The 1949 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 17th in the
National Football League
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, and the second season with
John Michelosen
John Michelosen (February 13, 1916 – October 17, 1982) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1948 to 1951, compiling a record of 20–26†...
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
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries
Week 1 (Sunday September 25, 1949): New York Giants
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Forbes Field
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 20,957
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
* Pittsburgh –
Nickel
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52 pass from
Gage
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Plac ...
(
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
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''at
Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers ...
,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 30,000
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
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
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''at
Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers ...
,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylva ...
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* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 21,355
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
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:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 29,911
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
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
The New York Yanks were an American football team that played in the National Football League under that name in the 1950 and 1951 seasons.
Season by season overview 1949
The team began in 1944 as the Boston Yanks, owned by Kate Smith's manage ...
''at
Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers ...
,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylva ...
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* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 22,042
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
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
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team play ...
''at
Forbes Field
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylva ...
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* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 37,903
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
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
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''at
Griffith Stadium
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Washington, DC
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* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance:
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
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
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers ...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylva ...
''
* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 20,510
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
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''
* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance:
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
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
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* Gage is a variant spelling of the word ''gauge''
*Stream gauge, aka Stream gage, a site along a stream where flow measurements are made
People
* Gage (surname)
*Gage Golightly (born 1993), American actress
Plac ...
3 run (
Geri kick)
Week 10 (Sunday November 27, 1949):
Philadelphia Eagles
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''at
Shibe Park
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 22,191
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
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
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40 pass from
Gage
Gage may refer to:
Measurement
* Gage is a variant spelling of the word ''gauge''
*Stream gauge, aka Stream gage, a site along a stream where flow measurements are made
People
* Gage (surname)
*Gage Golightly (born 1993), American actress
Plac ...
(
Geri kick)
Week 11 (Sunday December 4, 1949): Chicago Bears
''at
Wrigley Field
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Chicago, Illinois
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* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 36,071
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
* Chicago Bears – Rykovick 20 pass from Lujack (Lujack kick)
* Pittsburgh –
Nickel
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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
Gage may refer to:
Measurement
* Gage is a variant spelling of the word ''gauge''
*Stream gauge, aka Stream gage, a site along a stream where flow measurements are made
People
* Gage (surname)
*Gage Golightly (born 1993), American actress
Plac ...
97 run (
Geri kick)
* Pittsburgh –
Gage
Gage may refer to:
Measurement
* Gage is a variant spelling of the word ''gauge''
*Stream gauge, aka Stream gage, a site along a stream where flow measurements are made
People
* Gage (surname)
*Gage Golightly (born 1993), American actress
Plac ...
6 run (
Geri kick)
Week 12 (Sunday December 11, 1949):
New York Bulldogs
The New York Yanks were an American football team that played in the National Football League under that name in the 1950 and 1951 seasons.
Season by season overview 1949
The team began in 1944 as the Boston Yanks, owned by Kate Smith's manage ...
''at
Polo Grounds,
New York, New York''
* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 4,028
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
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
References
{{1949 NFL season by team
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