1954 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

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

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]]

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]]

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]]

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]]

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]]

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]]

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]]

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]]

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]]

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 December 5, 1954): [[New York Giants]]

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]]

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)

Standings

Roster

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T T T G T G/MG C

DT/K DE MG DT DE DT DE

C

CB/WR S/RB S CB S/CB S/RB

P

CB (Military) LB (IR) [[Image:Injury icon.svg|7px]] CB (Military) S/K (Military) QB (Military) LB (Military) G (Military) RB (Military) WR (IR) [[Image:Injury icon.svg|7px]] DT (IR) [[Image:Injury icon.svg|7px]] DE (Military)

References