1948 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Infobox NFL season
team = Pittsburgh Steelers
year = 1948
record = 4-8
division_place = 4th NFL Eastern Division
coach = John Michelosen
stadium = Forbes Field
playoffs = none
previous = 1947
next = 1949

Regular season

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Game Summaries

Week 2 (Sunday September 26, 1948): Washington Redskins

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=7
R2=7
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Redskins
H1=7
H2=0
H3=0
H4=10"at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 32,084
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Washington - Castiglia 22 pass from Baugh (Poillon kick)
* Pittsburgh - Clement 28 run (Glamp kick)
* Pittsburgh - Glamp 38 pass from Clement (Glamp kick)
* Washington - Turley 33 fumble run (Poillon kick)
* Washington - FG Poillon 28

Week 3 (Monday October 3, 1948): Boston Yanks

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 26,216
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Boston - Paschal 15 pass from Youel (Zimmerman kick)
* Boston - Pritko 33 fumble run (Zimmerman kick)
* Pittsburgh - Nickel 24 pass from Clement (Glamp kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Glamp 35
* Pittsburgh - Seabright 7 pass from Clement (Glamp kick)
* Pittsburgh - Mosley 3 run (Glamp kick)

Week 4 (Sunday October 10, 1948): Washington Redskins

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 28,969
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Pittsburgh - Clement 3 run (Glamp kick)
* Washington - Crisler 19 pass from Baugh (Poillon kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Glamp 13

Week 5 (Sunday October 17, 1948): Boston Yanks

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Yanks
H1=6
H2=0
H3=0
H4=7"at Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 7,208
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Boston - Heywood 14 fubmle run (kick failed)
* Boston - Seno 22 pass from Zimmerman (Zimmerman kick)
* Pittsburgh - Shipkey 1 run (Glamp kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 24, 1948): New York Giants

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=6
R2=7
R3=14
R4=0
Home=Giants
H1=13
H2=7
H3=7
H4=7"at Polo Grounds, New York, New York"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 13,443
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* New York - Sultatis 2 run (Williams kick)
* Pittsburgh - Shipkey 1 run (kick failed)
* New York - White 54 lateral from Cheverko after 35 kick return (kick failed)
* New York - Roberts 49 pass from Conerly (Williams kick)
* Pittsburgh - Jansante 12 pass from Evans (Glamp kick)
* Pittsburgh - Jansante 66 pass from Evans (Glamp kick)
* New York - Sulaitis 34 pass from Conerly (Williams kick)
* New York - Conerly 1 run (Williams kick)

Week 7 (Sunday October 31, 1948): Philadelphia Eagles

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Eagles
R1=3
R2=14
R3=0
R4=17
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=7
H3=0
H4=0"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 32,474
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Philadelphia - FG Patton 42
* Pittsburgh - Shipkey 1 run (Glamp kick)
* Philadelphia - Van Buren 20 run (Patton kick)
* Philadelphia - Ferrante 7 pass from Thompson (Patton kick)
* Philadelphia - Pritchard 55 punt return (Patton kick)
* Philadelphia - FG Patton 23
* Philadelphia - Pritchard 18 fumble run (Patton kick)

Week 8 (Sunday November 7, 1948): Green Bay Packers

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 26,058
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Pittsburgh - Jansante 7 pass from Evans (Glamp kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Glamp 33
* Pittsburgh - Shipkey 1 run (Glamp kick)
* Pittsburgh - Evans 14 run (Glamp kick)
* Pittsburgh - Glamp 55 run (Glamp kick)
* Pittsburgh - Compagno 82 interception (Glamp kick)
* Green Bay - Goodnight 19 pass from Girard (Fritsch kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 14, 1948): Chicago Cardinals

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 33,364
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Chicago Cardinals - Kutner 42 pass from Mallouf (Harder kick)
* Chicago Cardinals - Trippi 67 punt return (Harder kick)
* Pittsburgh - Shipkey 67 punt return (Glamp kick)
* Chicago Cardinals - Harder 8 run (Harder kick)
* Chicago Cardinals - FG Yablonski 41

Week 10 (Sunday November 21, 1948): Detroit Lions

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 16,189
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Pittsburgh - Shipkey 1 run (Glamp kick)
* Detroit - Dudley 19 pass from Enke (Pregulman kick)
* Detroit - FG Pregulman 33
* Detroit - Dudley 28 fumble run (Pregulman kick)
* Pittsburgh - Papach 2 run (Glamp kick)

Week 11 (Sunday November 28, 1948): Philadelphia Eagles

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Eagles
H1=7
H2=10
H3=0
H4=0"at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 22,001
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Philadelphia - Pritchard 5 run (Patton kick)
* Philadelphia - Pihos 13 pass from Thompson (Patton kick)
* Philadelphia - FG Patton 31

Week 12 (Sunday December 5, 1948): New York Giants

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Giants
R1=7
R2=0
R3=7
R4=14
Home=Steelers
H1=7
H2=10
H3=0
H4=21"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 27,645
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Pittsburgh - Evans 9 run (Glamp kick)
* New York - Minisi 6 run (Younce kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Glamp 40
* Pittsburgh - Glamp 3 pass from Evans (Glamp kick)
* New York - Roberts 18 pass from Conerly (Younce kick)
* Pittsburgh - Shipkey 2 run (Glamp kick)
* Pittsburgh - Cifers 2 run (Glamp kick)
* Pittsburgh - Morales 36 fumble run (Glamp kick)
* New York - Johnson 11 pass from Conerly (Younce kick)
* New York - Swiacki 11 pass from Conerly (Younce kick)

Week 13 (Sunday December 12, 1948): Los Angeles Rams

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=7
R4=7
Home=Rams
H1=0
H2=14
H3=7
H4=10"at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 27,967
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Los Angeles - Hickey 21 pass from Hardy (Waterfield kick)
* Los Angeles - Hubbell 8 pass from Hardy (Waterfield kick)
* Pittsburgh - Papach 1 run (Glamp kick)
* Los Angeles - Fears 29 pass from Waterfield (Waterfield kick)
* Los Angeles - FG Waterfield 47
* Los Angeles - Magnani 16 pass from Hardy (Gehrke kick)
* Pittsburgh - Papach 28 pass from Evans (Glamp kick)

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