| Pittsburgh Steelers at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: December 13, 1953 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: Griffith Stadium Attendance: 22057 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 50 F Humidty: 61% Wind: mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Paul Dekker 34 pass from Eddie LeBaron (Bill Dudley kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Bill Dudley 39 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Bill Dudley 20 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Lynn Chandnois 23 run (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jack Butler 5 interception return (Nick Bolkovac kick) | 14 | 13 |
| 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 |
| 33 | FB | Fran Rogel |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | George Tarasovic |
| 78 | LDT | Lou Ferry |
| 60 | MG | Dale Dodrill |
| 72 | RDT | Tom Palmer |
| 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 |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Hugh Taylor |
| 62 | LOT | Don Boll |
| 61 | LOG | Gene Pepper |
| 50 | C | Harry Ulinski |
| 63 | ROG | Cas Witucki |
| 65 | ROT | Jim Clark |
| 83 | ROE | Paul Dekker |
| 18 | QB | Jack Scarbath |
| 22 | LOH | Charlie Justice |
| 20 | ROH | Julie Rykovich |
| 29 | FB | Paul Barry |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gene Brito |
| 74 | LDT | Laurie Niemi |
| 55 | MG | Jim Ricca |
| 76 | RDT | Paul Lipscomb |
| 89 | RDE | Joe Tereshinski |
| 36 | LLB | Chuck Drazenovich |
| 68 | RLB | Knox Ramsey |
| 44 | LDH | Harry Dowda |
| 46 | LS | Don Doll |
| 43 | RS | Johnny Williams |
| 42 | RDH | Dick Alban |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 15 | 71 | 4.7 | 23t | 1 |
| Leo Elter | 11 | 51 | 4.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Tom Calvin | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Brandt | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Mackrides | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Julie Rykovich | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Charlie Justice | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Leon Heath | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Paul Barry | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bill Mackrides | 28 | 14 | 50.0 | 0 | 142 | 5.1 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 64.9 | |
| Jim Finks | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 | |
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 20 | 9 | 45.0 | 4 | 121 | 6.1 | 34t | 1 | 5 | 41.9 | |
| Jack Scarbath | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Elbie Nickel | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 23 | 0 |
| George Sulima | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Calvin | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Brandt | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Hugh Taylor | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | |
| Paul Dekker | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Paul Barry | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie Justice | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jack Butler | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 26 | 1 |
| Art DeCarlo | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Dick Flanagan | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Pat Brady | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 3 | 129 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Ray Mathews | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Johnny Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Hall Haynes | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Sam Baker | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
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