1954 Pittsburgh Steelers season
1954 Pittsburgh Steelers season | |
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Head coach | Walt Kiesling |
Home field | Forbes Field |
Results | |
Record | 5β7 |
Division place | 4th NFL Eastern |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
The 1954 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 22nd in the National Football League.
Regular season
Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Time (ET) | Result |
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1 | September 26, 1954 | at Green Bay Packers | W 21β20 | |
2 | October 2, 1954 | Washington Redskins | W 37β7 | |
3 | October 9, 1954 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 24β22 | |
4 | October 17, 1954 | Cleveland Browns | W 55β27 | |
5 | October 23, 1954 | Philadelphia Eagles | W 17β7 | |
6 | October 31, 1954 | at Chicago Cardinals | L 17β14 | |
7 | November 7, 1954 | New York Giants | L 30β6 | |
8 | November 14, 1954 | at Washington Redskins | L 17β14 | |
9 | November 20, 1954 | San Francisco 49ers | L 31β3 | |
10 | November 28, 1954 | Chicago Cardinals | W 20β17 | |
11 | December 5, 1954 | at New York Giants | L 24β3 | |
12 | December 12, 1954 | at Cleveland Browns | L 42β7 |
Game summaries
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Packers | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
at City Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 20,675
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Green Bay β Reid 69 run (Cone kick)
- Pittsburgh β Lattner 14 pass from Finks (Kissell kick)
- Green Bay β Howton 44 pass from Rote (Cone kick)
- Green Bay β FG Cone 45
- Pittsburgh β Nickel 2 pass from Finks (Kissell kick)
- Green Bay β FG Cone 32
- Pittsburgh β Mathews 37 pass from Finks (Held kick)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Redskins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Steelers | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 37 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 22,492
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh β Nickel 25 pass from Held (Held kick)
- Pittsburgh β Lattner 1 run (kick blocked)
- Pittsburgh β Rogel 1 run (Held kick)
- Pittsburgh β Sulima 5 pass from Finks (Held kick)
- Pittsburgh β Brandt 9 run (Held kick)
- Washington β Dorow 1 run (Felton kick)
- Pittsburgh β FG Held 15
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
Eagles | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
at Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 37,322
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh β FG Held 31
- Philadelphia β Walston 24 pass from Thomason (Walston kick)
- Philadelphia β Williams 11 run (Walston kick)
- Philadelphia β FG Walston 14
- Pittsburgh β Butler 23 interception (Held kick)
- Pittsburgh β Safety, Thomason tackled in end zone by McPeak
- Pittsburgh β Lattner 7 run (Held kick)
- Pittsburgh β FG Held 17
- Philadelphia β Pihos 13 pass from Burk (Walston kick)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Browns | 14 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
Steelers | 7 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 55 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 31,256
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Cleveland β Reynolds 5 run (Groza kick)
- Pittsburgh β Mathews 7 pass from Finks (Held kick)
- Cleveland β Jones 37 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
- Pittsburgh β Rogel 14 pass from Finks (kick failed)
- Pittsburgh β Butler 41 interception (Held kick)
- Pittsburgh β Lattner 12 run (Held kick)
- Cleveland β Lavelli 29 pass from Graham (kick blocked)
- Pittsburgh β Mathews 78 pass from Finks (Held kick)
- Pittsburgh β Mathews 8 pass from Finks (Held kick)
- Pittsburgh β Mathews 3 run (Held kick)
- Cleveland β Lavelli 24 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
- Pittsburgh β Craft 81 interception (Held kick)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Steelers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 39,075
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh β FG Kissell 24
- Pittsburgh β Nickel 52 pass from Burk (Walston kick)
- Philadelphia β Pihos 24 pass from Burk (Walston kick)
- Pittsburgh β Chandnois 5 run (Kissell kick)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Cardinals | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 18,765
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh β Nickel 15 pass from Finks (Kissell kick)
- Chicago Cardinals β Matson 91 kick return (Summerall kick)
- Chicago Cardinals β FG Summerall 24
- Chicago Cardinals β Matson 18 pass from McHan (Summerall kick)
- Pittsburgh β Lattner 1 run (Kissell kick)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Giants | 9 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 30 |
Steelers | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 25,158
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- New York Giants β Safety, Chandnois recovered blocked punt in own end zone, tackled by Nolan
- New York Giants β MacAfee 21 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)
- Pittsburgh β Lattner 5 run (kick blocked)
- New York Giants β Rote 23 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)
- New York Giants β Price 2 run (Agajanian kick)
- New York Giants β Topp 14 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Redskins | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 19,388
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Washington β Wells 9 run (Janowicz kick)
- Pittsburgh β Lattner 24 pass from Finks (Kissell kick)
- Washington β FG Janowicz 32
- Washington β Taylor 42 pass from Scarbath (Janowicz kick)
- Pittsburgh β Nickel 4 pass from Finks (Kissell kick)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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49ers | 3 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
Steelers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 37,001
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- San Francisco β FG Soltau 24
- San Francisco β Jessup 44 pass from Tittle (Soltau kick)
- Pittsburgh β FG Kissell 31
- San Francisco β Perry 2 run (Soltau kick)
- San Francisco β Johnson 24 run (Soltau kick)
- San Francisco β Jessup 24 pass from Tittle (Soltau kick)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cardinals | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
Steelers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 17,460
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh β FG Bolkovac 21
- Pittsburgh β Mathews 29 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
- Chicago Cardinals β Stonesifer 39 pass from McHan (Summerall kick)
- Chicago Cardinals β Matson 60 pass from McHan (Summerall kick)
- Chicago Cardinals β FG Summerall 34
- Pittsburgh β Mathews 3 run (Bolkovac kick)
- Pittsburgh β FG Bolkovac 26
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Giants | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 16,856
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- New York Giants β Price 7 run (Agajanian kick)
- Pittsburgh β FG Bolkovac 15
- New York Giants β MacAfee 42 pass from Clatterbuck (Agajanian kick)
- New York Giants β Rote 42 pass from Clatterbuck (Agajanian kick)
- New York Giants β FG Agajanian 20
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Browns | 7 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 42 |
at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 28,064
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Cleveland β Hanulak 13 run (Groza kick)
- Cleveland β Konz 54 interception (Groza kick)
- Cleveland β Hanulak 3 run (Groza kick)
- Cleveland β Hanulak 8 run (Groza kick)
- Pittsburgh β Mathews 47 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick)
- Cleveland β Morrison 2 run (Groza kick)
- Cleveland β Reynolds 3 run (Groza kick)
Standings
NFL Eastern Conference | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | CONF | PF | PA | STK | ||
Cleveland Browns | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 8β2 | 336 | 162 | L1 | |
Philadelphia Eagles | 7 | 4 | 1 | .636 | 7β3 | 284 | 230 | W1 | |
New York Giants | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 7β3 | 293 | 184 | L1 | |
Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | 4β6 | 219 | 263 | L2 | |
Washington Redskins | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 2β8 | 207 | 432 | W1 | |
Chicago Cardinals | 2 | 10 | 0 | .167 | 2β8 | 183 | 347 | L3 |
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
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