1954 Pittsburgh Steelers

1954 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head Coach	Walt Kiesling
Home Field	Forbes Field
Results
Record	5–7
Place	4th NFL Eastern
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
1953	1955

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 26	at Green Bay Packers	W 21–20
2	October 2	Washington Redskins	W 37–7
3	October 9	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 24–22
4	October 17	Cleveland Browns	W 55–27
5	October 23	Philadelphia Eagles	W 17–7
6	October 31	at Chicago Cardinals	L 17–14
7	November 7	New York Giants	L 30–6
8	November 14	at Washington Redskins	L 17–14
9	November 20	San Francisco 49ers	L 31–3
10	November 28	Chicago Cardinals	W 20–17
11	December 5	at New York Giants	L 24–3
12	December 12	at Cleveland Browns	L 42–7

Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 26, 1954): Green Bay Packers

Team	1	2	3	4		Total
Steelers	7	7	0	7		{{{RTotal}}}
Packers	7	10	3	0		{{{HTotal}}}

at City Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 20,675
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Green Bay – Reid 69 run (Cone kick)
• Pittsburgh – Lattner 14 pass from Finks (Kissell kick)
• Green Bay – Howton 44 pass from Rote (Cone kick)
• Green Bay – FG Cone 45
• Pittsburgh – Nickel 2 pass from Finks (Kissell kick)
• Green Bay – FG Cone 32
• Pittsburgh – Mathews 37 pass from Finks (Held kick)

Week 2 (Saturday October 2, 1954): Washington Redskins

Team	1	2	3	4		Total
Redskins	0	0	0	7		{{{RTotal}}}
Steelers	13	14	7	3		{{{HTotal}}}

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 22,492
• Referee:
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Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – Nickel 25 pass from Held (Held kick)
• Pittsburgh – Lattner 1 run (kick blocked)
• Pittsburgh – Rogel 1 run (Held kick)
• Pittsburgh – Sulima 5 pass from Finks (Held kick)
• Pittsburgh – Brandt 9 run (Held kick)
• Washington – Dorow 1 run (Felton kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Held 15

Week 3 (Saturday October 9, 1954): Philadelphia Eagles

Team	1	2	3	4		Total
Steelers	3	9	7	3		{{{RTotal}}}
Eagles	14	3	0	7		{{{HTotal}}}

at Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 37,322
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Held 31
• Philadelphia – Walston 24 pass from Thomason (Walston kick)
• Philadelphia – Williams 11 run (Walston kick)
• Philadelphia – FG Walston 14
• Pittsburgh – Butler 23 interception (Held kick)
• Pittsburgh – Safety, Thomason tackled in end zone by McPeak
• Pittsburgh – Lattner 7 run (Held kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Held 17
• Philadelphia – Pihos 13 pass from Burk (Walston kick)

Week 4 (Sunday October 17, 1954): Cleveland Browns

Team	1	2	3	4		Total
Browns	14	6	0	7		{{{RTotal}}}
Steelers	7	27	14	7		{{{HTotal}}}

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 31,256
• Referee:
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Scoring Drives:

• Cleveland – Reynolds 5 run (Groza kick)
• Pittsburgh – Mathews 7 pass from Finks (Held kick)
• Cleveland – Jones 37 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
• Pittsburgh – Rogel 14 pass from Finks (kick failed)
• Pittsburgh – Butler 41 interception (Held kick)
• Pittsburgh – Lattner 12 run (Held kick)
• Cleveland – Lavelli 29 pass from Graham (kick blocked)
• Pittsburgh – Mathews 78 pass from Finks (Held kick)
• Pittsburgh – Mathews 8 pass from Finks (Held kick)
• Pittsburgh – Mathews 3 run (Held kick)
• Cleveland – Lavelli 24 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
• Pittsburgh – Craft 81 interception (Held kick)

Week 5 (Saturday October 23, 1954): Philadelphia Eagles

Team	1	2	3	4		Total
Eagles	0	0	0	7		{{{RTotal}}}
Steelers	0	3	7	7		{{{HTotal}}}

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 39,075
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Kissell 24
• Pittsburgh – Nickel 52 pass from Burk (Walston kick)
• Philadelphia – Pihos 24 pass from Burk (Walston kick)
• Pittsburgh – Chandnois 5 run (Kissell kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 31, 1954): Chicago Cardinals

Team	1	2	3	4		Total
Steelers	7	0	0	7		{{{RTotal}}}
Cardinals	7	0	3	7		{{{HTotal}}}

at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 18,765
• Referee:
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Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – Nickel 15 pass from Finks (Kissell kick)
• Chicago Cardinals – Matson 91 kick return (Summerall kick)
• Chicago Cardinals – FG Summerall 24
• Chicago Cardinals – Matson 18 pass from McHan (Summerall kick)
• Pittsburgh – Lattner 1 run (Kissell kick)

Week 7 (Sunday November 7, 1954): New York Giants

Team	1	2	3	4		Total
Giants	9	14	7	0		{{{RTotal}}}
Steelers	0	6	0	0		{{{HTotal}}}

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 25,158
• Referee:
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Scoring Drives:

• New York Giants – Safety, Chandnois recovered blocked punt in own end zone, tackled by Nolan
• New York Giants – MacAfee 21 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)
• Pittsburgh – Lattner 5 run (kick blocked)
• New York Giants – Rote 23 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)
• New York Giants – Price 2 run (Agajanian kick)
• New York Giants – Topp 14 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)

Week 8 (Sunday November 14, 1954): Washington Redskins

Team	1	2	3	4		Total
Steelers	0	7	0	7		{{{RTotal}}}
Redskins	0	7	3	7		{{{HTotal}}}

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 19,388
• Referee:
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Scoring Drives:

• Washington – Wells 9 run (Janowicz kick)
• Pittsburgh – Lattner 24 pass from Finks (Kissell kick)
• Washington – FG Janowicz 32
• Washington – Taylor 42 pass from Scarbath (Janowicz kick)
• Pittsburgh – Nickel 4 pass from Finks (Kissell kick)

Week 9 (Saturday November 20, 1954): San Francisco 49ers

Team	1	2	3	4		Total
49ers	3	21	0	7		{{{RTotal}}}
Steelers	0	3	0	0		{{{HTotal}}}

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 37,001
• Referee:
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Scoring Drives:

• San Francisco – FG Soltau 24
• San Francisco – Jessup 44 pass from Tittle (Soltau kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Kissell 31
• San Francisco – Perry 2 run (Soltau kick)
• San Francisco – Johnson 24 run (Soltau kick)
• San Francisco – Jessup 24 pass from Tittle (Soltau kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 28, 1954): Chicago Cardinals

Team	1	2	3	4		Total
Cardinals	0	14	3	0		{{{RTotal}}}
Steelers	0	10	0	10		{{{HTotal}}}

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 17,460
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Bolkovac 21
• Pittsburgh – Mathews 29 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
• Chicago Cardinals – Stonesifer 39 pass from McHan (Summerall kick)
• Chicago Cardinals – Matson 60 pass from McHan (Summerall kick)
• Chicago Cardinals – FG Summerall 34
• Pittsburgh – Mathews 3 run (Bolkovac kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Bolkovac 26

Week 11 (Sunday November 5, 1954): New York Giants

Team	1	2	3	4		Total
Steelers	3	0	0	0		{{{RTotal}}}
Giants	7	7	7	3		{{{HTotal}}}

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

• Game time:
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• Game attendance: 16,856
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• New York Giants – Price 7 run (Agajanian kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Bolkovac 15
• New York Giants – MacAfee 42 pass from Clatterbuck (Agajanian kick)
• New York Giants – Rote 42 pass from Clatterbuck (Agajanian kick)
• New York Giants – FG Agajanian 20

Week 12 (Sunday December 12, 1954): Cleveland Browns

Team	1	2	3	4		Total
Steelers	0	0	7	0		{{{RTotal}}}
Browns	7	21	0	14		{{{HTotal}}}

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

• Game time:
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• Game attendance: 28,064
• Referee:
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Scoring Drives:

• Cleveland – Hanulak 13 run (Groza kick)
• Cleveland – Konz 54 interception (Groza kick)
• Cleveland – Hanulak 3 run (Groza kick)
• Cleveland – Hanulak 8 run (Groza kick)
• Pittsburgh – Mathews 47 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
• Cleveland – Morrison 2 run (Groza kick)
• Cleveland – Reynolds 3 run (Groza kick)

Standings

NFL Eastern
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	9	3	0	.750	336	162	L-1
Philadelphia Eagles	7	4	1	.636	284	230	W-1
New York Giants	7	5	0	.583	293	184	L-1
Pittsburgh Steelers	5	7	0	.417	219	263	L-2
Washington Redskins	3	9	0	.250	207	432	W-1
Chicago Cardinals	2	10	0	.167	183	347	L-3