | Billy Cox |
| 26 | RS | Eddie Salem |
| 12 | RDH | Neil Ferris |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Fran Rogel | 7 | 58 | 8.3 | 40 | 1 |
| Jim Finks | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Chuck Ortmann | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Geri | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 4t | 1 |
| Truett Smith | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Rob Goode | 22 | 107 | 4.9 | 17 | 0 |
| George Thomas | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Sammy Baugh | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Dudley | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Jim Finks | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 1 | 201 | 8.4 | 40t | 1 | 9 | 82.1 | |
| Chuck Ortmann | 15 | 3 | 20.0 | 4 | 54 | 3.6 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 2.5 | |
| Joe Geri | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 6 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Sammy Baugh | 23 | 7 | 30.4 | 3 | 84 | 3.7 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 17.6 | |
| Eddie Salem | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Bill Dudley | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Hank Minarik | 8 | 121 | 15.1 | 37 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 6 | 102 | 17.0 | 40t | 1 |
| Elbie Nickel | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Gene Brito | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Tereshinski | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Howard Hartley | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
| John Schweder | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jack Butler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Chuck Drazenovich | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Harry Gilmer | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Jack Dwyer | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Joe Geri | 6 | 219 | 36.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 8 | 264 | 33.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Sammy Baugh | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Howard Hartley | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Harry Gilmer | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| George Buksar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Bill McPeak | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| George Buksar | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
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