1949 Pittsburgh Steelers season explained

Team:	Pittsburgh Steelers
Year:	1949
Record:	6–5–1
Division Place:	2nd NFL Eastern
Coach:	John Michelosen
Stadium:	Forbes Field
Radio:	KDKA
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
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The 1949 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 17th in the National Football League, and the second season with John Michelosen as head coach. The team finished the season with a record of 6–5-1, improving slightly from the previous season record of 4–8, but again failing to qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	September 25	New York Giants	W 28–7	1–0	Forbes Field	Recap
2		Washington Redskins	L 14–27	1–1	Forbes Field	Recap
3		Detroit Lions	W 14–7	2–1	Forbes Field	Recap
4	October 16	at New York Giants	W 21–17	3–1	Polo Grounds	Recap
5	October 23	New York Bulldogs	W 24–13	4–1	Forbes Field	Recap
6	October 30	Philadelphia Eagles	L 7–38	4–2	Forbes Field	Recap
7	November 6	at Washington Redskins	L 14–27	4–3	Griffith Stadium	Recap
8	November 13	Los Angeles Rams	T 7–7	4–3–1	Forbes Field	Recap
9	November 20	at Green Bay Packers	W 30–7	5–3–1	Wisconsin State Fair Park	Recap
10	November 27	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 17–34	5–4–1	Shibe Park	Recap
11	December 4	at Chicago Bears	L 21–30	5–5–1	Wrigley Field	Recap
12	December 11	at New York Bulldogs	W 27–0	6–5–1	Polo Grounds	Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Game attendance: 20,957
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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)

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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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)

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Game attendance: 21,355
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Pittsburgh – Shipkey 1 run (Glamp kick)
Pittsburgh – Shipkey 2 run (Glamp kick)
Detroit – Doll 95 interception (Dudley kick)

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

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Game attendance: 29,911
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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)

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Game attendance: 22,042
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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)

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Game attendance: 37,903
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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)

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

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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)

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Pittsburgh – Geri 18 run (Glamp kick)
Los Angeles – Gehrke 1 run (Waterfield kick)

at City Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin

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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)

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)

at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

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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)

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)