1934 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) |
| 5th place • Eastern Division • 2-10-0 .167 |
| Head Coach: Luby Di Meolo |
| Cad Reese | Assistant Coach |
| J.P. Rooney | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/9/1934 | H | Cincinnati Reds | 13-0 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 14164 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1934 | H | Boston Redskins | 0-7 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 17171 | |
| Wed | 9/26/1934 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-17 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 11559 | |
| Wed | 10/3/1934 | H | New York Giants | 12-14 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 13020 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1934 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 9-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Baker Bowl | 9000 | |
| Wed | 10/10/1934 | H | Chicago Bears | 0-28 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 19386 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1934 | A | Boston Redskins | 0-39 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 15515 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1934 | A | New York Giants | 7-17 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 11000 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1934 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 3-21 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 8000 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1934 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-40 | L | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 6000 | |
| Tue | 11/6/1934 | A | Warren Hyvis Oils | 33-6 | W | Warren, PA | Russell Field | 3000 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1934 | A | St. Louis Gunners | 0-6 | L | St. Louis, MO | Sportsman's Park | 13678 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1934 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 0-10 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 9087 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1934 | A | St. Louis Gunners | 0-10 | L | St. Louis, MO | Sportsman Park | 8500 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1934 | H | College All-Stars | 20-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 18000 | |
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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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Johnny Blood | 10 | WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 6-1 | 188 | 31 | St. John's (Minnesota) | 5 | 1 |
| Angie Brovelli | 14 | FB-LB-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 193 | 24 | St. Mary's (California) | 5 | 5 |
| Ben Ciccone | 16 | C-MG | 5-9 | 207 | 25 | Duquesne | 10 | 0 |
| Jimmy Clark | 27 | FB-LB-WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 5-9 | 174 | 30 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 3 |
| Forrest Douds | 44 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG-ROT-RDT | 5-10 | 216 | 29 | Washington & Jefferson | 10 | 8 |
| Norm Greeney | 30 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG-LOT-LDT | 5-11 | 212 | 24 | Notre Dame | 10 | 3 |
| Warren Heller | 15 | TB-LDH-FB-LB | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| George Kavel | 14 | WB-RDH | 5-11 | 170 | 24 | Carnegie Mellon | 1 | 1 |
| Mose Kelsch | 37 | FB-LB-TB-LDH | 5-10 | 223 | 37 | none | 7 | 0 |
| Zvonimir Kvaternik | 19 | OG-DG | 5-11 | 210 | 23 | Kansas | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Levey | WB-RDH | 5-10 | 156 | 28 | none | 1 | 1 | |
| Basilio Marchi | 24 | ROG-RDG | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | New York University | 5 | 4 |
| Harry Marker | 13 | BB-S | 5-6 | 155 | 24 | West Virginia | 1 | 0 |
| Norm Mott | 13 | BB-S | 5-8 | 193 | 25 | Georgia | 1 | 0 |
| Armand Niccolai | 17 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 226 | 23 | Duquesne | 12 | 12 |
| Johnny Oehler | 33 | C-MG | 6-0 | 204 | 24 | Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| Jesse Quatse | 11 | LOT-LDT | 5-11 | 226 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| Alex Rado | 12 | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | West Virginia Tech | 9 | 4 |
| Pete Rajkovich | 19 | FB-LB | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Detroit Mercy | 3 | 3 |
| Dave Ribble | 18 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 216 | 27 | Hardin-Simmons | 10 | 8 |
| Jack Roberts | 19 | FB-LB-BB-S | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Georgia | 5 | 0 |
| Syl Saumer | 36 | FB-LB-WB-RDH | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | St. Olaf | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Skladany | 23 | ROE-RDE | 5-10 | 210 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| Ben Smith | 29 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 208 | 23 | Alabama | 11 | 10 |
| Bill Snyder | 25 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG-OT-DT | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Ohio University | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Sortet | 20 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 187 | 25 | West Virginia | 11 | 1 |
| Ray Tesser | 40 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 204 | 22 | Carnegie Mellon | 11 | 1 |
| Harp Vaughan | 21 | BB-S-WB-RDH-BB-S | 5-7 | 150 | 31 | Indiana (Pennsylvania) | 11 | 7 |
| Henry Weinberg | 26 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-7 | 190 | 24 | Duquesne | 7 | 1 |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 22 | BB-S-FB-LB-WB-RDH | 5-10 | 207 | 21 | Duquesne | 11 | 11 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 19 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 51 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 39 | 71 | 52 | 206 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Skladany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Armand Niccolai | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Angie Brovelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jimmy Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Warren Heller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bill Sortet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Mose Kelsch | 0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Team Totals | 6 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 4 | 0 | 51 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 23 | 28 | 82.1 | 5 | 0 | 206 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand Niccolai | 3 | 50 | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 1/ | |||
| Mose Kelsch | 1 | 13 | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Team Totals | 4 | 50 | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 1/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 2/ | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Heller | 132 | 528 | 4.0 | 1 | |
| Alex Rado | 38 | 210 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Harp Vaughan | 58 | 196 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Pete Rajkovich | 39 | 140 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Angie Brovelli | 37 | 112 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Jimmy Clark | 31 | 84 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Levey | 9 | 69 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 24 | 60 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Jack Roberts | 24 | 55 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Norm Mott | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Syl Saumer | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Oehler | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Mose Kelsch | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| George Kavel | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Blood | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Ben Ciccone | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 418 | 1527 | 3.7 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 517 | 2569 | 5.0 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Heller | 112 | 31 | 27.7 | 66 | 511 | 4.6 | 16.5 | 2 | 1.8 | 15 | 13.4 | 12.5 | ||||
| Harp Vaughan | 42 | 19 | 45.2 | 18 | 262 | 6.2 | 13.8 | 2 | 4.8 | 5 | 11.9 | 42.1 | ||||
| Alex Rado | 24 | 8 | 33.3 | 14 | 179 | 7.5 | 22.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8.3 | 26.2 | ||||
| Johnny Blood | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Jimmy Clark | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Jesse Quatse | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Ray Tesser | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Silvio Zaninelli | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Syl Saumer | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 186 | 58 | 31.2 | 105 | 952 | 5.1 | 16.4 | 4 | 2.2 | 23 | 12.4 | 17.0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 133 | 45 | 33.8 | 68 | 610 | 4.6 | 13.6 | 10 | 7.5 | 20 | 15.0 | 34.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Smith | 14 | 218 | 15.6 | 0 | |
| Joe Skladany | 9 | 222 | 24.7 | 2 | |
| Bill Sortet | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 1 | |
| Warren Heller | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Alex Rado | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Ray Tesser | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 0 | |
| Harp Vaughan | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jimmy Clark | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Johnny Blood | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 58 | 952 | 16.4 | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 610 | 13.6 | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 20 | 0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| 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 | 0 |
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