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1949 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-5-1, 2nd in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: John Michelosen (6-5-1)

Points For: 224 (18.7/g) 8th of 10

Points Against: 214 (17.8/g) 2nd of 10

Expected W-L: 6.3-5.7

SRS: -0.13 (5th of 10), SOS: -0.97

Other Notable Asst.: Walt Kiesling (Line Coach) and Mike Nixon (Backfield Coach)

Stadium: Forbes Field

Founder/Principal Owner/President: Art Rooney

General Manager: John Holahan

Training Camp: Alliance College (Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	224	3412	744	4.6	27	9	189	81	209	1203	10	18	5.8	50	535	2209	20	4.1	126	52	460	13
Opp. Stats	214	3753	800	4.7	31	9	210	161	337	1891	9	22	5.6	98	463	1862	17	4.0	100	97	862	12
Lg Rank Offense	8	6			2	1	7		10	9	8	2	6		2	2	3	2
Lg Rank Defense	2	5			8	10	4		8	5	1	6	4		4	6	5	6

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 25		boxscore	W		1-0		New York Giants	28	7	18	372	149	223		13	249	144	105	2
2	Mon	October 3		boxscore	L		1-1		Washington Redskins	14	27	19	287	94	193	2	17	410	182	228
3	Sat	October 8		boxscore	W		2-1		Detroit Lions	14	7	18	272	66	206	4	17	234	182	52	3
4	Sun	October 16		boxscore	W		3-1	@	New York Giants	21	17	13	194	63	131	2	14	242	97	145	3
5	Sun	October 23		boxscore	W		4-1		New York Bulldogs	24	13	24	402	46	356	3	19	315	244	71	3
6	Sun	October 30		boxscore	L		4-2		Philadelphia Eagles	7	38	14	178	97	81	3	21	365	128	237	3
7	Sun	November 6		boxscore	L		4-3	@	Washington Redskins	14	27	20	319	89	230	2	16	360	185	175	3
8	Sun	November 13		boxscore	T		4-3-1		Los Angeles Rams	7	7	7	138		138		23	362	167	195	3
9	Sun	November 20		boxscore	W		5-3-1	@	Green Bay Packers	30	7	19	449	154	295	4	16	287	99	188	2
10	Sun	November 27		boxscore	L		5-4-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	17	34	6	177	115	62		26	463	167	296	1
11	Sun	December 4		boxscore	L		5-5-1	@	Chicago Bears	21	30	14	340	200	140	6	19	348	194	154	4
12	Sun	December 11		boxscore	W		6-5-1	@	New York Bulldogs	27	0	17	284	130	154	1	9	162	146	16	4

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Joe Geri	25	TB	12	1	31	77	40.3	554	5	6.5	5	6.5	63	7.2	5.6	17.9	46.2	60.2	7	0	0
2	Bob Gage	22		12	4	17	36	47.2	329	2	5.6	4	11.1	52	9.1	5.3	19.4	27.4	58.4	81	0	0
3	Jim Finks	22		11	0	24	71	33.8	322	2	2.8	8	11.3	35	4.5	0.0	13.4	29.3	19.0	19	1	1
4	Don Samuel	25		5	1	7	21	33.3	67	0	0.0	1	4.8	13	3.2	1.0	9.6	13.4	23.3		0	0
5	Jerry Nuzum	26	HB	12	3	1	1	100.0	21	0	0.0	0	0.0	21	21.0	21.0	21.0	1.8	118.7		0	0
6	Charlie Seabright	31	BB	12	11	1	1	100.0	17	1	100.0	0	0.0	17	17.0	37.0	17.0	1.4	158.3		0	0
7	Joe Hollingsworth	24		11	2	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0
8	George Papach	24	FB	12	9	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	81	209	38.8	1203	10	4.8	18	8.6	63	6.3	3.3	16.2	100.3	40.6	107	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Jerry Nuzum	26	HB	12	3	139	611	5	64	4.4	50.9	11.6	4	81	20.3	2	63	0.3	6.8	143	4.8	692	7	5
2	Elbie Nickel	27	RE	12	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	26	633	24.3	3	52	2.2	52.8	26	24.3	633	3	0
3	Joe Geri	25	TB	12	1	133	543	5	25	4.1	45.3	11.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	133	4.1	543	5	4
4	Val Jansante	29	LE	12	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	29	445	15.3	4	47	2.4	37.1	29	15.3	445	4	0
5	George Papach	24	FB	12	9	99	407	0	25	4.1	33.9	8.3	6	18	3.0	0	11	0.5	1.5	105	4.0	425	0	3
6	Bob Gage	22		12	4	46	228	3	97	5.0	19.0	3.8	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.1	0.7	47	5.0	236	3	7
7	Don Samuel	25		5	1	39	163	1	31	4.2	32.6	7.8	1	2	2.0	0	2	0.2	0.4	40	4.1	165	1	6
8	Jim Finks	22		11	0	35	135	1	38	3.9	12.3	3.2	1	17	17.0	1	17	0.1	1.5	36	4.2	152	2	0
9	Jerry Shipkey	24		12	4	26	93	5	14	3.6	7.8	2.2	2	32	16.0	0	21	0.2	2.7	28	4.5	125	5	2
10	Bill Long	23		10	0	2	6	0	10	3.0	0.6	0.2	2	21	10.5	0	13	0.2	2.1	4	6.8	27	0	1
11	Frank Wydo	25	RT	12	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	21	10.5	0	12	0.2	1.8	2	10.5	21	0	0
12	Bob Hanlon	25	HB	12	7	6	13	0	7	2.2	1.1	0.5	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.1	0.3	7	2.4	17	0	1
13	Joe Hollingsworth	24		11	2	6	13	0	7	2.2	1.2	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	2.2	13	0	1
14	Jack Wiley	29	LT	12	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	10	10.0	0	10	0.1	0.8	1	10.0	10	0	0
15	Joe Glamp	28		8	0	3	-8	0	2	-2.7	-1.0	0.4	1	14	14.0	0	14	0.1	1.8	4	1.5	6	0	0
16	Frank Minini	28	BB	12	7	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	5.0	5	0	1
17	Charlie Seabright	31	BB	12	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	4	1.0	0	5	0.3	0.3	4	1.0	4	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	535	2209	20	97	4.1	184.1	44.6	81	1310	16.2	10	63	6.8	109.2	616	5.7	3519	30	31

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Charlie Seabright	31	BB	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Jack Wiley	29	LT	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	George Papach	24	FB	12	9	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0.0	0
4	Bob Hanlon	25	HB	12	7	3	29	0	19	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Frank Minini	28	BB	12	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Bob Gage	22		12	4	5	58	0	16	7	7	20	0	0.0	0
7	Jerry Shipkey	24		12	4	3	76	0	50	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Jerry Nuzum	26	HB	12	3	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0.0	0
9	Frank Sinkovitz	26		12	3	1	54	0	54	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Darrell Hogan	23		12	2	1	5	0	5	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
11	Joe Hollingsworth	24		11	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	0	0.0	0
12	Bill McPeak	23		12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Joe Geri	25	TB	12	1	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.0	0
14	Don Samuel	25		5	1	1	4	0	4	6	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Jim Finks	22		11	0	1	14	0	14	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Joe Glamp	28		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Howard Hartley	25		12	0	6	63	0	41	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Bill Long	23		10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Leo Nobile	27		12	0	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Carl Samuelson	26		12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	26	1	0.0	1
	Team Totals			12	12	22	310	0	54	31	31	44	1	0.0	1

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