| New York Giants at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 3, 1953 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 31500 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 69 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Giants | Randy Clay 2 pass from Charley Conerly (Randy Clay kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lynn Chandnois 93 kickoff return (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Buford Long 55 pass from Charley Conerly (Randy Clay kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Nick Bolkovac 35 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Elbie Nickel 4 pass from Jim Finks (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Nick Bolkovac 14 opponents fumble recovery (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 14 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Eddie Price | 14 | 27 | 1.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Sonny Grandelius | 9 | 21 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Fran Rogel | 20 | 55 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Finks | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Brandt | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 2 | 156 | 5.2 | 55t | 2 | 0 | 59.9 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Jim Finks | 33 | 13 | 39.4 | 0 | 111 | 3.4 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 59.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Buford Long | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 55t | 1 |
| Bill Stribling | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Eddie Price | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Randy Clay | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 1 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Sonny Grandelius | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Elbie Nickel | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 11 | 1 |
| Ed Barker | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jack Butler | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Butch Avinger | 10 | 322 | 32.2 | 52 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Pat Brady | 6 | 282 | 47.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 18 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | |||||
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