1933 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) |
| 5th place • Eastern Division • 3-6-2 .333 |
| Head Coach: Forrest Douds |
| J.P. Rooney | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 9/20/1933 | H | New York Giants | 2-23 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 20000 | |
| Wed | 9/27/1933 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 14-13 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 6000 | |
| Wed | 10/4/1933 | H | Boston Redskins | 6-21 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 15000 | |
| Wed | 10/11/1933 | H | Cincinnati Reds | 17-3 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 5000 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1933 | A | Green Bay Packers | 0-47 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 4000 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1933 | A | Cincinnati Reds | 0-0 | T | Cincinnati, OH | Redland Field | 900 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1933 | A | Boston Redskins | 16-14 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 11241 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1933 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 3-3 | T | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 15000 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1933 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 0-32 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 12000 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1933 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 6-25 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Baker Bowl | 7500 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1933 | H | Reading Keys | - | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | |||
| Sun | 12/3/1933 | A | New York Giants | 3-27 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 12000 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/26/1933 | Reading Keys | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Corrie Artman | 44 | ROT-RDT-ROG-RDG | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Stanford | 10 | 5 |
| Angie Brovelli | 29 | LOH-LDH-BB-S-ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 193 | 23 | St. Mary's (California) | 8 | 8 |
| John Burleson | 25 | ROG-RDG-ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 237 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 4 | 0 |
| Jimmy Clark | 27 | ROH-RDH-TB-LB-LOH-LDH | 5-9 | 174 | 29 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 5 |
| Sam Cooper | 24 | OT-DT | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Geneva | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Critchfield | 34/22 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Grove City | 11 | 10 |
| Ted Dailey | 22 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 5-9 | 170 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 4 |
| Nick DeCarbo | 28 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-9 | 185 | 22 | Duquesne | 11 | 0 |
| Forrest Douds | 46 | ROT-RDT | 5-10 | 216 | 28 | Washington & Jefferson | 7 | 5 |
| Tiny Engebretsen | 26 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 238 | 23 | Northwestern | 9 | 5 |
| Tony Holm | 36 | TB-LB-ROH-RDH | 6-1 | 214 | 25 | Alabama | 9 | 9 |
| Walt Holmer | 38 | BB-S-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 185 | 31 | Northwestern | 4 | 4 |
| Franklin Hood | 45 | ROH-RDH-FB-LB | 6-0 | 235 | 30 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 1 |
| Clarence Janecek | 35 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Purdue | 11 | 11 |
| Mose Kelsch | 37 | FB-LB-ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH-ROG-RDG-ROT-RDT | 5-10 | 223 | 36 | none | 9 | 0 |
| Ray Kemp | 45 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | Duquesne | 4 | 1 |
| Marty Kottler | 41 | BB-S | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | Centre | 3 | 0 |
| Monty Lantz | 32 | C-MG | 5-11 | 185 | 30 | Grove City | 10 | 0 |
| John Letsinger | 31 | LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 190 | 22 | Purdue | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Moore | 23 | ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | Loyola (Louisiana) | 5 | 3 |
| Paul Moss | 30 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | Purdue | 10 | 7 |
| Johnny Oehler | 33 | C-MG | 6-0 | 204 | 23 | Purdue | 11 | 11 |
| Jesse Quatse | 48 | LOT-LDT | 5-11 | 226 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 |
| Leo Raskowski | 43 | LOG-LDG | 6-3 | 219 | 27 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 |
| Don Rhodes | 43 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Washington & Jefferson | 7 | 5 |
| Gil Robinson | 23 | OE-DE | 23 | Catawba | 1 | 0 | ||
| Elmer Schwartz | 39 | FB-LB-ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 212 | 27 | Washington State | 10 | 5 |
| George Shaffer | 38 | BB-S | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Washington & Jefferson | 5 | 5 |
| Bill Sortet | 30 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 187 | 24 | West Virginia | 9 | 1 |
| James Tanguay | 42 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | New York University | 3 | 0 |
| Ray Tesser | 40 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 204 | 21 | Carnegie Mellon | 11 | 10 |
| Harp Vaughan | 21 | ROH-RDH-BB-S-LOH-LDH | 5-7 | 150 | 30 | Indiana (Pennsylvania) | 8 | 1 |
| Ed Westfall | 47 | LOH-LDH-BB-S | 5-9 | 170 | 24 | Ohio Wesleyan | 6 | 4 |
| Tommy Whelan | 26 | LOH-LDH | 5-8 | 165 | 22 | Catholic | 1 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 7 | 19 | 9 | 32 | 67 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 41 | 53 | 69 | 208 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | / % | / % | |||||||
| Opponents Totals | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angie Brovelli | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Ed Westfall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Paul Moss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Mose Kelsch | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Marty Kottler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Harp Vaughan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Tiny Engebretsen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Johnny Oehler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 8 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 4 | 1 | 67 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 19 | 30 | 63.3 | 3 | 0 | 208 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mose Kelsch | 3 | 23 | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Tiny Engebretsen | 1 | 21 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Team Totals | 4 | 23 | 1/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 1/ | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angie Brovelli | 60 | 236 | 3.9 | 2 | |
| Jimmy Clark | 76 | 192 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Tony Holm | 58 | 160 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Elmer Schwartz | 38 | 94 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Harp Vaughan | 26 | 74 | 2.8 | 1 | |
| Ed Westfall | 44 | 61 | 1.4 | 1 | |
| Bill Moore | 16 | 42 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Mose Kelsch | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Walt Holmer | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| George Shaffer | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | |
| Forrest Douds | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ted Dailey | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Franklin Hood | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 338 | 914 | 2.7 | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 441 | 1805 | 4.1 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Holm | 52 | 17 | 32.7 | 22 | 406 | 7.8 | 23.9 | 2 | 3.8 | 13 | 25.0 | 35.1 | ||||
| Walt Holmer | 27 | 9 | 33.3 | 14 | 158 | 5.9 | 17.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 14.8 | 14.7 | ||||
| Angie Brovelli | 25 | 8 | 32.0 | 14 | 114 | 4.6 | 14.3 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 12.0 | 8.2 | |||
| Ed Westfall | 26 | 8 | 30.8 | 13 | 100 | 3.8 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 19.2 | 4.2 | ||||
| Franklin Hood | 18 | 6 | 33.3 | 8 | 45 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 22.2 | 2.8 | ||||
| James Tanguay | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 7 | 101 | 5.9 | 20.2 | 1 | 5.9 | 5 | 29.4 | 31.9 | ||||
| Elmer Schwartz | 22 | 5 | 22.7 | 14 | 103 | 4.7 | 20.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 13.6 | 7.0 | ||||
| Harp Vaughan | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 3 | 2 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 37.5 | 0.0 | |||
| Ray Tesser | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 196 | 60 | 30.6 | 96 | 1029 | 5.3 | 17.2 | 3 | 1.5 | 40 | 20.4 | 15.0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 142 | 57 | 40.1 | 66 | 930 | 6.5 | 16.3 | 9 | 6.3 | 19 | 13.4 | 44.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Tesser | 14 | 282 | 20.1 | 0 | |
| Paul Moss | 13 | 383 | 29.5 | 2 | |
| Ted Dailey | 7 | 66 | 9.4 | 0 | |
| Angie Brovelli | 6 | 137 | 22.8 | 61 | 0 |
| Harp Vaughan | 6 | 101 | 16.8 | 0 | |
| Ed Westfall | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 1 | |
| Elmer Schwartz | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Holm | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Sortet | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| George Shaffer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1029 | 17.2 | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 930 | 16.3 | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Kottler | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 19 | 1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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