1950 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Infobox NFL season
team = Pittsburgh Steelers
year = 1950
record = 6-6
division_place = 4th NFL American Conference
coach = John Michelosen
stadium = Forbes Field
playoffs = none
previous = 1949
next = 1951

Regular season

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Game Summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 17, 1950): New York Giants

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Giants
R1=0
R2=2
R3=0
R4=16
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=0
H3=7
H4=0"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 24,699
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* New York Giants - Safety, Hartley tackled in end zone by Roberts
* Pittsburgh - Shipkey 1 run (Geri kick)
* New York Giants - Safety, punt snapped out of end zone
* New York Giants - Landry 37 fumble run (Poole kick)
* New York Giants - DeRogatis fumble recovery in end zone (Poole kick)

Week 2 (Sunday September 24, 1950): Detroit Lions

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=7
R4=0
Home=Lions
H1=0
H2=0
H3=0
H4=10"at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 19,600
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Nickel 43 pass from Gage (Geri kick)
* Detroit - Walker 11 pass from Layne (Walker kick)
* Detroit - FG Walker 20

Week 3 (Sunday October 1, 1950): Washington Redskins

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=3
R2=7
R3=7
R4=9
Home=Redskins
H1=7
H2=0
H3=0
H4=0"at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 25,008
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Washington - Taylor 70 pass from Gilmer (Dudley kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Geri 40
* Pittsburgh - Gage 5 run (Geri kick)
* Pittsburgh - Nickel 28 pass from Geri (Geri kick)

Week 4 (Saturday October 7, 1950): Cleveland Browns

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Browns
R1=7
R2=14
R3=2
R4=7
Home=Steelers
H1=3
H2=0
H3=7
H4=7"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 35,590
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Geri
* Cleveland - Graham 1 run (Groza kick)
* Cleveland - Graham 1 run (Groza kick)
* Cleveland - Jones 7 run (Groza kick)
* Cleveland - Safety, Chandnois tackled in end zone by Kissell
* Pittsburgh - Seabright 13 pass from Geri (Geri kick)
* Cleveland - Jones 48 run (Groza kick)
* Pittsburgh - Shipkey 1 run (Geri kick)

Week 5 (Sunday October 15, 1950): New York Giants

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=7
R2=3
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Giants
H1=0
H2=0
H3=6
H4=0"at Polo Grounds, New York, New York"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 21,725
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Nickel 58 pass from Geri (Geri kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Geri 21
* New York Giants - Scott 33 pass from Conerly (kick failed)
* Pittsburgh - Shipkey 1 run (Geri kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 22, 1950): Philadelphia Eagles

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 35,662
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

"'Scoring Drives:"

* Philadelphia - Willey 41 interception (Patton kick)
* Pittsburgh - Rogel 64 pass from Geri (Geri kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Geri 24
* Philadelphia - FG Patton 23
* Philadelphia - Van Buren 5 run (Patton kick)

Week 7 (Sunday October 29, 1950): Cleveland Browns

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Browns
H1=7
H2=10
H3=14
H4=14"at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 40,714
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Cleveland - Graham 1 run (Groza kick)
* Cleveland - FG Groza 13
* Cleveland - Motley 33 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
* Cleveland - Motley 69 run (Groza kick)
* Cleveland - Phelps 14 run (Groza kick)
* Pittsburgh - Gage 29 pass from Gasparella (Geri kick)
* Cleveland - Jones 80 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
* Cleveland - Gillom 38 pass from Lewis (Groza kick)

Week 8 (Sunday November 5, 1950): Philadelphia Eagles

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=3
R2=3
R3=3
R4=0
Home=Eagles
H1=0
H2=7
H3=0
H4=0"at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 24,629
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Geri 11
* Philadelphia - Van Buren 1 run (Patton kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Geri 36
* Pittsburgh - FG Geri 13

Week 9 (Sunday November 12, 1950): Baltimore Colts

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 24,141
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Geri 37
* PIttsburgh - Rogel 15 run (Geri kick)
* Pittsburgh - Gage 1 run (Geri kick)
* Baltimore - Spaniel 15 run (Grossman kick)

Week 11 (Thursday November 23, 1950): Chicago Cardinals

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 11,622
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Geri 5 run (Geri kick)
* Chicago Cardinals - FG Harder 18
* Pittsburgh - Geri 4 run (Geri kick)
* Pittsburgh - Nuzum 1 run (Geri kick)
* Pittsburgh - Gage 13 run (Geri kick)
* Chicago Cardinals - Shaw 45 pass from Hardy (Harder kick)
* Chicago Cardinals - Polsfoot 22 pass from Hardy (Harder kick)

Week 12 (Sunday December 3, 1950): Washington Redskins

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 19,741
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Washington - Dudley 96 punt return (Dudley kick)
* Washington - Saenz 34 pass from Baugh (Dudley kick)
* Washington - FG Dudley 15
* Washington - Goode 5 run (Dudley kick)
* Pittsburgh - Nickel 65 pass from Geri (Geri kick)

Week 13 (Sunday December 10, 1950): Chicago Cardinals

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 18,301
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Chicago Cardinals - Shaw 7 pass from Hardy (Harder kick)
* Pittsburgh - Rogel 40 run (Geri kick)
* Pittsburgh - Geri 33 pass from Gasparella (Geri kick)
* Pittsburgh - Nuzum 10 lateral from Nickel after 68 pass from Geri (Geri kick)
* Pittsburgh - Gage 48 pass from Gasparella (Geri kick)

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