| 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 SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CHIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Johnny Olszewski 1 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Pat Summerall 12 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jim Brandt 1 run (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Elbie Nickel 6 pass from Bill Mackrides (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Bill Mackrides 2 run (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 4 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Don Paul 5 pass from Steve Romanik (Pat Summerall kick) | 21 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Jack Butler |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Gaona |
| 66 | LOG | John Schweder |
| 56 | C | Bill Walsh |
| 64 | ROG | Marv McFadden |
| 65 | ROT | George Hughes |
| 81 | ROE | Elbie Nickel |
| 13 | QB | Bill Mackrides |
| 25 | LOH | Ray Mathews |
| 49 | ROH | Lynn Chandnois |
| 39 | FB | Leo Elter |
| 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 |
| 80 | RDH | Jack Butler |
| 25 | S | Ray Mathews |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Gern Nagler |
| 73 | LOT | Tom Higgins |
| 61 | LOG | Dave Suminski |
| 50 | C | Jack Simmons |
| 64 | ROG | Jerry Watford |
| 70 | ROT | Jack Jennings |
| 80 | ROE | Don Stonesifer |
| 9 | QB | Jim Root |
| 2 | LOH | Charley Trippi |
| 20 | ROH | Billy Cross |
| 33 | FB | Johnny Olszewski |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | George Schmidt |
| 76 | LDT | Volney Peters |
| 71 | MG | Don Joyce |
| 57 | RDT | Jerry Groom |
| 82 | RDE | Tom Bienemann |
| 31 | LLB | Bill Svoboda |
| 34 | MLB | John Panelli |
| 51 | RLB | Leo Sanford |
| 87 | LDH | Ray Ramsey |
| 24 | S | Jim Psaltis |
| 22 | RDH | Don Paul |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ray Mathews | 9 | 61 | 6.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Brandt | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Tom Calvin | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Mackrides | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 4 | 1 |
| Leo Elter | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Olszewski | 15 | 39 | 2.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Jim Root | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Cross | 6 | -3 | -0.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bill Mackrides | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 2 | 73 | 3.7 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 40.2 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Root | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 1 | 102 | 6.0 | 0 | 13 | 56.5 | ||
| Steve Romanik | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 0 | 68 | 11.3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 153.5 | |
| Charley Trippi | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Elbie Nickel | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 16 | 1 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| George Sulima | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Tom Calvin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Don Stonesifer | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Don Paul | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 16 | 1 |
| Gern Nagler | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | |
| Billy Cross | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dale Dodrill | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
| John Panelli | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Pat Brady | 6 | 231 | 38.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Jack Simmons | 4 | 134 | 33.5 | 39 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Don Paul | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Jack Jennings | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
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