1950 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-6
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's American Division
Coach: John Michelosen (6-6)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1950 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 6-6
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's American Division
Coach: John Michelosen (6-6)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1950 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1950 season with a record of 6 wins and 6 losses, finishing third in the NFL's American Division.
Pittsburgh managed just 180 points, worst in the league, while the defense yielded 195. Joe Geri carried the ball for a team-best 705 yards for the Steelers.
Joe Geri threw for 866 yards. Val Jansante paced all receivers, grabbing 26 passes, while Elbie Nickel accumulated 527 receiving yards. Fran Rogel was targeted regularly, too.
Howard Hartley intercepted 5 opponent throws.
John Michelosen coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Geri | 113 | 41 | 36.3 | 866 | 7.7 | 6 | 5.3 | 15 | 13.3 | 78 | 42.4 |
| Joe Gasparella | 54 | 23 | 42.6 | 383 | 7.1 | 3 | 5.6 | 5 | 9.3 | 51 | 47.1 |
| Bob Gage | 58 | 21 | 36.2 | 294 | 5.1 | 1 | 1.7 | 5 | 8.6 | 42 | 23.2 |
| Shorty McWilliams | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 113 | 14.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 63 | 66.7 |
| Jim Finks | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 35 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 19 | 25.0 |
| Fran Rogel | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 95.8 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 5 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Charlie Seabright | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 42.4 |
| Totals | 255 | 100 | 39.2 | 1729 | 6.8 | 10 | 3.9 | 29 | 11.4 | 78 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Geri | 188 | 705 | 3.8 | 47 | 2 |
| Fran Rogel | 92 | 418 | 4.5 | 40 | 3 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 71 | 216 | 3.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 57 | 154 | 2.7 | 32 | 1 |
| Bob Gage | 39 | 106 | 2.7 | 18 | 3 |
| Shorty McWilliams | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 18 | 17 | 0.9 | 11 | 3 |
| Joe Hollingsworth | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 477 | 1659 | 3.5 | 47 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val Jansante | 26 | 353 | 13.6 | 40 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 24 | 304 | 12.7 | 64 | 1 |
| Elbie Nickel | 22 | 527 | 24.0 | 65 | 4 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 7 | 158 | 22.6 | 51 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 6 | 142 | 23.7 | 68 | 1 |
| Bob Gage | 6 | 127 | 21.2 | 48 | 2 |
| Charlie Seabright | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 13 | 1 |
| Howard Hartley | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Charley Mehelich | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Geri | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 1 |
| Joe Gasparella | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 100 | 1729 | 17.3 | 68 | 10 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Geri | 55 | 2237 | 40.7 | 60 |
| Bob Gage | 3 | 146 | 48.7 | 74 |
| Shorty McWilliams | 3 | 135 | 45.0 | 67 |
| Totals | 61 | 2518 | 41.3 | 74 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Gage | 14 | 192 | 13.7 | 33 | 0 |
| Shorty McWilliams | 11 | 139 | 12.6 | 32 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Howard Hartley | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 387 | 11.7 | 33 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Chandnois | 12 | 351 | 29.2 | 60 | 0 |
| Bob Gage | 9 | 196 | 21.8 | 61 | 0 |
| Shorty McWilliams | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Jerry Nuzum | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Howard Hartley | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Joe Hollingsworth | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Charley Mehelich | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Frank Wydo | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 748 | 23.4 | 61 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Hartley | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 38 | 0 |
| Bob Gage | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 23 | 0 |
| George Nicksich | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jerry Shipkey | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Shorty McWilliams | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Frank Sinkovitz | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Darrell Hogan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 295 | 13.4 | 38 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Geri | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fran Rogel | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Nicksich | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Hughes | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Stautner | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Walsh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Sinkovitz | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Davis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Samuelson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Szot | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Val Jansante | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Shipkey | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darrell Hogan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Howard Hartley | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill McPeak | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Wydo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lynn Chandnois | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Nuzum | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Shorty McWilliams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gage | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 41 | 28 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Joe Geri | 2 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 64 | ||||||||
| Bob Gage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| Fran Rogel | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Elbie Nickel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Jerry Shipkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Jerry Nuzum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Charlie Seabright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ernie Stautner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 180 |
