| Pittsburgh Steelers at Chicago Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 31, 1954 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Comiskey Park Attendance: 18765 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 38 F Humidty: 24% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CHIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Elbie Nickel 15 pass from Jim Finks (Ed Kissell kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Ollie Matson 91 kickoff return (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Pat Summerall 24 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Ollie Matson 18 pass from Lamar McHan (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Johnny Lattner 1 run (Ed Kissell kick) | 14 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | George Sulima |
| 72 | LOT | Bob Gaona |
| 66 | LOG | John Schweder |
| 56 | C | Bill Walsh |
| 62 | ROG | Pete Ladygo |
| 65 | ROT | George Hughes |
| 81 | ROE | Elbie Nickel |
| 7 | QB | Jim Finks |
| 25 | LOH | Ray Mathews |
| 41 | ROH | Johnny Lattner |
| 33 | FB | Fran Rogel |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Dewey Brundage |
| 77 | LDT | Tom Palmer |
| 60 | MG | Dale Dodrill |
| 70 | RDT | Ernie Stautner |
| 84 | RDE | Bill McPeak |
| 50 | LLB | Stan Sheriff |
| 61 | RLB | Lou Tepe |
| 24 | LDH | Russ Craft |
| 34 | LS | Paul Cameron |
| 14 | RS | Ed Kissell |
| 80 | RDH | Jack Butler |
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | LOE | Jack Crittendon |
| 74 | LOT | Len Teeuws |
| 65 | LOG | Johnny Hatley |
| 50 | C | Jack Simmons |
| 68 | ROG | Bill Lange |
| 70 | ROT | Jack Jennings |
| 87 | ROE | Jim Ladd |
| 8 | QB | Lamar McHan |
| 33 | LOH | Ollie Matson |
| 44 | ROH | Paul Barry |
| 37 | FB | Emmett King |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Leo Sugar |
| 73 | LDT | Chuck Ulrich |
| 75 | MG | Dick Fugler |
| 57 | RDT | Jerry Groom |
| 82 | RDE | Tom Bienemann |
| 47 | LLB | George Kinek |
| 61 | MLB | Fred Wallner |
| 51 | RLB | Leo Sanford |
| 21 | LDH | Ellsworth Kingery |
| 24 | S | Al Brosky |
| 81 | RDH | Dick Lane |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Johnny Lattner | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 4 | 1 |
| Jim Brandt | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Ollie Matson | 24 | 85 | 3.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Paul Barry | 22 | 50 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Emmett King | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Lamar McHan | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Jim Finks | 36 | 22 | 61.1 | 3 | 206 | 5.7 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 51.4 | |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Lamar McHan | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 0 | 155 | 8.6 | 31 | 1 | 15 | 98.2 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ray Mathews | 7 | 83 | 11.9 | 49 | 0 |
| Elbie Nickel | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 1 | |
| George Sulima | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Johnny Lattner | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Butler | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Ollie Matson | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 31 | 1 |
| Don Stonesifer | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Ladd | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Paul Barry | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Charley Trippi | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ellsworth Kingery | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dick Lane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Pat Brady | 7 | 275 | 39.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Charley Trippi | 4 | 150 | 37.5 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Ollie Matson | 1 | |||||
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