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 October 3 Washington Redskins L 14–27 1–1 Forbes Field Recap
3 October 8 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

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 0 0 0 7 7
Steelers 0 21 0 7 28

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 20,957
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Redskins 6 0 14 7 27
Steelers 0 14 0 0 14

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • 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

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0 0 0 7 7
Steelers 0 7 7 0 14

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • 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

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 0 7 7 21
Giants 0 17 0 0 17

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 29,911
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 10 3 0 0 13
Steelers 10 7 7 0 24

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • 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

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 14 7 14 38
Steelers 0 0 7 0 7

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • 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

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 7 7 0 14
Redskins 0 7 0 20 27

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

  • Game time:
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  • 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

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 0 0 7 7
Steelers 0 7 0 0 7

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • 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

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 7 7 16 30
Packers 0 0 7 0 7

at City Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin

  • Game time:
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  • Referee:
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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

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 3 0 7 17
Eagles 10 7 7 10 34

at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • 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 40 pass from Gage (Geri kick)

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 7 0 14 21
Bears 7 10 6 7 30

at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 36,071
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 6 14 7 27
Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 4,028
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

Standings

NFL Eastern Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Philadelphia Eagles 11 1 0 .917 8–0 364 134 W8
Pittsburgh Steelers 6 5 1 .545 4–4 224 214 W1
New York Giants 6 6 0 .500 3–5 287 298 L2
Washington Redskins 4 7 1 .364 3–4–1 268 339 L1
New York Bulldogs 1 10 1 .091 1–6–1 153 368 L5
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
NFL Western Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Los Angeles Rams 8 2 2 .800 6–1–1 360 239 W1
Chicago Bears 9 3 0 .750 6–2 332 218 W6
Chicago Cardinals 6 5 1 .545 4–3–1 360 301 L1
Detroit Lions 4 8 0 .333 2–6 237 259 W2
Green Bay Packers 2 10 0 .167 1–7 114 329 L6

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

References

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season
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