| Pittsburgh Steelers at Chicago Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 6, 1953 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Comiskey Park Attendance: 14138 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 36 F Humidty: 85% Wind: 23 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| Chicago Cardinals | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CHIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago Cardinals | Johnny Olszewski 1 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Chicago Cardinals | Pat Summerall 12 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Jim Brandt 1 run (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Elbie Nickel 6 pass from Bill Mackrides (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Bill Mackrides 2 run (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 4 | Chicago Cardinals | Don Paul 5 pass from Steve Romanik (Pat Summerall kick) | 21 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Ray Mathews | 9 | 61 | 6.8 | 13 | 0 |
| PIT | Jim Brandt | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 7 | 1 |
| PIT | Tom Calvin | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 |
| PIT | Bill Mackrides | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 4 | 1 |
| PIT | Leo Elter | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| PIT | Lynn Chandnois | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 8 | 0 |
| CHIC | Johnny Olszewski | 15 | 39 | 2.6 | 12 | 1 |
| CHIC | Jim Root | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| CHIC | Charley Trippi | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| CHIC | Don Paul | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| CHIC | Billy Cross | 6 | -3 | -0.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PIT | Bill Mackrides | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 2 | 73 | 3.7 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 40.2 | |
| PIT | Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| CHIC | Jim Root | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 1 | 102 | 6.0 | 0 | 13 | 56.5 | ||
| CHIC | Steve Romanik | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 0 | 68 | 11.3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 153.5 | |
| CHIC | Charley Trippi | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Elbie Nickel | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 16 | 1 |
| PIT | Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| PIT | George Sulima | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PIT | Ray Mathews | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 13 | 0 |
| PIT | Tom Calvin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| CHIC | Don Stonesifer | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| CHIC | Don Paul | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 16 | 1 |
| CHIC | Gern Nagler | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | |
| CHIC | Billy Cross | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 26 | 0 |
| CHIC | Johnny Olszewski | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIC | Ray Ramsey | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PIT | Pat Brady | 6 | 231 | 38.5 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Ray Mathews | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| CHIC | Don Paul | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CHIC | Jack Jennings | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
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