1954 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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1954 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head coach Walt Kiesling
Home field Forbes Field
Results
Record5–7
Division place4th NFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1954 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 22nd in the National Football League.

Contents

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecord
1September 26at Green Bay Packers W 21–201–0
2October 2 Washington Redskins W 37–72–0
3October 9at Philadelphia Eagles L 22–242–1
4October 17 Cleveland Browns W 55–273–1
5October 23 Philadelphia Eagles W 17–74–1
6October 31at Chicago Cardinals L 14–174–2
7November 7 New York Giants L 6–304–3
8November 14at Washington Redskins L 14–174–4
9November 20 San Francisco 49ers L 3–314–5
10November 28 Chicago Cardinals W 20–175–5
11December 5at New York Giants L 3–245–6
12December 12at Cleveland Browns L 7–425–7

Game summaries

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

1234Total
Steelers770721
Packers7103020

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

1234Total
Redskins00077
Steelers13147337

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

Scoring Drives:

Week 3 (Saturday October 9, 1954): Philadelphia Eagles

1234Total
Steelers397322
Eagles1430724

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

1234Total
Browns1460727
Steelers72714755

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

1234Total
Eagles00077
Steelers037717

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

1234Total
Steelers700714
Cardinals703717

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

1234Total
Giants9147030
Steelers06006

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

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Steelers070714
Redskins073717

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

1234Total
49ers3210731
Steelers03003

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

1234Total
Cardinals0143017
Steelers01001020

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

1234Total
Steelers30003
Giants777324

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

1234Total
Steelers00707
Browns72101442

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

NFL Eastern Conference
WLTPCTCONFPFPASTK
Cleveland Browns 930.7508–2336162L1
Philadelphia Eagles 741.6367–3284230W1
New York Giants 750.5837–3293184L1
Pittsburgh Steelers 570.4174–6219263L2
Washington Redskins 390.2502–8207432W1
Chicago Cardinals 2100.1672–8183347L3

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

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