1947 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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1947 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head Coach Jock Sutherland
Home Field Forbes Field
Results
Record 8-4
Place 2nd NFL Eastern Division
Playoff Finish Lost Divisional Playoff
Timeline
Previous Season Next Season
1946 1948

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Game Summaries

[edit] Week 1 (Sunday September 21, 1947): Detroit Lions

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 7 0 3 0 10
Steelers 0 7 0 10 17

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 34,691
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Detroit - Dudley 30 pass from Zimmerman (Zimmerman kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Jansante 15 pass from Slater (Glamp kick)
  • Detroit - FG Zimmerman 18
  • Pittsburgh - Repko 48 fumble run (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Glamp 35

[edit] Week 2 (Monday September 29, 1947): Los Angeles Rams

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 6 14 7 21 48
Steelers 0 7 0 0 7

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 35,658
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

[edit] Week 3 (Sunday October 5, 1947): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 3 7 14 2 26
Redskins 0 7 13 7 27

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 36,565
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

[edit] Week 4 (Sunday October 12, 1947): Boston Yanks

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 7 7 9 30
Yanks 0 0 0 14 14

at Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 18,894
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Lach 1 run (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - White 52 run (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Lach 1 run (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Safety, Dancewicz tackled in end zone by Bova
  • Pittsburgh - Clement 1 run (Glamp kick)
  • Boston - Currivan 33 pass from Dancewicz (Scollard kick)
  • Boston - Currivan 20 pass from Dancewicz (Maznicki kick)

[edit] Week 5 (Sunday October 19, 1947): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 10 14 0 7 31
Steelers 7 7 0 21 35

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 33,538
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Compagno 39 pass from Clement (Glamp kick)
  • Philadelphia - Pihos 43 pass from Thompson (Patton kick)
  • Philadelphia - FG Patton 14
  • Philadelphia - Pritchard 69 pass from Thompson (Patton kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Clement 5 run (Glamp kick)
  • Philadelphia - Pihos 17 pass from Thompson (Patton kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Garnaas 19 pass from Clement (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Clement 23 run (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Lach 1 run (Glamp kick)

[edit] Week 6 (Sunday October 26, 1947): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 17 7 7 38
Giants 0 7 7 7 21

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 41,736
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Jansante 7 pass from Lach (Glamp kick)
  • New York - Carroll 18 pass from Governali (Strong kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Lach 1 run (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Lach 1 run (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Glamp 37
  • Pittsburgh - Garnaas 68 pass from Clement (Glamp kick)
  • New York - Blumenstock 1 run (Strong kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Sinkovitz 47 int (Glamp kick)
  • New York - Livingston 65 pass from Governali (Strong kick)

[edit] Week 7 (Sunday November 2, 1947): Green Bay Packers

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 3 6 7 2 18
Packers 10 0 0 7 17

at Wisconsin State Fair Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 30,073
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Green Bay - Goodnight 69 pass from Jacobs (Cuff kick)
  • Green Bay - FG Cuff 16
  • Pittsburgh - FG Glamp 23
  • Pittsburgh - Jansante 37 pass from Clement (kick failed)
  • Pittsburgh - Compagno 55 int (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Safety, Jacobs tackled in end zone by Calcagni
  • Green Bay - Luhn 27 pass from Jacobs (Cuff kick)

[edit] Week 8 (Sunday November 9, 1947): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Redskins 0 7 0 7 14
Steelers 7 7 7 0 21

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 36,257
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

[edit] Week 9 (Sunday November 16, 1947): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 0 0 7 0 7
Steelers 3 0 0 21 24

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 35,000
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - FG Glamp 12
  • New York - Paschka 2 run (Strong kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Compagno 4 run (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Jansante 19 pass from Clement (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Seabright 39 int (Glamp kick)

[edit] Week 10 (Sunday November 23, 1947): Chicago Bears

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 7 0 0 7
Bears 7 14 7 21 49

at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

Scoring Drives:

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 34,142
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

[edit] Week 11 (Sunday November 30, 1947): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 0 0 0
Eagles 7 0 0 14 21

at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 37,218
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Philadelphia - Van Buren 2 run (Patton kick)
  • Philadelphia - Muha 28 run (Patton kick)
  • Philadelphia - Mackrides 1 run (Patton kick)

[edit] Week 12 (Sunday December 7, 1947): Boston Yanks

1 2 3 4 Total
Yanks 0 7 0 0 7
Steelers 10 0 0 7 17

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 31,398
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Mastrangelo recovered blocked punt in end zone (Glamp kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Glamp 30
  • Boston - Golding 14 run (Maznicki kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Lach 1 run (Glamp kick)

[edit] Post Season

[edit] Week 14 (Sunday December 21, 1947): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 7 7 0 21
Steelers 0 0 0 0 0

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 35,729
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

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