1949 Pittsburgh Steelers season

1949 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head coach	John Michelosen
Home field	Forbes Field
Results
Record	6–5–1
Division place	2nd NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	did not qualify

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 25, 1949	New York Giants	W 28–7
2	October 3, 1949	Washington Redskins	L 27–14
3	October 8, 1949	Detroit Lions	W 14–7
4	October 16, 1949	at New York Giants	W 21–17
5	October 23, 1949	New York Bulldogs	W 24–13
6	October 30, 1949	Philadelphia Eagles	L 38–7
7	November 6, 1949	at Washington Redskins	L 27–14
8	November 13, 1949	Los Angeles Rams	T 7–7
9	November 20, 1949	at Green Bay Packers	W 30–7
10	November 27, 1949	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 34–17
11	December 4, 1949	at Chicago Bears	L 30–21
12	December 11, 1949	at New York Bulldogs	W 27–0

Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 25, 1949): New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	0	0	0	7	7
Steelers	0	21	0	7	28

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
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Game attendance: 20,957
Referee:
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Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Nickel 52 pass from Gage (Glamp kick)
Pittsburgh – Nuzum 9 run (Glamp kick)
Pittsburgh – Samuel 31 run (Glamp kick)
Pittsburgh – Geri 2 run (Glamp kick)
New York Giants – Poole 13 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)

Week 2 (Monday October 3, 1949): Washington Redskins

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redskins	6	0	14	7	27
Steelers	0	14	0	0	14

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 30,000
Referee:
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Scoring drives:

Washington – Taylor 24 pass from Baugh (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – Shipkey 2 run (Glamp kick)
Pittsburgh – Nuzum 27 run (Glamp kick)
Washington – Sandifer 35 pass from Baugh (Poillon kick)
Washington – Taylor 58 pass from Baugh (Poillon kick)
Washington – Goode 1 run (Poillon kick)

Week 3 (Saturday October 8, 1949): Washington Redskins

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	0	0	7	7
Steelers	0	7	7	0	14

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 21,355
Referee:
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Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Shipkey 1 run (Glamp kick)
Pittsburgh – Shipkey 2 run (Glamp kick)
Detroit – Doll 95 interception (Dudley kick)

Week 4 (Sunday October 16, 1949): New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	7	0	7	7	21
Giants	0	17	0	0	17

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

Game time:
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Game attendance: 29,911
Referee:
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Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Geri 3 run (Glamp kick)
New York Giants – FG Agajanian 38
New York Giants – Scott 4 run (Agajanian kick)
New York Giants – Scott 2 run (Agajanian kick)
Pittsburgh – Samuelson 26 fumble run (Glamp kick)
Pittsburgh – Jansante 29 pass from Finks (Glamp kick)

Week 5 (Sunday October 23, 1949): New York Bulldogs

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	10	3	0	0	13
Steelers	10	7	7	0	24

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 22,042
Referee:
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Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Nuzum 25 run (Glamp kick)
New York Bulldogs – Layne 1 run (Scollard kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Glamp 17
Pittsburgh – Geri 3 run (Glamp kick)
New York Bulldogs – FG Scollard 27
New York Bulldogs – FG Scollard 25
Pittsburgh – Nuzum 6 run (Glamp kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 30, 1949): Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	3	14	7	14	38
Steelers	0	0	7	0	7

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
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Game attendance: 37,903
Referee:
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Scoring drives:

Philadelphia – FG Patton 48
Philadelphia – Van Buren 1 run (Muha kick)
Philadelphia – Scott 70 punt return (Muha kick)
Philadelphia – Van Buren 6 run (Muha kick)
Pittsburgh – Jansante 35 pass from Finks (Glamp kick)
Philadelphia – Thompson 1 run (Muha kick)
Philadelphia – Pihos 15 pass from Mackrides (Muha kick)

Week 7 (Sunday November 6, 1949): Washington Redskins

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	7	7	0	14
Redskins	0	7	0	20	27

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

Game time:
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Scoring drives:

Washington – Taylor 51 pass from Gilmer (Poillon kick)
Pittsburgh – Finks 5 run (Glamp kick)
Pittsburgh – Shipkey 1 run (Glamp kick)
Washington – Stout 74 run (Poillon kick)
Washington – Stout 1 run (kick failed)
Washington -Dowda 1 run (Poillon kick)

Week 8 (Sunday November 13, 1949): Los Angeles Rams

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	0	0	7	7
Steelers	0	7	0	0	7

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 20,510
Referee:
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Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Geri 18 run (Glamp kick)
Los Angeles – Gehrke 1 run (Waterfield kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 20, 1949): Green Bay Packers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	7	7	16	30
Packers	0	0	7	0	7

at City Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Game time:
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Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Jansante 47 pass from Geri (Geri kick)
Pittsburgh – Nuzum 64 run (Geri kick)
Green Bay – Girard 1 run (Fritsch kick)
Pittsburgh – Safety, Girard's punt blocked out of end zone by Samuelson
Pittsburgh – Nuzum 8 pass from Geri (Geri kick)
Pittsburgh – Gage 3 run (Geri kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 27, 1949): Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	7	3	0	7	17
Eagles	10	7	7	10	34

at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Game time:
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Game attendance: 22,191
Referee:
TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

Philadelphia – Armstrong 13 pass from Thompson (Patton kick)
Pittsburgh – Nuzum 67 pass from Geri (Geri kick)
Philadelphia – FG Patton 16
Pittsburgh – FG Geri 34
Philadelphia – Ferrante 3 pass from Thompson (Patton kick)
Philadelphia – Parmer 1 run (Patton kick)
Philadelphia – FG Patton 13
Pittsburgh – Nickel 40 pass from Gage (Geri kick)

Week 11 (Sunday December 4, 1949): Chicago Bears

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	7	0	14	21
Bears	7	10	6	7	30

at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

Game time:
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Game attendance: 36,071
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Scoring drives:

Chicago Bears – Rykovick 20 pass from Lujack (Lujack kick)
Pittsburgh – Nickel 48 pass from Geri (Geri kick)
Chicago Bears – Hoffman 3 run (Lujack kick)
Chicago Bears – FG Blanda 33
Chicago Bears – Rykovich 1 run (kick failed)
Chicago Bears – Rykovich 1 run (Lujack kick)
Pittsburgh – Gage 97 run (Geri kick)
Pittsburgh – Gage 6 run (Geri kick)

Week 12 (Sunday December 11, 1949): New York Bulldogs

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	6	14	7	27
Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 4,028
Referee:
TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Shipkey 1 run (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – Jansante 44 pass from Geri (Geri kick)
Pittsburgh – Geri 1 run (Geri kick)
Pittsburgh – Finks 17 pass from Seabright (Geri kick)

Standings

NFL Eastern Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Philadelphia Eagles	11	1	0	.917	8–0	364	134	W8
Pittsburgh Steelers	6	5	1	.545	4–4	224	214	W1
New York Giants	6	6	0	.500	3–5	287	298	L2
Washington Redskins	4	7	1	.364	3–4–1	268	339	L1
New York Bulldogs	1	10	1	.091	1–6–1	153	368	L5

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

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Pittsburgh Steelers

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Division championships (21)	1972 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1983 1984 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 2001 2002 2004 2007 2008 2010 2014

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Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: American Football Conference Division: North Division

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Championship seasons in bold

1949 NFL season

Eastern Division	NY Bulldogs	NY Giants	CHI Bears	CHI Cardinals	Western Division
	Philadelphia	Pittsburgh	Detroit	Green Bay
	Washington			Los Angeles

Related: 1949 AAFC Season

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