| Chicago Cardinals at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 11, 1953 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 25935 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 72 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 25 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIC | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago Cardinals | Johnny Olszewski 1 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Fran Rogel 1 run (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago Cardinals | Gern Nagler 34 pass from Jim Root (Pat Summerall kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago Cardinals | Gern Nagler 6 pass from Jim Root (Pat Summerall kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 3 | Chicago Cardinals | Don Stonesifer 3 pass from Charley Trippi (Pat Summerall kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ray Mathews 19 pass from Jim Finks (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 28 | 14 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Fran Rogel 4 run (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 28 | 21 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Ed Barker 4 pass from Jim Finks (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 28 | 28 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Nick Bolkovac 28 FG | 28 | 31 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIC | Charley Trippi | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 17 | 0 |
| CHIC | Johnny Olszewski | 15 | 21 | 1.4 | 7 | 1 |
| CHIC | Jim Root | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 |
| CHIC | Billy Cross | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PIT | Fran Rogel | 17 | 53 | 3.1 | 13 | 2 |
| PIT | Lynn Chandnois | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 |
| PIT | Ray Mathews | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PIT | Leo Elter | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| CHIC | Jim Root | 27 | 9 | 33.3 | 4 | 162 | 6.0 | 46 | 2 | 18 | 40.0 | |
| CHIC | Ray Nagel | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 14 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| CHIC | Charley Trippi | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 3t | 1 | 0 | 95.8 | |
| PIT | Jim Finks | 44 | 23 | 52.3 | 3 | 291 | 6.6 | 39 | 2 | 23 | 59.9 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIC | Gern Nagler | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 33 | 2 |
| CHIC | Don Stonesifer | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 46 | 1 |
| CHIC | Wally Triplett | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| CHIC | Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| CHIC | Ray Ramsey | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| CHIC | Billy Cross | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PIT | Ed Barker | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 18 | 1 |
| PIT | Lynn Chandnois | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 39 | 0 |
| PIT | Elbie Nickel | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 22 | 0 |
| PIT | Fran Rogel | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
| PIT | Ray Mathews | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIC | Tony Curcillo | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| CHIC | Don Paul | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| CHIC | Bill Svoboda | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PIT | Art DeCarlo | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 27 | 0 |
| PIT | Jack Butler | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PIT | Marv Matuszak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| CHIC | Charley Trippi | 8 | 359 | 44.9 | 56 | 0 |
| PIT | Pat Brady | 8 | 425 | 53.1 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIC | Don Paul | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Ray Mathews | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PIT | Lou Tepe | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
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