1952 Pittsburgh Steelers season

1952 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head coach Joe Bach
Home field Forbes Field
Results
Record 5–7
Division place 4th NFL American
Playoff finish did not qualify
Timeline
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The 1952 Pittsburgh Steelers finished to a semi-respectable 5–7 finish under head coach Joe Bach, who returned to the organization replacing John Michelosen.

The season was notable in that it was the last year the Steelers used the single-wing formation on offense, switching to the T formation the following year. The Steelers were the last NFL team to use the single-wing as their primary offensive formation.

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Time (ET) Result
1 September 28, 1952 Philadelphia Eagles L 31–25
2 October 4, 1952 Cleveland Browns L 21–20
3 October 12, 1952 at Philadelphia Eagles L 26–21
4 October 19, 1952 Washington Redskins L 28–24
5 October 26, 1952 at Chicago Cardinals W 34–28
6 November 2, 1952 at Washington Redskins W 24–23
7 November 9, 1952 Detroit Lions L 31–6
8 November 16, 1952 at Cleveland Browns L 29–28
9 November 23, 1952 Chicago Cardinals W 17–14
10 November 30, 1952 New York Giants W 63–7
11 December 7, 1952 at San Francisco 49ers W 24–7
12 December 14, 1952 at Los Angeles Rams L 28–14

Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 28, 1952): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 14 3 7 7 31
Steelers 0 12 0 13 25

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring drives:

Week 2 (Saturday October 4, 1952): Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Browns 7 0 14 0 21
Steelers 6 7 7 0 20

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring drives:

Week 3 (Sunday October 12, 1952): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 7 7 7 21
Eagles 3 10 0 13 26

at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

'Scoring drives:

Week 4 (Sunday October 19, 1952): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Redskins 14 0 7 7 28
Steelers 7 10 0 7 24

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring drives:

Week 5 (Sunday October 26, 1952): Chicago Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 20 7 7 34
Cardinals 0 0 7 21 28

at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois

Scoring drives:

Week 6 (Sunday November 2, 1952): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 10 7 0 24
Redskins 7 0 0 16 23

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

Scoring Drives:

Week 7 (Sunday November 9, 1952): Detroit Lions

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 3 7 7 14 31
Steelers 0 0 6 0 6

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring drives:

Week 8 (Sunday November 16, 1952): Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 14 14 28
Browns 9 6 7 7 29

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Scoring drives:

Week 9 (Sunday November 23, 1952): Chicago Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 0 7 0 7 14
Steelers 10 0 0 7 17

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring drives:

Week 10 (Sunday November 30, 1952): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 0 0 7 0 7
Steelers 14 14 7 28 63

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

Scoring drives:

Notes: Tom Landry was brought in as a 3rd string quarterback for New York to complete the game for the entire 2nd half.[1]

Week 11 (Sunday December 7, 1952): San Francisco 49ers

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 3 14 0 24
49ers 7 0 0 0 7

at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California

Scoring drives:

Week 12 (Sunday December 14, 1952): Los Angeles Rams

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 7 7 14
Rams 0 14 7 7 28

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

Scoring drives:

Standings

NFL American Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Cleveland Browns 8 4 0 .667 7–3 310 213 L1
Philadelphia Eagles 7 5 0 .583 6–4 252 271 L1
New York Giants 7 5 0 .583 5–4 234 231 W1
Pittsburgh Steelers 5 7 0 .417 4–5 300 273 L1
Chicago Cardinals 4 8 0 .333 3–7 172 221 L2
Washington Redskins 4 8 0 .333 4–6 240 287 W2

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

  1. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eHxIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4WoDAAAAIBAJ&dq=rooney%20halas%20easy&pg=4195%2C2226761