| Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: November 15, 1953 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 20411 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 60 F Humidty: 44% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Dale Dodrill 16 opponents fumble recovery (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 6 pass from Charley Conerly (Frank Gifford kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Randy Clay 20 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jack Butler 33 pass from Jim Finks (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 14 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | LOE | Ed Barker |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Gaona |
| 66 | LOG | John Schweder |
| 56 | C | Bill Walsh |
| 64 | ROG | Marv McFadden |
| 65 | ROT | George Hughes |
| 81 | ROE | Elbie Nickel |
| 7 | QB | Jim Finks |
| 25 | LOH | Ray Mathews |
| 49 | ROH | Lynn Chandnois |
| 33 | FB | Fran Rogel |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | George Tarasovic |
| 78 | LDT | Lou Ferry |
| 60 | MG | Dale Dodrill |
| 70 | RDT | Ernie Stautner |
| 84 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 57 | LLB | Dick Flanagan |
| 63 | MLB | Darrell Hogan |
| 61 | RLB | Marv Matuszak |
| 26 | LDH | Art DeCarlo |
| 24 | S | Claude Hipps |
| 80 | RDH | Jack Butler |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Ray Pelfrey |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 60 | LOG | Bill Austin |
| 53 | C | John Rapacz |
| 66 | ROG | Jack Stroud |
| 72 | ROT | Dick Yelvington |
| 81 | ROE | Bill Stribling |
| 42 | QB | Charley Conerly |
| 16 | LOH | Frank Gifford |
| 44 | ROH | Kyle Rote |
| 35 | FB | Merwin Hodel |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Jim Duncan |
| 73 | LDT | Arnie Weinmeister |
| 75 | LDG | Bill Albright |
| 63 | RDG | Bob Peviani |
| 70 | RDT | Ray Krouse |
| 21 | RDE | Joe Sulaitis |
| 52 | LB | John Cannady |
| 12 | LDH | Randy Clay |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 16 | RS | Frank Gifford |
| 49 | RDH | Tom Landry |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 9 | 59 | 6.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Gifford | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 13 | 28 | 2.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Butch Avinger | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Sonny Grandelius | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Eddie Price | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Jim Finks | 28 | 11 | 39.3 | 1 | 142 | 5.1 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 53.0 | |
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 36 | 17 | 47.2 | 1 | 191 | 5.3 | 32 | 1 | 20 | 61.2 | |
| Kyle Rote | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 45 | 11.3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 90.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ray Mathews | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 55 | 0 |
| Elbie Nickel | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Jack Butler | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Cliff Anderson | 7 | 128 | 18.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 18 | 1 |
| Kyle Rote | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Sonny Grandelius | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Butch Avinger | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Merwin Hodel | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jack Butler | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Randy Clay | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Pat Brady | 10 | 439 | 43.9 | 59 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Landry | 7 | 307 | 43.9 | 55 | 0 |
| Butch Avinger | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ray Mathews | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Lou Tepe | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Tom Landry | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
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