1954 Pittsburgh Steelers season

NFL team season November 2013 March 2026 March 2026 Pittsburgh Steelers 1954 5–7 4th NFL Eastern Walt Kiesling Forbes Field Did not qualify Steelers seasons The 1954 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 22nd in the National Football League.Franchise Encyclopedia: Pittsburgh Steelers https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/ Pro-Football-Reference.com March 3, 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20120122015827/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/ January 22, 2012 live mdy Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record 1 September 26 at Green Bay Packers W 21–20 1–0 2 October 2 Washington Redskins W 37–7 2–0 3 October 9 at Philadelphia Eagles L 22–24 2–1 4 October 17 Cleveland Browns W 55–27 3–1 5 October 23 Philadelphia Eagles W 17–7 4–1 6 October 31 at Chicago Cardinals L 14–17 4–2 7 November 7 New York Giants L 6–30 4–3 8 November 14 at Washington Redskins L 14–17 4–4 9 November 20 San Francisco 49ers L 3–31 4–5 10 November 28 Chicago Cardinals W 20–17 5–5 11 December 5 at New York Giants L 3–24 5–6 12 December 12 at Cleveland Browns L 7–42 5–7 Game summaries Week 1 (Sunday September 26, 1954): Green Bay Packers Steelers 7 7 0 7 Packers 7 10 3 0 at City Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 20,675 Referee: TV announcers: Scoring Drives: Green Bay – Reid 69 run (Cone kick) Pittsburgh – Lattner 14 pass from Finks (Kissell kick) Green Bay – Howton 44 pass from Rote (Cone kick) Green Bay – FG Cone 45 Pittsburgh – Nickel 2 pass from Finks (Kissell kick) Green Bay – FG Cone 32 Pittsburgh – Mathews 37 pass from Finks (Held kick) Week 2 (Saturday October 2, 1954): Washington Redskins Redskins 0 0 0 7 Steelers 13 14 7 3 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 22,492 Referee: TV announcers: Scoring Drives: Pittsburgh – Nickel 25 pass from Held (Held kick) Pittsburgh – Lattner 1 run (kick blocked) Pittsburgh – Rogel 1 run (Held kick) Pittsburgh – Sulima 5 pass from Finks (Held kick) Pittsburgh – Brandt 9 run (Held kick) Washington – Dorow 1 run (Felton kick) Pittsburgh – FG Held 15 Week 3 (Saturday October 9, 1954): Philadelphia Eagles Steelers 3 9 7 3 Eagles 14 3 0 7 at Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 37,322 Referee: TV announcers: Scoring Drives: Pittsburgh – FG Held 31 Philadelphia – Walston 24 pass from Thomason (Walston kick) Philadelphia – Williams 11 run (Walston kick) Philadelphia – FG Walston 14 Pittsburgh – Butler 23 interception (Held kick) Pittsburgh – Safety, Thomason tackled in end zone by McPeak Pittsburgh – Lattner 7 run (Held kick) Pittsburgh – FG Held 17 Philadelphia – Pihos 13 pass from Burk (Walston kick) Week 4 (Sunday October 17, 1954): Cleveland Browns Browns 14 6 0 7 Steelers 7 27 14 7 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 31,256 Referee: TV announcers: Scoring Drives: Cleveland – Reynolds 5 run (Groza kick) Pittsburgh – Mathews 7 pass from Finks (Held kick) Cleveland – Jones 37 pass from Graham (Groza kick) Pittsburgh – Rogel 14 pass from Finks (kick failed) Pittsburgh – Butler 41 interception (Held kick) Pittsburgh – Lattner 12 run (Held kick) Cleveland – Lavelli 29 pass from Graham (kick blocked) Pittsburgh – Mathews 78 pass from Finks (Held kick) Pittsburgh – Mathews 8 pass from Finks (Held kick) Pittsburgh – Mathews 3 run (Held kick) Cleveland – Lavelli 24 pass from Graham (Groza kick) Pittsburgh – Craft 81 interception (Held kick) Week 5 (Saturday October 23, 1954): Philadelphia Eagles Eagles 0 0 0 7 Steelers 0 3 7 7 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 39,075 Referee: TV announcers: Scoring Drives: Pittsburgh – FG Kissell 24 Pittsburgh – Nickel 52 pass from Burk (Walston kick) Philadelphia – Pihos 24 pass from Burk (Walston kick) Pittsburgh – Chandnois 5 run (Kissell kick) Week 6 (Sunday October 31, 1954): Chicago Cardinals Steelers 7 0 0 7 Cardinals 7 0 3 7 at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 18,765 Referee: TV announcers: Scoring Drives: Pittsburgh – Nickel 15 pass from Finks (Kissell kick) Chicago Cardinals – Matson 91 kick return (Summerall kick) Chicago Cardinals – FG Summerall 24 Chicago Cardinals – Matson 18 pass from McHan (Summerall kick) Pittsburgh – Lattner 1 run (Kissell kick) Week 7 (Sunday November 7, 1954): New York Giants Giants 9 14 7 0 Steelers 0 6 0 0 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 25,158 Referee: TV announcers: Scoring Drives: New York Giants – Safety, Chandnois recovered blocked punt in own end zone, tackled by Nolan New York Giants – MacAfee 21 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick) Pittsburgh – Lattner 5 run (kick blocked) New York Giants – Rote 23 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick) New York Giants – Price 2 run (Agajanian kick) New York Giants – Topp 14 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick) Week 8 (Sunday November 14, 1954): Washington Redskins Steelers 0 7 0 7 Redskins 0 7 3 7 at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 19,388 Referee: TV announcers: Scoring Drives: Washington – Wells 9 run (Janowicz kick) Pittsburgh – Lattner 24 pass from Finks (Kissell kick) Washington – FG Janowicz 32 Washington – Taylor 42 pass from Scarbath (Janowicz kick) Pittsburgh – Nickel 4 pass from Finks (Kissell kick) Week 9 (Saturday November 20, 1954): San Francisco 49ers 49ers 3 21 0 7 Steelers 0 3 0 0 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 37,001 Referee: TV announcers: Scoring Drives: San Francisco – FG Soltau 24 San Francisco – Jessup 44 pass from Tittle (Soltau kick) Pittsburgh – FG Kissell 31 San Francisco – Perry 2 run (Soltau kick) San Francisco – Johnson 24 run (Soltau kick) San Francisco – Jessup 24 pass from Tittle (Soltau kick) Week 10 (Sunday November 28, 1954): Chicago Cardinals Cardinals 0 14 3 0 Steelers 0 10 0 10 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 17,460 Referee: TV announcers: Scoring Drives: Pittsburgh – FG Bolkovac 21 Pittsburgh – Mathews 29 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick) Chicago Cardinals – Stonesifer 39 pass from McHan (Summerall kick) Chicago Cardinals – Matson 60 pass from McHan (Summerall kick) Chicago Cardinals – FG Summerall 34 Pittsburgh – Mathews 3 run (Bolkovac kick) Pittsburgh – FG Bolkovac 26 Week 11 (Sunday December 5, 1954): New York Giants Steelers 3 0 0 0 Giants 7 7 7 3 at Polo Grounds, New York, New York Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 16,856 Referee: TV announcers: Scoring Drives: New York Giants – Price 7 run (Agajanian kick) Pittsburgh – FG Bolkovac 15 New York Giants – MacAfee 42 pass from Clatterbuck (Agajanian kick) New York Giants – Rote 42 pass from Clatterbuck (Agajanian kick) New York Giants – FG Agajanian 20 Week 12 (Sunday December 12, 1954): Cleveland Browns Steelers 0 0 7 0 Browns 7 21 0 14 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 28,064 Referee: TV announcers: Scoring Drives: Cleveland – Hanulak 13 run (Groza kick) Cleveland – Konz 54 interception (Groza kick) Cleveland – Hanulak 3 run (Groza kick) Cleveland – Hanulak 8 run (Groza kick) Pittsburgh – Mathews 47 pass from Finks (Bolkovac kick) Cleveland – Morrison 2 run (Groza kick) Cleveland – Reynolds 3 run (Groza kick) Standings Roster 1954 Pittsburgh Steelers  7 Jim Finks 17 Paul Held y K 27 Jim Brandt S 49 Lynn Chandnois 39 Leo Elter 41 Johnny Lattner y 25 Ray Mathews 33 Fran Rogel 81 Elbie Nickel 88 George Sulima 77 Gus Cifelli T 72 Bob Gaona T 65 George Hughes American football T 62 Pete Ladygo G 74 Joe Matesic y T 66 John Schweder G/MG 56 Bill Walsh American football, born 1927 C 89 Nick Bolkovac DT/K 83 Dewey Brundage y DE 60 Dale Dodrill MG 78 Lou Ferry DT 84 Bill McPeak DE 70 Ernie Stautner DT 82 Joe Zombek y DE 50 Stan Sheriff y 61 Lou Tepe C 80 Jack Butler American football CB/WR 35 Tom Calvin S/RB 34 Paul Cameron gridiron football y S 24 Russ Craft CB 26 Dewey McConnell y S/CB 37 Burrell Shields y S/RB 18 Pat Brady gridiron football P -- Art DeCarlo CB (Military) 57 Dick Flanagan LB (IR) 7px -- Don Fritz y no CB (Military) -- Ed Kissell S/K (Military) -- Ted Marchibroda QB (Military) -- Marv Matuszak LB (Military) -- Marv McFadden G (Military) -- Ed Modzelewski RB (Military) 89 Jack O'Brien American football y WR (IR) 7px 77 Tom Palmer no DT (IR) 7px -- George Tarasovic DE (Military) References External links 1954 Pittsburgh Steelers at jt-sw.com 1954 Pittsburgh Steelers at Pro-Football-Reference.com 1954 Pittsburgh Steelers at ProFootballArchives.com Category:Pittsburgh Steelers seasons Pittsburgh Steelers Pitts