1954 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Infobox NFL season
team = Pittsburgh Steelers
year = 1954
record = 5-7
division_place = 4th NFL Eastern Conference
coach = Walt Kiesling
stadium = Forbes Field
playoffs = none
previous = 1953
next = 1955

Regular season

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Game Summaries

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=7
R2=7
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Packers
H1=7
H2=10
H3=3
H4=0"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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Redskins
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Steelers
H1=13
H2=14
H3=7
H4=3"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 22,492
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=3
R2=9
R3=7
R4=3
Home=Eagles
H1=14
H2=3
H3=0
H4=7"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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Browns
R1=14
R2=6
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Steelers
H1=7
H2=27
H3=14
H4=7"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 31,256
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Eagles
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=3
H3=7
H4=7"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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=7
R2=0
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Cardinals
H1=7
H2=0
H3=3
H4=7"at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 18,765
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Giants
R1=9
R2=14
R3=7
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=6
H3=0
H4=0"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 25,158
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=7
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Redskins
H1=0
H2=7
H3=3
H4=7"at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 19,388
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=49ers
R1=3
R2=21
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=3
H3=0
H4=0"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 37,001
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Cardinals
R1=0
R2=14
R3=3
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=10
H3=0
H4=10"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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=3
R2=0
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Giants
H1=7
H2=7
H3=7
H4=3"at Polo Grounds, New York, New York"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* 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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=7
R4=0
Home=Browns
H1=7
H2=21
H3=0
H4=14"at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 28,064
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

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)

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