| Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 5, 1954 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 16856 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 40 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Eddie Price 7 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Nick Bolkovac 15 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Ken MacAfee 42 pass from Bobby Clatterbuck (Ben Agajanian kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Kyle Rote 42 pass from Bobby Clatterbuck (Ben Agajanian kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Ben Agajanian 20 FG | 3 | 24 |
| 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 |
| 49 | ROH | Lynn Chandnois |
| 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 |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LOE | Bob Schnelker |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 60 | LOG | Bill Austin |
| 55 | C | Ray Wietecha |
| 67 | ROG | George Kennard |
| 72 | ROT | Dick Yelvington |
| 80 | ROE | Ken MacAfee |
| 12 | QB | Bobby Clatterbuck |
| 20 | LOH | Herb Johnson |
| 44 | ROH | Kyle Rote |
| 31 | FB | Eddie Price |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Cliff Livingston |
| 74 | LDT | Billy Shipp |
| 75 | MG | Bill Albright |
| 71 | RDT | Ray Collins |
| 78 | RDE | Barney Poole |
| 30 | LLB | Bill Svoboda |
| 52 | RLB | John Cannady |
| 49 | LDH | Tom Landry |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 27 | RS | Herb Rich |
| 40 | RDH | Dick Nolan |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Fran Rogel | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Brandt | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Tom Calvin | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Eddie Price | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 16 | 1 |
| Wayne Berry | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Herb Johnson | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Don Heinrich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buford Long | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Bobby Clatterbuck | 4 | -16 | -4.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Jim Finks | 27 | 11 | 40.7 | 3 | 96 | 3.6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 |
| Paul Held | 10 | 1 | 10.0 | 3 | 10 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Bobby Clatterbuck | 22 | 17 | 77.3 | 2 | 274 | 12.4 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 110.8 |
| Don Heinrich | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 56 | 7.0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lynn Chandnois | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Elbie Nickel | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Johnny Lattner | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
| George Sulima | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Kyle Rote | 5 | 147 | 29.4 | 57 | 1 |
| Herb Johnson | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Eddie Price | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ken MacAfee | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 42t | 1 |
| Buford Long | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bobby Epps | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Topp | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Bob Schnelker | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dewey McConnell | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Burrell Shields | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Paul Cameron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Tom Landry | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Herb Rich | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| John Cannady | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Pat Brady | 7 | 302 | 43.1 | 54 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Landry | 5 | 219 | 43.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herb Rich | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
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