| San Francisco 49ers at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 20, 1954 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 35520 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 42 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 3 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gordy Soltau 24 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Billy Jessup 44 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Ed Kissell 31 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Joe Perry 2 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | John Henry Johnson 24 run (Gordy Soltau kick) | 24 | 3 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Billy Jessup 24 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Gordy Soltau kick) | 31 | 3 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Gordy Soltau |
| 64 | LOT | Doug Hogland |
| 67 | LOG | Nick Feher |
| 53 | C | Bill Johnson |
| 63 | ROG | Bruno Banducci |
| 78 | ROT | Bob St. Clair |
| 84 | ROE | Billy Wilson |
| 14 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 35 | LOH | John Henry Johnson |
| 85 | ROH | Billy Jessup |
| 34 | FB | Joe Perry |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Clay Matthews |
| 73 | LDT | Leo Nomellini |
| 75 | MG | Al Carapella |
| 78 | RDT | Marion Campbell |
| 86 | RDE | Jack Brumfield |
| 33 | LLB | Hardy Brown |
| 32 | RLB | Frank Cassara |
| 89 | LDH | Floyd Sagely |
| 25 | LS | Johnny Williams |
| 22 | RS | Joe Arenas |
| 44 | RDH | Pete Schabarum |
| 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 |
| 78 | LDT | Lou Ferry |
| 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 |
| 37 | RS | Burrell Shields |
| 80 | RDH | Jack Butler |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| John Henry Johnson | 17 | 124 | 7.3 | 24t | 1 |
| Joe Perry | 21 | 122 | 5.8 | 30 | 1 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Jessup | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Fran Rogel | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Johnny Lattner | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Burrell Shields | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tom Calvin | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Leo Elter | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 28 | 18 | 64.3 | 1 | 232 | 8.3 | 44t | 2 | 22 | 99.1 | |
| Arnie Galiffa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Paul Held | 20 | 7 | 35.0 | 1 | 101 | 5.1 | 37 | 0 | 39 | 31.5 | |
| Jim Finks | 10 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 22 | 2.2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| John Henry Johnson | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Jessup | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 44t | 2 |
| Gordy Soltau | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy Wilson | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Joe Perry | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Harry Babcock | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Elbie Nickel | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 22 | 0 |
| George Sulima | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Burrell Shields | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Bob Toneff | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dewey McConnell | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Hardy Brown | 6 | 201 | 33.5 | 52 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Pat Brady | 7 | 303 | 43.3 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Joe Arenas | 1 | 21 | 21,.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Doug Hogland | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
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