1952 - Week 9
Chicago Cardinals at Pittsburgh Steelers
At Forbes Field Sunday, November 23, 1952
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Chicago Cardinals 0 0 7 7 14
Pittsburgh Steelers 16 0 7 7 30
Scoring Plays Cardinals Steelers
1st Quarter
Steelers 11:37 Kerkorian 20 yd. Field Goal ( 6-8, 3:14 ) 0 3
Steelers 9:20 Punt Return by Mathews for 93 yards ( Kerkorian Kick ) ( 3-6, 2:17 ) 0 10
Steelers 2:59 Nickel 14 yd. pass from Finks ( Kerkorian Kick missed ) ( 7-71, 3:25 ) 0 16
3rd Quarter
Cardinals 13:03 Matson 1 yd. run ( Geri Kick ) ( 4-30, 1:41 ) 7 16
Steelers 1:12 Rogel 1 yd. run ( Kerkorian Kick ) ( 5-38, 2:14 ) 7 23
4th Quarter
Steelers 11:43 Nickel 17 yd. pass from Finks ( Kerkorian Kick ) ( 7-50, 3:10 ) 7 30
Cardinals 11:27 Kickoff Return by Matson for 80 yards ( Geri Kick ) ( 0:16 ) 14 30

MVP: Elbie Nickel END (Pittsburgh)
Receiving: 7 Catches, 121 Yds, 2 TD

Unavailable
CHC: E.Popa (LB), B.Gay (DB), R.Hecker (DB), W.Triplett (DB), J.Karras (HB\KR), F.Wallner (LB), S.J.Whitman (DB), D.Panciera (QB\DB)
PIT: L.Levanti (C\LB)
Temp: 44°. Cloudy. Wind 5 mph (Slight Crosswind).
Surface: Grass
Drive Charts
Chicago Cardinals Pittsburgh Steelers
Start Time Drive # of Yards Start Time Drive # of Yards
Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result Time Poss Began Plays Gained Result
15:00 0:09 Ret-Fumble 14:51 3:14 CHC 21 6 8 Field Goal
11:37 2:17 CHC 40 3 6 Touchdown 6:24 3:25 PIT 29 7 71 Touchdown
9:20 2:56 CHC 8 6 23 Punt 12:44 3:32 PIT 31 6 33 Interception
2:59 5:15 CHC 9 9 37 Punt 7:33 1:34 CHC 19 3 8 Interception
9:12 1:39 CHC 36 3 -1 Interception 2:53 1:46 CHC 34 3 9 Missed FG
5:59 3:06 CHC 5 5 8 Punt 15:00 0:16 PIT 21 1 0 Interception
1:07 1:07 CHC 20 2 16 End of Half 13:03 3:57 PIT 23 8 40 Punt
14:44 1:41 PIT 30 4 30 Touchdown 6:40 2:28 PIT 27 5 10 Punt
9:06 2:26 CHC 20 4 11 Punt 3:26 2:14 CHC 38 5 38 Touchdown
4:12 0:46 CHC 23 6 13 Interception 14:53 3:10 50 7 50 Touchdown
1:12 1:19 CHC 19 4 -4 Punt 11:27 2:04 PIT 26 5 14 Punt
11:43 0:16 Touchdown 4:19 1:45 PIT 39 3 6 Punt
9:23 5:04 CHC 3 8 29 Punt 1:53 0:07 CHC 39 1 4 Fumble
2:34 0:41 CHC 15 5 24 Downs 1:28 0:35 CHC 36 3 -1 Punt
1:46 0:18 CHC 35 2 0 Interception 0:43 0:43 CHC 7 2 -2 End of Game
0:53 0:10 CHC 20 1 0 Interception
29:10 CHC 23 62 192 30:50 50 65 288
Time of Possession by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total
Chicago Cardinals 8:21 8:08 6:05 6:36 29:10
Pittsburgh Steelers 6:39 6:52 8:55 8:24 30:50
Team Statistics Cardinals Steelers
Total Points 14 30
1st Downs 14 17
Rushing 4 9
Passing 6 7
Penalty 4 1
3rd-Down Conversions 6-14 6-13
4th-Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 9-64 8-66
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 2-1
Time Of Pos. 29:10 30:50
Total Net Yards 194 313
Total Plays 62 65
Average Gain 3.1 4.8
Net Yards Rushing 96 110
Rushes 36 34
Avg. Per Rush 2.7 3.2
Net Yards Passing 98 203
Completions 10 13
Attempts 25 31
Completion % 40.0 41.9
Yards Per Completion 10.7 15.6
Times Sacked 1 0
Had Intercepted 4 3
Touchdowns 2 4
Rushing 1 1
Passing 0 2
Other 1 1
Extra Points 2-2 4-3
Field Goals 0-0 1-2
Chicago Cardinals Pittsburgh Steelers
Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD Rushing Att Yds Avg LG TD
Ollie Matson 10 23 2.3 11 1 Ed Modzelewski 11 27 2.5 6 0
Emil Sitko 7 19 2.7 6 0 Fran Rogel 5 18 3.6 11 1
Charley Trippi 6 7 1.2 3 0 Jim Finks 5 9 1.8 9 0
Ralph Pasquariello 6 29 4.8 17 0 Lynn Chandnois 5 23 4.6 10 0
Elmer Angsman 3 2 0.7 3 0 Ray Mathews 4 21 5.2 7 0
Billy Cross 3 17 5.7 13 0 Jack Spinks 3 15 5.0 7 0
Joe Geri 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 Tom Calvin 1 -3 -3.0 0 0
Totals 36 96 2.7 17 1 Totals 34 110 3.2 11 1
Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT Passing Att Cm Yds Sk Yds TD LG IN RT
Charley Trippi 25 10 107 1 9 0 17 4 14 Jim Finks 31 13 203 0 0 2 57 3 46
Totals 25 10 107 1 9 0 17 4 14 Totals 31 13 203 0 0 2 57 3 46
Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD Receiving Rec Yds Avg LG TD
Don Stonesifer 3 29 9.7 11 0 Elbie Nickel 7 121 17.3 57 2
Cliff Anderson 3 42 14.0 17 0 Ed Modzelewski 2 22 11.0 14 0
Emil Sitko 2 19 9.5 17 0 Lynn Chandnois 2 12 6.0 8 0
Ollie Matson 1 13 13.0 13 0 Fran Rogel 1 23 23.0 23 0
Ray Ramsey 1 4 4.0 4 0 Ray Mathews 1 25 25.0 25 0
Totals 10 107 10.7 17 0 Totals 13 203 15.6 57 2
Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF Defense Tkl Int Yds TD Sck Stf Hur PD FF
Gordon Polofsky 8 - - - - - - - - Frank Sinkovitz 8 - - - - 1 - - -
Leo Sanford 7 1 - - - - - 1 - Dale Dodrill 6 - - - - - - - -
John Panelli 7 - - - - - - - - Darrell Hogan 6 1 15 - - - - - 1
Bill Svoboda 6 - - - - - - - 1 Lou Ferry 5 - - - - 1 - - 1
Ray Ramsey 6 1 8 - - - - 1 - Howard Hartley 5 - - - - - - 1 -
Roy Barni 5 - - - - - - 1 - Ed Kissell 4 1 28 - - - - - -
Don Joyce 4 - - - - - - - 1 Ernie Stautner 4 - - - - 1 - - -
Jerry Groom 4 - - - - - - 1 - Jack Butler 4 1 30 - - - - - -
Denver Mills 3 - - - - 1 - - - Jerry Shipkey 4 - - - - - - - -
Volney Peters 3 - - - - - - - - John Schweder 3 - - - - 1 - - -
Charley Trippi 3 - - - - - - - - Jack Spinks 3 - - - - 1 - - -
Bob Dove 2 - - - - 1 - - - Bill McPeak 2 - - - 1 - 1 - -
Don R. Paul 1 - - - - - - 2 - Claude Hipps 1 1 12 - - - - 2 -
Ollie Matson 1 - - - - - - - - Alex Smail 1 - - - - - - - -
Tom Bienemann 1 - - - - - 1 - - George Tarasovic 1 - - - - - - - -
Tony Klimek - 1 - - - - - - - George Hays 1 - - - - - - - -
Totals 61 3 8 - - 2 1 6 2 Totals 58 4 85 - 1 5 1 3 2
Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds Fumbles No Lost Rec OPRec Yds
Billy Cross 1 1 0 0 0 Ed Modzelewski 1 0 0 0 0
Charley Trippi 1 0 0 0 0 Jack Spinks 1 1 0 0 0
Ralph Pasquariello 1 0 0 0 0 Ed Kissell 0 0 0 1 0
Jack Jennings 0 0 1 0 0 John Schweder 0 0 1 0 0
Elmer Angsman 0 0 1 0 -1
Gordon Polofsky 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 3 1 2 1 -1 Totals 2 1 1 1 0
Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG Punting No Yds Avg TB In20 LG
Joe Geri 7 269 38.4 0 0 47 Pat Brady 5 226 45.2 2 2 57
Totals 7 269 38.4 0 0 47 Totals 5 226 45.2 2 2 57
Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD Punt Returns No Yds Avg FC LG TD
Don R. Paul 2 15 7.5 0 9 0 Lynn Chandnois 4 32 8.0 0 13 0
Ray Mathews 1 93 93.0 0 93 1
Totals 2 15 7.5 0 9 0 Totals 5 125 25.0 0 93 1
Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD Kickoff Returns No Yds Avg LG TD
Ollie Matson 3 124 41.3 80 1 Ray Mathews 1 14 14.0 14 0
Billy Cross 2 22 11.0 11 0 Lynn Chandnois 1 1 1.0 1 0
Don R. Paul 1 15 15.0 15 0 Tom Calvin 1 22 22.0 22 0
Totals 6 161 26.8 80 1 Totals 3 37 12.3 22 0
Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM Kicking FGA FGM LG XPA XPM
Joe Geri 0 0 0 2 2 Gary Kerkorian 2 1 20 4 3
Totals 0 0 0 2 2 Totals 2 1 20 4 3