The 1951 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 19th in the National Football League. Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record 1 October 1 New York Giants T 13–13 0–0–1 2 October 7 at Green Bay Packers L 33–35 0–1–1 3 October 14 San Francisco 49ers L 24–28 0–2–1 4 October 21 at Cleveland Browns L 0–17 0–3–1 5 October 28 at Chicago Cardinals W 28–14 1–3–1 6 November 4 Philadelphia Eagles L 13–34 1–4–1 7 November 11 Green Bay Packers W 28–7 2–4–1 8 November 18 Washington Redskins L 7–22 2–5–1 9 November 25 at Philadelphia Eagles W 17–13 3–5–1 10 December 2 at New York Giants L 0–14 3–6–1 11 December 9 Cleveland Browns L 0–28 3–7–1 12 December 16 at Washington Redskins W 20–10 4–7–1
Game summaries
Week 1 (Monday October 1, 1951): New York Giants
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 27,984 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
Pittsburgh – FG Geri 31 New York Giants – FG Poole 11 New York Giants – Scott 56 pass from Tidwell (Poole kick) Pittsburgh – Geri 1 run (Geri kick) Pittsburgh – FG Geri 26 New York Giants – FG Poole 21
Week 2 (Sunday October 7, 1951): Green Bay Packers
at City Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 8,324 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
Green Bay – Grimes 18 run (Cone kick) Green Bay – Mann 40 pass from Rote (Cone kick) Green Bay – Pelfrey 20 pass from Thomason (Cone kick) Green Bay – Rote 1 run (Cone kick) Pittsburgh – Chandnois 33 pass from Ortmann (Geri kick) Pittsburgh – Chandnois 2 run (Geri kick) Pittsburgh – Rogel 1 run (Geri kick) Pittsburgh – Safety, Cloud tackled by Mehelich in end zone Pittsburgh – Finks 25 interception (Geri kick) Pittsburgh – FG Geri 26 Green Bay – Mann 16 pass from Rote (Cone kick)
Week 3 (Sunday October 14, 1951): San Francisco 49ers
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 27,307 Referee: TV announcers:
'Scoring drives:
San Francisco – Cason 65 interception (Soltau kick) Pittsburgh – Nickel 77 pass from Geri (Geri kick) Pittsburgh – FG Geri 16 San Francisco – Monachino 7 run (Soltau kick) San Francisco – Perry 4 pass from Albert (Soltau kick) San Francisco – Schabarum 8 run (Soltau kick) Pittsburgh – Chandnois 8 pass from Mathews (Geri kick) Pittsburgh – Nickel 22 pass from Mathews (Geri kick)
Week 4 (Sunday October 21, 1951): Cleveland Browns
at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 32,409 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
Cleveland – Gillom 38 fumble run (Groza kick) Cleveland – FG Groza 25 Cleveland – Lahr 27 interception (Groza kick)
Week 5 (Sunday October 28, 1951): Chicago Cardinals
at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 14,773 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
Pittsburgh – Jansante 46 pass from Geri (Geri kick) Chicago Cardinals – Cross 1 run (Patton kick) Chicago Cardinals – Cross 7 run (Patton kick) Pittsburgh – Geri 49 pass from Chandnois (Geri kick) Pittsburgh – Nickel 33 pass from Ortmann (Geri kick) Pittsburgh – Butler 52 interception (Geri run)
Week 6 (Sunday November 4, 1951): Philadelphia Eagles
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 19,649 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – FG Geri 22 Pittsburgh – Shipkey 20 interception (Geri kick) Philadelphia – Walston 26 pass from Burk (Waltson kick) Philadelphia – Pihos 12 pass from Burk (Walston kick) Pittsburgh – FG Geri 40 Philadelphia – S. Van Buren 2 run (kick failed) Philadelphia – Cowhig 25 fumble run (Walston kick) Philadelphia – Sandifer 30 pass from Burk (Walston kick)
Week 7 (Sunday November 11, 1951): Green Bay Packers
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 20,080 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
Pittsburgh – Chandnois 13 run (Geri kick) Pittsburgh – Nuzum 3 run (Geri kick) Pittsburgh – Geri 3 run (Geri kick) Pittsburgh – Minarik 35 pass from Chandnois (Geri kick) Green Bay – Mann 20 pass from Rote (Cone kick)
Week 8 (Sunday November 18, 1951): Washington Redskins
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 15,060 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
Washington – Goode 2 run (kick blocked) Pittsburgh – Mathews 68 punt return (Geri kick) Washington – FG Dudley 30 Washington – FG Dudley 37 Washington – FG Dudley 37 Washington – Goode 10 run (Dudley kick)
Week 9 (Sunday November 25, 1951): Philadelphia Eagles
at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 15,537 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
Pittsburgh – FG Geri 24 Pittsburgh – Rogel 1 run (Geri kick) Philadelphia – Pihos 16 pass from Burk (kick blocked) Pittsburgh – Chandnois 37 pass from Ortmann (Geri kick) Philadelphia – Parmer 15 run (Walston kick)
Week 10 (Sunday December 2, 1951): New York Giants
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 19,196 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
New York Giants – Landry 9 fumble run (Poole kick) New York Giants – Schnellbacher 46 interception (Poole kick)
Week 11 (Sunday December 9, 1951): Cleveland Browns
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 24,229 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
Cleveland – Carpenter 24 run (Groza kick) Cleveland – Motley 8 run (Groza kick) Cleveland – Lavelli 7 pass from Graham (Groza kick) Cleveland – Taseff 3 run (Groza kick)
Week 13 (Sunday December 16, 1951): Washington Redskins
at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 18,969 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
Washington – FG Dudley 15 Washington – Tereshinski 16 pass from Baugh (Dudley kick) Pittsburgh – Chandnois 40 pass from Finks (Geri kick) Pittsburgh – Rogel 3 run (Geri kick) Pittsburgh – Geri 4 run (kick failed)
Standings
Roster 1951 Pittsburgh Steelers final roster Running backs Lynn Chandnois Joe Geri K/P Dick Hendley Ray Mathews S Jerry Nuzum Fran Rogel Truett Smith
Receivers Henry Minarik Elbie Nickel Offensive linemen Lou Allen T George Hughes G Paul Lea T Tony Momsen C Dick Tomlinson G Bill Walsh C Frank Wydo T
Defensive linemen Dale Dodrill MG George Hays DE/DT Tom Jelley DE/WR Bill McPeak DE Carl Samuelson DT Ernie Stautner DT John Schweder MG Linebackers Darrell Hogan MLB Joe Hollingsworth OLB/FB Jerry Shipkey OLB/FB Frank Sinkovitz OLB
Defensive backs Jack Butler CB Howard Hartley CB Jim Finks S/CB/RB Chuck Ortmann S/RB
Reserve Charley Mehelich DE (NF-Ill.) Walt Szot DT (Military)
Rookies in italics
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