1949 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Week 1 (Sunday September 25, 1949): New York Giants

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Contents

• Week 1 Sunday September 25 1949 New York Giants
• Week 2 Monday October 3 1949 Washington Redskins
• Week 3 Saturday October 8 1949 Washington Redskins
• Week 4 Sunday October 16 1949 New York Giants
• Week 5 Sunday October 23 1949 New York Bulldogs
• Week 6 Sunday October 30 1949 Philadelphia Eagles
• Week 7 Sunday November 6 1949 Washington Redskins
• Week 8 Sunday November 13 1949 Los Angeles Rams
• Week 9 Sunday November 20 1949 Green Bay Packers
• Week 10 Sunday November 27 1949 Philadelphia Eagles
• Week 11 Sunday December 4 1949 Chicago Bears
• Week 12 Sunday December 11 1949 New York Bulldogs
• Standings
• References

Game time:

Game weather:

Game attendance: 20,957

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TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Nickel 52 pass from Gage (Glamp kick)

Pittsburgh – Nuzum 9 run (Glamp kick)

Pittsburgh – Samuel 31 run (Glamp kick)

Pittsburgh – Geri 2 run (Glamp kick)

New York Giants – Poole 13 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)

Week 2 (Monday October 3, 1949): Washington Redskins

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:

Game weather:

Game attendance: 30,000

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Scoring drives:

Washington – Taylor 24 pass from Baugh (kick failed)

Pittsburgh – Shipkey 2 run (Glamp kick)

Pittsburgh – Nuzum 27 run (Glamp kick)

Washington – Sandifer 35 pass from Baugh (Poillon kick)

Washington – Taylor 58 pass from Baugh (Poillon kick)

Washington – Goode 1 run (Poillon kick)

Week 3 (Saturday October 8, 1949): Washington Redskins

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:

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Game attendance: 21,355

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Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Shipkey 1 run (Glamp kick)

Pittsburgh – Shipkey 2 run (Glamp kick)

Detroit – Doll 95 interception (Dudley kick)

Week 4 (Sunday October 16, 1949): New York Giants

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

Game time:

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Game attendance: 29,911

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Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Geri 3 run (Glamp kick)

New York Giants – FG Agajanian 38

New York Giants – Scott 4 run (Agajanian kick)

New York Giants – Scott 2 run (Agajanian kick)

Pittsburgh – Samuelson 26 fumble run (Glamp kick)

Pittsburgh – Jansante 29 pass from Finks (Glamp kick)

Week 5 (Sunday October 23, 1949): New York Bulldogs

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:

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Game attendance: 22,042

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Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Nuzum 25 run (Glamp kick)

New York Bulldogs – Layne 1 run (Scollard kick)

Pittsburgh – FG Glamp 17

Pittsburgh – Geri 3 run (Glamp kick)

New York Bulldogs – FG Scollard 27

New York Bulldogs – FG Scollard 25

Pittsburgh – Nuzum 6 run (Glamp kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 30, 1949): Philadelphia Eagles

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Game attendance: 37,903

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Scoring drives:

Philadelphia – FG Patton 48

Philadelphia – Van Buren 1 run (Muha kick)

Philadelphia – Scott 70 punt return (Muha kick)

Philadelphia – Van Buren 6 run (Muha kick)

Pittsburgh – Jansante 35 pass from Finks (Glamp kick)

Philadelphia – Thompson 1 run (Muha kick)

Philadelphia – Pihos 15 pass from Mackrides (Muha kick)

Week 7 (Sunday November 6, 1949): Washington Redskins

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

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Scoring drives:

Washington – Taylor 51 pass from Gilmer (Poillon kick)

Pittsburgh – Finks 5 run (Glamp kick)

Pittsburgh – Shipkey 1 run (Glamp kick)

Washington – Stout 74 run (Poillon kick)

Washington – Stout 1 run (kick failed)

Washington -Dowda 1 run (Poillon kick)

Week 8 (Sunday November 13, 1949): Los Angeles Rams

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:

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Game attendance: 20,510

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Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Geri 18 run (Glamp kick)

Los Angeles – Gehrke 1 run (Waterfield kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 20, 1949): Green Bay Packers

at City Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin

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Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Jansante 47 pass from Geri (Geri kick)

Pittsburgh – Nuzum 64 run (Geri kick)

Green Bay – Girard 1 run (Fritsch kick)

Pittsburgh – Safety, Girard's punt blocked out of end zone by Samuelson

Pittsburgh – Nuzum 8 pass from Geri (Geri kick)

Pittsburgh – Gage 3 run (Geri kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 27, 1949): Philadelphia Eagles

at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Game attendance: 22,191

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Scoring drives:

Philadelphia – Armstrong 13 pass from Thompson (Patton kick)

Pittsburgh – Nuzum 67 pass from Geri (Geri kick)

Philadelphia – FG Patton 16

Pittsburgh – FG Geri 34

Philadelphia – Ferrante 3 pass from Thompson (Patton kick)

Philadelphia – Parmer 1 run (Patton kick)

Philadelphia – FG Patton 13

Pittsburgh – Nickel 40 pass from Gage (Geri kick)

Week 11 (Sunday December 4, 1949): Chicago Bears

at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

Game time:

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Game attendance: 36,071

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Scoring drives:

Chicago Bears – Rykovick 20 pass from Lujack (Lujack kick)

Pittsburgh – Nickel 48 pass from Geri (Geri kick)

Chicago Bears – Hoffman 3 run (Lujack kick)

Chicago Bears – FG Blanda 33

Chicago Bears – Rykovich 1 run (kick failed)

Chicago Bears – Rykovich 1 run (Lujack kick)

Pittsburgh – Gage 97 run (Geri kick)

Pittsburgh – Gage 6 run (Geri kick)

Week 12 (Sunday December 11, 1949): New York Bulldogs

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

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Game attendance: 4,028

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Scoring drives:

Pittsburgh – Shipkey 1 run (kick failed)

Pittsburgh – Jansante 44 pass from Geri (Geri kick)

Pittsburgh – Geri 1 run (Geri kick)

Pittsburgh – Finks 17 pass from Seabright (Geri kick)

Standings

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