1953 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Infobox NFL season
team = Pittsburgh Steelers
year = 1953
record = 6-6
division_place = 4th NFL Eastern Conference
coach = Joe Bach
stadium = Forbes Field
playoffs = none
previous = 1952
next = 1954

Regular season

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Game Summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 27, 1953): Detroit Lions

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=7
R2=7
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Lions
H1=7
H2=17
H3=7
H4=7"at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan"

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

Scoring drives:

* Detroit - Carpenter 73 interception (Walker kick)
* Pittsburgh - Nickel 14 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
* Detroit - Gedman 1 run (Walker kick)
* Detroit - FG Walker 40
* Pittsburgh - Mathews 1 fumble run (Bolkovac kick)
* Detroit - Hart 49 pass from Layne (Walker kick)
* Detroit - Walker 8 pass from Hoernschmeyer (Walker kick)
* Detroit - Hoernschemeyer 29 pass from Layne (Walker kick)
* Pittsburgh - Nickel 15 pass from Marchibroda (Bolkovac kick)

Week 2 (Saturday October 3, 1953): New York Giants

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 31,500
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* New York Giants - Clay 2 pass from Conerly (Clay kick)
* Pittsburgh - Chandnois 93 kick return (Bolkovac kick)
* New York Giants - Long 55 pass from Conerly (Clay kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Bolkovac 35
* Pittsburgh - Nickel 4 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
* Pittsburgh - Bolkovac 14 fumble run (Bolkovac kick)

Week 3 (Sunday October 11, 1953): Chicago Cardinals

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Cardinals
R1=7
R2=14
R3=7
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=7
H3=7
H4=17"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 25,953
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Chicago Cardinals - Olszewski 1 run (Summerall kick)
* Pittsburgh - Rogel 1 run (Bolkovac kick)
* Chicago Cardinals - Nagler 34 pass from Root (Summerall kick)
* Chicago Cardinals - Nagler 6 pass from Root (Summerall kick)
* Chicago Cardinals - Stonesifer 3 pass from Trippi (Summerall kick)
* Pittsburgh - Mathews 19 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
* Pittsburgh - Rogel 4 run (Bolkovac kick)
* Pittsburgh - Barker 4 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Bolkovac 28

Week 4 (Saturday October 17, 1953): Philadelphia Eagles

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=7
R4=0
Home=Eagles
H1=0
H2=0
H3=6
H4=17"at Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 18,681
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Philadelphia - Pihos 28 pass from Burk (kick blocked)
* Pittsburgh - Mathews 23 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
* Philadelphia - FG Walston 11
* Philadelphia - Giancanelli 16 pass from Thomason (Walston kick)
* Philadelphia - Ziegler 1 run (Walston kick)

Week 5 (Saturday October 24, 1953): Green Bay Packers

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Packers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=7
R4=7
Home=Steelers
H1=7
H2=10
H3=14
H4=0"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 22,918
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Finks 4 run (Bolkovac kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Bolkovac 40
* Pittsburgh - Chandnois 6 run (Bolkovac kick)
* Pittsburgh - Brandt 2 run (Bolkovac kick)
* PIttsburgh - Brandt 1 run (Bolkovac kick)
* Green Bay - Parilli 1 run (Cone kick)
* Green Bay - Cone 5 pass from Rote (Cone kick)

Week 6 (Sunday November 1 ,1953): Philadelphia Eagles

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 27,547
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Philadelphia - Gianganelli 7 run (Walston kick)
* Philadelphia - Williams 48 run (Walston kick)
* Philadelphia - Walston 21 pass from Thomason (Walston kick)
* Pittsburgh - Mathews 11 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
* Philadelphia - Pihos 26 pass from Thomason (Walston kick)
* Philadelphia - Giancanelli 8 pass from Thomason (Walston kick)

Week 7 (Sunday November 8, 1953): Cleveland Browns

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=9
R2=7
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Browns
H1=0
H2=24
H3=0
H4=10"at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 35,592
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Bolkovac 27
* Pittsburgh - Mathews 2 run (kick failed)
* Cleveland - Carpenter 7 run (Groza kick)
* Cleveland - FG Groza 20
* Cleveland - Renfro 44 run (Groza kick)
* Pittsburgh - Mathews 77 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
* Cleveland - Renfro 79 blocked field goal return (Groza kick)
* Cleveland - Lavelli 17 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
* Cleveland - FG Groza 14

Week 8 (Sunday November 15, 1953): New York Giants

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 20,411
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Dodrill 16 fumble run (Bolkovac kick)
* New York Giants - Gifford 6 pass from Conerly (Gifford kick)
* New York Giants - FG Clay 20
* Pittsburgh - Butler 33 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 22, 1953): Cleveland Browns

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Browns
R1=7
R2=10
R3=3
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=9
H2=0
H3=0
H4=7"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 32,904
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Cleveland - Renfro 54 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
* Pittsburgh - Finks 1 run (Bolkovac kick)
* Pittsburgh - Safety, Lahr tackled in end zone by Mathews
* Cleveland - FG Groza 50
* Cleveland - Brewster 31 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
* Cleveland - FG Groza 41
* Pittsburgh - Mathews 1 run (Bolkovac kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 29, 1953): Washington Redskins

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Redskins
R1=0
R2=7
R3=0
R4=10
Home=Steelers
H1=2
H2=0
H3=0
H4=7"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 17,206
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Safety, Heath tackled by Ferry in end zone
* Washington - Taylor 5 pass from LeBaron (Dudley kick)
* Pittsburgh - Chandnois 5 run (Bolkovac kick)
* Washington - FG Dudley 41
* Washington - Rykovich 5 pass from LeBaron (Dudley kick)

Week 11 (Sunday December 6, 1953): Chicago Cardinals

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=7
R4=14
Home=Cardinals
H1=7
H2=0
H3=3
H4=7"at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 14,138
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Chicago Cardinals - Olszewski 1 run (Summerall kick)
* Chicago Cardinals - FG Summerall 12
* Pittsburgh - Brandt 1 run (Bolkovac kick)
* Pittsburgh - Nickel 6 pass from Mackrides (Bolkovac kick)
* Pittsburgh - Mackrides 2 run (Bolkovac kick)
* Chicago Cardinals - Paul 5 pass from Romanik (Summerall kick)

Week 12 (Sunday December 13, 1953): Washington Redskins

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=14
Home=Redskins
H1=7
H2=3
H3=3
H4=0"at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 22,057
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Washington - Dekker 34 pass from LeBaron
* Washington - FG Dudley 39
* Washington - FG Dudley 20
* Pittsburgh - Chandnois 23 lateral from Mathews (Bolkovac kick)
* Pittsburgh - Butler 5 interception (Bolkovac kick)

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